Nanci Kuykendall

>I need to make a food road trip. The food here in
>michigan is, well -stinky. I find it hard to find
>really good food in affordable restaurants.
>Everything is meat and potatoes - crappy gravy(not
>the real stuff, just thebeef or chicken base blech).
>I love really good food, but usually that is
>something homemade or super expensive at a fancy chic
>chic pooh pooh place that I can only afford once a
>year(at the most).
>sistakammi - hungry

I was really spoiled with good, inexpensive food when
I grew up in San Francisco. I learned to love Greek
food, Cambodian (with it's combination of exotic
spices and veggies with the french genius for sauces),
Dim Sum, fresh Seafood (YUM!), Swiss-French food,
Sushi and Tempura, Italian (Haystack Pizza and Italian
Food mmmmmm), and many others kinds of food. One of
my favorite things to do as a teenager was to buy a
special kind of seafood sandwich that was sold by one
of the vendors on Fisherman's Wharf. It as a creamy
saucy shrimp-scallop hot sandwich on San Francisco
sourdough, messy and wonderful. We used to go to
Ghiradhelli to have ice cream sundaes with names like
Klondike, and the Cable Car. The new Pizza Hut "New
Yorker" pizza reminds me of lunches scarfing a huge
cheesy floppy slice at Escape From New York pizza on
Haight street.

My love affair with food, luckily for my husband,
carries over into being a not too shabby chef and
baker myself. My favorite way to cook involves a lot
of improvisation, and I have introduced him to a lot
of things he never ate before we were married. I like
to experiement and USUALLY things turn out pretty
well, with the occassional failed experiment.

But I have eaten good food all over the country and
would love to do a food road trip. What a great idea!
I could just taste the smorgasboard of learning
opportunities, haha. I have had good German food with
speatzel (spelling) and sausages and whatnot in
Leavenworth, WA. Family Style restuarants in
Pensylvania (where you share big trestle tables with
other diners and pass around large platters, plates,
bowls and baskets of good farm style food were a fun
experience. That's where I first had ShooFly Pie. I
LOVE Sopapilla's as well, which I had on trips to San
Diego and to the Southwest, as well as the year I
lived in Albuquerque, and I love fry bread too.
Devonshire Cream ice cream was wonderful on the
Cornish coast of England. I remember having some
wonderful fudge in Michigan. The food in New Orleans
was an memorable experience as well. It's been too
long since I hit the road to delight my taste buds
with the diversity of American food that didn't come
with a drink carrier through a little window into your
car.

Nanci K.

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I am so hungry right now. I'm drooling on the keyboard...

Dar

On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 13:00:34 -0800 (PST) Nanci Kuykendall
<aisliin@...> writes:
> I was really spoiled with good, inexpensive food when
> I grew up in San Francisco. I learned to love Greek
> food, Cambodian (with it's combination of exotic
> spices and veggies with the french genius for sauces),
> Dim Sum, fresh Seafood (YUM!), Swiss-French food,
> Sushi and Tempura, Italian (Haystack Pizza and Italian
> Food mmmmmm), and many others kinds of food. One of
> my favorite things to do as a teenager was to buy a
> special kind of seafood sandwich that was sold by one
> of the vendors on Fisherman's Wharf. It as a creamy
> saucy shrimp-scallop hot sandwich on San Francisco
> sourdough, messy and wonderful. We used to go to
> Ghiradhelli to have ice cream sundaes with names like
> Klondike, and the Cable Car. The new Pizza Hut "New
> Yorker" pizza reminds me of lunches scarfing a huge
> cheesy floppy slice at Escape From New York pizza on
> Haight street.
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--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., Nanci Kuykendall <aisliin@y...>
wrote:
>The new Pizza Hut "New
> Yorker" pizza reminds me of lunches scarfing a huge
> cheesy floppy slice at Escape From New York pizza on
> Haight street.


Oh the memories! I used to live on Clayton Street (around the
corner from Escape From New York pizza)! Did you eat at
Chapella's (sp?)? I used to live on pizza and burritos!


> Devonshire Cream ice cream was wonderful on the
> Cornish coast of England.

> Nanci K.
>

Oh why did you have to mention Devonshire and/or Cornish
cream!! Now I'm aching for a cream tea! <g>
And when were you in Cornwall? I had no idea. Where did you go
in Cornwall? Did you go to Devon as well?

Meghan

Pam Hartley

Well, if we're all going to do this to each other... <g>

I'll put in a bid for Stan's Donuts in Santa Clara, my recipe for Chicken,
Rice & Gravy, and the cream puffs Wally and I ate on a cruise ship once.

