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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:12 PM Original message |
Italian Americans. Would you take your italian relatives to Olive Garden? |
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curse10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not Italian |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. I really like the bread sticks and the salad |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Make your own sauce. Its better than canned or jarred. |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Actually-there is a great jarred sauce |
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Feanorcurufinwe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. That's my brand |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Another good brand in a jar :) |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. I like their arrabiata. Yum! |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. pm me that recipe too...please? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Please do |
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coltman (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Try Prego and |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. no no no no, screw pregu |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. This homemade sauce is great, and easy.. |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. Sounds good |
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coltman (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe try another |
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Political_Junkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not on your life! |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not sure that I'd take my Irish relatives there! |
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Bush_Eats_Beef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. No Way. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not Italian, but I got food poisoning there |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Holy Crap! |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. But please god send them to Tuscany to check out the "Culinary Institute"! |
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markses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. What, are they out of Chef-Boyardee at the local supermarket? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Princess Di used to be a big fan of their encherito |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wouldn't even take * to Olive Garden |
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put out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. No. I don't have Italian relatives. |
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Melsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
54. That's my secret for everything |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. hard to say |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. wnt there once- the first and last time |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. Olive Garden is GREAT |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 02:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. whew |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hah! Great question. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. Their "chicken scampi" ad cracks me up |
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Autobot77 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. but I used to work there....not authentic at all : "McItalian" |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. NO - I've never been there myself and |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. Americanized Chinese food is good though |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. This Irish American remembers the taste of Garlic Powder.... |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
30. We have the North End (Italian neighborhood) here in Boston. |
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neverborn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. I like Olive Garden :( |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Me too. |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. DU appears to have some Italian food snobs. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. What is snobbish about not wanting overcooked pasta... |
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Redleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Have you eaten at every Olive Garden? |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Well, I'm German-Irish, like Tom Hagen. |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. They used to not be so bad but they got worse |
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Momgonepostal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. You touched on a key issue... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. Read this before you take your money to Olive Garden. |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. nice |
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FarLeftRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. I've never been there |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think I smell food snobs |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Houston is not famous for Italian food... |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Hahahaha now I feel special... |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. In a word, no. |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. That's "Dago-American" to you. |
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PartyPooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-04 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
46. My partner and I used to take his Italian-born mother there. |
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PartyPooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
52. A culinary kick. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
53. Not a chance in hell. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
56. Olive Garden is NASTY |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'd rather have Spaghetti-Os |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
58. I eat there from time to time for work birthday lunches, etc. |
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