Mother's Daughters has a few locations across the Dallas Metromess. It has a reputation of down home cooking which will score with a Grove Rat Redneck. The Mother's Daughters in Forney has been open probably less than a month. I won't say it is popular, but tonight there were more people there than Walmart. So the Wifey and me decided I needed new fodder for the food blog, so we did the boogey to Forney. Surprisingly we got a table in less than 10 minutes and there were people everywhere. So they have some fast service. There was a very large number of workers serving, filling tea glasses, cleaning tables, etc. I watched the dish washer for a pretty good while and he was working at a frenzy the whole time and never slowed down.
My first concern is that my favorite down home food is meatloaf and they only have meatloaf on Wednesdays. So you can count on my next post from MDD will be on a Wednesday evening.
We decided to share an entre and veggies and get our own pie. That is a plan a redneck can appreciate.
We ordered chicken fried steak, pinto beans and mashed taters.
The meal came with rolls and corn bread. I didn't eat a roll because the corn bread was really good. It get's a 7.5.
The chicken friend steak was a little tough. Of course chicken friend steak isn't sirloin, it is a lower quality piece of beef, but I have had a better quality of beef at many places. Also, the CFS had only a very slim coat of crust. Now a redneck wants a lot of crust. That wasn't happening tonight. The CFS was decent but certainly not great. The CFS gets a 5.5.
The pinto beans had a very good flavor. Mitcho liked these beans. Givin the beans a 7.
The mashed taters was mashed taters. You can mess them up, but you can't hardly make them great. They get a 5.
At the end of the meal I ordered Coconut Pie. Now I am a big fan of the coconut pie. My M-I-L makes me a coconut pie either Thanksgiving or Christmas every year. I eat coconut pie till I am almost dead, then I get resuscitated and I eat another piece. My M-I-L could teach MDD a few things about Coconut Pie. The Coconut Meringue was heavenly. It was really sweet and loaded with coconut. The problem was the pie filling. The pie filling was the most bland vanilla pudding I have ever eaten. Not so good. The crust was very flaky and tasty. The Pie only gets a 5.56.
Overall MDD gets a 5.765.
Mitcho
©2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
CiCi's Pizza
Tonight was at Jupiter and Arapaho, but they are all pretty much the same.
CiCi's is not actually one of the places I want to go to. We had the grands tonight, The Boss, Big Guy and Lil Darlin. Basically you can take them to one of three places successfully, Cici's, McDonalds and Taco Bueno. At Cici's the three will eat two to three times more food than any other place. Big Guy eats Macaronni pizza, go figure CiCi's must have some redneck in them also, or they wouldn't be putting Macaroni on a pizza. Lil Darlin eats the pasta and a number of bowls of pasta. When she is done, it is all over her. The Boss will eat any version of cheese pizza. To say the least, they are not foodies yet.
As for me, 2/3 of the pizzas on the buffet are some version of Pepperoni pizza. My favorite is the very thin crust Pepperoni and Sausage. Then it is a tie between Peppersoni pizza and Pepperoni and Jalapeno pizza. The pizza is OK. I would say it is one notch better than frozen pizza.
For me the best part is the desert bar. Now Mitcho does like the cinnamon rolls. This is one place the different CiCi's vary greatly here. Some put a large amount of cinnamon on top, some just put a little. Tonight at Jupiter and Arapaho, they only put a small amount of cinnamon. The Cici's in Wylie on Hwy 78 just west of Hwy 78 and Hwy 205 puts a large amount of cinnamon on the cinnamon rolls.
Also, they have an apple crunch pie and brownies that aren't bad.
CiCi's gets a 5 without desserts and a 5.5 with them. This is not a destination, this is a place you are forced into.
Sometime soon I will be doing a Dessert Week and CiCi's will not be one of my selections.