I'm glad it's almost dinner time. <g>

Pam

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From: "moonmeghan" <moonmeghan@...>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Food Road Trip
Date: Sat, Feb 16, 2002, 5:22 PM


--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., Nanci Kuykendall <aisliin@y...>
wrote:
>The new Pizza Hut "New
> Yorker" pizza reminds me of lunches scarfing a huge
> cheesy floppy slice at Escape From New York pizza on
> Haight street.


Oh the memories! I used to live on Clayton Street (around the
corner from Escape From New York pizza)! Did you eat at
Chapella's (sp?)? I used to live on pizza and burritos!


> Devonshire Cream ice cream was wonderful on the
> Cornish coast of England.

> Nanci K.
>

Oh why did you have to mention Devonshire and/or Cornish
cream!! Now I'm aching for a cream tea! <g>
And when were you in Cornwall? I had no idea. Where did you go
in Cornwall? Did you go to Devon as well?

Meghan


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The veggie breakfast and house blend coffee at Slick Rock Cafe in Moab.
Tofu Osaka ( there's that snot again) at Mustard Seed in Missoula, MT.
Dylan's homemade tortillas.
Life is good.
Deb L

Joylyn

Who suggested the New Mexican place in Long Beach?

Well, we happened to go by there tonight. I picked Mark up at the
airport and then stopped by there (LAX, then down to Long Beach) to eat
dinner. The sopapillas were on the desert part of the menu, served with
butter and honey. Butter? For a bit extra, you could get ice cream on
the side. The chili was pretty good, I sorta special ordered a rolled
enchallada, chicken, with green chili sauce--it did have a good bit of
bite, so I was happy with that. The sopapillas were sad, so sad. I had
such a taste for them, and I was so disappointed. They were flat,
overcooked, and tasted like poor fry bread. Sigh. It was also rather
expensive, about $12 for a plate, i ncluding salad. With ranch
dressing. My poor little california children ordered pizza and a hot
dog. (visual here--joylyn shaking her head sadly).

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In a message dated 2/16/02 6:23:33 PM, moonmeghan@... writes:

<< Oh why did you have to mention Devonshire and/or Cornish
cream!! Now I'm aching for a cream tea! <g> >>

I'm thinking if you can buy Devonshire cream a few blocks from my house in
Albuquerque (at Wild Oats), it's available lots of other places too.

Sandra

Jocelyn Vilter

That would have been me, Jocelyn, from DragonTree. Sorry it was a
disappointment. Guess we won't be taking Sandra there when she's here in
April. (would that be like taking your Italian cousins to The Olive
Garden?)

jocelyn

on 02/16/02 10:02 PM, Joylyn at joylyn@... wrote:

> Who suggested the New Mexican place in Long Beach?
>
> Well, we happened to go by there tonight. I picked Mark up at the
> airport and then stopped by there (LAX, then down to Long Beach) to eat
> dinner. The sopapillas were on the desert part of the menu, served with
> butter and honey. Butter? For a bit extra, you could get ice cream on
> the side. The chili was pretty good, I sorta special ordered a rolled
> enchallada, chicken, with green chili sauce--it did have a good bit of
> bite, so I was happy with that. The sopapillas were sad, so sad. I had
> such a taste for them, and I was so disappointed. They were flat,
> overcooked, and tasted like poor fry bread. Sigh. It was also rather
> expensive, about $12 for a plate, i ncluding salad. With ranch
> dressing. My poor little california children ordered pizza and a hot
> dog. (visual here--joylyn shaking her head sadly).
>
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Joylyn

Well that's ok, it's the thought that counts. You might try Anitas in
Fullerton, and we'll come as well. It is closer to New Mexican food
although not perfect.

Joylyn

Jocelyn Vilter wrote:

> That would have been me, Jocelyn, from DragonTree. Sorry it was a
> disappointment. Guess we won't be taking Sandra there when she's here
> in
> April. (would that be like taking your Italian cousins to The Olive
> Garden?)
>
> jocelyn
>
> on 02/16/02 10:02 PM, Joylyn at joylyn@... wrote:
>
> > Who suggested the New Mexican place in Long Beach?
> >
> > Well, we happened to go by there tonight. I picked Mark up at the
> > airport and then stopped by there (LAX, then down to Long Beach) to
> eat
> > dinner. The sopapillas were on the desert part of the menu, served
> with
> > butter and honey. Butter? For a bit extra, you could get ice cream
> on
> > the side. The chili was pretty good, I sorta special ordered a
> rolled
> > enchallada, chicken, with green chili sauce--it did have a good bit
> of
> > bite, so I was happy with that. The sopapillas were sad, so sad. I
> had
> > such a taste for them, and I was so disappointed. They were flat,
> > overcooked, and tasted like poor fry bread. Sigh. It was also
> rather
> > expensive, about $12 for a plate, i ncluding salad. With ranch
> > dressing. My poor little california children ordered pizza and a
> hot
> > dog. (visual here--joylyn shaking her head sadly).
> >
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> > Mom to Lexie (6) and Janene (3)
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In a message dated 2/17/02 2:03:19 PM, joylyn@... writes:

<< Well that's ok, it's the thought that counts. You might try Anitas in
Fullerton, and we'll come as well. It is closer to New Mexican food
although not perfect. >>

If it's a branch of the local-here Little Anita's, what would they have
changed and why? Now I'm curious...

