I have already eaten lunch today. I don't have much left in the fridge so
I decided to throw together a salad. I made a very light shallot
viniagrette this morning and let the flavors fuse. I had small amounts of
radicchio, leaf lettuce and a couple of leaves of romaine. I tore the
lettuce(s) into small bite sized pieces and threw them into a wooden salad
bowl (sides of bowl very lightly seasoned with a clove of garlic rubbed all
around the inside). I spied a chunk of roquefort cheese and chunked it up
into small pieces and added to the bowl. I toasted a few walnuts, mashed
them up and put them in the bowl. I poured the dressing on and mixed it up.
I added a dash of salt and pepper. It was very tasty but a few thin slices
of steak would have been very nice.

On an unrelated hunt yesterday, I lunched at this place I had never seen
before, called Heavenly Ham. I expected something terrific but was sorely
disappointed. I ordered ham and swiss on dark rye and ordered the box lunch
which I ate in the restaruant. The ham itself was nothing special and the
box lunch consisted of a cookie and bag of pretzels. On top of it all, I
got havarti instead of swiss. UGH... It was pricey too. Don't bother with
this place if you come across it. I should have known better, a ham
specialty shop in a primarily Jewish area. I did discover a Middle Eastern
grocery around the corner from the ham joint. It carried a lot of dried
peas and beans, canned goods and lots of fruit, dates etc. Prices were
outrageous. A curry packet (like the Ramen I buy all the time) was $3.

Michael

Dog3 wrote:
> On an unrelated hunt yesterday, I lunched at this place I had never
> seen before, called Heavenly Ham. I expected something terrific but
> was sorely disappointed.

They have these places around here, Michael, and they are just awful. At
least you know not to go back. Jason's Deli (also a chain) is much better.

Jill

Dog3 wrote:

> I have already eaten lunch today. I don't have much left in the fridge so
> I decided to throw together a salad. I made a very light shallot
> viniagrette this morning and let the flavors fuse. I had small amounts of
> radicchio, leaf lettuce and a couple of leaves of romaine. I tore the
> lettuce(s) into small bite sized pieces and threw them into a wooden salad
> bowl (sides of bowl very lightly seasoned with a clove of garlic rubbed
all
> around the inside). I spied a chunk of roquefort cheese and chunked it up
> into small pieces and added to the bowl. I toasted a few walnuts, mashed
> them up and put them in the bowl. I poured the dressing on and mixed it
up.
> I added a dash of salt and pepper. It was very tasty but a few thin slices
> of steak would have been very nice.


Interesting, I just had a nice big salad for breakfast...

I am throwing together a chicken salad for later on...


> On an unrelated hunt yesterday, I lunched at this place I had never seen
> before, called Heavenly Ham. I expected something terrific but was sorely
> disappointed. I ordered ham and swiss on dark rye and ordered the box
lunch
> which I ate in the restaruant. The ham itself was nothing special and the
> box lunch consisted of a cookie and bag of pretzels. On top of it all, I
> got havarti instead of swiss. UGH... It was pricey too. Don't bother with
> this place if you come across it. I should have known better, a ham
> specialty shop in a primarily Jewish area. I did discover a Middle
Eastern
> grocery around the corner from the ham joint. It carried a lot of dried
> peas and beans, canned goods and lots of fruit, dates etc. Prices were
> outrageous. A curry packet (like the Ramen I buy all the time) was $3.
>


Middle Eastern places are usually really cheap. I can't believe that Middle
Easterners would frequent such a place...who knows, maybe there are a bunch
of Lebanese high - rollers around ;-)

Aren't there a number of Bosnian joints down there? They should carry
similar stuff, and it should be really cheap (being that the Bosnians are
fairly poor refugees).

--
Best
Greg

"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
.net:

>
> Dog3 wrote:
>
>> I have already eaten lunch today. I don't have much left in the
>> fridge so I decided to throw together a salad. I made a very light
>> shallot viniagrette this morning and let the flavors fuse. I had
>> small amounts of radicchio, leaf lettuce and a couple of leaves of
>> romaine. I tore the lettuce(s) into small bite sized pieces and threw
>> them into a wooden salad bowl (sides of bowl very lightly seasoned
>> with a clove of garlic rubbed
> all
>> around the inside). I spied a chunk of roquefort cheese and chunked
>> it up into small pieces and added to the bowl. I toasted a few
>> walnuts, mashed them up and put them in the bowl. I poured the
>> dressing on and mixed it
> up.
>> I added a dash of salt and pepper. It was very tasty but a few thin
>> slices of steak would have been very nice.
>
>
> Interesting, I just had a nice big salad for breakfast...
>
> I am throwing together a chicken salad for later on...
>
>
>> On an unrelated hunt yesterday, I lunched at this place I had never
>> seen before, called Heavenly Ham. I expected something terrific but
>> was sorely disappointed. I ordered ham and swiss on dark rye and
>> ordered the box
> lunch
>> which I ate in the restaruant. The ham itself was nothing special
>> and the box lunch consisted of a cookie and bag of pretzels. On top
>> of it all, I got havarti instead of swiss. UGH... It was pricey too.
>> Don't bother with this place if you come across it. I should have
>> known better, a ham specialty shop in a primarily Jewish area. I did
>> discover a Middle
> Eastern
>> grocery around the corner from the ham joint. It carried a lot of
>> dried peas and beans, canned goods and lots of fruit, dates etc.
>> Prices were outrageous. A curry packet (like the Ramen I buy all the
>> time) was $3.
>>
>
>
> Middle Eastern places are usually really cheap. I can't believe that
> Middle Easterners would frequent such a place...who knows, maybe there
> are a bunch of Lebanese high - rollers around ;-)
>
> Aren't there a number of Bosnian joints down there? They should carry
> similar stuff, and it should be really cheap (being that the Bosnians
> are fairly poor refugees).
>

There are a lot of Bosnian establishment in South City but I have not been
that way in a long time. I'll check it out. The ME store was in an
upscale area and I'm sure the rent is astronomical. I was the only person
in the store at the time.

Michael