Mitcho
©2014
CiCi's is not actually one of the places I want to go to. We had the grands tonight, The Boss, Big Guy and Lil Darlin. Basically you can take them to one of three places successfully, Cici's, McDonalds and Taco Bueno. At Cici's the three will eat two to three times more food than any other place. Big Guy eats Macaronni pizza, go figure CiCi's must have some redneck in them also, or they wouldn't be putting Macaroni on a pizza. Lil Darlin eats the pasta and a number of bowls of pasta. When she is done, it is all over her. The Boss will eat any version of cheese pizza. To say the least, they are not foodies yet.
As for me, 2/3 of the pizzas on the buffet are some version of Pepperoni pizza. My favorite is the very thin crust Pepperoni and Sausage. Then it is a tie between Peppersoni pizza and Pepperoni and Jalapeno pizza. The pizza is OK. I would say it is one notch better than frozen pizza.
For me the best part is the desert bar. Now Mitcho does like the cinnamon rolls. This is one place the different CiCi's vary greatly here. Some put a large amount of cinnamon on top, some just put a little. Tonight at Jupiter and Arapaho, they only put a small amount of cinnamon. The Cici's in Wylie on Hwy 78 just west of Hwy 78 and Hwy 205 puts a large amount of cinnamon on the cinnamon rolls.
Also, they have an apple crunch pie and brownies that aren't bad.
CiCi's gets a 5 without desserts and a 5.5 with them. This is not a destination, this is a place you are forced into.
Sometime soon I will be doing a Dessert Week and CiCi's will not be one of my selections.
Mitcho
©2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Pizza Getti - Deluxe Pizza
Me and the wifey spent all morning painting a house as a volunteer project. By 12:30 we were tired, hungry and filthy. So we decided to boogedy boogedy boogedy to the Pizza Getti. There are not too many places where you can go eat in your painting clothes, especially if they have 10 or more colors on them. At Pizza Getti we know all of the owners and employees and a lot of the customers, so we get a break here.
Since we had no kids or grands with us we were able to order what we want. We ordered the Deluxe Pizza. I started ordering this pizza here in September, 1968. In the late 60's and 70's, I could walk into the place and they would start cooking my pizza without me ordering, now that's service. The Deluxe has pepperoni, canadian bacon, sausage (the sausage really has a great taste), beef, green olives, black olives, onion, and much much more. This is my absolute favorite pizza. As I said before, the flavor just bursts in your mouth on every bite. Givin the Getti a 10.
If you are hungry, saddle up and ride to the Pizza Getti. On Buckner Blvd between I-30 and John West. It is worth the trip.
By the way, Happy Birthday to the CBoss yesterday.
Mitcho
©2014
Since we had no kids or grands with us we were able to order what we want. We ordered the Deluxe Pizza. I started ordering this pizza here in September, 1968. In the late 60's and 70's, I could walk into the place and they would start cooking my pizza without me ordering, now that's service. The Deluxe has pepperoni, canadian bacon, sausage (the sausage really has a great taste), beef, green olives, black olives, onion, and much much more. This is my absolute favorite pizza. As I said before, the flavor just bursts in your mouth on every bite. Givin the Getti a 10.
If you are hungry, saddle up and ride to the Pizza Getti. On Buckner Blvd between I-30 and John West. It is worth the trip.
By the way, Happy Birthday to the CBoss yesterday.
Mitcho
©2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
Snuffers - Rockwall
Friday night is date night, so Friday night is spent keeping the grands. So we did the turtle crawl to Rockwall (talking about traffic). We grabbed up Precious and Lil' Bud and off to Snuffers.
Snuffers is all about Cheese Fries. Their menu is pretty short and too the point, you went there to get Cheese Fries.
We ordered a cheeseburger. The burger was ok, but nothing special. It had so little onion on it that I had to read the menu again to verify that onion was on the burger. Now you know Mitcho likes some onion'. A low rate of onion means a low score on the blog. Givin the burger a 5.
We also ordered Fried Pickles. Now Mitcho has had some good fried pickles. These weren't the ones. Snuffers needs to send a spy to Twisted Root or Razzoos and find out what fried pickles are all about. On the Snuffers version, the pickle is way too thick. The batter is batter from the chicken fingers, it needs to be onion ring batter or spiced onion ring batter. Givin the Fried Pickles a 4.5.