Sandra

Joylyn

Well, we asked them.

From what I remember, they had to deal with
the majority of people eating there being
from California, so the chili isn't as hot,
except if you ask for it. that was it,
mostly. It just didn't taste the same.
Close but not quite.

Joylyn

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> In a message dated 2/17/02 2:03:19 PM,
> joylyn@... writes:
>
> << Well that's ok, it's the thought that
> counts. You might try Anitas in
> Fullerton, and we'll come as well. It is
> closer to New Mexican food
> although not perfect. >>
>
> If it's a branch of the local-here Little
> Anita's, what would they have
> changed and why? Now I'm curious...
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Nanci Kuykendall

>>The new Pizza Hut "New
>> Yorker" pizza reminds me of lunches scarfing a huge
>> cheesy floppy slice at Escape From New York pizza
on
>> Haight street.


>Oh the memories! I used to live on Clayton Street
>(around the corner from Escape From New York pizza)!
>Did you eat at Chapella's (sp?)? I used to live on
>pizza and burritos!

Yes, and there was a place in the Mission district
that we used to get free coupons for from the youth
shelter down there. They had these HUGE burritos and
a big make line under glass, like Subway's. You would
tell them as they went along what you wanted in your
burrito and then they would roll the whole thing up
and they were normally like 2 bucks and came out about
6 inches around and a foot long. There was also
Haight Street Deli, further East, where they made my
favorite chicken sandwich with a breaded chicken
breast in strips, cucumber and sprouts and zesty
homemade ranch dressing on sourdough. I also used to
work at Boudin's bakery, in Embarcadero Center. The
lunch rush was insane, but we got to take free bread
home every day and they had those sourdough bread
bowls with clam chowder. That's where I fell in love
with Ceasar salads. When I was not in the mood for
their food I would walk over to the Sushi place at
Embarcadero on my break and get California Rolls and
other yummies.

One of my favorite restaurants was Ankor Wat
(spelling??) cambodian food, on Geary. Anyone know if
it is still there? My family was friends with the
owners, who were from Cambodia obviously. I remember
Paprika's Fono (Greek Food) on the top floor at
Embarcadero (in the brick building above the mermaid
fountain). I loved that greek flat bread they served
hot that you rubbed fresh garlic cloves on like
butter.

One thing that I never saw much was drive through's.
There are not many of those in the city, space is too
tight for those sprawling parking lots. (sigh) It's
been a long time, and I really want to take my husband
to San Francisco and show him around. I am sure a lot
has changed.


>> Devonshire Cream ice cream was wonderful on the
>> Cornish coast of England.

>And when were you in Cornwall? I had no idea. Where
>did you go in Cornwall? Did you go to Devon as well?

I was there about 7 or eight years ago. I toured
London, took the chunnel to Paris and did the Lourve
and such and then back to England to tour the
southwest contryside a bit, to Tintagel (which I
loved, having just read Mists of Avalon in preperation
LOL) and around the area.

We stayed mostly in farmhouse bed and breakfasts and
that was where I first fell in love with cob
construction, in all those picturesque thatched
cottages along the coast. My husband is getting a new
Natural Building business going with cob as one main
method he is using. I keep telling him that a trip to
the british isles to study the cob homes would be a
legitimate business expense. LOL

Nanci K.

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>
>One thing that I never saw much was drive through's.
>There are not many of those in the city, space is too
>tight for those sprawling parking lots. (sigh) It's
>been a long time, and I really want to take my husband
>to San Francisco and show him around. I am sure a lot
>has changed.

I've wanted to take my family down there for years. The last time I was
down, Noah was not quite 2. He'll be turning 24 in May. I've never had
enough $$$ to do the trip the way I wanted to, with plenty of time and a
car to get to all my old haunts in Tilden Park and Tamalpais. %^(
Tia

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Nanci Kuykendall

>I remember Paprika's Fono (Greek Food) on the top
>floor at Embarcadero (in the brick building above the
>mermaid fountain).

Sorry, I meant the top floor of GHIRADELLI, Not
Embarcadero.

Nanci K.

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Paprikas (pronounced pop-ree-cosh, the /sh/ sound in Hungarian is spelled
"s", and the /s/ sound is spelled "sz") Fono was Hungarian... I miss it a
lot. There just aren't many Hungarian restaurants out there, and I have
more Hungarian ancestry than anything else.

