What did you eat today?
When I first moved to Tucson, most places I tried didn't sell pizza by the slice. They sold small individual pizzas, medium, and large. Not by the slice.
A new place came in, started selling slices and now that is the big thing . The strange thing is many places slice their pizza into six instead of eight
Having grown up with eight-slice pies, I like the six-way slice better. Some of the places make 16 or 18 inch pies. It's off-putting when you see a sign that says slice and a draft beer for $10, but it can be worthwhile. I had a 1/6th slice of a 16 inch meatball pizza and when folded, it was more meatball hero than slice of pizza.
whenever I get Chinese it is to go invariably with tax it is around $13. It is a combo and includes an egg roll fixed right then so that sounds about right. It fills me up. No drink but I have plenty to drink at homeQuote: Dieter$19.60 at the Chinese buffet tonight, before tip.
I let some lo mein noodles go swimming in a bowl of hot & sour soup; not bad. Otherwise, usual fare, the chicken with broccoli (heavy on the broccoli) is generally good.
On a lot of recent days, I get about one and a half "meals" in. A fairly light breakfast, snack on some melon, then something moderate as a late lunch. I blame the medications.
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Quote: avianrandywhenever I get Chinese it is to go invariably with tax it is around $13. It is a combo and includes an egg roll fixed right then so that sounds about right. It fills me up. No drink but I have plenty to drink at homeQuote: Dieter$19.60 at the Chinese buffet tonight, before tip.
I let some lo mein noodles go swimming in a bowl of hot & sour soup; not bad. Otherwise, usual fare, the chicken with broccoli (heavy on the broccoli) is generally good.
On a lot of recent days, I get about one and a half "meals" in. A fairly light breakfast, snack on some melon, then something moderate as a late lunch. I blame the medications.
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That sounds about right for a to-go box, made-to-order.
Sadly, my preferences run toward a variety of dishes (when available), so I can taste a little of this, a little of that.
Quote: avianrandyTrue but I'm to cheap to pay $20 for a variety. I know what I am in the mood for. And I always get white rice instead of pork fried.
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The buffet I tried yesterday didn't have plain white rice out on offer. I didn't feel like asking for a bowl, so I just had some noodles.
The hot & sour soup was excellent, however. It seemed like they used a hint of tomato, which added an unique richness.
The downside, they didn't seem to parboil the broccoli before stir frying. This seemed to leave it a little too raw for my taste.
I was in the process of making two sandwiches when I decided to try something different. I mixed the breads so that each sandwich was half sourdough and half whole grain.
A slice of Swiss, one of cheddar, shredded mozzarella, some Parmesan, and a small portion of Frank's Red Hot.
Grilled to near perfection in olive oil and served with a helping of chickpea puffs, it was quite the lunch.
I gave one to an unfortunate on the corner and had a hard time finishing the other. It is a big burger.
According to the menu, a Big Mac value meal costs between $10.99 and $14. The CaliXXXL value meal is $7.99 and tops out at $10.13
The Burger itself is $6 and well worth it.
Quote: avianrandyThat sounds good. I wonder if Hardee's has the same burger as their are no carl jrs near me. Did you take a photo of it?
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I miss the Hardee's roast beef sandwich. At one point in the 1980's they offered it to compete with Arby's. I thought it was a good sandwich and wish all fast food outlets offered it.
Quote: avianrandyThat sounds good. I wonder if Hardee's has the same burger as their are no carl jrs near me. Did you take a photo of it?
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No. Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are closely related, but have distinct menus. It's easy to think that the only difference is Carl's Jr. uses Best Foods mayo, where Hardee's uses Hellman's, but this doesn't seem to be the case. There isn't a mushroom swiss burger at Carl's Jr; I don't remember seeing any burgers on sourdough out west.
I go across the Carl's Jr. - Hardee's line pretty regularly.
(I'm not sure what mayonnaise they actually use; Unilever named for illustrative purposes.)
Quote: DRichQuote: avianrandyThat sounds good. I wonder if Hardee's has the same burger as their are no carl jrs near me. Did you take a photo of it?
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I miss the Hardee's roast beef sandwich. At one point in the 1980's they offered it to compete with Arby's. I thought it was a good sandwich and wish all fast food outlets offered it.
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There's nothing like White Castle. There were no movies made about Hardee's or Arby's.
There is a slogan used on the signage at White Castle- "Buy 'em by the sack!" When I go there, I point out a the history of that slogan; it was originally "Grab 'em by the sack," but after a horrifying misunderstanding which left an assistant manager traumatized and a customer arrested, they changed it.
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There's nothing like White Castle. There were no movies made about Hardee's or Arby's.
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Of course people make the pilgrimage to White Castle.
Their burgers are holey.
Quote: avianrandyAccording to AI which is never wrong (ahem) Hardee's still offers it. Scrolling down they mentioned rax roast beef which was really good. Remember them?
Thank you, I will have to find a Hardee's. I haven't been to one in over 30 years but I am travelling this week so I will try and look one up.
I do not ever remember eating at RAX. I moved out of Ohio in 1984 just when they were becoming popular.
theirs a reason why they call them sliders lolQuote: DieterQuote: AutomaticMonkey
There's nothing like White Castle. There were no movies made about Hardee's or Arby's.
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Of course people make the pilgrimage to White Castle.
Their burgers are holey.
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There is a slogan used on the signage at White Castle- "Buy 'em by the sack!" When I go there, I point out a the history of that slogan; it was originally "Grab 'em by the sack," but after a horrifying misunderstanding which left an assistant manager traumatized and a customer arrested, they changed it.
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It's a sure sign a great quality delicious food when you can buy it by the sack. Or the bucket, or the box or the bushel basket. I wonder why Michelin star restaurants have been so slow in offering their food by the sack bucket or bushel basket.
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There is a slogan used on the signage at White Castle- "Buy 'em by the sack!" When I go there, I point out a the history of that slogan; it was originally "Grab 'em by the sack," but after a horrifying misunderstanding which left an assistant manager traumatized and a customer arrested, they changed it.
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It's a sure sign a great quality delicious food when you can buy it by the sack. Or the bucket, or the box or the bushel basket. I wonder why Michelin star restaurants have been so slow in offering their food by the sack bucket or bushel basket.
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It all depends. Not every meal needs to be 5-course Russian service. Some of the most delicious things we enjoy now were at one time poverty food. Lobster is a good example. That was once for the poor, considered only a step above eating insects. And it was unlikely to have been a prince of the Ancien Regime who first discovered that a frog can and should be eaten. Meat pies, Welsh rabbit, chop suey, all such things originally intended to fill the stomachs of common laborers.
White Castle originated in 1929, an inauspicious year for sure but it thrived throughout the Depression because it was such a good value.
