Al Biernat's

 As you who have read very many of my blog posts, that I married waaaaaaay UP. I still don't understand why a high class Sunday go to meetin' gal would marry a redneck creek dweller is beyond me. But when God blesses you beyond your imagination you thank him for the blessings and don't question it. Not only did my purty marry me but has put up with me for 45 years now. 

About a month ago she informed me that number 45 was coming and we were going to celebrate it large. The owner of our favorite pizza place (Pizza Getti on Buckner in Dallas) posted a picture of his family at Al Biernat's and that put the thought in purty's mind that this is the place for us to celebrate 45 trips around the sun together. As the happily married man I am, I said "yes maam". Of course I was thinking Pizza Gettin and then going to the Devils Bowl for dirt track racing, but some days you just say "yes maam"  and roll with the flow.

You know the place is high class when there is no parking, you have to valet your car. So I am supposed to turn my highly tuned sports car over to this early twenty something and expect him to control it. Oh well there was no choice,

When the waiter brought us our Texas tea, he also brought 3 types of bread in the bowl. Before the waiter could get to the next table, the wifey had downed a slice of all 3 types. I had to guard the bowl so I could get some later. The bread got high marks. One of the breads was raisin bread which is the first time I have had this served in a restaurant but I have always enjoyed the raisin bread.

When the wifey made the reservation she told them we were celebrating our anniversary. Every employee in the place came by our table and wished us a happy anniversary. I am over the top service and appreciation for our business. 

The wifey order a filet mignon and she reports it was the best steak she has ever eaten. Even better than fried squirrel. She also ordered garlic smashed red potatoes. As excited as she was over the steak,. not so much over the taters. She expected much more garlic spicy taste and it just wasn't there. Don't get me wrong red potatoes are always very good, but she had high expectations and they were not met. 

I ordered the parmesan crusted red snapper. This was the closest to creek bottom mud cat I could find. I also ordered a house salad. The house salad was mixed greens with carrots and radishes. The mixed greens is something I don't get. Why do high class joints serve the weeds I am trying to get rid of out of my yard? Who knows. With the ranch dressing on top this was a very good salad. The red snapper was very good, but I kinda expected some high class seasoning that made it wow you. Not happening here. It was very good though.

Now to the dessert phase. This is where it gets serious. The wifey ordered Chocolate Fondue Cake and I ordered New York Cheesecake. Both were served with a lit candle and had Happy Anniversay written on each plate. A smooth move daddy-o. 

The Chocolate Fondue Cake as oozing with molten chocolate. The wifey is a chocolatahaulic. So she was smiling ear to ear. She inhaled the cake is record time. Her serving came with chocolate chip gelato. The gelato was gone before I would realize she had ice cream on her plate. The New York Cheesecake was very good. It has a scoop of whipped cream and a strawberry sauce. This was as good as any regular cheesecake I have ever had. Of course at Cheesecake Factory they have non-regular cheesecakes that are to die for.

The servers were great and over the top friendly. This was easily one of the best experiences we have had in a very long time. 

Givem a 9.+++++

Mitcho

©2022

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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The Settler's Table - Sunnyvale

 Ever since the Covid hit, hanging out in the creek and trading crawdads, mudcat, grasshoppers, and other sorted prize possessions for other valuable items has been real slow. What is a redneck to do. So after paying attention to the rest of the entertainment industry, I realized that I needed to start a Creek Dwelling Experience. Of course with everyone wanting to stay away from everyone else, the Creek Dwelling Experience has been a booming success. 

Being a savvy business man, I take payment in anything I see as valuable. So this cityfied folk couple insisted on a free dinner at a cityfied restaurant nearby. So of course I gave in, my favorite food is "other peoples". So we did the side shuffle to The Settler's Table. 

I recently went to the local doctor and it was determined I needed to reduce some weight. So the wifey and me decided to split an order and split the calories. After a spirited discussion, she decided we would order Cow Toez. This is chicken fried steak fingers, with smashed taters and fried corn. 

The amount of food they brought out was plenty for both of us. Especially since I am barely eating these days.

The chicken fried steak fingers were OK. They were not a top 10 serving of chicken fried steak, but they were ok. The mashed taters were mashed taters, not much to say there. The fried corn lacked some seasoning and seemed like just corn. If I was preparing them, they would get your attention.

