Why?

-Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
yeff at erols dot com

In article >,
Yeff > wrote:

> Why?
>
> -Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
> yeff at erols dot com

<lol> I feel the same way...
Overpriced, overcooked, oversalted.

The soup is ok, (clam chowder) but that's about it!

And the cheez buscuits.

K. (who usually goes to Outback to celebrate)

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>From: Yeff

>Why?
>
>-Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
>yeff at erols dot com

No more hush puppies.



E. P.

Yeff > wrote in news:xps624atiyui
:

> Why?
>
> -Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
> yeff at erols dot com

Everybody's a critic.

Red Lobster and Olive Garden are both owned by the same company,
Darden Restaurants.

www.darden.com

Their own blurb sez:

"Darden Restaurants, Inc. is the largest casual dining restaurant
company in the world. It operates more than 1,300 Red Lobster, Olive
Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants
in North America, leading each of its market segments and employing
more than 140,000 people. (All of the restaurants are company-owned.
The company offers no franchise opportunities domestically.)"

One telling point is the fact that Olive Garden recipes were taste
tested for years in retirement colonies in Florida. I believe I
posted a link to that in a previous thread on this very topic.

At Darden restaurants, they're not selling you food, they're selling
you "great service" and a casual dining experience with friends that
includes food (or so their website claims...at Olive Garden, itsa
famiglia, no?).

Personally, I think they don't give a shit about you as a customer
and they're in it for the money but given that they originated in a
kapitalyist-benighted environment, that shouldn't surprise anyone,
now, should it?

However, that being said, if my son and/or my daughter were to invite
me to go to one of those restaurants, I would go and be happy.
Luckily for me, they have more taste than that.

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Yeff > wrote:

>Why?
>
>-Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
>yeff at erols dot com

So you did not have to take the birthday kid to Chucky Cheese.


--
Susan N.

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who do not.

><lol> I feel the same way...
>Overpriced, overcooked, oversalted.
>
>The soup is ok, (clam chowder) but that's about it!
>
>And the cheez buscuits

I eat at Red Lobster about once a month, and I always order the Crab Alfredo.
As far as fried shrimp, I can make that myself much cheaper.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

"The Cook" > wrote in message
...
> Yeff > wrote:
>
> >Why?
> >
> >-Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
> >yeff at erols dot com
>
> So you did not have to take the birthday kid to Chucky Cheese.
>
>

LOL!! How true! Chucky's is such a horror that even Red Lobster would seem
elegant and refined by comparison.


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Peter Aitken

Remove the crap from my email address before using.

In article >, Michel Boucher
> wrote:
(snip)
> Everybody's a critic.
>
> Red Lobster and Olive Garden are both owned by the same company,
> Darden Restaurants.

Spun off from General Mills.
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Only 3-1/2 weeks until my birthday. "Shop early, shop often, shop
big." Good gin and cheap chocolate preferred. Or is it cheap
gin and good chocolate? I can never remember. . . .

Hark! I heard Yeff > say:

> Why?

So "guests" on Jerry Springer have somewhere to eat?

mumblemumbleyesiwatchspringermumblemumble...


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Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
:

> In article >, Michel
> Boucher > wrote:
> (snip)
>> Everybody's a critic.
>>
>> Red Lobster and Olive Garden are both owned by the same company,
>> Darden Restaurants.
>
> Spun off from General Mills.

Ah yes, how are the General and Mrs. Mills...

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Far as I can tell, someone wrote:
>Why?

Well, you'd have to admit it's a bit better than a sharp stick in your
eye. I think.

Hark! I heard cal say:
> Far as I can tell, someone wrote:

> >Why?
>
> Well, you'd have to admit it's a bit better than a sharp stick in your
> eye. I think.

I have to admit, I do like their biscuits. But I found a recipe
to make something comparable at home, so I don't bother with Red
Lobster (worst!seafood!ever!)...

Cheddar Biscuits

Yield : 6 Biscuits
Prep. Time : 0:15

2 cups Bisquick® baking mix
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (I use sharp)
1/4 cup butter OR margarine - melted
1/4 tsp. garlic powder

-Combine Bisquick®, milk, and cheddar and beat with a wooden spoon for
about 30 seconds.
-Spoon on to greased cookie sheet. Smooth tops down with spoon.
-Bake in 450 degree oven for 8-10 minutes.
-Combine butter and garlic powder and pour over hot biscuits.





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~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
...fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

"Yeff" > wrote in message
...
> Why?
>
> -Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
> yeff at erols dot com

No idea. There are no long any of those restaurants here in Maine, and
frankly when they were here I really couldn't understand it. Needless? to
say I have never eaten at one.

Jessica

Jessica Vincent wrote:
>
> "Yeff" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Why?
> >
> > -Jeff B. (dragged there to celebrate a 12yo's birthday)
> > yeff at erols dot com
>
> No idea. There are no long any of those restaurants here in Maine, and
> frankly when they were here I really couldn't understand it. Needless? to
> say I have never eaten at one.
>
> Jessica



Red Lobster restaurants in Maine would be like bringing
coals to Newcastle. You've already got the best lobster
in the country, why settle for a bad imitation?

gloria p

Yeff > wrote:
>Why?

The big fried shrimp aren't too overpriced this month...or
was it last month...

--Blair
"Wait...you thought the 'lobster'
was literal?"

Michel Boucher > wrote:
>"Darden Restaurants, Inc. is the largest casual dining restaurant
>company in the world. It operates more than 1,300 Red Lobster, Olive
>Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants

Ironic. The RL and BB are right next to each other up the road.

--Blair
"Musta seen that fat parking lot
and didn't realize their eyes
were bigger than their profits."

Blair P. Houghton > wrote in news:rAUvc.16847717$Of.2804287
@news.easynews.com:

> Michel Boucher > wrote:
>>"Darden Restaurants, Inc. is the largest casual dining restaurant
>>company in the world. It operates more than 1,300 Red Lobster, Olive
>>Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants
>
> Ironic. The RL and BB are right next to each other up the road.

Hardly. They serve different clienteles. It's probably more efficient
from a corporate standpoint to have them near each other...you know,
management by looking over the shoulder is still strongly encouraged
among the less fortunate nations.

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Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?

Gimli, son of Gloín