Reggae Wings & Tings a Jamaican Restaurant - Mesquite on Town East just south of Motly

The wifey and me are always willing to sacrifice our bodies for your entertainment. We are always looking for the new place to eat at in the area. Recently a new restaurant opened in the old Pizza Inn building on Town East. The wifey today said it was time to take our chances and do the Wings & Tings. So there was nothing I could do but do the Beguine on over to Reggae Wings & Tings.

The place is painted by the official colors of Jamaica and it is decorated Jamaican. There is a big American Flag on the back wall. So we are good. The music is loud and is Jamaican. Bring it on, I like heavy Carribbean music.

So we looked the menu over and there is nothing on this thing that grandma ever cooked. Some of the items, I just don't understand what they are. The place offers a lot of Jerk and Curry. Mitcho likes spicy so I may have found a good spot for me.

We could understand what Jerk Chicken probably was so we went for it. We also ordered okra and french fries. It is pretty hard to go wrong with Yardbird (Chicken for you city slickers). Wow this chicken was Gooooooood! It was a little spicy, hold on a minute while I get some more antacid..........................................., I am back, it's better now. This really had a good spicy flavor. (Note: There was bones mixed in. Other than wings, I don't remember the last time I was served bones. But they were spicy too.)

The breading on the Okra was thicker and a little spicy. Some pretty good okra rat here.

The fries were very thin and crispy. I like that.

Their drinks appear to be cans of Arizona Tea and I am not sure what else.

Overall, this was some good fixin's.   I will be going back soon. They are in a bad location, so if you guys don't get up off your couch and away from your refrigerator and head out to Town East Blvd, then they are not going to make it very long.

Givem an 8.45497879131327

Mitcho
©2017

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

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Snuffers Rockwall - Bologna Burger

Tonight after doing some of the Lords work at the First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist Church, us and some church buds holed up at Snuffers in Rockwall. The wifey and me had done the Maypole dance and were there about 10 minutes before the slowpokes. While we were sipping on our Diet Coke (you know I have to protect my School Boy figure), I read an advertisement for the special burger of the month, The Bologna burger. You guessed it, I didn't even look at the menu. A redneck is not going to pass up a chance at fried bologna. Even the wifey knew she had a bologna burger in her near future without asking.

When it came time to order, I proudly ordered up the Bologna burger. All of us know that bologna has to be fried to be really good. Well this bologna was lightly fried. Mitcho wants it burnt. Lightly fried just doesn't cut it. The bologna's taste wasn't as sweet as burnt, but it still over powered the hamburger patty. Just couldn't taste the beef at all. The Jalapeno relish was more like sweet relish. I am still looking for the heat (I didn't even have to take some antacids when I got home). This burger comes with mayo, but you Mitcho is a man's man, which means a side order of mustard to float it in yellow. Of course the meal was accompanied by cheese fries. You just don't go to Snuffers without getting cheese fries. I don't care what kind of diet you are on.The cheese fries were floating in cheddar cheese and add some bacon bits and chives and you got some good lovin right there.

Next time I will go back to one of the old reliable's on the menu.

Throw in some good times with some good friends and you got yourself an evening better than hanging around the still swapping untruthful stories.

Givem a 7.92464546 (it's all about the cheese fries)

MItcho
©2017

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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Lakewood Cafe-Hwy 66 & Dalrock Rowlett

The wifey and me were holed up at the First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational Somewhat Baptist Church. As any good churchified person, as soon as Sunday go to meeting is over, it is time to rush to the restaurant and eat like there is no tomorrow. The wifey informed me that we were doing the gallop over to Lakewood Cafe. My East Dallas homey's would expect this cafe to be in the one and only Lakewood. If it really is at Hwy 66 and Dalrock, then the name should be Lakeview or Lakeside. Lakewood? Really?

We slid in and was seated immediately. After skating over the menu, I came to the conclusion that this is a breakfast, brunch and somewhat lunch joint. The pancake choices caught my attention immediately. They have blueberry, strawberry, banana, and a number of others. So when out waitress sauntered by, I ordered banana pancakes and bacon. I asked for my bacon to be burnt. A good redneck cooks his bacon with a blow torch, which the final result is always burnt. The waitress was the most accommodating regarding the burnt bacon. I think she really got it, but most don't.

The pancakes came with whipped cream on top with a number of banana slices. The pancakes themselves had banana slices throughout. The bacon, BURNT, just like I like it. This earned the waitress and extra dollar tip and an Atta Boy (I hope that didn't bother her, since she was not a boy!!!) 

Overall, they done breakfast up good here. The wifey had a BLT (without the T) and thought it was very good also.

This looks like it may wind up in the lunch after Sunday go to meeting rotation.

Givem an 8.312589*6453

MItcho
©2017

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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La Joya Mexican-Downtown Wylie on Ballard

It's Friday and party night. Darlin' and Sax Man was going to party it up late. This means the wifey and me are agitating the grands. We always take the varmints to dinner when we are agitating them. The only food word these three know is pizza. Two days ago, the wifey let it be known that pizza was not in play tonight. After considerable  and sometimes heated discussion we settled on Mexican. Then we negotiated over all of the Tex-Mex joints in North Texas. I finally settled the issue by deciding on La Joya. I had never been here, but our Darlin' and Chipper had and gave it high marks. Chipper, CBoss, King L, Lil Darlin' and me did the Cha Cha to La Joya.

This is a very small locally owned restaurant, but they do a booming bidness. It is sparsely decorated, but I didn't 't come here to look at the walls. Everything here is reasonably priced, which is a very good thing.

We started off ordering drinks. The 3 kiddos aka varmints ordered Sprite in the bottle. I was surprised to see large real glass bottles. All sodas taste much better in a glass bottle. Chipper and me ordered tea.

After a few minutes, they brought chips and hot sauce. The few chips I got were thicker than most and the hot sauce was spiced up nicely. Of course when Chipper is with you, you are not going to get many chips.

I ordered the Mexican plate. Wow they thought I was haungry. The meal started with a very tasty taco which was in a thicker than normal shell. Then I went after the chalupa. Another rather thick tostada and very good. The cheese enchilada had a good tasting cheese and some good chili over it. Finally it was tamale time. Another very good tamale. The rice and beans were just normal rice and beans. Overall this was some good eats.

If you have a hankering for some bueno Mexican food and you are haungry, then grab up your gang and head out to La Joya, you won't regret it.