My family went there once when my sister was a baby, and my dad got
progressively more drunk as dinner wore on, and he finally decided to put
the bottle sideways on the table and play "Spin the bottle"... *Crash!*
the waiter was there in seconds, he had been watching the whole thing go
down.

We also dropped my colicky sister on her head that evening, and she cried
and then fell asleep, giving us the most peaceful evening we'd all had in
months...

Odd memories..

Dar

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:41:56 -0800 (PST) Nanci Kuykendall
<aisliin@...> writes:
> >I remember Paprika's Fono (Greek Food) on the top
> >floor at Embarcadero (in the brick building above the
> >mermaid fountain).
>
> Sorry, I meant the top floor of GHIRADELLI, Not
> Embarcadero.
>
> Nanci K.
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freeform@... wrote:

<<< Paprikas (pronounced pop-ree-cosh, the /sh/ sound in Hungarian is spelled
"s", and the /s/ sound is spelled "sz") Fono was Hungarian... I miss it a
lot. There just aren't many Hungarian restaurants out there, and I have
more Hungarian ancestry than anything else. >>>


I also have a lot of Hungarian relatives. I remember some of the food my Grandma used to make. She made a very delicious treat called plum dumplings. Also palacsinta (basic crepes with a variety of fillings), the best cabbage rolls, a rolled up poppy seed cake and strudels. She would make a huge abundance of foods like these (I guess she was used to it after raising 7 boys) and I remember eating as much as I could and stuffing myself and loving that food, that was made with love. Very nice memories...and they're making me hungry!

Karin

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Nanci Kuykendall

>Paprikas (pronounced pop-ree-cosh, the /sh/ sound in
>Hungarian is spelled "s", and the /s/ sound is
>spelled "sz") Fono was Hungarian... I miss it
>a lot. There just aren't many Hungarian restaurants
>out there, and I have more Hungarian ancestry than
>anything else.
>Dar

My sincere apologies Dar, for confusng Hungarian with
Greek! I was a not much more than a child last time I
was in that particular restaurant. I do not remember
many patricular dishes, just that the food was
wonderful.

Nanci K.


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I'm sorry this came out harshly. I didn't mean to jump on you, I just
got sort of excited and my fingers took over my brain. Hungarian anything
just doesn't come up very often ;-)

And Karin, my grandma used to make wobnderful stuffed peppers and stuffed
cabbage rolls, and a poppyseed roll thingy... she says she's sworn off
cooking since she moved to her retirement community, where she gets 15
meals a month in their "restaurant" (she seems to fill in the rest with
Lean Cuisine), but if you come visit maybe we can talk her into it ;-)

Dar

On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 11:37:30 -0800 (PST) Nanci Kuykendall
<aisliin@...> writes:
> >Paprikas (pronounced pop-ree-cosh, the /sh/ sound in
> >Hungarian is spelled "s", and the /s/ sound is
> >spelled "sz") Fono was Hungarian... I miss it
> >a lot. There just aren't many Hungarian restaurants
> >out there, and I have more Hungarian ancestry than
> >anything else.
> >Dar
>
> My sincere apologies Dar, for confusng Hungarian with
> Greek! I was a not much more than a child last time I
> was in that particular restaurant. I do not remember
> many patricular dishes, just that the food was
> wonderful.
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on 2/24/02 3:08 PM, freeform@... at freeform@... wrote:

> and a poppyseed roll thingy

The Czech word is kolache (which I heard pronounced koh-lah-chee). Maybe the
Hungarian is similar.

Joyce


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Karin

My grandma has also sworn off her old cooking and baking since she lives alone now. She once told me she's happy she doesn't have to cook like she used to anymore, and just makes her simple meals for herself. I've found some very authentic looking Hungarian recipes (while searching with Google) and if I ever get the urge to have some Hungarian food, I can attempt to make it myself. My grandma did show me a thing or two in the kitchen. ;-)

Oh and yes, Joyce, I recognize that word kolache very well now that you mentioned it. I had forgotten that those rolled up poppy seed thingies had a name!

Karin





>I'm sorry this came out harshly. I didn't mean to jump on you, I just
>got sort of excited and my fingers took over my brain. Hungarian anything
>just doesn't come up very often ;-)

>And Karin, my grandma used to make wobnderful stuffed peppers and stuffed
>cabbage rolls, and a poppyseed roll thingy... she says she's sworn off
>cooking since she moved to her retirement community, where she gets 15
>meals a month in their "restaurant" (she seems to fill in the rest with
>Lean Cuisine), but if you come visit maybe we can talk her into it ;-)

>Dar


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> and a poppyseed roll thingy

The Czech word is kolache (which I heard pronounced koh-lah-chee). Maybe the
Hungarian is similar.

Joyce >>


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