O’Desi Aroma - McKinney (Indian)

 So I was wandering on up to McKinney to hang out with a couple of kindred spirits. While up there I ran into an ole known associate who use to hide out at my church with me, The First Fried Chicken Eaten mostly Baptist somewhat Non-Denominational Church. We decided we needed some extended time to hash out old times. So we decided to grab some grub. Now my known associate apparently doesn't eat any American foods or anything from the creek, so we had to wander into this Indian food restaurant, Desi Aroma. This was my first experience in an Indian restaurant. I had a neighbor bring us some Indian Food down to the crick for us to try one time and it was ok. So I wasn't totally scared, but I had heard tales of curry.

I studied the menu a long time and googled a lot of things to see what I was willing to risk my life over. I finally settled on Korma, a rich cashew almond curry with mixed vegetables (think a thick soup/sauce) with chicken (you know Yardbird). Also, I ordered garlic naan. 

So here I am risking my life, and all of sudden, hey this isn't too bad. Of course chicken is chicken. The Korma was very interesting a little spicy but a nice flavor. Hey I might do t his again sometime. The naan was basically a flatbed with oil and garlic on it. Now I could eat my weight in this stuff. So overall, I survived the indian food war with a win and a promise someday I will go do it again.

Of course when I was done my Texas drawl had a little Indian twang to it.

Givem a 7.98888

Mitcho

©2026

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

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Pluckers - Mesquite

 Recently grandson number 1, CBoss, came in for a few days for advanced whittle and creek dwelling lessons. Gotta love the desire to learn and improve. Now CBoss is a big friend of the chicken wing or tender. Gotta be saucy though or forget it. So come time to strap on the feed bag, CBoss wanted to go to the new Pluckers in Mesquite. Since no is not in my vocabulary when it comes to grand kids we are off to Pluckers.

The first few months this place was open it was covered up with chicken eaten Skeeters/Stallions. However, finally the new has worn off and it is just a restaurant now. Mesquite was in bad need of another yardbird vendor. Like taco venders we have one on every corner.

We started off with fried pickles. Years ago I would have wondered why you want a fried pickle, but if it is battered and spiced nicely they are awesome. Pluckers are not. First of all they use a half a pickle spear. Fried pickles should be pickle slices heavely battered and very spicy. The batter here was ok and the spice was basic. The biggest problem here it is all pickle, limited batter and spice. If you need good fried pickles Razzoo's is the best. Buffalo Wild Wings are very good.  Don't bother with fried pickles at Pluckers.

I ordered the original buffalo flavor for my wings. The first thing I notice is what they call a wing, I call half a chicken. These things are huge. I prefer normal wing size which has more breading and flavor to the chicken ratio. These should be called yardbird breast not wings. The original buffalo flavor was disappointing. I have had this flavor in a number of wing shops in the area and this one is the least flavor I have had. This is how bad it is, Whatwings at Whataburger have a much better flavor. My wings (half chicken) had a good amount of grizzle. My knife couldn't cut the grizzle. So there goes a good amount of the wing (half chicken). You lose me at grizzle. 

Overall, I don't see the point here. My drink was good. That is the best thing I had. So don't look for me at Pluckers in the future cause I won't be there. Come see me at Whataburger, love those Whatwings.

Givem a 6.1

Mitcho

©2025

 

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

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Lazy Dog - Firewheel

 Children

, you gotta have’em to get to the grand kids. No shortcuts here. 

My oldest was flying in for a rave and expected to be picked up at the big bird yard.

Of course at the time the fish are going to start to bite. What do you do?

After consulting the wifey and evaluating the future she painted for me, I went to the big bird yard.

The good news is the oldest grandson was hiding out nearby and was hungry. So we started making valuable food plans. One thing I know for sure is CBoss knows good eats.

Of course he has a hankering for The Lazy Dog. I had notified the family months ago that I was boycotting The Lazy Dog because how can you have dog in your name and not serve a hot dog?  How does that happen???

But as I said CBoss wanted to go there and grand kids rule. So against my better judgement off we go.

As we are ordering CBoss advises me that the BBQ Ranch Bacon Cheese Burger may be the best burger he has ever eaten. Just reading the name makes me hungry. As I mentioned above CBoss knows food so I ordered the burger. Wow he may be right, this was a mighty good burger.

But the best is yet to come. I was advised that the Cajun fries were the best. I like everything Cajun. So I ordered a mess of them. Oh my gosh, these things are incredible. Best fries I have ever had. 

Overall except for the two acres of land I had to sell to pay the bill this was a great meal. Of course it wasn’t my land I sold.