Givem a 8.1535652

Mitcho

© 2017

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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Hop Doddy - Preston Center North Dallas

This here redneck just doesn't like having to go to North Dallas. Those people who think they are rich, don't understand rednecks or our extreme value to life.I understand those rich folk, but they are not my cup of tea. However, once in a while, I have to infiltrate their territory to do a little bidness. Today I wasn't just real incognito (undercover), I had on two layers of flannel shirts. My outfit would fit in at the country cafe or Dairy Queen, but in North Dallas not so much. The bidness was no problem because they were taking my money. At least this time it wasn't the county sheriff.

After our bidness we did the Bolero over to Hop Doddy's Burger Bar.This is clearly a Millennial's hang out. The deco is nicer than my Dairy Queen and modern. I did notice that in all of their aloofness they do have a picture of Willie Nelson on the wall. Watch out, that opens the doors for us rednecks. The people were nice and didn't give me a stinky face.

Our overview of the menu reveals burgers with Turkey, Duck & Chicken patty, green beans, cranberry sauce, basil pesto, Chipotle Aioli (whatever that is), lamb, argula, and wasabi. You won't find this stuff at Whataburger. They did have a Classic Burger. They might as well call it the Mitcho Redneck burger. Meat, bun, onion, etc. So we chose the Classic Burger with cheese and bacon. You can never get enough bacon. They don't have fries, they have Kennebec Fries. Which must mean fries with some green stuff on them that don't taste.I can handle the fries. Finally we went to the drink machine. There isn't Coke, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, etc. It is "Main Root" brands. We tried the Diet Coke (I have to watch my magnificent figure.). The Diet Coke tastes like watered down Diet Coke. Just get a Coke machine with some Dr. Pepper in it. Can you imagine a restaurant in Texas and no Dr. Pepper. I have some kin folk that would go to war over not having Dr. Pepper.

 The burger had a good Angus patty. The other stuff was almost missing. There is some kind of secret sauce on it, but let's just say it was mayo. At Whataburger I get a heaping helpin of onions, mustard, etc. The fries were pretty decent but not just real special.

Overall, this was a pretty good meal, but nothing here would make me stop going to Whatburger. The meal for 1 burger, fries and two drinks was $18. I can eat at Whataburger several times on that amount.

Givem a 7.50001894

Mitcho
©2017

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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Book Club Cafe-On the square in Rockwall

This morning we were up in the church, you know The First Fried Chicken Eating Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist church (Clife-Rockwall). After church of course the main thing is lunch. Our church is in Rockwall, so most of the time lunch happens in Rockwall, you know Burgers (Joe Willey's), Tacos & Burritos, enchiladas; the redneck staples. Approaching the square today the wifey pulled a dirty trick and said we were going to Book Club Café. Of course she waited to the last minute to keep me from thinking of a good reason to not go and not get in trouble. For this here redneck it takes a while to conjure up a good excuse that doesn't get me whopped with the skillet. We all know that the name Book Club Café means books and foo foo food. Not an ounce of grease in the house. I am pretty sure that books allowed in the place do not include Mad Magazine, Comic books, or Sports Illustrated (swim suit edition). I am expecting Great Expectations and all those other classics that I used Cliff Notes to get past in English. As for food, I am expecting La Madeleine faire, quiches, omelettes, etc. But I do want the wifey to be nice to me, so I took a hard left and did the jitterbug stroll to the Rockwall square. I did try the parking as an issue to save me, but wouldn't you know it, a spot right in front. All the rest were full, but I guess I only needed one.

As we go in, there are no books anywhere. Once we were seated we were told they made their own coffee, syrups, drinks, buns, pastries, and they had gluten free and vegan faire. I am excited, I didn't hear anything about jalapeno's, chili, hot sauce, onion, etc. This is going to be fun.

I was surprised. The first thing I see on the menu is burgers. They are expensive, house made buns with gluten free and vegan options. But they do have a burger. Then, next thing I see is Hot Dawgs!! Now we are getting somewhere.  The first dog I lock in on has onions, jalapeno's and pico. This is what I am talking about. The wifey looks farther and there is a dawg with sauerkraut, mustard and sweet relish. Sweet. No need to looking any further (they do have the omelette's also). The wifey orders a dawg with bacon. Sounds pretty good to me. I ordered the sauerkraut dawg with chips (Der Kommissar).

The home made bun was tasty, the weiner was a pretty standard weiner (maybe they should try a Johnsonville braut?????), mustard and loaded with sweet pickle relish. As for the sauerkraut, they need to get a new recipe. This was slightly doctored cabbage. Sauerkraut should have a strong sour punch, the stronger the better. That isn't happening here. The chips were a pretty standard chip.
Considering what I was expecting, this was a good lunch. Not the best dawg, but pretty good and it was not quiche.

Givem a 7.5

Mitcho
©2017

Jesus is the reason for the season.

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

Poor Mitcho's Cafe

The  Pastors of my church, The First Fried Chicken Eating Mostly Nondenominational Somewhat Baptist Church, have encouraged us to join them in a 14 day Fast. One of the Pastors is a family member, so we have to participate (we felt called to do it also). So for the next 14 days I won't be posting new blogs because I can't be showing that I been up in the restaurant during a time I am fasting. So I decided to finally share the best of the home front. For years, when I am home alone for a meal, I treat myself to a Poor Mitcho sandwich. Nobody else in my family will eat one. This is the only item on the menu at Poor Mitcho's Cafe. So review the ingredients below and make your own decision:

Slice of toast, toasted as dark as you can stand it. For me pretty dark.
Mustard, any sandwich of any kind has mustard on it.
Slice of Sharp Cheddar Cheese
2 slices of Fried Bologna (I am a redneck, what did you expect) of yeah, fry that Bologna real well (I prefer burnt)
2 strips of fried bacon, yes, well done
thick slice of onion (you know I like onion)
a heaping helping of jalapenos
a solid covering of pickles (keep the green layer going)
a thick covering of Peanut Butter (Oh yeah)
Slice of toast, toasted as dark as you can stand it. For me pretty dark.

Of course, if you have anything interesting changing colors in the refrigerator you could add them to the sandwich also. Sausage or pepperoni might be nice. Olives could enhance the green section. You get the idea. Now go make your own Poor Reader's sandwich with your enhancements. If you add anything good let me know.

Giving it a 10.0!!!!

Mitcho
©2017

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

Final Note: This is post number 251 and most likely the views will go over 10,000 with this one. Thank you for reading my blog.

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Willie's Duck Diner

The wifey and me are off to Alabama to fellowship with some of God's country and with some local rednecks. In traveling to Alabama, I noticed we would be in West Monroe, La at lunch time. Willie's Duck Diner is run by Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty and Duck Commander. This is some good redneck folk rat here. These guys hunt, fish, rassle alligators, go muddin and tell TV executives that if they can't pray on TV they won't be on TV. Just doesn't get any better than these folks. This morning l put on my Duck Commander T-Shirt (dress shirt) and hat in anticipation of lunch.  We did the Duck waddle all the way to Louisiana.

