Rodeo Goat - The Harbor Rockwall

It is valentines time and the girlies in my Community Group at The First Fried Chicken Eating Mostly Non-Denominational Somewhat Baptist church have conspired again to get a good dinner from us low life husbands. For all you hard heads out there, you get your wifey candy, flowers and buy her a good meal on Valentines. Otherwise you are going to hear about for many years to come. So don't be that guy in line at Kroger's at 8:00pm on Valentines Day about to checkout a can or pork and beans for your sweetie (see my blog 2-14-18), you might as well have bought her the shot gun shells. So this sophisticated redneck let's his sweeties buy her own candy, pick her restaurant and give me detailed instructions on the flowers I buy. Not real romantic but pretty safe. This year she drove to Trinity Groves to a very exclusive candy store in which I apparently bought her 15 or so pieces of candy.

These girlies picked Rodeo Goat as our Valentine's Meal. Being a good redneck eating at a place with the name Rodeo Goat sounds like a bucking good time. What it really means is hamburger joint in which you won't understand what any of the burgers are going to be.

So we did the Sweetie Shuffle to Rodeo Goat in Rockwall at The Harbor.

To start things off we ordered an appetizer of Cheese Fries Surprise. That is kind of scary when after looking at the hamburger's, I don't understand half of what I read. Apparently havarti is a really good cheese. What is hydroponic sprouts, berry boursin, gruyere, blackberry compote, kalamata, tapenade, arugula, on and on and on. Of course bacon is mentioned on several of the burgers and Mitcho knows bacon. So Surprise could be a valid concern. It turns out, Surprise is jalapeno's and house chili. This is some good fixins. It is a tie with Snuffers cheese fries,so that is a good.

After going over the menu several times. I settled for the Terlingua burger. It has the aforementioned havarti cheese (which was good), house chili which was good, onion (you know Mitcho loves his onion), corn chips, and garlic-herb mayo. I know everything here assuming havarti is cheese. This was a pretty big burger and it was very good. An explosion of flavors awaits you here.

The wifey got the "Inner Beauty" burger. She didn't need it, she is already beautiful inside out (It is Valentines and I am not as stupid as l look.) But she thought it was good go. She said she liked it and it was gone in just a few minutes.

Since there was 14 of us, there were good times, tall tales, and plans for future mischief to get into.

Overall give'm a 8.549849874564

Mitcho
©2019

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

Lindy's Restaurant Seagoville Rd

We have a long time close friend that over the years have given us ideas for restaurants to eat in and he has never been wrong. So recently he had dinner with Elvis in Lindy's and posted it on Facebook. The wifey saw it on Facebook and asked if he recommended Lindy's and he did. So we did the

Klompendansen down to Lindy's. The restaurant is on I-20 just East of I-635 and I-20. This place is on the border of Balch Springs and Seagoville so it is definitely redneck country. For my upstanding/ employed/milennials/generation X/respectable friends, come by the house on the way and I will give you enough flannel to get you in.

This is actually a very nice building outside and inside. This is home cooking. So comfort food. Chicken Fried Steak, veggies, salad, etc., but they didn't serve rolls with our dinner.

The wifey went for the Chicken Fried Steak, pinto beans, corn and spinach. She gave high marks to CFS, beans and corn. However, she wanted to have a session outside with the cook over the spinach.  I have been to the woodshed with her and it is not pretty. The waitress and cashier both indicated the spinach wasn't their best item. If they know it, why don't they fix it??? 

I went for the Taco Salad. The shell it came in was one of the largest I have ever had and it was full of meat, lettuce, cheese, etc. They also served chips and salsa with it. The chips and salsa were about normal, nothing great, but not bad ether. The salad was very tasty and filling. So they can do redneck Mexican also. 

Our friend recommends breakfast with Janis Joplin and lunch with Jimmie Hendrix besides dinner with Elvis. I agree this is a good place to go for southern comfort food. So grab up your recent cell mates, swing by my hacienda for some flannel disguises and boogy to Lindy's. I don't think you will go wrong, of course unless the county sheriff is there also.