Overall, not bad, but not great either.

Giv'em a 7.687975348579

Mitcho

©2022

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

 

 

Salata - Mesquite

 When I was a kid hanging out in the crick, why go home at lunch when you can be like Euell Gibbons and live off the weird plant growth in the woods. In this day and time, the developers have built homes all over where the crick use to be. So now we have to find a decent salad bar to mimmick what the crick bottom had to offer. Lately here is Skeeterville, we have added a new salad bar restaurant named Salata. Since Souper Salad bit the dust because they didn't keep their food reasonably fresh, Skeeterville only had salad bars at Jason's, etc. to eat good rabbit food and all of these have limited offerings. So pretty excited about the salad option. The wifey suggested we give her a go, so we did the Rabbit Shuffle to Salata. 

They have 3 options, wrap, small bowl and regular bowl. Man it would have taken all 9 of the rabbits I used to raise to eat the regular bowl full of rabbit food. The small bowl in itself was about all of the rabbit food I could stand in one setting. The wrap is just a wrap. As you can imagine, we ordered a small bowl. 

There are 4 or 5 leafy type options to start things off, then a world of toppings. You could take this tour in many directions. I especially like the fact that they have celery, radishes and other items that you don't normally find on a salad bar. So just go wild and weird, no one is watching. I would have liked to have thousand island dressing, but that was not an option. I guess too many islands. 

They do offer multiple types of chicken, shrimp and other protein type add-ons for an additional fee. 

A small bowl is big enough to keep you full for at least an hour or so.

Overall, I am glad we have this option now and will hold court here from time to time.

Givem a 7.7987974

Mitcho

©2022

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

 

 

ROLLER FOOD - QT VS 7-11 INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW

 Some of my known associates in crime like behavior have mentioned over the years a particular roller food at convenience stores that they liked. Now I have never eaten any roller food myself, but it does look similar to varmint on a stick cooked over the camp fire down by the creek. So I am not really that scared of roller food. I have passed by the roller food bar many times and they look inviting, but most of the time massive indigestion looks inviting before you eat it.

I wanted to put several things at rest, is it any good and whose is better. The wifey had one of them fancy luncheons to go to where they serve fancy vitals so I was turned loose on society with no one to keep me out of trouble. So roller food here I come.

I started out at QT. I would guess that their food is pretty consistent at most locations. The QT's in our area also have a small kitchen that you can order many different types of food besides what the roller food. I was there at noon. They have about 3 times more options than 7-11, but on my visit 2/3's of the roller food was still cooking and not ready. You would think that at Noon, they would have all options ready. Also, I went to what I consider the best 7-11 in Hungry Heights to give them a better chance.

At QT I chose a "Cheesy Pepper Jack Taquito" and a "Buffalo Chicken Bites with Cheese". I wasn't sure what the Cheesy Pepper Jack Taquito would be like. Any meat in it? Turns out it was basically Pepper Jack Cheese in a fried tortilla cover. It was pretty good. I could see myself eating one of these at a lunch stop. The Buffalo Chicken was mainly chicken with some cheese in it and a buffalo sauce on the fried tortilla. This was pretty good also. 

At 7-11 I chose a "Taco & Cheese Taquito" and a "Jalapeno & Cream Cheese Taquito". The Taco & Cheese Taquito had taco meat that tasted very similar to Taco Bell and a decent amount of cheese. The Jalapeno & Cream Cheese Taquito was cream cheese with Jalapeno's in it. Yummy. These were pretty good also.

I am calling it a tie.  All four items were pretty good. I would consider any of these for a lunch. Sometimes I am in a hurry and go through the drive-thru at McDonalds only because you can get a cheeseburger and know that nothing will fall out of it into the seat or on me and mess up my dress T-Shirt. In the future I may be swinging by the Roller Food instead.

My therapist speaks highly of the egg rolls at QT, so that may be an option I will want to try next time. They were not ready today.

Givem both a 7.75

Mitcho

©2021

 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

 

The Catch - Garland

 Last week the wifey and me went to dinner with some long-time known associates and grabbed some Pizza at our favorite Pizza Getti. During conversation someone mentioned that they were interested in The Catch in Garland. They had heard about it, but hadn't been there. Well this got it in the wifey's head and she wasn't going to rest till we had tried it. So Saturday night I gave in to her (the couch was getting lumpy) and we did the fish tail to The Catch. 

