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On Jan 5, 6:33*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Now some of
the best Q without the blues bands comes from Harold's.

*I have always found
the smaller BBQ joints to have better BBQ, they have the time to slow
cook their BBQ for 12 hrs or more. *Some of the best ones are only
opened 3 days a week

your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
Olive Garden for *REAL* Itallian food.... HA!

Later all Time to go to a NYE gig.
 

Tim wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:33 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Now some of
the best Q without the blues bands comes from Harold's.

I have always found
the smaller BBQ joints to have better BBQ, they have the time to slow
cook their BBQ for 12 hrs or more. Some of the best ones are only
opened 3 days a week

your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
Olive Garden for *REAL* Itallian food.... HA!

Olive Garden, the McDonald's of Italian....

Later all Time to go to a NYE gig.
 

On Jan 5, 2:41*am, "CalifBill" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Jan 3, 10:10 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here





wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jan 3, 3:25 pm, wrote:
On Jan 3, 4:12 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here

wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 3, 8:47 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:
You've got it made! There's nothing around my place to hear a
good
blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area
then
there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen
I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur
blues
bands that suck - big time.
I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good
musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a
damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in
your
eyes.
Kind of ruins it for me.
Funny story about blues music. Way back in time, New Orleans
Civic
Auditorium - BB King and band.
I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us
tickets -
excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin' standing..
I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was
the
only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats - kinda
stood out if you get what I mean.
So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set
goes
by, break, then out for the second set. Band is starting up with
some
kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the microphrone,
starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy down
front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. I'm thinking
"white
guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". I look
around and sure enough... :)
Pretty cool.
There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some of
the
best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been,
I've
been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does
the
cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the
place!
She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her
cooking!
What is the name and where is this club located?
I have always loved blues, including blues/rock groups such as the
Allman Bros. and Eric Clapton. Many years ago, Underground Atlanta
had
an old time musician who played the classic Black-blues (ie Muddy
Waters, Howling Wolf etc). I think his name was Red.- Hide quoted
text -
- Show quoted text -
At Dante's?
Nope, it was on the main street, it was a pub and he played at the
window. It was about a half a block from Dante's. I think he was
blind, but it has been many years. I have always thought of Dante's
asng playing Jazz , not blues.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
They go back and forth. Seems like I go to underground every couple of
years, and Dante's is either blues or jazz. It's pretty much a tourist
trap, anyway.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

There's a Dante's in the atlanta area? Unless it's a different
ownership, I thought there was only one Dante's and that was in LA
region. Really famous jazz club out there...

It is Dante's Down the Hatch. It was designed to resemble an old
windjammer. They used to have one in Underground, and one uptown in
Buckhead. They have closed the Underground
location.http://www.dantesdownthehatch.com/-Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Now some of the best Q without the blues bands comes from Harold's.

http://atlanta.citysearch.com/profil...a/harold_s_bar...

What kind of sauce does Georgia use?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's a slightly sweet, slightly tangy medium body sauce in northern
Georgia, a lot like Alabama's, except when you gete to southwest
georgia, and southeast Alabama, then it's a mustard sauce, though
thin, not like the thicker, sweeter, South Carolina mustard sauce.
He
http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/bbqsauces.html

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wrote in message
...
On Jan 5, 2:41 am, "CalifBill" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Jan 3, 10:10 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here





wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jan 3, 3:25 pm, wrote:
On Jan 3, 4:12 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here

wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 3, 8:47 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 2, 4:21 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:58:25 -0800 (PST), Tim