This sure is a fine upstanding cafe to be run by such highly regarded rednecks. When we were seated we were treated with a large bowl of pork rines. I am not a real big fan of pork rines, but they are related to pig (bacon) and I guess Willie likes em so I had to eat a few. We ordered chicken fried steak, cheesy potatoes, salad and corn bread. The chicken fried steak tells us just how good rednecks this here batch is. Some pretty good ones in my book. The CFS was breaded heavily and the meat was tender and tasty just like I likem. The cheesy taters were a good mix of taters and cheese. Can't go wrong here. The cornbread was different, but tasty. The salad was one trip to the salad bar. The wifey made the salad bar run. When she came back she had piles of ranch dressing, lots of bacon (shes too good to me), and a hint of green stuff. A great salad.

All in all if you are in West Monroe at bean time, slide in here and support these fine God loving folks.

Givem a 9.5

Mitcho
©2017

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

Latham Bakery - Downtown Forney

The wifey and me had some very important bidness to tend to in Terrell. We had a grandson that was in dire need of being spoiled. So we are off to Terrell. Our trip was around lunch time. This is a Monday and Doe Belly's and 4T BBQ are both closed in Forney. I searched Tripadvisor and the highest ranking restaurant in Terrell is Buccee's. 2nd is Hamms Orchard which is only open a few months each year. Eating in Terrell is not something you look forward to. We have a friend that had sung the praises of Latham Bakery. So this seemed like the right time to get over going there. I knew it was a foo foo place from the beginning. You might as well say it is a La Madeleine of Forney!!

When we arrived the employees game me the stinky face. They knew a redneck was infiltrating them and they weren't sure they should let me in. Fortunately my money is still green (the ink might be wet, but it is green), so they let me and the wifey in. The wifey is one of them.

The menu is foo foo food that women go berzerk over. For a redneck, not so much. They have no chili, jalapenos, tobasco sauce, cayeene pepper, etc. What are they thinking. After reviewing the fresh bakery products and the menu I decided to go for a sausage and peppers in a fresh baked roll and an M & M brownie.

When the cashier rung up our meal I saw that my choice was a Quiche. REDNECKS DON'T EAT QUICHE. The wifey understood my dilemma and offered to trade even up (that means I am going to pay for it later). She had ordered a ham and cheese roll. At least this thing had lots of cheddar type cheese. Rednecks like cheese.

The ham was your basic ham pretty good, but nothing outstanding. A little Cayenne pepper would go along way. Of course there was plenty of cheese and a homemade roll, which was pretty good. So overall this wasn't a bad choice.

As I mentioned earlier I also ordered an M & M Brownie. When you go to a joint that has bakery in it's name, you eat some light meal to get to dessert. So the Brownie was the main thing here. Rednecks love their sweets. I just can't believe it. The brownie was decent, but CiCi's makes a better tasting and richer tasting brownie and I can get all the pizza I can eat with it. I was expecting a much better brownie from a bakery. Ok guys get with it. Stop counting calories and load them babies up with all the rich ingredients, lard, fat, sugar, chocolate, sugar, chocolate, etc.

All my girlfriends on the blog need to go to Latham Bakery and grab some grub. All my redneck buddies need to go to Forney Wednesday to Sunday and get some Doe Belly's or 4T BBQ.

Givem a 7.00000091

Mitcho
©2017

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

Texas Roadhouse - St George, Ut

The wifey and me are in Utah surveying to find out how many redneck Mormans we can find. We haven't found one yet. My readers know that I don't miss many meals. When in Utah, do what Utahwans do. At least tonight they are crowded up in Texas Roadhouse. You know we can't go wrong with any restaurant with Texas as the first name. We have saddled up in the Roadhouse in Texas so we knew it would be good Fixins.

Our waiter tonight was a very nice young man that worked hard to get us the meal we wanted. However, if I hear the word "awesome " one more time tonight, I may go redneck postal (you know, throw some rocks).

Growing up redneck the only steak I ever saw was the round version. Of course fried was the best. As a semi-adult I am not a big steakeater. The wifey was born with the silver spoon, so I have to feed her steak occasionally.

Tonight I ordered a house salad, which was a good salad. Very similar to Outback.

I followed the salad with a bowl of Texas Red Chili. This is some real redneck vittles rat here. This chili had it all, sweet taste, spicey and hot, onions, cheese, etc. The chili came with one packet of two crackers. Give me a break. At the home front, I eat a whole sleeve of crackers with my chili. Other than the cracker fiasco, this was some right good chili.

Throw in some rolls and this was a good meal. No they didn't throw them at us, that's Lambert's.

Givem a 8.47362897

Mitcho
Copyright 2017

Round steak is Bologna
I think people in Utah are referred to as Utes, however I made up Utahwans and I like it better.

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

 

Route 66 Classic Diner-Rockwall

Today was Sunday, so the wifey and me was gathered up at the First Fried Chicken Eating Mostly Non-Denominational Somewhat Baptist Church for some free coffee and donuts. They even had some sanging and a young buck brought a moving message. Afterwards it is always mandatory to do Sunday lunch. You know momma wanted it that way. We have driven by the Route 66 Classic Diner many times and always wondered what it was like. Well now we know, we did the Baptist shuffle over there and slid in for some grub.

This place has about 8 parking places and probably 25 booths. They need to work on parking. We parked in the childcare place across the street. It was Sunday and no one was there. No harm no fowl.

The Diner is on Hwy 66, but not Route 66. I know because Route 66 goes from Oklahoma City to Amarillo and west from there (now mostly I-40). This joint is about 200 miles from the closest part of Route 66. You can't blame the owners from trying to associate the place with Route 66. I am sure our redneck nation has spent many hours traveling on Route 66 and causing all kinds of havoc.  I assume having Route 66 in the name says rednecks are welcome, which is not always the case.

A look at the menu reminds me of meals at home growing up. Liver & onions, Fried Chicken Livers and Gizzards, Salmon patties, chicken fried steak, burgers, Mexican food, seafood, etc. So pretty much anything in the American/Mexican food genre. They also serve breakfast all day. I will have to go back and try other entres.

Today I went for biscuits and gravy with hash browns. B & G is quality redneck breakfast food. Due to the skinny boy diet I am on, I now only eat healthy cereal breakfast. Boring. When I get a shot at a cooked breakfast, I just can't hep myself. The biscuits were probably good at 7:00 this morning, but a noon they were a little stale. I suspect the gravy had been sitting since 7:00 also. Even loaded with a healthy amount of pepper and salt, there still wasn't much flavor. The hash browns were very good.  The wifey ordered a chicken fried steak sandwich. The chicken fried steak had a homemade breading. It tasted good, but the breading was pretty thin. You know Mitcho likes lots of breading on his CFS. The wifey also reports that the steak had more grizzell than she would like. Otherwise it tasted good.