This is a small place in a strip shopping center just past Walmart at I-30 and Broadway. Basically this is a Long John Silvers plus. The people (probably the owners of record) were very nice. The place has not obtained a liquor license yet, so they are giving away free Margarita's. Now for most people this is a big plus and maybe what all the rumor mill is concentrating on. But for this tea totalier not so much. 

We ordered a basket of fried fish. Fish, fries and hush puppies (I call'em shut up doggies). I was not impressed with the fish. It was ok, but not great. I have been to Doe Belly's and have had great fried fish. The hush puppies were pretty good and the fries were some of the best we have had. They get one atta boy for the fries.  Overall not overly impressed. See ya at Doe Belly's for some great cajun spiced fried catfish.

The wifey can't wait to go back, but agreed she would rather drive 30 minutes in traffic on Hwy 80 to geaux to Doe Belly's than the short drive to The Catch. 

I will say again the people were so friendly I would let them hangout at the creek with me anytime.

Givem 7.01

MItcho

©2021

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

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

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

Mi Tierra’s - San Antonio

 Being a proper redneck after a hard day of catching crawdads in the creek or mud cat on the river we fry up the days catch, then sit on the back porch and play music. There was a day when maw and paw taught their youngins how to play, but today we send them off to school. 

My oldest Grand has reached that age to learn to pitch some sounds in, so he is in the school band playing the trumpet. The band goes to these competitions to see who is the goodest. This week we have been in San Antonio for a state band contest. Unfortunately we didn’t pay the judges enough money or shine so we didn’t win it. But being in San Antonio you go to Mi Tierra’s for Mexican food.

We have been here many times in the past. The food has been good, the ambiance is incredible and it is in the Market. The Market always has interesting entertainment which we really enjoy. So I always say if you go to San Antonio you go to Mi Tierra’s.

Of course the wifey and me did the Mexican hat dance to Mi Tierra’s. First of all, the market was empty. I guess the corona with no lime scared all of the people off.

I ordered George’s plate. Beef taco, cheese enchilada, guacamole, rice and beans. The taco dripped a gallon of grease out the back end and the meat was not spiced at all.

The cheese enchilada was ok. 

The guacamole was tasteless and the pepper I added didn’t have any flavor either.

Rice and beans were normal, nothing special. The chips seemed a little stale and the salsa has a funny taste, kind a like tomato soup.

Overall this was Oklahoma Mexican. Guess we will be finding another Mexican food place in San Antonio.

Giv’em a 6.5.

Mitcho

©2021

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

Rasing Cane's - Mesquite

About 6 months ago, Raisin Cane's opened a restaurant in Mesquite. Everyone has been raising cane about it ever since. For probably 4 to 5 of those 6 months it was drive-thru only and they had so many in the drive-thru that they were out in the road to. So somebody likes this place. We already have several chicken shacks in our rotation as it is, so it is not like we needed another one. Buy you know, when everybody goes there, you gotta try it.

So we spent most of the day messin and gummin around with CBoss, Lil' Darlin, and The mayor, you know giving em a hard time. After we shipped them off back to their parents, we decided the day had come to giver Cane's a whirl. 

This place is about the simplest operation I have eaten in. They have chicken fingers, fries, toast, cole slaw and a sauce. Nothing else. At this simple you would think they are awesome at every turn. According to my sources  it is awesome. Maybe the quality varies from location to location.

I ordered the 3 finger box. This means 3 chicken fingers (I didn't know chickens had fingers?), fries, toast, sauce and a drink.

The batter/crust on the chicken was very good. Unfortunately my chicken was not cooked fully, so it left something to be desired.

The fries were your basic normal fries.

After hearing all raves about the sauce, I could barely taste it. What is all the fuss about. I choose bbq, honey mustard, hot sauce, etc. Something with a little zing.

The toast was ok, but it would be better if it was toasted on both sides. The bread is very think, and it was only very lightly toasted. I am a burn it then start cooking kind of guy.

Overall, not a great experience. I guess I will stay a Popeye's kind of guy, and have you tried their biscuits, sure beats the toast.

Givem a 7.0.

Mitcho

©2021

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