Givem a 7.7564654

Mitcho

©2019

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

Degenhardt's Brat Haus - Legacy Hall in Legacy West / The 8 Tracks Band

A few years ago we adopted a young lady as a grandchild for us to hang with, bug and annoy. I didn't think through the consequences of having a smart high schooler to hang with. One night a year ago, she came over, smiled real big, batted her eyes and informed me that I was judging a Speech Contest at Hockaday Prepartory School. Yea, the King Redneck goes into a private school that the billionaires across America send their kids to school. Yea that went real well. I am not sure how a pair of white crackers that are very conservative ends up with a beautiful Mexican young woman that is ultra liberal. Makes for some good debates and she's good at debating. Today, our lil darlin is in college now and is home for the Christmas break. So the wifey decided we needed to take her to dinner and Ketchup with what is going on in her life. Knowing lil darlin likes 70's and 80's rock music like we do,.I did some checking and found one of our favorite local bands was playing in Legacy Hall in Legacy West. So time to do the boogy boogy to Legacy West.

I had never been to Legacy West. Wow, you could spend a whole months paycheck in less than an hour in this place.The shops are so fancy I have never heard of any of them. If you was in dire need of some creek supplies, you know a treble hook, stink bait or a toad sticker you would be completely out of luck . Well maybe you could find a rhinestone one which cost a $1,000 to fish for mud cat with. Needless to say I did not let the girlies to go into any of the stores. For all you fans from Skeeterville, Legacy West is conveniently located on the far northwest side of Plano, just across the Yard from Frisco.

Legacy Hall is in Legacy West. It is a building that has 3 stories of restaurants and watering holes. It also has an outdoor concert venue that is pretty cool. Tonight real cool since it was in 40"s. This is a pretty cool spot to hangout and listen to some music. Warning, if you are planning on eating dinner, yes there are a few tables, but no where near enough. The restaurants are upscale food court eateries. Fancy grub at a fancy price sold in a food court effectively. Not bashing it, just a new concept. The good part of this is the wifey went to one place, I took lil darlin to another and after I had them situated I went to a third.

I went to Degenhardt's Brat Haus. I am just guessing, the food has a German twang to it. I ordered the Spicy Wurst, which was a spicy brat with saute'd onions. I also added beer batter mustard, sauerkraut and jalapenos. So a little German with a little Mexican. Man this brat was spicy just like they said. It was spicerrific. Napkins was more sparse than tables, so I wound up with mustard all over me. But it was slap your mammy good!

We consumed our vittles on a picnic table out in the Box Garden music venue. When I was growed up, a picnic table was fine dining.

Once we finished, the 8 Tracks Band started playing their list of 70's and 80's rock block busters. We tapped our feet, rocked our heads, squealed, kept time with the beat by clapping, overall rocked out and occasionally sang a few lyrics. This is the 3rd time we have seen them and they do a really good job.

Overall, givem Legacy Hall and Degenhardt's a 8.34864854.

Mitcho
©2019

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

Normas Cafe - Oak Cliff

As you know we go to The First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist Church. Our church has a policy to not have church services on the last Sunday of each year. So they are turning all of the rednecks loose on all the other surrounding churches. There may be a game plan there. As for the wifey and me, we have been long time friends with Pastor and Sister Smith at Bibleway Baptist Church in East Oak Cliff. We believe and support in the ministry of the Smith's to East Oak Cliff.

Since we were in Oak Cliff, we decided to eat lunch in Oak Cliff. The wifey presented a number of possibilities but Norma's was on the list, so none of the other choices were given any consideration. Besides, if you claim to be from Dallas, you have eaten at Norma's. Till now the wifey has been a Dallas wannabee, but now she is legit. As for me, my dad took me here back when I was a teenager. You know when the paint on the walls were new and the pictures were current events. So if your birth certificate says you were born in Dallas and you haven't eaten at Norma's, you need to go there to complete the process and be a real Dallasite. The other place every Dallasite should eat at at least once is on the east side of Dallas and is the Circle Grill, but that is for a different blog.

Norma's is small building that they have crammed into it the maximum number of booths. There are even booths in the area where the waitresses get coffee, tea, cokes, etc. I mean they have maximized every foot. They have been there since 1956. The parking is even smaller. But God was on our side this trip, as a car pulled out from right in front as we drove up. So recognizing God's grace we took the spot.

This is the queen of home cooking. All the home cooking classics and PIE.

The wifey got the chicken fried steak and gave good marks to the breading which is a must. The meat was a little tougher than it should be, but she thought it was pretty good overall.

I went for the Frito Pie. You have to be from Texas to really appreciate Frito Pie. Frito's, chili, onion, jalapeno's, cheese, etc. How can you go wrong. Man this was some good grub. The chili had a very good flavor, not Wick Fowler good, but Good. It needed more onion, but you know Mitcho really likes the onion. I will be making a return engagement to get me some more Frito Pie.

