On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 12:03:10 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:46:40 -0500, 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.
> McDonalds has a good reputation too. At least with people like Gary,
> but Gary's the average American so he represents a lot of people.

I almost never eat McD's unless I'm on the road, but I like their food.
It's fast, predictable, and you can eat it at 75MPH on the highway.

--Bryan