WOW....Jeremy, you hit that on the head, better then a 40 year
carpenter.............

You had to work there (Olive Garden)......or have contacts, either way, I
love your observations.......funny how with the right atmosphere, booze,
good looking partner, someone else picking up the check, waitress winking,
waiter winking, excellent hostess.....WHATEVER.........

Even Alpo, can be tasty!

Tip of the hat to you, Jeremy!

Joe.....



"Jeremy" > wrote in message
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> Carmine 04 wrote:
> >
> > does any one know where i can get recipies for olive garden chicken
> > alfredo and their salad ?
> > i want recipies that taste exactly like it.
> > im not looking to sell a recipie i just want to make it at home. also
> > please tell me your exreiance with recipie
>
> Why would be a good question, the alfredo is from a powder mix and they
> add too much salt to everything. If you go to any recipe site and get
> the equivalents, at least the food will taste Italian, instead of just
> punching your sodium level up the scale.
>
> Things that are wrong with their recipes include:
> Too much salt
> Powdered alfredo sauce
> Poor quality olive oil (too much acid)
> Sysco balsamic vinegar
> Dried and virtually tasteless herbs and spices
> Pre-packaged and grated cheese that claims some relation with parmesan
> but really is not even close
> Poor quality pepper
> Injected chicken
> Overcooked pasta, often held in steam tables for long periods.
> Canned tomatoes
> Olives with all taste and texture removed
>
> The actual cost of exactly duplicating OG food would exceed that of
> doing it with fresh vegetables, herbs and spices. Just the time and
> bother of letting everything go stale would be a problem and you can
> never get good Reggiano to taste like rotting sneakers :-)
>
> If you are really serious about making edible Italian food there are
> lots of urls available with great recipes.
>
> JJ