Comments on: What shall I eat next?! http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/ My life in my words Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: mixed moss http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-149 mixed moss Tue, 23 May 2006 12:15:47 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-149 Yay for Grandma's cooking! Although mine probably looks pretty different from yours and is nothing like most of cracker barrel's menu. Fried cornmeal mush with bacon and maple syrup. Swedish meatballs and kringles and spritz cookies and other Scandinavian foods. Soda bread a la my Irish great-grandfather. Croatian dishes like patitsa bread and pigs in a blanket (totally different from any other kind of pigs in a blanket, this one has ground pork and sauerkraut). Turkey stuffing at Thanksgiving that has wildrice in it. And the inevitable relish tray. Yes, my family is from the Iron Range! Lol. Crazy Northerners from random European countries. Lots of good old Scandinavian and Bohemian food-- and lots of beer. Yay for Grandma’s cooking! Although mine probably looks pretty different from yours and is nothing like most of cracker barrel’s menu. Fried cornmeal mush with bacon and maple syrup. Swedish meatballs and kringles and spritz cookies and other Scandinavian foods. Soda bread a la my Irish great-grandfather. Croatian dishes like patitsa bread and pigs in a blanket (totally different from any other kind of pigs in a blanket, this one has ground pork and sauerkraut). Turkey stuffing at Thanksgiving that has wildrice in it. And the inevitable relish tray.

Yes, my family is from the Iron Range! Lol. Crazy Northerners from random European countries. Lots of good old Scandinavian and Bohemian food– and lots of beer.

]]> By: obahsomah http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-148 obahsomah Mon, 22 May 2006 17:24:40 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-148 As I was going to bed last night I remembered Cracker Barrel...it will have loads of stuff you've never eaten! Remember how I said Meatloaf is my granny's cooking? Well, everything at Crackerbarrel is like my Granny's cooking! yummy stuff! Oh catfish is another thing you could try or Cajun food. If you make it to the Farmer's Market there in L.A. to eat there are tons of places to choose from, Cajun food, BBQ, Deli's, I think it's just your kind of place...and a great shopping area too! As I was going to bed last night I remembered Cracker Barrel…it will have loads of stuff you’ve never eaten! Remember how I said Meatloaf is my granny’s cooking? Well, everything at Crackerbarrel is like my Granny’s cooking! yummy stuff! Oh catfish is another thing you could try or Cajun food. If you make it to the Farmer’s Market there in L.A. to eat there are tons of places to choose from, Cajun food, BBQ, Deli’s, I think it’s just your kind of place…and a great shopping area too!

]]> By: mixedmoss http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-147 mixedmoss Mon, 22 May 2006 14:41:10 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-147 I'm a breakfast person. Here's my advice: Ask someone to take you to First Watch for breakfast, if you have time and if there's one near you! I can't eat much early in the morning, but if I've waited until ten or eleven to eat and am hungry for a big, piggy brunch there's no place I like better than First Watch. Try the Key West Crepe-egg. It's my favorite. A crepe-egg is a crepe that they've dipped in egg and fried like an omelette, with all sorts of yummieness inside! The Key West one has turkey, bacon, tomato, avocado, sour cream (sort of like creme freche), salsa...you get the picture! It's very California, for all that it's named after Florida. And it's served with fried potatoes. We love our homefries and hashbrowns in America. In the Midwest it is a rare day that potatoes are not served in one form or another at at least one meal. A legacy, I suppose, from the millions of Irish immigrants we've had. If you can't find a First Watch, ask for a Cracker Barrel restaurant and order the pancakes. They have to best pancakes you've ever eaten! I’m a breakfast person. Here’s my advice:

Ask someone to take you to First Watch for breakfast, if you have time and if there’s one near you! I can’t eat much early in the morning, but if I’ve waited until ten or eleven to eat and am hungry for a big, piggy brunch there’s no place I like better than First Watch. Try the Key West Crepe-egg. It’s my favorite. A crepe-egg is a crepe that they’ve dipped in egg and fried like an omelette, with all sorts of yummieness inside! The Key West one has turkey, bacon, tomato, avocado, sour cream (sort of like creme freche), salsa…you get the picture! It’s very California, for all that it’s named after Florida.

And it’s served with fried potatoes. We love our homefries and hashbrowns in America. In the Midwest it is a rare day that potatoes are not served in one form or another at at least one meal. A legacy, I suppose, from the millions of Irish immigrants we’ve had.

If you can’t find a First Watch, ask for a Cracker Barrel restaurant and order the pancakes. They have to best pancakes you’ve ever eaten!

]]> By: Rachel http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-146 Rachel Sun, 21 May 2006 20:59:24 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-146 Parke, I just got back from eating an In and Out burger! Well recommended! I loved it. The sauce is really unique. Thanks for that.. Deana, I'm looking out for a BBQ opportunity! Hope you're having fun on the oldest street. Have a safe journey home. Parke, I just got back from eating an In and Out burger! Well recommended! I loved it. The sauce is really unique. Thanks for that..

Deana, I’m looking out for a BBQ opportunity! Hope you’re having fun on the oldest street. Have a safe journey home.

]]> By: Parke http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-145 Parke Sun, 21 May 2006 12:23:46 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-145 two things you should try if you haven't: - fish tacos from Wahoo's (they really are great) - In and Out hamburgers (quality hamburger the way they're meant to be) two things you should try if you haven’t:
- fish tacos from Wahoo’s (they really are great)
- In and Out hamburgers (quality hamburger the way they’re meant to be)

]]> By: Deana http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-144 Deana Sun, 21 May 2006 06:12:28 +0000 http://rachel.voxtropolis.com/2006/05/21/what-shall-i-eat-next/#comment-144 Great getting to see you guys one more time! The only other thing I can think of that is truly an American meal is BBQ...it is usually beef or pork, smoked for many hours...it's sooo good! I'll be watching for the rest of your adventures in America! Great getting to see you guys one more time!

The only other thing I can think of that is truly an American meal is BBQ…it is usually beef or pork, smoked for many hours…it’s sooo good! I’ll be watching for the rest of your adventures in America!

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