in NY we always called Ralp the porcelain god as no goddess would want to accept that kind of offering.

The Term room temp comes from medieval Europe castles who also happen to be suffering from a mini ice age at the time so it started out at 55 to 60 and cellar temp were equivalent to very cold frig to freezing as some castles had ice rooms where they stored winter ice into summer later it moved to merchants that did that and even moved to America until early refrigeration came but it was ammonia based and dangerous so people still had ice box refrigerators for a long time

I know but that's the current info as he got screwed on the lease when the owner sold the building out from under him on Pratt street and a search for a good Maine lobster is never ending in Tampa bay.

sadly all are closed but he is looking for a new location

I agree plus there inclued as an option with their burgers with out any surcharge

Rice will never fill me up as I allergic to it but do enjoy sushi without rice which I was able to get in Hawaii while i was stationed there and when I went out the locals understood asbut back in Florida they stare at me in disbelief

Good luck finding as it to well known how so sell out the same day they get it in most stores so before the holiday talk to the manager and get some reserved is the best way to go now

microwaves do have a dark side to them as my friend found when she put one to close to her computer (2 feet) and found when using it scrambled her screen so she had to move it 7 feet away before the interference stopped

I found I only like southern comfort with grapefruit juice and it has to be the 100 proof version the 80 proofs does not work

and I feel for you as I live in Gatorade country as it was developed by USF but rather be dehydrated then drink Gatorade

Not with me I love any thing that crawls, swims or sits in the sea including clams oysters mussles lobster prawns crayfish as long as it fresh and have gotten sick on them from time to time but i still love them all and my my food scars are turkey and spaghetti which I never got sick on but now hate

my first job growing up on long island when I was 7-8 at the donut shop on my block were I folded boxes in exchange for all the fresh donuts I could eat however the quality of those donuts blows away Entemanns and even dunking donuts as they made donuts from 3 am for the crowd that came in early as 6am to hop the train into the city after the donut rush a second crew came in and made all the fillings in house with only fresh ingredients which is why they sold over 1000 boxes a day as they were right across from the train station which may explain why I still like good donuts

when Burger king is offering a 1 dollar wraps weekend and you not even tempted when driving by hungy and near broke

I learned to love caviar raw onion, radish, shallot, chives, horseradish, wasabi,coffie and much more I even learned to toerate to anchovies and black licorice and in 40 years cilantro in a dish still tastes like some poured dish soup all over it

I be there glad it was not me as I would of sent it back and walked out if I got that that hockey puck

my mom was a boater and saw them growing on the docks which are often very polluted so had a serious aversion to mussels however I cured her of that and now she loves them and she also did not like lobster ether till I introduced her to it and she loves that even more

Turkey as my moms boyfriend got the largest bird he could find so over come home with one close to 30 pounds so we had leftovers for 4-5 weeks.

also Spaghetti as I grew up on long island NY a very italian area so my school served Spaghetti twice a week with the most horrable metalic tasting sauce so to this day over 40 years later I wil not touch Spaghetti thought I love all other pasta except for angel hair which is ok but not a favorite

I grew up before the laws and as a non smokerI can say I ready did mind when when there were smoking non smoking sections as smoke always drifted over making our dining less plesent even more then screming kids did so i am so glad florida went non smoking and the only reason I do not join the american legon

My taste buds are well refined and I quite the foodie and is will to try anything at least once
but the first time and the most resent time I had cilantro it tastes Like dish soap has been copiously poured on it.
But it kind of rude to call it a defect as everyone has foods that they dislike at various levels from Hate to minor dislike and can be from taste to texture as I love coconut in Pinna coladas and but hate it shredded due to texture but love coconut shrimp as deep frying changes the texture.
Some food genes are possible just like the extreme which are food allergies as I got two generically odd traits which is I we are allergic to rice but no other grain and my HDL/LDL is totally out of whack in my family as the HDL(good cholesterol) is very high and the LDL is very low even though I go through 2 pounds of butter a month and lot of meat and potatoes and chesses as well

Best wings i found in florida were at Charlie horse in ormand beach and the best garlic wings by far here and any I ever been including bufflo NY there just covered with bit of fresh garlic and a very nice med hot sauce with a good blend of start and finish hot and a home made blue cheese and celery.
and the worst wings I ever try was were garlic wings is a Philly place her in tampa that should drop wings from there menu and stick to phillys which they do not do that bad job at

I have to correct this post it not Houligan's I ment but Charlie Horse in ormand beach as the best garlic wings in the state by far
also wing wings and dogwater cafe are both closed

compared to the 90s Tampa food has improved greatly however there is still lots of room for improvement as I was shocked when I moved down in 1989 when a sandwich which cost almost the same as in NY which was piled with meat and cheese, was served down here with a 2-4 thin slices of meat and a single slice of cheese and called it a sandwich.
my term was an abomination that would make the earl of sandwich ( the creator of the sandwich) turn in his grave

want a new friend hee hee

"tumbs down on NOLA. They get a lot of hype being as they are really the only Cajun/Creole place in town. Terrible gumbo, shrimp creole and etouffee. I have alot of friends from New Orleans and we all just cook amongst ourselves sharing dishes as our stuff is the bomb"

My favorite garlic wing in florida is from the Charlie Horse in ormand beach and my second favotie was wild wings here in tampa but sadly they closed

so does any one have any sugestions for places in tampa as it quite expensvie and time consuming to go to ormand beach for wings

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Charlie Horse Restaurant
810 S Atlantic Ave, Ormond Beach, FL 32176

bruno is hardly a gem as they haif cook there pizza and the cool them so there qucker to finish off and i do agree with Mr Dunderbaks for german but it no longer at universtay but a larger location up in new tampa

Cilantro still tastes very much like soap to me even though I be exposed to it for 40 years but it alone as I love most other food incuding fennal taragon blue chesse

Tampa bay is a major part of Florida so why do we not get our own group like Miami does

wild wings has died on much to our sadness who will miss there wings

antoniospastagrille.com are they the best Italian in the bay area ? no but for price vs. quality there are in my opinion i prefer them at lunch as it more affordable

last summer we saw Pepsi throwback and mountain dew throw back that was to be a three month promotion but has near imposable to find MD throwback after a month so they kept making that one in white Mountain dew throwback with the original art work which confused so many people who thought it was a knockoff brand and still a very hard to find but now coke is officially offering Mexican cane sugar coke thought it official distribution network sadly only in bottle now but I hope syrup soon also Dr Pepper is offering a cane sugar version for the next three months as well, that is if it does not sell out early.
So if you do not see it in your store,
Just ask for it as the local distributors have it.

can anyone make any suggestions for this someone who still believes in a NY way of sandwiches i.e. the bread should not be the main item of the sub or sandwich