Thread: Olive Garden

On Apr 11, 5:03*pm, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi friends:
>
> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. *Two
> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. *The food was so
> delicious! *Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> Thanks
> VK
>
> PS: What means by gunocchi?

Crossposted to rec.sport.football.college? Nice try.

On Apr 11, 2:03*pm, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi friends:
>
> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. *Two
> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. *The food was so
> delicious! *Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> Thanks
> VK
>
> PS: What means by gunocchi?

Italy?

On 11-Apr-2012, Victor Kingano <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi friends:
>
> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. Two
> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. The food was so
> delicious! Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> Thanks
> VK
>
> PS: What means by gunocchi?

Welcome; I hope your stay in our country is pleasant.

A Google search for - copy cat olive garden recipes - will turn up a broad
selection for you to choose from.
http://tinyurl.com/olivegardencopycats

gnocchi = small potato dumplings
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On Apr 11, 5:03*pm, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi friends:
>
> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. *Two
> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. *The food was so
> delicious! *Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> Thanks
> VK
>
> PS: What means by gunocchi?

The Italian food will be better at an independently run restaurant.
Think of Mamma and Pappa in the kitchen.
Olive Garden is just a big chain and all the food is much too salty
and NOT made with love.

On 2012-04-11, BillyZoom <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 11, 5:03?pm, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Hi friends:
>>
>> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. ?Two
>> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
>> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. ?The food was so
>> delicious! ?Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>>
>> Thanks
>> VK
>>
>> PS: What means by gunocchi?
>
> Crossposted to rec.sport.football.college? Nice try.

HEYY!! We're the Olive Garden experts. He knows what he's doing.

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lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as
well. -- Diane Ackerman

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> On 2012-04-11, BillyZoom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 5:03?pm, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Hi friends:
>>>
>>> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. ?Two
>>> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
>>> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. ?The food was so
>>> delicious! ?Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> VK
>>>
>>> PS: What means by gunocchi?
>>
>> Crossposted to rec.sport.football.college? Nice try.
>
> HEYY!! We're the Olive Garden experts. He knows what he's doing.
>
> --

I wonder whose sock this is?

> I don't want to get to the end of my life and find I have just
> lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as
> well. -- Diane Ackerman

On 4/11/2012 3:49 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Apr 11, 5:03 pm, Victor Kingano<victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Hi friends:
>>
>> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. Two
>> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
>> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. The food was so
>> delicious! Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>>
>> Thanks
>> VK
>>
>> PS: What means by gunocchi?
>
> The Italian food will be better at an independently run restaurant.
> Think of Mamma and Pappa in the kitchen.
> Olive Garden is just a big chain and all the food is much too salty
> and NOT made with love.
>


Believe it or not, there are places in the US where Olive Garden is the
ONLY choice for Italian food and Taco Bell for Mexican. Everyone is not
fortunate enough to live in a multi-ethnic, authentic food paradise.

If he enjoyed the food, so be it.

gloria p

In article <jm5416$qvt$[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>
> On 4/11/2012 3:49 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> > On Apr 11, 5:03 pm, Victor Kingano<victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
> >> Hi friends:
> >>
> >> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. Two
> >> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> >> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. The food was so
> >> delicious! Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> VK
> >>
> >> PS: What means by gunocchi?
> >
> > The Italian food will be better at an independently run restaurant.
> > Think of Mamma and Pappa in the kitchen.
> > Olive Garden is just a big chain and all the food is much too salty
> > and NOT made with love.
> >
>
>
> Believe it or not, there are places in the US where Olive Garden is the
> ONLY choice for Italian food and Taco Bell for Mexican. Everyone is not
> fortunate enough to live in a multi-ethnic, authentic food paradise.
>
> If he enjoyed the food, so be it.

And even when there is a "family" place that doesn't mean the "family"
is Italian. Was in the local pizza place the other day, asked if my
take out order was ready, the girl at the register goes "Hey, Sergei . .
.." I don't think "Sergei" is Italian.

> And even when there is a "family" place that doesn't mean the "family"
> is Italian. *Was in the local pizza place the other day, asked if my
> take out order was ready, the girl at the register goes "Hey, Sergei . .
> ." *I don't think "Sergei" is Italian.

It's like I've always said, I've been to NYC and ate the pizza there
and it was delicious. But I know you can find pizza just as good by
going to out of the way mom and pop places in Savannah or Santa Fe or
Spokane or Topeka or Toledo. Keep away from the chain places whenever
possible and look for the family run restaurants.

On 4/11/2012 5:03 PM, Victor Kingano wrote:
> Hi friends:
>
> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. Two
> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. The food was so
> delicious! Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> Thanks
> VK
>
> PS: What means by gunocchi?


This is one of the best cross-threads in recent memory...

Con Reeder, unhyphenated American <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2012-04-11, BillyZoom <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 5:03?pm, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi friends:
>>>
>>> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies.
>>> ?Two American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian
>>> food. Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. ?The
>>> food was so delicious! ?Where I can get recipe for the Italian
>>> dishes they serve?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> VK
>>>
>>> PS: What means by gunocchi?
>>
>> Crossposted to rec.sport.football.college? Nice try.
>
> HEYY!! We're the Olive Garden experts. He knows what he's doing.