This is your basic downhome diner. Nothing especially good, but a decent shot of home cooking.
Givem a 7.13545864

Mitcho
©2017

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

 

Trevino's Mexican Food - On the Square in Rockwall

My church which is part of the Fried Chicken Eating Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist Denomination was having a Baptism service in Rockwall tonight. One of the amazing things about our church is that about 1/2 of all of our Baptisms are adults. As you know, being religious makes me somewhat weird in the redneck world. A good redneck does say a little prayer to God hoping for some grace when the gate opens and he is on the back of Demon, the bucking bull. But I regress.

The service was at dinner time. Once it was over, chipper and me made a bee line for food. Mitcho does not miss meals and really tries to not be late either.

Chipper and me did the Big Apple to downtown Rockwall to Trevino's. We have a neighbor that is from Central Mexico and I believe this is where his family goes for Mexican food. They do advertise as authentic Mexican. The last time my neighbor brought me hot sauce it was so hot that after I mixed the small cup with a large jar of Pace Mild Picante sauce, it was still too hot to handle. So I was a little bit worried about how hot the food would be. After looking at the menu it looks basically like the normal Tex-Mex and Mitcho likes his Tex-Mex.

Chipper informed me that we were splitting combo fajitas tonight. Being the head of house I said "Yes Ma'am". We started with chips and salsa. Imagine that. The chips had a little better flavor than most Tex-Mex joints. So the chips were a good. The salsa seemed a little watered down and had only minimal flavor, but it did have an after burn. Overall chips good, salsa not bad. We are on a roll here.

The combo fajitas had more beef than chicken. The beef seemed to have a decent amount of spicey flavor, the chicken didn't have much flavor. They served the meal with plenty of bell peppers, onions, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo. The pinto beans had a pretty good flavor which puts them ahead of most. Service was good and the atmosphere was interesting. The fajitas were front porch quality.

Parking is always a concern if you are not on your horse, but Trevino's has a parking lot in back that probably has enough parking spaces. That is a real plus on the Rockwall square.

Overall this was a pretty good meal. Give'm a 8.165464321984

Mitcho
©2017

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

 

Bull's Pen - Sunnyvale, TX

This evening the Wifey and me had some bidness to tend to on the Service Rd of Hwy 80 just down the road from the Bull's Pen. After we successfully tended to our bidness it was dinner time. Over that way, there isn't much in the way of good food offerings. The best option is a Mexican restaurant and we have had Mexican the last two days in a row. For some reason that is a problem for the wifey. My theory is, if you can eat pork chops one night, roast the next and meatloaf the 3rd night, why can't you eat fajitas one night, enchiladas one night and burritos the 3rd night? Just saying. Off my soap box here!!!! The wifey decided we were going to the Bull's Pen for dinner. So being the smart guy I am, we did the Western Two Step on down the road to the Bull's Pen.

The Bull's Pen is run by a great family that actually raises bulls for rodeos. Their bulls are famous and are used in all of the most famous rodeos. They have a good bull bidness. You could say they are full of bull. My theory has always been that once the bulls get too old, then they become hamburger meat. That's what you call full cycle. I doubt that this is true, but is sure sounds good to an enterprising young redneck.

They also run two successful Mexican restaurants in the area.

As you know, once we were seated and given menus, the wifey notified me that we were splitting an entre. She decided we were having chicken fried steak, black-eyed beans, and fried okra. Now if that ain't Texas Redneck food, I don't know what is.

The chicken fried steak was breaded very nicely, had a good flavor, and the meat was tender and tasty. The black-eyed beans were your standard bean offering. Nothing outstanding but not bad either. I started to ask for some hot sauce, but decided not to. The hot sauce would have spiced things up a little bit. The okra was exactly like most restaurants okra. I am betting they are frozen and come from a food service. However, the same o, same o, are pretty good.

This was my first time to break bread for dinner here, but I have had breakfast here a number of times. Speaking of bread, a roll for each of us came with dinner and at was good enough to make this redneck want more.

Overall, this was a good meal. Why haven't I been eating here more?  If you figure out the answer, ring me up at the email address.

Givem a 8.11574976543

MiTcho
© 2017

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

Orchids Bloom - El Fenix Downtown

Man I had worked hard this week. Several days I had worked 5 or 6 hours. It is Saturday night and I am in bad need of some party time. I figured the only right thing to do was to load the car up full of women and head out to the club. A young man out of our hood is pursuing a career in music and has had some successes in the life of bands. He currently is in Orchids Bloom. We had already made arrangements to go to the Jack Daniels Saloon at Gilley's Dallas to see Orchids Bloom. Of course the only refreshment we partook of was Diet Coke.

So I grabbed the wifey and her friends and off we did the Landler over to Gilley's Dallas. Blondie was going to perform on the main stage tonight and she has some weird followers. It was interesting walking in from the parking lot. I had dropped off the wifey and friends at the door, so they were already inside jamming to the music. When I got to the door the security lady asked me what I was doing there. Well, it is a saloon, I am thinking getting something to drink and listen to music. What did she think. Ok, she let me in.

We spent over an hour listening to Orchids Bloom perform. They perform a Bluesy, Folk, Rock Coffee House music. You figure it out. Very talented and someday will go places. We originally had planned on eating dinner here. However, their only offering was a hamburger and we were in Downtown  Dallas which has many good restaurants. So I informed the ladies that we would wait to eat until after the show. Like I had a say in any decision since they outnumbered me. You know they outnumber us guys even when it is one on one.

After the show we mingled with the band, the band's groupies, and Ralph Strangis (of Stars Hockey play by play who is their manager). But you can only mingle so long when you are hungry. I cut it short and we're heading to the parking lot.

We did some more Landler to the other side of Downtown Dallas to El Fenix. El Fenix is a downtown staple for many years. They also have a free parking lot. Mitcho likes free. We talked about getting Twisted at the Root, but it is on Commerce in Deep Ellum and even though in my earlier years I was ready to rumble not so much anymore. El Fenix looked pretty good. My girls on the way were asking would El Fenix still be open. I told them that without a doubt they would not close their doors until Mitcho has arrived. I really don't know what they do when I am not downtown, but that is not my worry.

