Uh oh.....guess where I'm supposed to have a lunch meeting tomorrow???

[NewWaveChick1981]

:yoiks: Yep, Olive Garden. :scared: Just found out about it earlier this afternoon. Hold me---I'm scared.....scared I'll see what real Italian food is like there.

Do you think I'll see Isabella Rossellini there?

Please send healing vibes at noon Eastern time tomorrow. :hi:

[taterguy]

1. My first guess was Christie's Caberet or whatever that place is called

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. ...

:spray: Now THAT would be a fun place...:P :rofl: But no, I've got to settle for OG. :shrug:

[taterguy]

38. The food in places like Christies is really bad

Or so I've heard. No first hand knowledge of course :)

[wildhorses]

2. i was thinking cracker barrel

could be worse...could be golden corral:rofl:

:hug:

:hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. How dare you insult the steak buffet gods?

:rofl: :hi: :P

[jakefrep]

36. It's better than Applebee's

:hide:

[WindRavenX]

4. ::points and laugh:::

My fiance actually likes OG, and I just laugh at him :D

I usually just get a salad and count down the minutes til I'm out, but apparently their alfredo sauce is good.

Good luck :)

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. Thanks!

I'm thinking about just the salad too. But I hear their cornflake chicken is good.

[Rhythm]

9. The alfredo sauce can't help but be good... ya can't fuck it up!

The most basic sauce recipe in the book!

butter
heavy cream
garlic
Parmesan cheese
salt & pepper
+ a little cornstarch to thicken it a bit.

/worked for "the family" for 6 months
//they treat you like shit

[NewWaveChick1981]

10. But where are the cornflakes?

:shrug: :P

[Rhythm]

13. On the CHICKEN, silly...

Ya can't put cornflakes in alfredo, silly girl...

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. Oh, yeah...I forgot...

:P :rofl: :hi:

[Rhythm]

15. Although i suppose we could slop some fred-sauce ON TOP of the cornflake chicken?!

We just have to try not to flick ashes into it while we're plating it up...

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. Or while we're talking on our cell phones and breast-feeding at the same time.

:P 'Fredo sauce and cornflakes....mmmm...mmmm...good!

[Rhythm]

17. We could pitch that to Ben & Jerrys for a new flavor...

now then... what to call it?

[NewWaveChick1981]

18. Uncle Fredo's Garden?

:shrug: :P

[Rhythm]

20. Fred's Flaky Garden?

[WindRavenX]

11. just reading that made my heart cry

And my sweetie loves it :eyes:

I can only imagine how shitty it must be to work there--did you get free food? Benefits? What?

[Rhythm]

12. benefits weren't bad... some free food...

We were well paid (for this area... $9/hr in a town where 80% of the non-university jobs pay minimum wage). We got the "soup/salad/breadsticks" deal free on breaks (when we poor kitchen slaves actually got breaks) or before/after a shift, plus a 25% discount when we came in on days off, etc...

Health insurance started day one... wasn't the best coverage, but it was something.

I was on the staff that opened the location here last summer, and unfortunately corporate didn't truly appreciate the potential business here, and made some stupid decisions with regard to labor scheduling in the kitchen.

Basically, as a night-time prep/back-up cook, i was severely overworked (doing about 1/3 of all the prep for the day, which usually takes 6 people, all by myself), and things were getting worse by the day...

So i quit.

[TommyO]

31. Cornstarch in Alfredo Sauce? EWWWWWwwwwwwww........

Hmmm, I just did a check and many Alfredo sauce recipes have cornstarch in them. I've never used it in my sauce and have never had a problem with thin sauce, so I thought it sounded wrong.

OK, change in plans for dinner tonight, Pork and Prosciutto tortellini with Alfredo sauce!

[billyskank]

7. At my house!

You are coming, yes?

:D

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. Anytime, sweetie...

:hi: :D You're sending your private jet, right?

[datasuspect]

19. tell your coworkers the pasta vafanculo is to die for

i hear they have some awesome chicken in a sublime formaggi di culo sauce.

[NewWaveChick1981]

21. Excellent suggestion...

:rofl: :hi: I'll bet they won't know what hit them.... in the butt....:P ;)

[conscious evolution]

40. ROFLMAO

[Aristus]

22. I know I'll earn the undying contempt of my fellow DU-ers here, but I LIKE Olive Garden!

I mean, it's not the greatest Italian food in the world. But it's pretty good. I'm looking to try their new pasta and Italian sausage entree soon. I've had genuine Italian food (albeit at a restaurant in Germany), and nothing compares, but Olive Garden is good for a decent meal now and then.

Still, NWC, I'll be more than happy to hold you if you like. B-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear Aristus!

I like it too!

I'm especially fond of their Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto!

We get our breadsticks plain, and we love their salads....

I think you get good value for the price...

:shrug:

:hi:

[Aristus]

29. Hey CalPeg!

Glad to know I'm not alone on this one! :hi:

:loveya:

[NewWaveChick1981]

27. Yeah, you can hold me anyway...

:hi: :loveya: :D I can get through it OK if I concentrate on the salad. :)

[Aristus]

32. Oh, I'm SO good at soothing people's food fears.

Everybody's good at something. :crazy:

[JVS]

23. "healing vibes" ? Get real! It's mediocre food, not a hellish ordeal.

[NewWaveChick1981]

25. Dude, calm down. I was joking.

:hi:

[ohiosmith]

26. Sorry. No Isabella tomorrow. I promised to take her to KFC.

[NewWaveChick1981]

28. Dammit!

:( And I was so looking forward to seeing her there. And here you go, stealing her and taking her to KFC. :cry:

:hi: :P

[ohiosmith]

30. Come with us to the Colonel's. We'll get a bucket..

[NewWaveChick1981]

35. Oooh, and maybe some popcorn chicken!

:P

[ohiosmith]

37. Yep. With bleu cheese and Tabasco sauce for dipping.

[kwassa]

33. Great corndogs on a stick!

[NewWaveChick1981]

34. Where?

:hi:

[kwassa]

39. Olive Garden?

[Common Sense Party]

41. What is it with the elitist, anti-Olive Garden attitude around here?

My wife and I just had lunch there the other weekend. It was great.

[NewWaveChick1981]

42. You must not have been around during the Great Olive Garden Flame War, then...

:hi: :rofl: That explains everything. You might want to look in the archives for the thread(s). As for my "fear" of OG, read my response to JVS (response #25). ;)

[DrDan]

43. make sure you get a box of wine to enhance your lunch . . .

try the homemade spaghetti-o's . . . .

[NewWaveChick1981]

46. Oh, yum!

:hi: Box wine and homemade spaghetti-o's....:9 I can't miss that!

[AggieGal]

44. I am jealous you can get their orange margarita!

Those are yummy!

[NewWaveChick1981]

47. Haven't had one of those, but they sound good!

:hi:

[AggieGal]

45. I am jealous you can get their orange margarita!

Those are yummy!