wrote:
You've got it made! There's nothing around my place to hear a
good
blues band, that is unless I go 100 mi. to the St. Louis area
then
there the blues joints seem to be a dime a dozen
I like "blues" in general, but most of the time you see amateur
blues
bands that suck - big time.
I like seeing local talent. There's lots and lots of damned good
musicians out there that have just not been *discovered*. It's a
damned hard racket to get into, especially if you have stars in
your
eyes.
Kind of ruins it for me.
Funny story about blues music. Way back in time, New Orleans
Civic
Auditorium - BB King and band.
I was still in the service and of my buddies got five of us
tickets -
excellant seats - third row back/center - out freakin'
standing.
I'm normally oblivious to things and I didn't notice that I was
the
only white guy sitting in that area - meaning floor seats -
kinda
stood out if you get what I mean.
So I'm digging on the music and having a great time - first set
goes
by, break, then out for the second set. Band is starting up
with
some
kind of high energy R&B thing and BB steps up to the
microphrone,
starts with Lucille and says - "This one's for the white guy
down
front" and swings into this rockin' blues number. I'm thinking
"white
guy down front" then my buddy says "I think he means you". I
look
around and sure enough... :)
Pretty cool.
There's a local blues club here that has local talent, and some
of
the
best soul food in the world! Almost all of the times I've been,
I've
been the only white guy in the place. The big ole lady that does
the
cooking calls me Bright, so now that's kinda my nickname in the
place!
She loves the fact that I feel comfortable there and love her
cooking!
What is the name and where is this club located?
I have always loved blues, including blues/rock groups such as the
Allman Bros. and Eric Clapton. Many years ago, Underground Atlanta
had
an old time musician who played the classic Black-blues (ie Muddy
Waters, Howling Wolf etc). I think his name was Red.- Hide quoted
text -
- Show quoted text -
At Dante's?
Nope, it was on the main street, it was a pub and he played at the
window. It was about a half a block from Dante's. I think he was
blind, but it has been many years. I have always thought of Dante's
asng playing Jazz , not blues.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
They go back and forth. Seems like I go to underground every couple
of
years, and Dante's is either blues or jazz. It's pretty much a
tourist
trap, anyway.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

There's a Dante's in the atlanta area? Unless it's a different
ownership, I thought there was only one Dante's and that was in LA
region. Really famous jazz club out there...

It is Dante's Down the Hatch. It was designed to resemble an old
windjammer. They used to have one in Underground, and one uptown in
Buckhead. They have closed the Underground
location.http://www.dantesdownthehatch.com/-Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Now some of the best Q without the blues bands comes from Harold's.

http://atlanta.citysearch.com/profil...a/harold_s_bar...

What kind of sauce does Georgia use?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

it's a slightly sweet, slightly tangy medium body sauce in northern
Georgia, a lot like Alabama's, except when you gete to southwest
georgia, and southeast Alabama, then it's a mustard sauce, though
thin, not like the thicker, sweeter, South Carolina mustard sauce.
He
http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/bbqsauces.html

Like the North Carolina style better than the heavy tomato based sauces.
Last year of so in my smoker, I have gone more to rubs than scauces.
Watching food show the other day (I think travel channel) on South Carolina
and mustard based, I am inspired to do a mustard que. But cold and rainy
now. Makes it too hard to get the temps correct in the smoker. Offset
firebox style.

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On Jan 5, 6:45*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:


your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
OliveGardenfor *REAL* Itallian food.... * HA!

OliveGarden, the McDonald's of Italian....

Yes, but look what's cooking tonight?

http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/r...ecipeID=145583

I suppose that OG decided with all the fakers out there, they thought
they'd post their's so you could at least get it right...or wrong.

Later all Time to go to a NYE gig.
 

Tim wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:45 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:

your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
OliveGardenfor *REAL* Itallian food.... HA!
OliveGarden, the McDonald's of Italian....

Yes, but look what's cooking tonight?

http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/r...ecipeID=145583

I suppose that OG decided with all the fakers out there, they thought
they'd post their's so you could at least get it right...or wrong.





Olive Garden isn't haute cuisine, but it certainly is decent food at a
decent price. As someone who was born in and grew up in a city with a
huge percentage of recently immigrant Italian families, and as someone
who dated "extensively" many lovely Italian girls in my youth, I have a
taste for "real Italian food." There are several "Italian cuisines"
extant in Italy and in this country, and they are marvelously different
from each other.

I don't frequent Olive Garden but I have eaten there a few times over
the years, and I can't recall having a "bad meal." Was the food I
ordered and ate "genuine Italian," whatever that is? Surely not, but it
was "Italianate," as they say.

We have an immigrant Italian family in the area. They operate two
first-class family Italian restaurants, sort of like Louis Restaurant in
the Bronx (from Godfather I) but a little fancier.

Reggie, as usual, is demonstrating he doesn't know his ass from a hole
in the wall. For a guy who never discusses his life, his family, his
possessions, et cetera, he certainly has much in the way of criticism of
others.

Later all Time to go to a NYE gig.
 

On Jan 20, 4:08*pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:45 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:

your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
OliveGardenfor *REAL* Itallian food.... * HA!
OliveGarden, the McDonald's of Italian....

Yes, but *look what's cooking tonight?

http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/r..._detail.asp?re...