True dat. Most of the folks in RSFC are probably better off eating out than
attempting to cook in between following random, mostly political arguments,
and the obligatory monthly on topic college sports thread.



MartyB






MartyB

On 4/11/2012 5:53 PM, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> On 2012-04-11, BillyZoom<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 5:03?pm, Victor Kingano<victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> Hi friends:
>>>
>>> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. ?Two
>>> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
>>> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. ?The food was so
>>> delicious! ?Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> VK
>>>
>>> PS: What means by gunocchi?
>>
>> Crossposted to rec.sport.football.college? Nice try.
>
> HEYY!! We're the Olive Garden experts. He knows what he's doing.
>
Not me. I've never slurped a spagnolli there.

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Yours,
Dan S.

On 4/11/2012 5:03 PM, Victor Kingano wrote:
> Hi friends:
>
> I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. Two
> American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. The food was so
> delicious! Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> Thanks
> VK
>
> PS: What means by gunocchi?

I suggest you write a review for the Fayetteville Gazette.

--
Yours,
Dan S.

On Apr 11, 7:24*pm, Michael OConnor <mpoconn...@aol.com> wrote:
> > And even when there is a "family" place that doesn't mean the "family"
> > is Italian. *Was in the local pizza place the other day, asked if my
> > take out order was ready, the girl at the register goes "Hey, Sergei . ..
> > ." *I don't think "Sergei" is Italian.
>
> It's like I've always said, I've been to NYC and ate the pizza there
> and it was delicious. *But I know you can find pizza just as good by
> going to out of the way mom and pop places in Savannah or Santa Fe or
> Spokane or Topeka or Toledo. *Keep away from the chain places whenever
> possible and look for the family run restaurants.

Unpossible - NYC pizza sucks - it is the Taco Bell of the pizza world

On Apr 11, 4:46*pm, "l, not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:
> On 11-Apr-2012, Victor Kingano <victor.king...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi friends:
>
> > I just come to USA in January from Indonesia for higher studies. *Two
> > American things I enjoy very much are the football and Italian food.
> > Yesterday I eat in the restaurant call Olive Garden. *The food was so
> > delicious! *Where I can get recipe for the Italian dishes they serve?
>
> > Thanks
> > VK
>
> > PS: What means by gunocchi?
>
> Welcome; I hope your stay in our country is pleasant.
>
> A Google search for - *copy cat olive garden recipes - will turn up a broad
> selection for you to choose from.http://tinyurl.com/olivegardencopycats
>
> gnocchi = small potato dumplings

Why don't they use large potatoes for they're dumplings? Must be
foodie snobs

On 11-Apr-2012, "The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> >
> > gnocchi = small potato dumplings
>
> Why don't they use large potatoes for they're dumplings? Must be
> foodie snobs

Large potatoes have less flavor - it is more concentrated in small potatoes.

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DanS. wrote:
> On 4/11/2012 5:53 PM, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
> >
> > HEYY!! We're the Olive Garden experts. He knows what he's doing.
> >
> Not me. I've never slurped a spagnolli there.

I went there once. I had genuine Italian mashed potatoes on the side. I
asked the waitress if risotto or polenta was an option. "What?"


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The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:
> On Apr 11, 7:24 pm, Michael OConnor <mpoconn...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> And even when there is a "family" place that doesn't mean the
>>> "family" is Italian. Was in the local pizza place the other day,
>>> asked if my take out order was ready, the girl at the register goes
>>> "Hey, Sergei . . ." I don't think "Sergei" is Italian.
>>
>> It's like I've always said, I've been to NYC and ate the pizza there
>> and it was delicious. But I know you can find pizza just as good by
>> going to out of the way mom and pop places in Savannah or Santa Fe or
>> Spokane or Topeka or Toledo. Keep away from the chain places whenever
>> possible and look for the family run restaurants.
>
> Unpossible - NYC pizza sucks - it is the Taco Bell of the pizza world

Um... No. Sure you can find sucky pizza in NY but they also have very good
pizza.
But then I suppose it depends on what you look for in a pizza. If you want
a thick crust you won't like it.

J. Clarke wrote:

> And even when there is a "family" place that doesn't mean the "family"
> is Italian. Was in the local pizza place the other day, asked if my
> take out order was ready, the girl at the register goes "Hey, Sergei
> . . ." I don't think "Sergei" is Italian.

And even if the "family" is Italian, that doesn't mean they are actually
cooking Italian dishes. Just a couple days ago I watched a TV program about
italians in New Jersey in the 30's, it talked about this miner who came from
Sicily and knew nothing about cooking and set up a restaurant where he
cooked what he remembered from his mother and grandmother kitchen. Problem
is: since a man never helped women cooking, he did know zero about those
recipes. Random dishes, just that. It's very similar to the chinese people
setting up restaurants here in Italy: people from southern china who worked
in anything except cooking, so we get dishes of fake chinese cuisine made by
real chinese people.