On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 11:46:46 AM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-12-15 10:24 a.m., Graham wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:19:11 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
>
> >> While I disparage the run of the mill Italian restaurants I have
> >> experienced I have to say that I had an outstanding meal at a place in
> >> Newport Beach CA. I had shrimp risotto and it was incredible. Everyone
> >> else loved their meals.One of our party was Italian and he was impressed
> >> as the rest of us.
> >
> > I once went to an Italian restaurant that had a good reputation. The
> > risotto I had was made with long-grain rice! I never went back and it
> > closed not long afterwards.
> >
> It's pretty sad that Italian restaurants usually have such low standards
> that they can get away with something like that. Even worse..... They
> can do that sort of thing and still have a good reputation.

Long grain is ridiculous. They might have gotten away with using broken
rice, and that's cheap. I use it for chicken rice soup.

--Bryan