Givem a 8.93570

Mitcho 

©2025

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

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Cheesecake Factory

 As Valentines was approaching the wifey informed me I was buying her her favorite candy. She got it off the shelf, took it to the register and indicated I was paying for it. Then she informs me I was taking her and my other wife to the Cheesecake Factory. You know I was out voted then. There was nothing I could do but gather the wives up and off we go.

You don’t go to the Cheesecake Factory for their entrees. They aren’t bad, but the star of the show is the cheesecake. Being on a diet and determined to eat my whole cheesecake I was looking for something lighter for entre. I found Chicken and Jalapeño Fritters. Chicken, green chilies, onions, sauce and some other stuff.

My first question is where is the jalapeños?

Question 2; where is the chicken. The fritters, green chilli and cheese sauce, onions etc were pretty good, but I didn’t find either one of the stars.

Of course afterwards I ordered a Snickers Cheesecake. Chocolate, caramel and whip cream, how can you go wrong. No take home box needed. This was some mighty good cheesecake. 

The entree gets a hardy 6.111, but the cheesecake comes in at a solid 9.0.

Mitcho

©2025

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

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Kolache Depot Bakery-Ennis

 Down in the crick I was tending to important things when the word was that the Revenuers were in the crick looking for copper lines and kettles. I had no choice but to get out of Dodge for a few days. I grabbed up the wifey and we took off for Rockettown. We have some folk down there. 

One of my strong points is that I like to eat. I am a really big fan of the Czech Stop in the town of West, TX on I-35. But I don’t have a Czech place on I-45 going south. I had heard Ennis was a Czech community so it was time to Czech it out. A search came up with the Kolache Depot Bakery right next to I-45. We roll in there about lunch time and plenty haungry.

This place had a display case similar to the Czech Stop. So I am in bidness. I ordered a sausage and jalapeño kolache, a sausage, jalapeño and cheese kolache and a cinnamon roll.

The sausage was pretty good but could have been spicer. The jalapeño was barely detectable. But the make it or break it in a kolache is the fresh baked bread. Had I not eaten at the Czech Stop for 40 years, I would not have known better, but the bread did not measure up. Don’t get me wrong the bread was pretty good, but not oh my kolache good. So I left somewhat disappointed. 

When I dug into the cinnamon roll I found one thing that was ok. It was pretty close to the competition. Not enough cinnamon but it was as sweet as you would want.

I am still looking for a Czech place on I-45. If you know of one please call me at BR549.

Givem a 7:0000123.

Mitcho

©2025

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

 

Buc-ees - Beaver Nuggets

 Recently, the Revenuers and Federales were crawling all over the creek. So it was time to get out of town for a few days. The wifey and I decided to head out to Houston to hang out with a grandson and lay low. Had some good time and good eats for a few days. After a couple of days we decided we ought to head back to the creek but should do it in the middle of night to avoid detection. We start out of Houston about 10:00 pm, first destination Buc-ees in Madisonville, TX. It is a given that if you are a Texan and your are traveling you stop at every Buc-ees. 

One other item about Buc-ees I have not been so sure about. Some friends have informed me that is mandatory to buy Buc-ees Beaver Nuggets and other friends have said they are nasty don't bother. Now this is confusing. The only real way to sort this out is to get a bag of Beaver Nuggets and chomp on them. Since I needed snacks for the long trip home I bought a bag. Of course I also bought a few cookies and a cinnamon roll that is really really good. So I had options on the way home. 

I busted the bag open and started chomping on them. My opinion is this is a weak copy of Cracker Jacks (remember those). Basically they are a little sweet air. Not much else. I can see their value, but there are better snacks in Buc-ees.

Givem 6.4358

Mitcho

©2024

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g

Whataburger - WhataWings

The wifey and myself went to Hungry Heights this morning to work on our home there. You know you can't have enough homes for when the revenuer or Federales are looking for you. While there, we worked like rented mules. That means we worked really really hard. When the sun peaked straight up like I like my coffee we determined it was time to grab some grub.

After a brief conversation the wifey decided we were going to Whatburger and I said "Yes Ma'am". So off the the orange building with white stripes. 

When we got to the counter to order an add for the WhataWings came up. I have been seeing the adds in the store regular for awhile and had never tried them. But after working like a rented mule I could afford the extra calories so I went for it. They have 4 flavors, honey butter, honey barbeque, sweet and spicy and buffalo. I went for the sweet and spicy. 

Whataburger is officially in the wing business. The chicken was near perfect, the breading was very good and the sweet and spicy was sweet and very spicy. These wings are just as good as the wings in the Wing Restaurants. If  you haven't tried them, you owe it to yourself to get on down to Whatburger and check out the WhataWings. Yum, Yum.

Givem a 8.2111111

Mitcho 

©2024

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him may have eternal life.

Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour

Please attend church with me next Sunday. Where ever you are, go to the link below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwas2xFpEStMd06-59ggY7g