I suppose that OG decided with all the fakers out there, they thought
they'd post their's so you could at least get it right...or wrong.

Olive Garden isn't haute cuisine, but it certainly is decent food at a
decent price. As someone who was born in and grew up in a city with a
huge percentage of recently immigrant Italian families, and as someone
who dated "extensively" many lovely Italian girls in my youth, I have a
taste for "real Italian food." There are several "Italian cuisines"
extant in Italy and in this country, and they are marvelously different
from each other.

I don't frequent Olive Garden but I have eaten there a few times over
the years, and I can't recall having a "bad meal." Was the food I
ordered and ate "genuine Italian," whatever that is? Surely not, but it
was "Italianate," as they say.

We have an immigrant Italian family in the area. They operate two
first-class family Italian restaurants, sort of like Louis Restaurant in
the Bronx (from Godfather I) but a little fancier.

Reggie, as usual, is demonstrating he doesn't know his ass from a hole
in the wall. For a guy who never discusses his life, his family, his
possessions, et cetera, he certainly has much in the way of criticism of
others.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, I never order their pasta sauce dish's like spaghetti or
ravioli. I figure I can eat Chef-boy-r-di out of a can at home. Not
imressive stuff, so I go with the more odd things that you just dont'
get anywhere.

I know what you mean by REAL italian food. In St. Louis there's an
area called "Dago Hill" in the late 1800's it was home to gobs of
italian immigrants and that's what the place is called even by the
italians.

There's several family run resturants there that have been in business
for many generations. When you go into the place and see pictures of
the Virgin and Crrcifix's on the walls, with "Mama" and Papa" still
speaking in destinctive accents, and the old traditional wine bottles
with globs of candle was dripped over them, you know you're in the
right spot. OG's be hanged. but I still like eating they're chicken
marsala....

Later all Time to go to a NYE gig.
 

On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:08:29 -0500, HK wrote:

Tim wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:45 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:

your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
OliveGardenfor *REAL* Itallian food.... HA!
OliveGarden, the McDonald's of Italian....

Yes, but look what's cooking tonight?

http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/r...ecipeID=145583

I suppose that OG decided with all the fakers out there, they thought
they'd post their's so you could at least get it right...or wrong.





Olive Garden isn't haute cuisine, but it certainly is decent food at a
decent price. As someone who was born in and grew up in a city with a
huge percentage of recently immigrant Italian families, and as someone
who dated "extensively" many lovely Italian girls in my youth, I have a
taste for "real Italian food." There are several "Italian cuisines"
extant in Italy and in this country, and they are marvelously different
from each other.

I don't frequent Olive Garden but I have eaten there a few times over
the years, and I can't recall having a "bad meal." Was the food I
ordered and ate "genuine Italian," whatever that is? Surely not, but it
was "Italianate," as they say.

We have an immigrant Italian family in the area. They operate two
first-class family Italian restaurants, sort of like Louis Restaurant in
the Bronx (from Godfather I) but a little fancier.

Reggie, as usual, is demonstrating he doesn't know his ass from a hole
in the wall. For a guy who never discusses his life, his family, his
possessions, et cetera, he certainly has much in the way of criticism of
others.

Very cool, Harry. For one who is never critical of others, you are 'tres
cool'.
--
Red Herring

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"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Jan 20, 4:08 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:45 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:

your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
OliveGardenfor *REAL* Itallian food.... HA!
OliveGarden, the McDonald's of Italian....

Yes, but look what's cooking tonight?

http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/r..._detail.asp?re...

I suppose that OG decided with all the fakers out there, they thought
they'd post their's so you could at least get it right...or wrong.

Olive Garden isn't haute cuisine, but it certainly is decent food at a
decent price. As someone who was born in and grew up in a city with a
huge percentage of recently immigrant Italian families, and as someone
who dated "extensively" many lovely Italian girls in my youth, I have a
taste for "real Italian food." There are several "Italian cuisines"
extant in Italy and in this country, and they are marvelously different
from each other.

I don't frequent Olive Garden but I have eaten there a few times over
the years, and I can't recall having a "bad meal." Was the food I
ordered and ate "genuine Italian," whatever that is? Surely not, but it
was "Italianate," as they say.

We have an immigrant Italian family in the area. They operate two
first-class family Italian restaurants, sort of like Louis Restaurant in
the Bronx (from Godfather I) but a little fancier.

