Cheesecake Factory

As many of you know, I married way way up. and there are times when I have to come out of the crick and act civilized and with some class. I have been practicing being civilized for many years and I finally at a point I can fake it for 10 minutes or so.

So the wifey successfully completed another full revolution around the sun and of course we needed to celebrate. Under these circumstances, you don't just take her to the crick and feed her mud cat and crawdads. The wifey is a big fan of Cheesecake Factory, so I knew how this was going to end. She caved immediately once I suggested our destination. So we did the la bomba over to NorthPark to strap on the feed bag.

Of course there was great discussion as to what we were going to eat. I don't know how many times I said that I was going for the cheesecake and the preliminaries were insignificant.As usual we share an entre and get our own cheesecake. There is no other way to do this. The wifey mulled over her usual choices and finally settled for Herb Crusted Chicken.

The Herb Crusted Chicken has a tasty crust over a chicken breast. This is not Factory Nachos, but it is pretty good. It comes with green beans and mashed taters. The wifey took the beans and left me with the mashed taters. The mashed taters had some extra zing to them, so they were better than the normal mashed taters.

I went for the Dolce De Leche Caramel Cheesecake. Two piles of whipped cream, and caramel cheesecake, you just can't go wrong. It was delicious to the last drop and now I am miserable.

So if you are suffering from a sugar deficiency, grab some crick running buddies and paddle on over to the Cheesecake Factory.

Givem a 8.875.

Mitcho
©2020

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

Round Top Library Chili Cookoff - Round Top Texas

As all of you know I married way, way, way UP!!!!! I am not sure why a fine upstanding, highly educated, beautiful woman, with proper etiquette, grace and manners would ever marry a redneck from the creek, but a blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally. I am one lucky blind squirrel. You also know if Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. So once in a while I have to come out of the crick, clean up a little bit and go do some classy activity with the wifey. I do have to say that I do have the wifey liking dirt track racing (Sprint Cars, etc.) so I have made some progress myself.

This weekend was one of those times where I sacrificed myself to give the wifey some classy fun. I made arrangements for a 3 day weekend shopping trip to Round Top, Texas. I have been told that Round Top is one amazing place two times a year. Round Top has a population of about 90. But in two weeks in April and two weeks in October (I think), the place becomes a Canton Texas on steroids. The main difference is that everything sold is high dollar. The rest of the year there are almost as many shops to shop in as there are residents. So even in January there is a lot to look at, handle, drop (then buy), etc. The wifey was in hog heaven. I even threw in a side trip to Columbus, Texas for additional shopping. Their advertisement indicated they had over 60 shops. After getting there, that 60 includes Walmart, Brookshires, hardware stores, Tractor Supply, etc. After eliminating all the places I would go in, there were 4 or 5 places to shop in. But that still made the wifey happy.

As we arrived in Round Top on Friday, the first sign I read was a sign for a Chili Cookoff on Saturday. Of course I was immediately on a mission to find out the details. This looks very promising. The wifey being the loving wife she is, also immediately said we needed to go to the cookoff on Saturday. You can't beat that girl. On Saturday, at lunch time, we did the dos e do over to the Stone Cellar where the cookoff was being held. There were more than 90 cars in the parking lot. This is a big deal. We paid $10.00 each for all the chili we could eat. They gonna lose some money here. It is my personal desire to make em pay. I am told I have been to one chili cookoff at my church years ago, but I don't remember anything about it, so for my memory sake, this was my first. I would guess there were 25 to 30 entrants. The entrants were businesses, junior class at the high school, chili cookoff teams, families, etc. We had to pick one entrant as the winner. This is much harder than you think and I will do it different next time. The first sample of chili we had was some powerful good chili. Very spicey!!!! Man we got a winner here and I hadn't tried any others. The wifey and I went to about 15 of the entrants then took a break and drank a Diet Coke and listened to some girl performing country and western songs. It looks like she might be famous down in those parts. After a brief rest, we resumed and went back and tried about 10 more entrants chili. Here is what I learned. After the first one, the rest were not as spicey (or at least it seemed). They were all pretty good. A little different here and there, but I would take any of them as a covered dish to the next church social. Finally I had to vote, but first I wanted to go back and retry the first one as I thought I should compare them after eating all the rest. It was just run of the mill chili. Here is a lesson for you, before you go to a chili cookoff, figure out how to cleanse your pallet between entrants. This way you will have a better chance to pick the best chili. I did go ahead and voted for Round Top Home Builders chili. To top the event off, one of the booths was also serving a cup of Blue Bell Ice Cream. So you know, I went and got me some ice cream for the road.

