Saturday Lunch

what is an artichoke stuffed with? I've never had one, stuffed or otherwise.

Nancy, you are missing out. It's stuffed with a breadcrumb mixture that includes garlic & olive oil. My grandma used to make them. I remember begging her to make them for us. My parents wouldn't let me ask her often because she had arthritis in her hands & there's something about cutting the leaves that would aggravate her arthritis. It was always a treat when we did get one. Janine makes them. We have to fleetfoot her to do it. They are a labor of love.

When you buy them to bring home at a restaurant or grocery store or whatever, I would like to know why they feel the need to stick a slice of lemon on top. They do that with stuffed crabs, too. You get a strong lemon taste on all of the stuffing below the lemon. I'm not all that big on lemon. I'd rather have both without it.

By the way, Nancy, Christina means Grandma Ferrara. I doubt Grandma Tompkins ever made these. :)

Christina,

Have you tried Bobby's seafood for stuffed artichokes. I hear they are good. I rarely eat artichokes from a restaurant because my Mom makes the best ones I've ever tasted. Ask Sue, she's had them. She uses several kinds of cheeses and bread crumbs and I'm sure various other seasonings. And, she always puts a lemon on top also. I don't know why she does this and it does make the stuffing under the lemon taste like lemon. And Robbie, Come Back Inn does still have the best roast beef in town. Sue is the one who started me eating the roast beef on muffaletta bread from Come Back Inn - actually I've been craving one lately and will need to get one soon.

Sue has an unusual way about eating roast beef.

Robbie,

I thought your whole family at roast beef like that. Is it only Sue? I know her family eats it on muffaletta bread also.

Okay - I'm back! I just got internet reinstalled and a new email address. What an inconvenience to be without it for over a month. We're back with the same company we had before because Bell South could not deliver what they promised and kept giving us the run around. So, Scott got fed up with dealing with them and their incompetence and told them nevermind, except that's not quite how it came out but, it is what he meant!

Barbara, I bet what Robbie is alluding to in his comment about my unusual way of eating roast beef is the manner in which I disect the roast beef before I eat it. You know. He would not be the only person to find it unusual!

Patsy does that, too, Sue. With ham or roast beef. She hardly ever orders either at a restaurant so I don't have to go sit at another table. :)

Sue,

I didn't even think about that. I never think of it as unusual - it's just how you eat it! I've seen you do it to ham and roast beef for so long I don't even think about it.

This is such a funny exchange! To me, it's what this blog is all about, the give and take of everyday conversation. I told Patsy the other day that if any so-called fat reached her mouth, she would never know it, and she said, "Yes, I would," in perfect seriousness. And I'm sure Sue would say the same, but I would still say it to her as well. The little pieces of fat that they remove would never be noticed in the mouth. I believe that to be true.

I agree with Sue and Patsy, fat in a sandwich (or otherwise), EWWW! Carol

I agree with Aunt Ginnie! I never notice the fat in a sandwich. If I make a cold corned beef sandwich, I tend to trim off the fat, but still leave some on.

My feeling on this is the Come Back Inn serves fairly lean roast beef and ham. We're not talking about big gobs of fat here.

Ms. Ginnie,

I know for a fact that Sue would know if any little itsy bitsy piece of fat touched her mouth. When we were kids my Mom would buy ham from a deli on Airline Highway and I believe Fairway. Sue would come over and make a ham sandwich and disect the ham. My Mom and I are both pretty picky about fat so she only bought very lean ham but somehow Sue could still find a piece of fat to take off. We really never thought anything about the way Sue disected a sandwich - I guess because we have seen her do it so many times. I really thought she was the only one - I'm glad to see Patsy does it also just so Sue is not alone in her ritual. Robbie, I agree with you, Come Back Inn's roast beef is very lean because I wouldn't eat it if it wasn't but somehow Sue is able to find something on it - I take Patsy does also. Thanks for letting me crash in on the blog - this has been fun.

Oh, yes, I would know if a piece of fat somehow slipped my inspection. It's rubbery and makes me gag! Daddy would let me make my ham sandwich first and then he would use my scraps for his sandwich. Now Scott does that. Disgusting!

I couldn't do that, Sue. Toss it.

Come Back Inn has never been one of my favorite places. The place used to look so dirty. While their roast beef has good flavor, I have never had one that hasn't had strips of fat on it. I am with Sue on the fat issue. I ABSOLUTELY know if fat has gotten into my mouth. Yuk!

CBI has gone through bad patches. The food wasn't consistently good for a while there and I would not choose to eat there, when a choice was to be had. Mom, Angela, and I had shrimp po-boys and onion rings not too long ago. It was all good. I'll stop avoiding it now.

I solved the fat issue by not eating meat. There's no way you can avoid getting fat or boingy things in meat. Ish. When I was a carnivore, I operated on my sandwich, too, before taking a bite. Even after that, my palate was on the alert for the tell-tale texture of a missed hunk of fat or gristle, which would get spit into a napkin. It might have made me gag too, I don't know.

There are no fatty blobules in Soy. And I will never find a chicken's toenail in my hotdog.

I guess we all have our things. Patsy has always been more of a fish and seafood eater than meat and poultry eater. A fish bone, a fish scale, a crab shell, or fishy flavor doesn't bother her in the least. One fish bone has me on alert and the second one stops me in my tracks. Fishy fish or a scale and I'm going hungry. I tolerate crab shells a little but I have a threshold. Don't get me started on undercooked shrimp...

Reading all the "eating issues" in the family make me a little uneasy opening a restaurant! I tell Christina all the time not to pass on her issues to the boys. If they don't complain don't tell them you don't like it. Some of the quirkiness is cute for a girl but boys are boys darn it!

If my memory serves me correctly,(which, it will 50% of the time), I remember Sue eating raw hamburger meat when Mr. Sam was making meatballs! I wouldn't try it, but Sue used to sneak it out of the bowl, pop a piece in her mouth and say,"uummm".

Good to see you, Donna. I think we ALL used to grab meatballs out of the bowl. Surprised we're here to talk about it. :)

Oh, no, I don't ever remember anyone eating a raw meatball. Not ever.

Hey Mrs. Ginnie. I don't remember Sue ever doing it in front of you or Mr. Sam. But I have vivid memories of Sue eating raw ground meat! Maybe not a whole meatball, but a tibit or two!

Hey yourself, Donna. I love hearing from you. And Barbara, too.