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Wed Jun-06-07 01:11 PM
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Uh oh.....guess where I'm supposed to have a lunch meeting tomorrow??? |
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Edited on Wed Jun-06-07 01:13 PM by NewWaveChick1981
:yoiks: Yep, Olive Garden. :scared: Just found out about it earlier this afternoon. Hold me---I'm scared.....scared I'll see what real Italian food is like there.
Do you think I'll see Isabella Rossellini there?
Please send healing vibes at noon Eastern time tomorrow. :hi:
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:15 PM
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1. My first guess was Christie's Caberet or whatever that place is called |
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:17 PM
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:spray: Now THAT would be a fun place...:P :rofl: But no, I've got to settle for OG. :shrug:
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:50 PM
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38. The food in places like Christies is really bad |
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Or so I've heard. No first hand knowledge of course :)
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:17 PM
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2. i was thinking cracker barrel |
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could be worse...could be golden corral:rofl:
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:17 PM
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5. How dare you insult the steak buffet gods? |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:49 PM
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36. It's better than Applebee's |
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:17 PM
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My fiance actually likes OG, and I just laugh at him :D
I usually just get a salad and count down the minutes til I'm out, but apparently their alfredo sauce is good.
Good luck :)
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:18 PM
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I'm thinking about just the salad too. But I hear their cornflake chicken is good.
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:21 PM
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9. The alfredo sauce can't help but be good... ya can't fuck it up! |
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Edited on Wed Jun-06-07 01:40 PM by ThinkBlue1966
The most basic sauce recipe in the book!
butter heavy cream garlic Parmesan cheese salt & pepper + a little cornstarch to thicken it a bit.
/worked for "the family" for 6 months //they treat you like shit
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:23 PM
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10. But where are the cornflakes? |
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:40 PM
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13. On the CHICKEN, silly... |
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Ya can't put cornflakes in alfredo, silly girl...
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:40 PM
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14. Oh, yeah...I forgot... |
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:43 PM
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15. Although i suppose we could slop some fred-sauce ON TOP of the cornflake chicken?! |
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We just have to try not to flick ashes into it while we're plating it up...
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:44 PM
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16. Or while we're talking on our cell phones and breast-feeding at the same time. |
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:P 'Fredo sauce and cornflakes....mmmm...mmmm...good!
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:46 PM
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17. We could pitch that to Ben & Jerrys for a new flavor... |
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now then... what to call it?
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:47 PM
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18. Uncle Fredo's Garden? |
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:23 PM
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11. just reading that made my heart cry |
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And my sweetie loves it :eyes:
I can only imagine how shitty it must be to work there--did you get free food? Benefits? What?
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:39 PM
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12. benefits weren't bad... some free food... |
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Edited on Wed Jun-06-07 01:41 PM by ThinkBlue1966
We were well paid (for this area... $9/hr in a town where 80% of the non-university jobs pay minimum wage). We got the "soup/salad/breadsticks" deal free on breaks (when we poor kitchen slaves actually got breaks) or before/after a shift, plus a 25% discount when we came in on days off, etc...
Health insurance started day one... wasn't the best coverage, but it was something.
I was on the staff that opened the location here last summer, and unfortunately corporate didn't truly appreciate the potential business here, and made some stupid decisions with regard to labor scheduling in the kitchen.
Basically, as a night-time prep/back-up cook, i was severely overworked (doing about 1/3 of all the prep for the day, which usually takes 6 people, all by myself), and things were getting worse by the day...
So i quit.
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:20 PM
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31. Cornstarch in Alfredo Sauce? EWWWWWwwwwwwww........ |
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Hmmm, I just did a check and many Alfredo sauce recipes have cornstarch in them. I've never used it in my sauce and have never had a problem with thin sauce, so I thought it sounded wrong.
OK, change in plans for dinner tonight, Pork and Prosciutto tortellini with Alfredo sauce!
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:19 PM
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:19 PM
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:hi: :D You're sending your private jet, right?
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:50 PM
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19. tell your coworkers the pasta vafanculo is to die for |
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i hear they have some awesome chicken in a sublime formaggi di culo sauce.
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Wed Jun-06-07 01:56 PM
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21. Excellent suggestion... |
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:rofl: :hi: I'll bet they won't know what hit them.... in the butt....:P ;)
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Wed Jun-06-07 04:02 PM
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:10 PM
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22. I know I'll earn the undying contempt of my fellow DU-ers here, but I LIKE Olive Garden! |
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I mean, it's not the greatest Italian food in the world. But it's pretty good. I'm looking to try their new pasta and Italian sausage entree soon. I've had genuine Italian food (albeit at a restaurant in Germany), and nothing compares, but Olive Garden is good for a decent meal now and then.
Still, NWC, I'll be more than happy to hold you if you like. B-)
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:15 PM
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I like it too!
I'm especially fond of their Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto!
We get our breadsticks plain, and we love their salads....
I think you get good value for the price...
:shrug:
:hi:
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:18 PM
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Glad to know I'm not alone on this one! :hi:
:loveya:
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:17 PM
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27. Yeah, you can hold me anyway... |
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:hi: :loveya: :D I can get through it OK if I concentrate on the salad. :)
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:23 PM
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32. Oh, I'm SO good at soothing people's food fears. |
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Everybody's good at something. :crazy:
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:12 PM
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23. "healing vibes" ? Get real! It's mediocre food, not a hellish ordeal. |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:16 PM
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25. Dude, calm down. I was joking. |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:16 PM
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26. Sorry. No Isabella tomorrow. I promised to take her to KFC. |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:18 PM
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:( And I was so looking forward to seeing her there. And here you go, stealing her and taking her to KFC. :cry:
:hi: :P
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:19 PM
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30. Come with us to the Colonel's. We'll get a bucket.. |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:29 PM
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35. Oooh, and maybe some popcorn chicken! |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:50 PM
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37. Yep. With bleu cheese and Tabasco sauce for dipping. |
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Wed Jun-06-07 02:27 PM
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33. Great corndogs on a stick! |
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Wed Jun-06-07 04:29 PM
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41. What is it with the elitist, anti-Olive Garden attitude around here? |
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My wife and I just had lunch there the other weekend. It was great.
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Thu Jun-07-07 06:00 AM
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42. You must not have been around during the Great Olive Garden Flame War, then... |
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Edited on Thu Jun-07-07 06:01 AM by NewWaveChick1981
:hi: :rofl: That explains everything. You might want to look in the archives for the thread(s). As for my "fear" of OG, read my response to JVS (response #25). ;)
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Thu Jun-07-07 06:14 AM
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43. make sure you get a box of wine to enhance your lunch . . . |
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try the homemade spaghetti-o's . . . .
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Thu Jun-07-07 08:21 AM
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:hi: Box wine and homemade spaghetti-o's....:9 I can't miss that!
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Thu Jun-07-07 06:18 AM
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44. I am jealous you can get their orange margarita! |
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Thu Jun-07-07 08:23 AM
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47. Haven't had one of those, but they sound good! |
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45. I am jealous you can get their orange margarita! |
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