The cookoff had some good looking silent auction items available to bid on. I am sure this is a good fund raiser for the library and I am also sure they need the help. Overall, I really enjoyed the chili cookoff, the chili was great, the people very friendly and entertaining. Just a good ole time.

So if you are gonna have to take your gal to Round Top for some shopping go in the middle of January and checkout the chili cookoff.

givem a 9.15749879

Mitcho
©2020

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

Jersey Mike's - Plano

The wifey and me were over in Plano this afternoon for a basketball game that CBoss was playing. Being on two basketball teams at the same time, the kid is playing basketball all the time. But you know, he is a grand so we had to geaux. After the game, another convincing win and CBoss dropped about 10 points in the bucket, we needed to celebrate. So CBoss and his dad has recently developed a fascination with Jersey Mike's.

Also, I have a friend at The First Fried Chicken Eaten Mostly Non-Denominational somewhat Baptist Church in Rockwall that just raves about Jersey Mike's. He constantly says it is the bomb, the best place he likes to eat. And he told me this will eating a burger and cheese fries at Snuffers on my buck. Also, did I mention that RC has enough resume to get your attention when he talks about food. So I was agreeable with boogying down 75 to Jersey Mike's.

Upon arrival, we had to study the menu for a few minutes to figure out what we need to get. Of course we also had Lil' Darlin and The Mayor with us, and it is always a challenge to find something they will eat. After careful study, I went for the The Original Italian. I have some significant history with the Italian Sandwich. I have had em at Subway, Quiznos, Firehouse, among others. You know I sacrifice my body for my readers/followers.

One real point of favor for this place is they slice the meat in front of you once you have ordered. I would assume this would make the meat much more fresh than the other competition. You have several bread choices, several kinds of meat are piled on, then lettuce, tomatoes, onions, several kinds of sauce, spices etc. The sandwich looks yummy. So it came time to attack it. This is a pretty good sandwich. It did have a fresh taste. As for me and the wifey we decided that Firehouse still rules in our house, mainly because the sauce at Firehouse has a much stronger taste. I like strong taste. The Jersey Mike's is a good sandwich and I will find myself back here again.

Givem a 8.4657687687

Mitcho
©2020

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

Kearney's Feed Yard - Sunnyvale

Today was one of those great days where I spent the day out in the woods talking to the birds and wondering what is the meaning of life on Mars. Why do the Martians have it so good anyway? I bet they never caught crawdads in the crick.

After a hard day of doing nothing I gathered up the wifey to head off for some vitals. The wifey suggested we dance the jig to Kearney's Feed Yard. This place use to be a wholesome feed store with cattle feed, horse feed, medical supplies, hay, fishing gear and I could have sold my crawdad's here. However, those fine folks had small fire and nobody had any smores fixins. Burnt the place to the ground. After sometime it was rebuilt as Kearney's Feed Yard, one of the dress yourself up, fancy, high cotton places a good redneck doesn't want to be recognized in. But the wifey has been wanting to test them out and she rules.

A little advice if you go on Friday night, go early. They said the wait was 30 minutes, but it was longer. During our wait there were enough people go in to fill the place 3 times.

Being a redneck, we had to test their chicken fried steak. You know this and fried bologna are the true steaks. The wifey got a caesar salad and I got a fully loaded baked potato. This CFS was one of the best CFS's I have had in a long time. Hats off to the chef. The wifey reported good things about the salad so it must have been made recently and was not made by Caesar. The baked potato was fully loaded and real good. Top it with Texas toast and you got a humdinger of a meal.

So if you want to impress your missus or your sophisticated friends, gather them up and drag up on over to Kearney's Feed Yard. You won't regret it. Also, if you see anyone that looks like me, it wasn't me.

Givem a 8.8134564654

Mitcho
©2020

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

Kitchens Hardware & Cafe - Mineola, TX

Due to life's circumstances, I have been hanging out in the city with them so called professionals and I feel like I have become way to citified. So the wifey and I decided to skip off to East Texas and associate with some good ole East Texas rednecks for a few days. All you have to do is hole yourself up in an area with mobile homes, storage buildings turned into homes, and other makeshift accommodations and you will get an education of a lifetime or two.

Of course while we were down in the woods, we tended to wander during the day and one day we wandered into Mineola. Now, I have been here before and I have been aware of the cafe in a hardware store. This is redneck on steroids. So we slid into Kitchens Hardware and Cafe. Nothing like eating with shelves of hardware nearby and many many old relics of the past.