Reggie, as usual, is demonstrating he doesn't know his ass from a hole
in the wall. For a guy who never discusses his life, his family, his
possessions, et cetera, he certainly has much in the way of criticism of
others.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, I never order their pasta sauce dish's like spaghetti or
ravioli. I figure I can eat Chef-boy-r-di out of a can at home. Not
imressive stuff, so I go with the more odd things that you just dont'
get anywhere.

I know what you mean by REAL italian food. In St. Louis there's an
area called "Dago Hill" in the late 1800's it was home to gobs of
italian immigrants and that's what the place is called even by the
italians.

There's several family run resturants there that have been in business
for many generations. When you go into the place and see pictures of
the Virgin and Crrcifix's on the walls, with "Mama" and Papa" still
speaking in destinctive accents, and the old traditional wine bottles
with globs of candle was dripped over them, you know you're in the
right spot. OG's be hanged. but I still like eating they're chicken
marsala....


What is "real Italian food"? Being married to a part Italian from the
Northern Italians, and having traveled somewhat in Italy, there are
different cuisines depending on region. The Northern / Swiss Italian's are
not as much into the heavy red sauces. And Chippino is a Genovese regional
dish. Which means it also has a lot of Catalan influence.

Later all Time to go to a NYE gig.
 

Calif Bill wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message
...
On Jan 20, 4:08 pm, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:45 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here
wrote:
your statement is correct about a lot of things. Some people think
that Taco Casa is a mexican resteraunt! however I do like to go to
OliveGardenfor *REAL* Itallian food.... HA!
OliveGarden, the McDonald's of Italian....
Yes, but look what's cooking tonight?
http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/r..._detail.asp?re...
I suppose that OG decided with all the fakers out there, they thought
they'd post their's so you could at least get it right...or wrong.
Olive Garden isn't haute cuisine, but it certainly is decent food at a
decent price. As someone who was born in and grew up in a city with a
huge percentage of recently immigrant Italian families, and as someone
who dated "extensively" many lovely Italian girls in my youth, I have a
taste for "real Italian food." There are several "Italian cuisines"
extant in Italy and in this country, and they are marvelously different
from each other.

I don't frequent Olive Garden but I have eaten there a few times over
the years, and I can't recall having a "bad meal." Was the food I
ordered and ate "genuine Italian," whatever that is? Surely not, but it
was "Italianate," as they say.

We have an immigrant Italian family in the area. They operate two
first-class family Italian restaurants, sort of like Louis Restaurant in
the Bronx (from Godfather I) but a little fancier.

Reggie, as usual, is demonstrating he doesn't know his ass from a hole
in the wall. For a guy who never discusses his life, his family, his
possessions, et cetera, he certainly has much in the way of criticism of
others.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, I never order their pasta sauce dish's like spaghetti or
ravioli. I figure I can eat Chef-boy-r-di out of a can at home. Not
imressive stuff, so I go with the more odd things that you just dont'
get anywhere.

I know what you mean by REAL italian food. In St. Louis there's an
area called "Dago Hill" in the late 1800's it was home to gobs of
italian immigrants and that's what the place is called even by the
italians.

There's several family run resturants there that have been in business
for many generations. When you go into the place and see pictures of
the Virgin and Crrcifix's on the walls, with "Mama" and Papa" still
speaking in destinctive accents, and the old traditional wine bottles
with globs of candle was dripped over them, you know you're in the
right spot. OG's be hanged. but I still like eating they're chicken
marsala....


What is "real Italian food"? Being married to a part Italian from the
Northern Italians, and having traveled somewhat in Italy, there are
different cuisines depending on region. The Northern / Swiss Italian's are
not as much into the heavy red sauces. And Chippino is a Genovese regional
dish. Which means it also has a lot of Catalan influence.




We were fortunate in New Haven to be neighbors of an immigrant Italian
family with three American-born sons. The mother, a wonderful woman who
I loved, was stuck in a houseful of really skinny males, including her
husband. She could always count on me to come by and "eat like a real
Italian boy."

That woman could *cook*.

My father's retail store was about two miles away from an old-style
Italian deli that was always jammed with customers. My dad used to send
someone there every Saturday to buy a carryout lunch at the store for
whoever was working at the boat store and for whatever customers
wandered in. It wasn't until much later in life that I learned the deli
was the "front business" for the local don. Which probably explains why
all the cops came by for lunch, too.