They also brought us rolls and cornbread. Man the cornbread was grandma good. The rolls were very tasty also.

Now for PIE. I went for the cherry pie. This was about as good a cherry pie as I have ever eaten. The wifey went for chocolate & peanut butter pie. It was gone before I realized she was eating it. I didn't ask but it had to be a Good.

Givem a 8.42385744

Happy New Year

Mitcho
©2018

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 Gristmill Restaurant & Gruene Hall, Greene, Tx.

There are a few places inTexas that every self respecting multi generation Texan should see before going to heaven. On my list are Terlingua, Lueckenbach, Cadillac Ranch and Greene Hall. Go to Terlingua during the chili cook off. Call Willie's bail bondsman and find the next time Willie will walk into Lueckenbach. Buy 3 cans of spray paint to take to the Cadillac Ranch. Finally put your dancing shoes on before you go to Greene Hall. I can't do the Texas Two Step. I do the Mitcho seven step. I step on six other people's feet and my own.

Our friends told us we had to go to The Grist Mill Restaurant to eat. So we did. When we put our name on the list they said it would be10 to 15 minute wait. What they really meant was get a hotel room, you are going to be here a while. On the second day they again said it would be 10 to 15 minutes wait. Who are they kidding? On the third day Jesus rose from the grave and at the end of the day we got a table. I was tired, frustrated and no longer Hungary. We decided to split the chicken fried steak and pinto beans. The chicken fried steak was decent but far from the best I have eaten. The pinto beans were doctored up nicely, so a good.
 NOTE: The Gristmill is on the Guadalupe river so in the summer time it is probably a pretty place, but in winter after dark it might as well be the Trinity River.

The manager did comp us our ice teas, but too little too late. I would give the food a 7.1437, but after the wait they get a 3.5.

Next we went to Greene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas. The buildings looks like most of it is from the late 1800's. There is an add on the wall for the Ford Dealership and the phone number is "61". Pool tables in the back, dance floor and bar. Overall this is a neat place to see. I hear there is no air conditioning and there is very little heat. Don't come here hungary, this is a watering hole only. Normally the music is country, but tonight's band was The Aaron Stephens Band and they play rock and soul. They were really good. We had a great time here. I couldn't get the wifey to leave. Grab you up your favorite gal or your sister and get down to Greene Hall, you won't regret it.

Given a 9.0

Mitcho
©2018

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

Shady's Burgers and Bruhaha - Custer Rd in Richardson

Today Sax Man/Bean Counter had another one of those days celebrating his breakout from his mother. I know this can't be right because his advertised age is less than mine. So his math must be messed up.

We always let our kiddos pick the hole in a wall they want to grab grub in. SM/BC is known for picking out of the normal places. That's one of the reasons we like him. Shady's Burger is in a residential part of Custer Rd. Other than the shopping area Shady's is in, there isn't any retail in this area. So it is out of the way.  The place is decorated like a 50's cafe. I know because I was in cafes in the 50's. Not many tables here so pick a slow night to pull up here.

Tonight the Richardson Community Chorale was having a fund raiser here tonight. They were getting a cut of every check that gave the cashier one of their cards. So there was this pushy lady passing out cards to everyone that walked in. I told her that if she wanted me to use her card, they had to let me sing a solo. She wasn't sure what the correct answer to that was. The correct answer if you know my singing ability is NO, NO, NO, please NO!!!! Being the occasionally nice guy I am I gave the cashier the card anyway.

This joint has a wide variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads, sides, etc. If you want a weird burger, you can get one here. Not this redneck. I stick to the Texas proven meats pig and cow. Of course Yardbird gets in there also. But tonight it was all about the pig and cow. So I ordered the Bacon BBQ burger. You can't go wrong with bacon, grilled burger and BBQ sauce. I am guessing this is a half pound burger. Lots of burger here. The meat patty had a good flavor, the BBQ sauce was spicy with a little sweetness, and of course bacon, bacon and bacon. This is a good burger.

Since there were 7 of us, we also ordered half the sides on the menu. We started with fried pickles. These were a hit to the whole family. Our report varies from as good as Razzoo's Fried Pickles (the king of fried pickles) and just almost as good as Razzoo's. They serve these on a shallow pan that is about 8 inches wide and 16 inches long. So they are not stacked on each other, the are spread out. Good move here.