After studying the menu, I decided to go for the Junk Yard Dog. I am thinking why not. This is a hot dog with chili, sauerkraut, onions, cheese and any other stray items they happen to have in the kitchen. this doggy had the best sauerkraut I have tore into in a very long time. The chili and dog were pretty good, and there was a good amount of onion. Overall, this was a powerful good doggy.

The meal also came with homemade french fries. We all like fries, and these were pretty thin cut and fried crisp just like I like'em.

So if you are getting too citified and need an instant cure, grab up some know associates and bogey down to Mineola and checkout Kitchens Hardware you won't regret it.

Givem a 7.9655465465

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

Circle Grill

Me and a known associate meet for breakfast every Saturday morning. Usually we meet at Cracker Barrel and we have our own personal waitress. However, our waitress had surgery recently and is out of work for a few months. So we currently are free agents to try some of the local establishments that sling breakfast.

This week we chose Circle Grill. Both of us in the late 60's and 70's hung out at Circle Grill usually around midnight after an fun filled evening of Shenanigans, terriorist activities, partying and other fun filled waste of our time. We have settled down more than we would like to admit to over the many years. We didn't know each other back then, but we were probably there at the same time many times and would have been double trouble if we knew each other. Both of us rave about how good the enchiladas and chili were at midnight there. Yum, Yum. So we went back just for old memories sake. 

My known associate has had Circle Grill enchiladas on his brain all week. So he asked the waitress if they could prepare enchiladas at 7:00 in the morning. One order of enchiladas coming up. They came with chips and salsa. We also ordered our usual biscuits and gravy and burnt bacon. There is nothing like some burnt pig.

Yipper, biscuits and gravy, bacon, enchiladas and chips and salsa for breakfast. The breakfast of champions (or is that chimps).

We have many friends that slide into the Circle Grill still and they brag about their breakfast. They are probably from the eggs and bacon tribe instead of the biscuits and gravy tribe.

As for biscuits and gravy, the biscuits were decent, but the gravy was lacking  Of course the burnt bacon was great, you can't hurt dead pig that is overcooked. Imagine this, the chips were stale at best. Yes at 7:00 am. The salsa needs more zing to it. The enchiladas were as good as I have had in Colorado or New Mexico, but leave something to be desired in Texas. Wolf Brand chili would be better than the chili on the enchiladas. Our memory was far better than this, of course our memory was severely damaged back in the day.

Next time wait till noon for the enchiladas.

Overall, givem a 7 for breakfast, plus a bonus point for memories so 8.0.

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

Hamburger Joint Taco Challenge Burger King-Jack in the Box-Dairy Queen

One of my avid (or rabid) readers recently requested a taco challenge of tacos at fast food hamburger joints. You gotta know I am a big fan of tacos. It is obviously one of the major food groups. You also need to know I am a fan of quantity over quality.

I will start with Burger Thing. They have just recently jumped into the taco game. Welcome to the big time. Good luck getting one of their tacos. I went 3 times before I found a BK with Tacos. To be fair I ordered 4 tacos at each place. The taco shell is quite greasy. The taco has lettuce and meat. The lettuce is just normal. Now for the meat. I don’t know what mystery meat really is, but I am not sure what this meat is. It may be a version of mystery meat. It has a funky kind of taste. The salsa was pretty good and enough of it covers up the meat flavor if you want to call it flavor. I give em a 6.45674. Note they are $1.00 each.

Now for Jack in the Box. I am somewhat prejudice here. In high school, Jack in the Box was the hangout place. The tacos were 19 cents each back then. We would order 15 to 20 each. So I have eaten a lot of their tacos over the years. These shells are somewhat greasy also. The lettuce is just normal. I am not sure of the meat here. It may be a mystery also. This brought back memories of potted meat. Somehow this meat taste ok. Their salsa has a decent flavor. Overall I am a fan of the Jack in the Box taco. 69 cents each. Giv’em a 7:638539.

Finally Dairy Queen. These tacos more closely resemble tacos made at home or good Tex-Mex restaurants. The shells here are a good quality shell. They are loaded with a decent amount of cheese and lettuce. The meat is real ground hamburger. Their salsa is a little lacking here. Overall this taco can compete with Mr. Tex-Mex. Here I get a basket of 3 and a drink for $4.95. I giv’em 7.95948. Of course here you can get a blizzard for dessert.

So Dairy Queen is the winner wit Jack in the Box a close second. My actual favs are Fuzzy’s Taco and Fuel City (they have fried pies!).

I am thinking we need a taco trip and eat tacos 5 or 6 times a day.

Mitcho
@2019