Now we are to the real reason you go to Snuffers. Cheese Fries with bacon and onion. Now almost anything with lots of cheese, bacon and onion is going to be some fine eating. That's what we got here. There is plenty of cheese and a stack of bacon and onion. Loving the Cheese Fries. The Cheese Fries get a 7. It probably deserves a higher score, but it is weighed down by the other items low scores.
The service was pretty good tonight. No complaints there. Service gets a 6.5
Overall Snuffers gets a 5.75.
Mitcho
©2014
Snuffers is all about Cheese Fries. Their menu is pretty short and too the point, you went there to get Cheese Fries.
We ordered a cheeseburger. The burger was ok, but nothing special. It had so little onion on it that I had to read the menu again to verify that onion was on the burger. Now you know Mitcho likes some onion'. A low rate of onion means a low score on the blog. Givin the burger a 5.
We also ordered Fried Pickles. Now Mitcho has had some good fried pickles. These weren't the ones. Snuffers needs to send a spy to Twisted Root or Razzoos and find out what fried pickles are all about. On the Snuffers version, the pickle is way too thick. The batter is batter from the chicken fingers, it needs to be onion ring batter or spiced onion ring batter. Givin the Fried Pickles a 4.5.
Now we are to the real reason you go to Snuffers. Cheese Fries with bacon and onion. Now almost anything with lots of cheese, bacon and onion is going to be some fine eating. That's what we got here. There is plenty of cheese and a stack of bacon and onion. Loving the Cheese Fries. The Cheese Fries get a 7. It probably deserves a higher score, but it is weighed down by the other items low scores.
The service was pretty good tonight. No complaints there. Service gets a 6.5
Overall Snuffers gets a 5.75.
Mitcho
©2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Whataburger - Town East Blvd near Motley
Me and the wifey were painting this evening again for ReBuild, so we needed to do an early dinner (3:30). So we sashayed to Whataburger for an early dinner. This wasn't our first visit here.We have been coming to this Whataburger for many years. Fast service and good food will bring you back time and time again. Over the last few years, they have remodeled this Whataburger, so it is pretty nice inside. It also has some interesting pictures from the 50's and 60's.
This trip I ordered the Whataburger combo. Now Whataburger is a man's hamburger joint. They put mustard on the burger, not that sissy mayo. Also, they load the burger with lots of onion and you know Mitcho loves onion. This is probably the biggest burger in the chain burger joints. I like the taste of the meat in the Burger King burger, but Whataburger wins going away in all other categories. The burger gets a 6.85.
I also had fries and they are pretty good here, however, they are not anything special. They do have several flavors of ketchup which is a definite plus. Givin the fries a 6.5.
Whataburger is trying to become a service type restaurant. They are constantly coming by the table to see if we need anything else. Of course they are carrying a tray with ketchup, salt, pepper, and napkins. All of these things are already on the table if you need them. They also try to refill your drink, but I didn't come there to be served, just fed. So go away and leave me alone. But they are trying.
Overall, this Whataburger trip gets a 6.675
Mitcho
©2014
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Joes Pizza and Pasta- Stromboli Galloway & Tripp Rd next to Mardel
We hadn't seen the members of our CG in about a month, so I thought it was time to get together for some food and fellowship. Joes is near where we meet for CG and a central location for our members, so it seemed a convenient choice. So the wifey and me made our way to Joes.
I ordered Stromboli tonight (just for blog purposes). The Stomboli doesn't come with a salad, so no report there. If you read my last review of Joes, you know the salad is no great loss.
The rolls are decent but they only get a 5. Now Olive Garden has a good scoring roll.
The Stromboli is probably a pizza crust roll that has sausage, canadian bacon, hamburger and a lot of cheese. It comes with a marinara sauce. Overall this is a pretty tasty meal. Probably not real good for you, but who cares. Givin the Stromboli a 6.5.
The service tonight was a new girl, but she did a pretty good job. She gets a 6.5 also.