We also ordered Cheese Fries with bacon. Yes, more bacon. These were served on the shallow pan like the Fried Pickles which makes these better than Snuffers. Yea, Snuffers you have been pushed out to provide for your self.

To round out the meal, we ordered onion rings. Actually with all the hits so far, I couldn't believe that they missed it with the onion rings. These rings are 2 to 3 inches tall and the breading is very greasy like my hair in the 60's. I said the 60's not now, so stop it. The breading also just wouldn't stay on the rings. It all tasted good, but it just wasn't near as good as many other places I have grabbed grub in. Sorry Shady's but get to work on the onion rings.

Overall, this was a very good find. We will be gathering both of our friends and heading back someday for some more good fixins.

Givem a 8.65789120

MItcho
©2018

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

Fletcher's Corny Dog Vs. State Fair Frozen Corny Dogs

It is State Fair of Texas time around these parts. 3  of our grands were out of school last Monday for Fair Day. The wifey guilted me into taking CBoss, Cool Hand, and Lil Darlin to the fair. As far as I am concerned the fair has only one attraction for me. FLETCHER'S CORNY DOGS.  So this year, I spent $15.00 to park, $28.00 to get into the park (2 geezer tickets) and $36.00 at Fletcher's to get my one Fletcher's Corny Dog and a drink. I also spent another $35.00 at the pizza stand for the non-conformists of the group. In the State of Texas Fletcher's is the real deal. At the Fletcher's stand, there were 8 or 9 lines about 50 yards long each just to get their annual fix of a Corny Dog. These things are so popular they should be illegal. 

The crust is very tasty. It is so good, you don't even pay attention to the condition of the dog in the middle. This here is some sweet luvin'.

Over the last few months, the wifey has gone full social on me. She is into arranging Block Parties for the neighbors on our street. This is a big deal. To have one, you have to have a signature from every resident on the block. Many of our neighbors just don't answer their door. This makes it pretty tough to get their signature. But the crazy lady from the corner will bug them till  they answer the door and sign the form. For our fall block party we decided that the State Fair would be our theme. Like we needed a theme to gather up and eat way too much food. On the menu was State Fair Corny Dogs, Cotton Candy, Popcorn, Triple Chocolate Cake, several kinds of cookies, more chips than Willie Nelson could eat after a concert.

We arranged to have a cotton candy machine and a neighbor bought the ingredients and supplies to make 25 or 30 bags of cotton candy. Note, this makes a huge mess in the kitchen!!!!!!!! I didn't eat any of the CC but they were all grabbed up and some of the kiddos ate multiple bags. Parents you are welcome for the over active kiddos for the next few hours.

The popcorn was just bigtime grocery store popcorn that we bagged into smaller bags. Yes, this is a legal activity as long as it is popcorn!!!!

One of the neighby's baked a Triple Chocolate Cake. Man oh man. One round of chocolate makes for some mighty good cake. Double Chocolate will almost electrocute you it is so sweet. Triple Chocolate is almost heaven. Man one piece of cake and my diet for the whole week is blown. But man that was some cake.

There also were several versions of homemade cookies that were really great.

We had bought a Sams box of chips, which is a bunch of chips. Lays at their finest.

I decided to deep fry the State Fair Corny Dogs. I drug out the ole deep fryer,filled er up with oil, fired it up and deep fried over 60 dogs. Like Fletchies Dogs, the State Fair Doggies were very tasty. The crust makes the day. Once again, it is so good you forget the fact that you would never buy the weiner.

After consulting with my neighbor associates, we have concluded that State Fair Corny Dogs are JUST AS GOOD AS Fletchies Doggies. YIPPER you heard me correctly. Our conclusion is that it is all in the deep frying. So the next time you have a hankering for a Corny Dog in the fall, you can either decide to pay $114.00 for one Fletchies or you can go to Sam's and buy 34 State Fair doggies for $10.66 and about $4.00 for oil. or .43 per doggies.

The next time you go crazy for a Fletchies, think back to Mitcho's very valuable advice and just slither over to Sams and buy a box of State Fair doggies. Grab up some oil, Throw a party for the 10 best buds you have. Get silly on corny dogs with your best buds for about $14.00 instead of $114.00 with a couple of friends. Remember it is all about the deep frying. For the $100.00 you save on the first craving, with that $100.00 you can buy a good deep fryer and have a weeks running money left over.

Givem both 8.468749453

Mitcho
©2018

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