The wifey and my doctor have conspired against me and have me on this here diet to lose weight. I can tell you eating is not as fun as it once was. So I ordered the Tenchita salad. This is your basic taco salad, meat, cheese, lettuce, fried shell. A trip to El Fenix also includes some of the best chips in North Texas and the salsa isn't bad either. The restaurant was full even at 9:30 at night. But this is Saturday night, so I imagine they do a good business way into the evening. I won't know because it is past my bedtime.

Overall got my party on, had some fun, listened to some good music, talked to some good people and ate some good Tex-Mex.

Giving Orchid Bloom an 8.4021974 on the Led Zeppelin/Lynard Skynard scale.

Giving El Fenix a 8.124891.

Mitcho
©2017

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

Bubba's 33 - Mesquite Cheese Fries

This afternoon the wifey and me gabbed uncontrollably about the Snuffers coming to Mesquite. You know Snuffers means CHEESE FRIES. Eventually the gabbing turned to Bubba's 33 which is our current upscale burger joint. So the most important question of the day was does Bubba's have CHEESE FRIES. So being the educated redneck I am, I Googled  Bubba's 33(in the old days this meant asking the older kids down at the creek) and checked their menu. Bingo, we don't have to wait till December to get CHEEESE FRIES. At that point the dinner decision was no decision at all. Tonight was Bubba's for CHEESE FRIES.

So the wifey and me did the The Mashed Potato to Bubba's for dinner. We ordered the Bubba's Bacon burger which has already been fully reported in this here blog. However, anytime you can marry Bacon to CHEESE FRIES, you have a winner. Of course we also ordered their Layered CHEESE FRIES. Of course at this point our job was to compare these to Snuffers CHEESE FRIES. Bubba's has several types of cheese, which I believe the cheddar at Snuffers is tastier. Then there is the bacon bits and chives (Mitcho likes all things onion). I think Snuffers puts a heavier coating of cheese, bacon and chives. Oh yeah, there is also fries. I do like Bubba's fries better than most places. Their fries are very thin and fried crisp. It's a good by them selves. Fries are a redneck staple where the criteria is, if they are good for you don't eat them. The serving also includes ranch dressing. We have had ranch at Bubba's before and it tasted like the normal ranch, which is good luving. But this concoction is not ranch. We asked our waiter about this issue and he reported that they mixed their own ranch out back. So the ranch is different everyday because a different employee makes it. The out back makes a redneck think thoughts about a trash can and a fine mixture.  But this concoction did not do it for me or the wifey.

Snuffers also has jalapeno's on the CHEESE FRIES. Mitcho luves his jalapeno's sweet pickles.

Bottom line Snuffer's is going to rule the CHEESE FRIES of Mesquite. Bubba's has a lot of good food and a great atmosphere, but they are going down where CHEESE FRIES  are concerned.

Givem a 7.8524186 Bacon on the burger, bacon in the burger, cheese fries with more bacon is not going to be a bad meal.

After dinner the wifey and me got in our ride and cruised the hood looking for the location of the new Snuffers. It was like old times cruising Buckner Blvd or White Rock Lake. After a few twist and turns, we found the new construction. It will be right in our backyard, so life will be extra good come December.

Here's a shout out to my new blog readers in Algeria. The blog goes out to about 40 countries.

Mitcho

©2017

NOTE: Recently a waiter here increased my tip after I left. I went and talked to a manager who did nothing. So I had the difference charged back to my credit card. Won't be going back.

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

Freddie's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers-Wylie

So the wifey had wandered up north to keep an eye on some of the grands. When Jazz Man came home they decided we would be eating together someplace half way. So they chose a place 5 miles North of where they were which if I am South makes me wonder about their calculation of half-way. Being the smart guy I am, I hopped in the old jalopy and took off for Plum Nelly (aka Wylie). I did the Mazurka all the way. Go figure they drive 5 miles and I drive 25 miles and I beat them by 15 minutes. they got lost and they are the ones that gave me directions, cause I had never heard of Freddie's. Of course my best friend back in my school boy years back in deep redneck country was named Freddie, so I was good with the choice.

So when Jazz Man, Double Digits (aka CBoss, aka Mr. Spinner) King L, Darlin and wifey showed up we sauntered in and studied the menu. I probably should have gone for the steakburger, however, for some reason the Chicago Dog caught my eye. So I stepped up to the bar and ordered me a Chicago Dog. The dog was a weiner, mustard, onion, relish sport pepper, celery salt and pickle served on a piece of Texas toast. This was a purt good dog. Of course Jazz Man showed up with his dog with chili on it. Now I am jealous. I liked the idea of Texas toast and overall it was a good dog. I didn't order fries, but I stole fries from all of the grands. Once I licked the fries, they didn't want them back for some reason. The fries were sliced very thin and fried crispy. I prefer thin fries fried crispy so this was a good. Of course the wifey has me on this seefood diet. I can see it, but I can't eat it, so no frozen custard this trip. I did notice others getting some dreamy looking goop that really made we want to get one. Oh well, next time.

Givem a 7.458951

Mitcho
©2017

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

 

Slim and Shorty's Bar and Grill - Arkadelphia, Ar

The wifey and me had a couple of days of nothing to do and we didn't want to sit in the den and look at each other for several days. She says that it would be an ugly sight, and she is probably right. So we decided to slip over to Lake DeGray Arkansas and spend time with Arkansas rednecks and there is a bunch of them in Arkansas. They actually make me look like almost an upstanding citizen. Almost. Nothing like a couple of days sitting on the shoreline of a beautiful lake, light breeze and rednecks running amuck all around us. Of course the one activity we have to do is eat and as you can figure out, I sure like eating. We also like to listen to music. So I did some research on Google and the only joint in Arkadelphia that came up with music was Slim and Shorty's. Nothing like getting free music with your meal.

So we did the Bolero to Slim and Shorty's for dinner on Friday night. The joint is on the square in downtown Arkadelphia. A small but decent looking joint. We went in and grabbed a table. The decoration is beach oriented. There weren't many tables, but they were almost all full. The waitress came along and took our drink order. You know, Tea, because I am a teetotaler. I know that can almost cost me my redneck card rat there.  After reviewing the menu, I decided that I am going for the Chicken Wraps. My doctor has been on me lately about me losing weight, so I am trying to eat closer to right. Which means I have abandoned the redneck food altogether. However, chicken (yardbird) is a redneck staple, but most of the time it is fried not grilled. The wraps had chicken, lettuce and a dressing. It really needs some more add ins. You know mitcho is big on onion and a few jalapeno's would not hurt anything. The meal also came with chips and salsa. The chips were just chips, but the salsa had a very interesting spicey flavor. You can see all of the black pepper in it, but it had other goodies in it also. This was the best part of the meal.

