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Skriven 2014-09-26 13:19:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-23-14  20:26 <=-

 RH>> So she would be a good one to take with you to validate a
 RH>> restaurant's claim to authenticity.
 NB>> Exactly...  :)

 RH> Good thinking.

I thought so...  (G)
 
 NB>>> Shrimp with grits... how could we pass that one up...?
 RH>> Works for me but Steve would have issues with the corn.
 NB>> True...  there were some other non-corn options, but grits is
 NB>> something one doesn't get just anywhere...

 RH> We can get them just about anywhere. (G)
 
Ok... so amend that to be, one doesn't get just anywhere here in the
North...  ;)   Especially not decently made grits..  ;)

 RH>> So it sounds like another trip is in (short) order.
 NB>> Probably.  ;)  We try to get together at least once a month for
 NB>> lunch... she used to go to our church and now goes somewhere else,
 NB>> this keeps the friendship going actively...  :)

 RH> Good idea, and good way to keep the friendship going.

An offshoot from that is getting together monthly with our spouses and
an extra or two or three for Fourth Sunday dinner...  often at some
place we've checked out at our lunch dates...  ;)

 RH>> Sounds like it's well known and is well worthy of a repeat visit.
 NB>> It's only been open a bit more than a year, so it's done well for
 NB>> itself...  I think that the proprietors live in the neighborhood,
 NB>> too, so that helps...  and they obviously have cooking talent,
 NB>> whether their own or in hiring a good cook... ;)

 RH> Somebody found a demand for that kind of food and is filling the need
 RH> right well. Better than another dime a dozen type eatery of whatever
 RH> type.
 
The diner type is the most usual opening (and often not lasting)...
followed by the various mom-and-pop Chinese takeout...  Can't keep up
with all of them... ;)

 RH>> We went to an Ethiopean place in Raleigh tonight for our anniversary,
 RH>> got a meat sampler plate and a vegetarian sampler (put together onto
 RH>> one big plate) with injera. A bit (but not too bad) on the spicy side.
 RH>> I went easy on the injera, other carby things but we were both well
 RH>> filled.It's one we will try to get back to, another (almost) hole in
 RH>> the wall sized place.
 NB>> So you didn't take the trip to the coast for fish after all...  :) 

 RH> No, Steve had to teach Sunday School the next day and we're working
 RH> on another project so didn't go. We may go down after things settle
 RH> down a bit.

Ah.  At least you found a good substitute for a special occasion.  :)
 
 NB>> My friend Deb took me to a little Ethiopean place near her massage
 NB>> office... we had a similar experience...  Got a meat sampler and the
 NB>> vegetarian sampler... and had so much food that it was more than
 NB>> enough for Richard, as well...  she sent all the leftovers home with
 NB>> me for him...  ;)  I think they made their own injera there, and I
 NB>> know that they were doing their own cooking...  All very tasty, and
 NB>> nicely spiced...  :)  Probably a place to go back to, as well...  :)
 NB>> It might be a place that Fords would like, too... so maybe I'll try
 NB>> to make that connection with them... ;)

 RH> We didn't have any leftovers except a bit of the injera so nothing to
 RH> take home. Don't know if a regular serving of whatever would have
 RH> given us leftovers or not but this was just right for the 2 of us.

We were surprised at the size of the portions at this place... Either of
the sampler plates would have been probably sufficient for the two of us
to share.  And we went there hungry, too...  :)  And found it very very
good... so it was surprising how much we ended up with as leftovers...
two large takeout containers full...  :)

ttyl          neb

... I came, I searched, I found .... now I've mislaid it!

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