Subj : Done Right
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Aug 28 2025 07:47 pm
Hi Dave,
DD> We've got a Texas Roadhouse located on an outlot of our main shopping
DD> mall. I've never visited them. Last cooked-for-me steak I had was from
DD> Goloden Corral's buffet a few years ago.
RH> Our GC shut down in 2020 and reopened as a ghost kitchen for several
RH> take out only eateries. We looked in once, didn't see anything that
RH> struck us as "buy me for supper!" so left and have never gone back. One
RH> thing I didn't always like about GC was having to search the buffet
RH> lines for what you wanted to eat, and then it wasn't as good as when
DD> Our GC began as a GC (pre-buffet), then trsansitioned to a Maverick
DD> Steak House (a quick-serve cheapy w/food/salad bar), then back to
DD> Golden Corral Buffet in a new purpose-built building. Same owners.
DD> They closed, of course, during the pandemic. I seldom go any more (to
DD> any AYCE) as my appetite has shrunk with my increasing age. It's hard
DD> to eat enoough to feel I've gotten my $$$ worth without causing major
DD> gastric distress.
I know, I don't eat nearly as much as I used to, even 10 years ago.
Usually with buffets, I'll get a small salad (easy on the greens), some
sort of protein (maybe 2, depending on what they are), and some
vegetables, then come back for a taste or two of dessert. At the last
RV/radio rally in May, we went to an Amish buffet. I got a piece of
strawberry/rhubarb pie to go, not that I didn't have room for it but I
didn't want the extra carbs and calories as the last meal of the day.
DD> Good thing I like pork and chicken. Bv)=
RH> I'll have to post the recipe I got last week from AllRecipies--Pork
RH> Tenderloin With Figs & Balsamic Glaze. Made it Friday night for supper;
RH> it's a keeper. It makes enough for about 8 servings so we're going to
RH> bag and freeze a couple of meals' worth.
It does look good. We went to Costco after my doctor's appointment
today, had lunch before starting to shop. They have a new item out, an
Italian calzone with basically the same meats as on their meat lover's
pizza. One calzone is big enough for us to split--and be well fed. We'd
tried it a few weeks ago and liked it, so got it again today. There was
a time I could have eaten a whole one but now, even half was pushing my
limit--it was, however, quite good. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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