Overall, Joes gets a 6.156 tonight.
The fellowship was an 8.15. You know who you 1.85 are that didn't make it tonight!!!! Don't get any conscious problems about not being there, I am sure you think you had a good excuse.
The best part of the evening, one of the men that was there can solve the carpenter problem I have on a house I am working on for a disabled Vietnam Veteran. Please pray for my partner on this job as he hurt his shoulder on Saturday and may be on the disabled list.(Of course if he was getting paid millions of dollars to paint, he definitely would be on the disabled list - See Rangers, Cowboys, etc.)
Mitcho
©2014
I ordered Stromboli tonight (just for blog purposes). The Stomboli doesn't come with a salad, so no report there. If you read my last review of Joes, you know the salad is no great loss.
The rolls are decent but they only get a 5. Now Olive Garden has a good scoring roll.
The Stromboli is probably a pizza crust roll that has sausage, canadian bacon, hamburger and a lot of cheese. It comes with a marinara sauce. Overall this is a pretty tasty meal. Probably not real good for you, but who cares. Givin the Stromboli a 6.5.
The service tonight was a new girl, but she did a pretty good job. She gets a 6.5 also.
Overall, Joes gets a 6.156 tonight.
The fellowship was an 8.15. You know who you 1.85 are that didn't make it tonight!!!! Don't get any conscious problems about not being there, I am sure you think you had a good excuse.
The best part of the evening, one of the men that was there can solve the carpenter problem I have on a house I am working on for a disabled Vietnam Veteran. Please pray for my partner on this job as he hurt his shoulder on Saturday and may be on the disabled list.(Of course if he was getting paid millions of dollars to paint, he definitely would be on the disabled list - See Rangers, Cowboys, etc.)
Mitcho
©2014
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Rudy's BBQ - Allen Hwy 75 & Stacy Rd
We had some bidness to tend to in McKinney this morning so on the way home the wifey suggested we stop at Rudy's. It was a little early for lunch, but never a little early for Rudy's.
We first had Rudy's in Austin, since then we have eaten in Rudy's in Waco, College Station, Denton, Tyler, Allen, etc. Mitcho likes Rudy's.
At Rudy's you order by the pound. You can order moist (with fat) or lean (without fat). I am a Lean kind of guy. Rudy's has sides but you go there for the BBQ. We have eaten the potato salad and beans and they are ok, but nothing to write home about. Now the BBQ, that is a different story. The BBQ has a light smoked taste, but it isn't overwhelming. Plenty of Rudy's Sauce is a must. We keep a bottle of the sauce at home just in case. They also give you more bread than you care to eat, onions, pickles, etc. Loving the BBQ all the way to a 7.75.
Note: Rudy's tends to only open stores in smaller towns. So Allen may be the closest they get to East Dallas. So remember this and make a lunch stop when you are on the road. Of course nothing wrong with jumping in the car and heading to Allen. The Allen location is in front of a Cabela's. So there might be two reasons to go that way.
Mitcho
©2014
We first had Rudy's in Austin, since then we have eaten in Rudy's in Waco, College Station, Denton, Tyler, Allen, etc. Mitcho likes Rudy's.
At Rudy's you order by the pound. You can order moist (with fat) or lean (without fat). I am a Lean kind of guy. Rudy's has sides but you go there for the BBQ. We have eaten the potato salad and beans and they are ok, but nothing to write home about. Now the BBQ, that is a different story. The BBQ has a light smoked taste, but it isn't overwhelming. Plenty of Rudy's Sauce is a must. We keep a bottle of the sauce at home just in case. They also give you more bread than you care to eat, onions, pickles, etc. Loving the BBQ all the way to a 7.75.
Note: Rudy's tends to only open stores in smaller towns. So Allen may be the closest they get to East Dallas. So remember this and make a lunch stop when you are on the road. Of course nothing wrong with jumping in the car and heading to Allen. The Allen location is in front of a Cabela's. So there might be two reasons to go that way.
Mitcho
©2014
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