After awhile  we asked the waitress if there was going to be music. She said "No", we only have music occasionally. So the town of Arkadelphia is music free most of the time. What would a good redneck do if they lived in a town with no music. Of course the town has a large Baptist University, so they may have some input on the businesses in town. I am a good Baptist, but I still like my music.

Overall a pleasant dinner with the wifey.

Givem a 7.0 (no music or onions)

Mitcho
©2017

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

Wing Stop-Mesquite Louisiana Rub

Me and the wifey decided it was time for some chicken lickin. You know I am the founding member of the 1st Fried Chicken Eatin somewhat Bapitst Mostly non-denominational church. So chickin is important business.Of course I actually call it yardbird. When we went to my grandma's, she would go out into the yard and chase down a chicken, which became lunch. This, yardbird. Any self-repecting redneck's food is dominated by fried chicken. So obviously I need to be eating yardbird regularly. For all of the reasons above the wifey and me did the Chicken dance to Wing Stop.

I originally wasn't thrilled with Wing Stop. Of course I never tried any of the fire in the hole flavors. I am stupid, but not that stupid. So I have always wandered in the middle, I want some flavor, but I want my tongue to work afterward. Recently I tried the Louisiana Rub. This is a very strong coat of Cajun spices. You know I like Cajun spices. So I have found my home, the Louisiana Rub is the bomb.

Tonight I ordered 7 boneless wings with Louisiana Rub. Last time I ordered 8 and my mouth was on fire when I finished. One less was better. This is some good fixins rat here.

We didn't order fries this time, but WS fries are coated with something that has sugar in it and it gives the fries a very good taste.

Givem a 7.86589

Mitcho
©2017

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

5 Guys Burgers -Rapid City, SD

Me, the wifey and double digits was just slightly north of east Dallas in Rapid City, SD spending a week surveying and getting to know rednecks in the area. You know there are rednecks all over the US, there are just more in the South. So the South Dakota redneck is part cowboy and part redneck. I am not really sure where one ends and the other begins, but they still whittle, spit, pass gas and hop freights. So while there we toured some failed gold mines, watched a cowboy fast draw contest and other good redneck activities.

Eating while traveling with Double Digits is very interesting. He could eat pizza 3 meals a day and the wifey does not want to eat pizza. His only fallbacks are hamburgers and hot dogs. So our food was very limited in types. Sounds like a good redneck for the future. We did the hand jive over to 5 Guys Burgers.

We were on the Hamburger action and chose 5 Guys, when Digits said that they had a great Hot Dog. It was really good. So there was nothing I could do, but dog it up. Their hot dog is a very tasty and large brat on a normal bun. They also have a long list of items you can add to the hot dog, just like their hamburgers. So you can have it your way. Of course I loaded mine with mustard, relish, onions, jalapeno's, etc. This dog was DOG GONE good.

We also ordered Cajun fries. This is always interesting as even Cajun restaurants sometimes don't know what Cajun means. These fries were really loaded with Cajun spices. I mean they were almost orange there was so much on them. Man these were some really good fries.

So the bottom line, the dog and fries were both very good.

Givem an 8.519647

Mitcho
©2017

Blog Scripture

 

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

Uno Pizzeria - Downtown Fort Worth

I am blessed with 6 wonderful grand kids. I see my job as the redneck granddad to teach them all things redneck. They need to know the important redneck activities, spittin, whittling, passing gas, hopping freights, etc. The 4 oldest are old enough to take on adventures and learning experiences. I decided it was time to ride the rails. Before you go call the sheriff or CPS, we bought tickets and everything. We didn't hop a freight, this TIME. Stay tuned.

The wifey and me gathered up Double Digits (formerly known as CBoss), Darlin, King L, and Precious and off we go. We went to the nearest Dart train station (the Dallas commuter train) and bought all day regional pass tickets, no freeloading in front of the grands. We rode the Dart into downtown Dallas to Union Station. We exited the Dart train and got on the Trinity Rail Express  that goes to Fort Worth. The TRE is similar to an Amtrak train that goes from city to city, so this is the real train experience. Nothing is too good for the grands. We got off of the TRE at the Intermodel Transit station in Downtown Fort Worth (basically a huge bus and train station). We caught Molley the Trolley around Downtown to Uno's.

I have heard a lot about Chicago Deep Dish pizza. I have to confess I am a thin crust kind of guy. We were so poor growing up that everything was thin crust. My son had recommended Uno's and said it was known as the best Chicago Deep Dish pizza in North Texas. So that gave us a destination for our train ride. While ordering my whole gang wanted thin crust, but I had to try the Deeper dish, so I ordered a personal size pizza. I ordered the Numero Uno. If it is number one, it has to be good. This is a pizza with sausage, pepperoni, onions, peppers, mushroomos, tomato sauce and cheese. I really couldn't tell there was sausage or pepperoni on it, but the other stuff was all there. The crust was very different from any thick crust pizza I have eaten. It seemed almost like it had been fried, it had a good taste and texture. Next time throw on some sausage and pepperoni and you may have something.

We ordered a couple of pepperoni thin crust pizzas for the kiddos. After my pizza I had several slices of the thin crust pepperoni. The thin crust was a good crust and of course cheese and pepperoni is always good.

Be aware that this is a classy downtown Fort Worth pizzeria. It is not cheap. I would recommend you go by the local Car Title Payday Loan shop or go see Vinny the Dollar in Little Sicily and get some extra cash, you are going to need it.

For my buddy Kyle, no worries, this pizza is nowhere as good as the Deluxe Pizza at Pizza Getti on Buckner just north of 30.

Givem a 8.328

Mitcho
©2017

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

The Slow Bone - Irving Blvd Dallas

The wifey is a highly educated classy gal that occasionally has a little redneck in her blood. She is a descendant of  Fannin County farmers, enough said. So the last few weeks she has been craving the best fried chicken in North Texas. She has been on a hunt for the best. She got from good sources that the best was in downtown Dallas and we had to go. The problem was the place closed two years ago. So back to the drawing boards and more research. So she finally decided The Slow Bone was the Shangri La of fried chicken. All I have heard was fried chicken, fried chicken and fried chicken. So at lunch today she informed me it was fried chicken day. There was nothing I could do but grab the gusto and do the chicken dance with her to The Slow Bone.

The Slow Bone is a small old building with limited parking in an old part of Irving Blvd near downtown. It is mainly a BBQ joint and it looks like one in everyway.  You won't be running into any corporate presidents in this place. So this is safe haven for an upstanding redneck.

Of course the wifey ordered fried chicken. I wasn't letting her out of there without eating fried chicken after all I have heard lately. I went for the Cilantro Sausage, Mitcho is a Sausage kind of guy. We also ordered fried okra, beans and hush puppies.

