Originally Posted by Geewiz (Post 559102)

An example from Chicago - not as cheap town. I go to Chicago Cut Steakhouse in River North...a very pricey place. I get their hamburger which is made from the trimmings of their aged beef. A steak there runs $40+. The 1/2 pound burger is $11. Because it is made of aged beef ground fresh that day, the taste is intense..tart and very beefy. I substitute corn or broccoli for the fries. I get the burger medium rare and frankly, after eating about a third of it...I am satisfied. Yes, I could force down more...but, why? I bring the rest home. The next day, I re-heat the meat in a fry pan. I eat about 1/3 or the burger and give Rada, the kitten, the other third. She sometimes eats it all - but, is typically satisfied with less. She is so happy that she sits on my chest and nuzzles my cheek for the next hour. Good food makes good friends. So - for $11, I had 2 great meals and Rada had the best beef a cat could ever have - even if she was a tiger...plus, I get a good nuzzle. Good food doesn't have to be expensive and it doesn't have to make you want to gorge yourself. Plus, sharing makes friends.

Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 559099)

"Starving to death"??????????? Gimme a break.

America is too FAT.

Originally Posted by Geewiz (Post 559101)

The proper term is "obese." "Fat" is a perogative word that is ignorant and obnoxious.

Originally Posted by jane032657 (Post 559100)

I have always wanted to open a restaurant and cook one ethnic food per night, and until you came to the restaurant or called ahead, you would not know what was cooking. It would be fresh ingredients, all made from scratch, with great wines. I talked about doing that in The Villages but opening a restaurant for a business is my CPA husband's worst nightmare for investment. So, I will just have to have you over for dinner instead! I have done a different ethnic dinner for 60 people almost every year for my husband's birthday. Too fun! I think that type of restaurant would be festive, fun, and adventurous!

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 559115)

boy howdy gee whiz

My mother told me a million times not to exaggerate. She would say "starving to death" is an exaggeration.

Eleven dollars for a good burger is way overpriced. Cane Garden has a wonderful burger for eight with yummy fries and wonderful slaw.

I'm good.

Originally Posted by Richard1366 (Post 559047)

Let me be the first to say that I feel sorry for us. Here we live in a wonderful “village” with all the beauty of nature, companionship, and activities…yet we are in a gastronomic wasteland. Our “Italian” restaurants are “red sauce’ dispensers, pasta with a variety of red and white sauces slathered on. Where are Italian restaurants that serve contemporary Italian cuisine; Gnocci, hot pastas with cool fresh and light sauces, simple wonders such as cacao e pepe (fresh spaghetti with cheese and ground pepper?) Where are the authentic Oriental restaurants? Isn’t everyone tired of fried rice, General Tso’s chicken, sweet and sour pork. Why hasn’t some Asian restaurant provided us with a variety of dim sum (even if only on weekends} adding such dishes as scallion pancakes, pigs ears (really delicious,) and wonderful noodle soups? With a large number of Vietnamese veterans, why doesn’t any restaurant offer Vietnamese Pho with spring rolls and that wonderful Vietnamese iced coffee. No restaurants anywhere around offer any spicy and delicious Korean dishes.
Hopefully one of these days a restaurant investor will take a leap of faith and provide this community with something other than chain restaurant pap.

Originally Posted by l2ridehd (Post 559145)

WOW Jane. Love your ideas. Lets start a progressive dinner or monthly rotating dinning club.