"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:48:31 -0700, "Julia Bove"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>I've been told that Applebee's makes nothing from scratch. It all
>> >>comes frozen. I avoid.
>> >
>> > I'm pretty sure the salad I had there didn't come frozen.
>>
>> No. But the shrimp likely did.
>
> There's nothing wrong with frozen shrimp.
> You of all people should know that there is nothing wrong with frozen
> meat. You and your family eat it all the time.
>
> G.

At home, yes. I don't want to go to a restaurant for frozen food, with some
exceptions. Shrimp is not something I would ever eat so that's not a
concern of mine.

On 7/31/2014 10:20 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> > On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 03:48:31 -0700, "Julia Bove"
>>> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>I've been told that Applebee's makes nothing from scratch. It all
>>> >>comes frozen. I avoid.
>>> >
>>> > I'm pretty sure the salad I had there didn't come frozen.
>>>
>>> No. But the shrimp likely did.
>>
>> There's nothing wrong with frozen shrimp.
>> You of all people should know that there is nothing wrong with frozen
>> meat. You and your family eat it all the time.
>>
>> G.
>
> At home, yes. I don't want to go to a restaurant for frozen food, with
> some exceptions. Shrimp is not something I would ever eat so that's not
> a concern of mine.


Shrimp spoil very quickly. Many times you will notice an ammonia-like
taste to fresh shrimp because they have to treat it to keep it fresh
enough to get to market, unless you buy it at the dock. I think the
best quality shrimp is fresh-caught and flash frozen.

I live near the Port of Brownsville, one of the largest shrimping
operations on the Gulf of Mexico and I'll go down to the shrimpers and
buy the shrimp that's been frozen right off the boat. I think it's better.



--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

> Go to a dim sum place. The Chinese desserts are awesome there. You
>
> won't find them in regular restaurants.
>

Thats the truth. I was in one in san francisco, where they ran around with these bamboo steamers and stamped your receipt for what you got. the desserts were great. Forgot the name of the place.

>
> This is getting beyond ridiculous. Your link is from 2007. It proves
>
> nothing. It says that he uses frozen fries that may come from Sysco.
>
> Doesn't even prove that they do. And the clerk that they called there was
>
> clueless.
>
>
>
> Maybe he does use frozen fries. So what? Maybe he hand cuts them and
>
> freezes them. Did that ever occur to you?
>

In another link I showed it was a fact that its from sysco, even if the restaurant wont say that. Its odd that Sysco doenst sell any 100% pure fries, even if Keller claims they are. As you noted below this is a very expensive place, where it would be sound to assume you'd be given unique food experiences. Fries are 50% of a meal. You might expect to get soemthing special not a generic frozen foods thing. Id expect that of a 10$ burger pub meal. My point in mentioning this place in the first place was that you cannot use teh price range as a guide line. The first answer that would come to mind for my initial question would be to look at the prices.

>
>
> I really don't care. I looked up the restaurant and their menu. In my book
>
> it's waaaay overpriced and not a place I would ever dine.
>

"Michael Nielsen" > wrote in message
...

>
> This is getting beyond ridiculous. Your link is from 2007. It proves
>
> nothing. It says that he uses frozen fries that may come from Sysco.
>
> Doesn't even prove that they do. And the clerk that they called there was
>
> clueless.
>
>
>
> Maybe he does use frozen fries. So what? Maybe he hand cuts them and
>
> freezes them. Did that ever occur to you?
>

In another link I showed it was a fact that its from sysco, even if the
restaurant wont say that. Its odd that Sysco doenst sell any 100% pure
fries, even if Keller claims they are. As you noted below this is a very
expensive place, where it would be sound to assume you'd be given unique
food experiences. Fries are 50% of a meal. You might expect to get soemthing
special not a generic frozen foods thing. Id expect that of a 10$ burger pub
meal. My point in mentioning this place in the first place was that you
cannot use teh price range as a guide line. The first answer that would come
to mind for my initial question would be to look at the prices.

Okay then but I'm still not getting my panties in a twist over it. It's not
the kind of place I would go to in the first place.

On 7/29/2014 10:55 AM, Michael Nielsen wrote:

>
> Im just a frequent traveller that prefer to support places with a
> chef that uses local ingredients and his own recipes. I know the
> drawbacks, as the place I do know that makes all sauces and fries
> from scratch will have changing menus based on the season, and they
> will sometimes be sold out of a dish.

> It is too late to ask about if things are housemade or industrial
> after sitting down. Im not the kind of person who will get up and
> leave after being seated. thats why Id like to predict it
> beforehand.

So you want to visit Chowhound, specifically their regional forums,
where you can ask locals for their local restaurant recommendations
and read reviews of local restaurants.

http://chowhound.chow.com/boards

>
> So you want to visit Chowhound, specifically their regional forums,
>
> where you can ask locals for their local restaurant recommendations
>
> and read reviews of local restaurants.
>
>
>
> http://chowhound.chow.com/boards

Very interesting indeed. Also they have european regions. thanks.