The wifey reports that the fried chicken was not smoked, but some of the juiciest she has had. She liked her chikin likin. The sausage had a good flavor, not quite spicey enough for me, but better than most normal sausage. The fried okra was some of the best I have eaten in many years. The next time I go I am ordering a pint of okra just to eat with my lunch. Man this stuff seamed like it was fresh from the garden and was battered like grandma use to do it. Not the ole frozen stuff you normally get. Luv me some of their okra. The beans were doctored up nicely and had a smoked flavor. This is a plus. Most BBQ joints just have basic pinto beans with no added zip. The hush up puppies also had a smoked flavor and were very good.

So it may be a drive for you, but it could be worthwhile to take a shot at The Slow Bone, tell them the Wifey sent you.

Givem a 7.913

Mitcho
©2017

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

Pam's Hateful Hussy Diner - Talihina, OK

The judge finally released me from house arrest. I am free, I am free. Our first outing was checking out the Ouachita National Forest. You never know when you might need a  hideout (I told the Judge I would never do THAT again, but you never know for sure), still location, and various other needs when on the run. So we did the Stanky Legg up to Big Cedar, Ok. The highlight of this trip is the drive from Talihina to Mena, AR. If you haven't made this drive, get your self up off your mother-in-laws couch and get going.

Of course when dinner time comes, we check out all of the options in the area. A self-respecting redneck can't go wrong going to a diner named the Hateful Hussy. This is the number one rated restaurant in Talihina, OK. Of course the competition isn't overly tough. So we decided to try Pam's Hateful Hussy Diner. I will say most of the townfolk think this is the best place also, as there was a decent crowd.

I had a hankering for some chicken fried steak. You can get a pretty good idean of a eating joint by the CFS. So we ordered the chicken fried steak with a salad and mashed taters. No roll. The roll probably would have been the best of this meal.

The salad was tomatoes and lettuce, nothing else to give it variety. Come on, add something to give it a life. The ranch dressing looked more like mayonnaise and didn't taste as good. So as you can tell not impressed with the salad.

We bet the mashed taters were a box mix. After adding a good amount of salt and pepper they were almost decent. How about a real tater next time.

Now to the chicken fried steak. I am just guessing I look like Pam's first husband and there was bad blood at the end. This was the toughest CFS I have had in a long while. This meat must have worked out at the Wild Man's gym across the street and is the toughest in town. The breading wasn't bad, but the meat was tough. I am going to shave next time I go there so I don't look like the first husband.

Givem a 6.03

Mitcho
©2017

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

Zanata - Rockwall

The wifey and me are all churchified. You would know that if you have read the blog much. We go to The First Fried Chicken Eating Mostly Non-Denomination Somewhat Baptist Church. We call it CLife for short. We are part of a group of adults who gather once a week to try to cleanup the act of us rednecks and get us more like Christ. Which you know God parted the red sea and Jesus turned water into wine, but cleaning up a redneck takes more than a few minutes. Not everyone in the group is redneck, so I have some work to do also. The wife of the leader of our group determined that us guys were taking our favorite gal to a group Valentines dinner. That is a sure fire way for the wifeys to get a good meal, when you put peer pressure on the other wives. Us guys, we are just casualties. The head wife decided that we would go to Zanata's for dinner the night after Valentines. So we did the tarantella to Zanata's in Rockwall.

Zanata's is a high cotton Italian restaurant. I found that I needed a semi-smart phone so that I could Google the names of the different items in each entre. Most of this is stuff I have never heard of. This is not home of redneck cooking. Our kind of good food is like the Chuck wagon cook in the movie City Slickers said, "the food is brown, hot and plenty of it". The place is decorated nicely. There are some wall decorations that have been hung by a redneck, so I was very proud.

The wifey ordered a Supremo Pizza for us to share. This is sausage, pepperoni,  olives, onions and barking cat farms bell pepper. I don't really know what barking cat farms is , but the name is just fine in redneckville, it's a plus. I am not sure what happened to our pizza, but the crust was the soggiest I have ever had. The toppings were mighty good. I checked out the pizza of the other folk around me and their pizza was not soggy. So I guess the cat does more than bark. Overall, this was pretty good pizza.

Then the wives decided we were getting dessert. Of course I went along. The wifey ordered Pistachio gelato. She thought she was getting pistachio cheesecake. I didn't look at the menu, but gelato should have been an effective clue. Gelato for all of my redneck brethren is fancied up ice cream. Mitcho has a long history eating ice cream, so this was a good. The gelato had a great flavor.

Overall, this was a fun evening of corrupting friends and eating some good food.

Note: The federales are stirring up trouble, so I am going to have to hunker down and hide out for the next 6 to 8 weeks. So it may be a while till I write my next blog. Happy eating.

Givem a 8.0098146

Mitcho
©2017

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

Alligator Cafe - Casa Linda Valentines

Nothing is too good for my sweetie. So you know, on Valentines it is nothing but the best. The wifey picked the Alligator Café for Dinner. She is a good redneck wife. So we did the alligator dance to Casa Linda. The Alligator Café bills itself as a Cajun restaurant. The restaurant is decorated as part of Nawlin's. So interesting at least.  When you think Cajun you think spicey and there are no limits. So we are in for a treat, at least we think we are.

Being a high quality redneck, I spent my childhood days fishing in the creek and down by the dam. We caught plenty of mud cat, but we never had shrimp, alligator, or any of the other exotic seafood items. So today, I am pretty much catfish. Cause, you know, I know catfish.

Of course I ordered the catfish dinner. Two large planks of catfish, fries and hush puppies (I call em shut up doggies). We were expecting the catfish to be spicey, this is supposed to be Cajun. No, not gonna do it. This is just plain catfish. It was breaded decently, the fish tasted a little fishy, but not as bad as those mudcats of my youth. NOT A DROP OF SPICE. Come on, what is it with these Cajun restaurants in the Metromess. Go to the spice store and load up before you call yourself Cajun. The fries were pretty normal. They had a very small amount of spice sprinkled on them, but you couldn't taste it. There was one fry that got about 90% of the spice and that one fry was pretty good. The hushpuppies were pretty good.

So bottom line, this is just a basic restaurant with a great name. Givem a 6.851.

Mitcho
©2017

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

Babb Bros BBQ & Blues - Cake Bar Trinity Groves

Over the last 6 weeks I have worked my fingers to the bone. I mean I feel like a rented mule. However, I got some slack tonight so I decided it was time to kick my heels up and let my long hair down.. Our kids have been talking about Trinity Groves for the last year or so. We had never ventured there, so I asked the wifey to google it and see if there was something we would want to do. Her report back was BBQ & Blues. Say no more we got our boogey on. So we did the skanking on to Trinity Groves. Now parking is a problem, so if you figure it out, give me a shout.

