Subj : Taco Sloppo
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Jul 04 2023 19:00:27
Hi Dave,
RH> Guess they just aren't into pork as much as their northern neighbors.
RH> I've seen it on the menu but not nearly as much as beef or chicken.
DD> In daily life there are lots of Latino recipes that use pig meat. Just
DD> not so much at their restaurants in the USA it seems.
Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.
DD> 8<----- SNIP ----->8
DD> I've introduced him to various noodle dishes like pad thai and Bun
DD> Thit Nuong (Vietnamese Grilled Pork & Rice Noodles) or Shrimp
DD> Noodle Bowls.
RH> Those would have never crossed his lips. We're visiting Steve's family
RH> right now, last night Mom treated everyone to dinner at an Italian
RH> place. It was a last minute sub because the place we'd had reservations
RH> for, called an hour before and said they were not going to be open.
DD> At least they letcha know rather than having you show up hungery and
DD> find that they had "gone walkabout" (as the Australians say).
Yes, but it would have been nice to have gotten notice earlier in the
day.
RH> Anyway, different ones tried to get hold of Steve's older sister
and RH> husband to let them know of the change--finally did, just as we
again, on future trips to the area.
DD> I have only one "Italian" place locally where I've seen gnocci
DD> offered. Papa Frank's is owned by the same family who run the
DD> eminomious "Saputo's" in down town Springfield. The problem there is
DD> that one never knows with the downtown venue - one time everything
DD> will be magnifico. Then the next go will be cattivo. Papa Franks is
DD> consistently meraviglioso.
Our favorite Italian place here in town sold out to one of the employees
a while back. Owner was from the same region of Italy as Steve's mom's
family so it was "home cooking" for us. We went there a good number of
times pre covid, once during covid trued their take out pizza & were
less than impressed. Have only been back once since the new ownership,
need to go back and see if the chicken cacciatori (our favorite) is
still as good. Original owner had opened up another restaurant in a
nearby town; that one was taking all his time so he sold out &
supposedly sold his recipies to the new owner.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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