By the time we got there Mike Babb & Friends were already playing. These guys were tight. Memphis & Nawlins don't have anything on these guys. They were two thumbs up good (I only have two thumbs). Chuck, BB and Stevie Ray would be proud of hearing these guys. They could really bang out the blues. They also encourage rug cutting. So if you got a special gal like I do, you could show her your moves. I don't have any, so I am a spectator. These guys really put on a good show. They interacted with the audience and just wanted to have fun. There is a watering hole here, but it really isn't prominent and you don't see much liquid refreshments.

This ain't no sissy French food (pardon my French to all of my readers in France and I have a decent number of readers in France). This is Texas man food. After a full day of punching cattle you don't want a soufflé, you want massive quantities of beef and sides.

So we did our normal BBQ thang. We get a two meat plate with brisket and sausage. Tonight we added bbq beans and onion straws. The brisket was lean, very tender and had a nice smoked flavor. This is top notch q here. The sausage had a nice spicey flavor also. On a roll. The bbq beans were the only weakness for the whole night. These were basically pork & beans. I need more spicey flavor than that. Then onion straws were just like I like em. This is some good luvin here.

So after we had eaten and listened to music for awhile, the wifey went over to the Cake Bar across the way and bought us each a piece of cake and brought them back to Babb's. No reason to give up listening to good music. I doubt that they really like other food brought in, but nobody said anything (of course I tipped the band enough for them to overlook my short comings). My piece of cake was Red Velvet cake. This thang was the size of a 10 gallion hat. Now in France that is amazingly big. In Texas it is just pretty good size. Great flavor and the icy was real yummy. Good idea wifey.

This was a good evening. Gonna go back. So if you like BBQ and the blues, then grab up your friends and head down to Trinity Groves. If you don't like BBQ and the blues, then go back to Illinois.

Given Babb Bros a 9.675810!
Given Cake Bar 9.255

Mitcho
©2017

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

 

Lockhart BBQ/Emporium Pies - Bishop Arts District

The last few years our kiddos have been going to Bishop Arts District from time to time. So the wifey and me had a free Saturday and decided to mosey on down there and see What's Up. So we did the Acro dance to the Bishops Art District. First of all, if you go, take your parking place with you, because you ain't gonna find one down there. Actually Google search Bishop Arts District Parking and jot down all of the options, you are gonna need'em. The Arts District on the map looks like it is 7 blocks long and 4 blocks deep. Not really. Davis Ave is probably 4 blocks long, then Bishop drive is 4 blocks long and Madison is about 1 block. That's about it. Mainly the area are art shops and restaurants. The people buying the art are not in my pay grade. Wow, if two things are welded together, they cost at least $2,000. The next time one of our family buggies die, forget selling them to the junk yard, I am going to part them out as art. I saw one piece of art that was bearings, piston connecting rods, timing chain and various other motor parts, $2,000. In the last couple of years we have given away hundreds of thousands of dollars of worthless car parts, that could have been welded into modern art. Go figure.

Also, you better do some study of the restaurants in the area. Most of 'em cost more than a week's wage of work at my neighbors pig farm slopping pigs. I am talking white table cloth pricey. I am not sure I can afford driving through this area, but I know I can't afford to walk around.

One of the exceptions to the restaurant problem is Lockhart BBQ, Lockhart is part of Kreuz Market which main location is in Lockhart, Tx. Now a good redneck knows where all of the BBQ joints in Texas are and Lockhart has the motherlode. So we slithered into Lockhart's and the wifey ordered brisket and I ordered sausage. We didn't order sides because we already planned a visit to Emporium Pies later. So we found us a table and dove right in. This is some good que. Great flavor, some black pepper and a good tasting BBQ sauce. This is a good choice. The wifey highly recommends the brisket. I was going to get a bite or two, but it was gone before I could get there. Lockhart's is one place in this area that a certified redneck can feel at home.   Good fixin's rat here.

Afterward, we walked about 30 minutes until we had seen most of the area, so it was time to head to Emporium Pies. Now this is some mighty good pie rat here. So I ordered "Lord of the Pies". This is apple pie with caramel and cinnamon. Man this is one good pie. The crust is amazing and plenty of cinnamon. The wifey ordered the Smooth Operator which is a dream chocolate pie. she plowed through that thing with a vengeance. She had eaten a piece of this pie before and it is unbelievable. Emporium now has a 2nd location in Deep Ellum at 2708 Main St and a 3rd location on the square in McKinney. The Deep Ellum location is next door to Pecan Lodge, which is around the corner from Twisted Root, Adairs and Angry Dog. So you know we will be hitting this location regular.

One interesting thing about the Bishop Arts District is there are murals painted on the sides and backs of buildings in the area. These are very interesting.

So if you are bored and looking for something to do, drag yourself over to Oak Cliff and check out Bishop Arts District.

Lockharts BBQ - Givem a 8.3781
Emporium Pies - Givem a 8.9991

Mitcho
©2017

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

 

Stackhouse Burgers - Dallas near Baylor Hospital

Today we had some business at a Baylor facility near downtown that led to another Baylor facility. We had major lunch plans, but they got scrapped because of our sitting around doing nothing. We had missed the lunch hour, so I decided we needed to go somewhere close to where we were. We had a friend that had raved about Stackhouse, and we were close, so today was the day to do the Cotton-eyed Joe on over to Stackhouse. This place is a little over a block towards downtown Big D and on the other side of the road from Baylor on Gaston. This is yuppy territory. This whole area has been re-built into downtown condos. So needless to say, we had nuttin in common with the patrons.

We ventured in anyway. I can take it if they can and sometimes they can't. This is one of those places you have to slither up to the counter to order. So we settled for a single burger each and an order of onion rings.

The burger is a 6 oz burger or 3/8's pound for you mechanics. The meat patty had a nice flavor and it was covered with all of the usual suspects (lettuce, onion, pickles, etc.). The bun had been toasted on the grill which is always a good plus. So overall, this is a good.

The onion rings, not so much. At least the ones we had. These goomers were greasy and soggy. They obviously had sat around a while. If they were fresh, they would probably be pretty good. There was so many of them you  could feed all your kin folk with just one order.

Two burgers, onion rings, and 2 drinks, set us back $25.00. Now all burgers in Texas have to compete with Whataburger and for twice the price, I am choosing Whataburger. Of course near Baylor the eating options are limited. I did notice that across the street from Baylor they are building a new building and it does look like there will be several restaurants in the building, so progress.

Givem a 6.9526 (soggy onion rings just don't cut it).

Mitcho
©2017

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