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Subject: Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025
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Jill McQuown wrote:

> On 2/8/2025 8:50 PM, songbird wrote:
> > Jill McQuown wrote:
> > ...chinese food place making eggrolls...
> > > I'm curious: how exactly do you know they're making them from
> > > scratch?  Do you have a view of the kitchen?
> > 
> >   within the last few months i've been in their kitchen
> > when they've been making them.  we'd ordered a large
> > takeout meal for a family gathering and had to pick it up
> > when they were still getting ready to open.  we went in
> > the door and nobody was at the front desk as usual so we
> > had to walk back to the kitchen and get the order.  they
> > were there working around a large food prep table piled
> > full of eggroll innards.
> > 
> >   so, yes, i'd say it very likely they are still making
> > their own since the flavor and blend of ingredients has
> > not changed in the recent months (i've eat several dozen
> > of their eggrolls in the past six months).  when you've
> > been eating these for about fifty years you kinda know
> > what they're like.
> > 
> > 
> >   songbird
> 
> WOW.  Thanks for that first-hand observation.  You do realize
> customers are not usually allowed in the kitchen of restaurants due
> to insurance liability issues.  You lucked out on that one.
> 
> Jill

Mama's kitchen had a unique design, you could see into the kitchen.  To
the left were 2 grills, one gas likely as you could see flames
sometimes. then a smooth-top sort (eggs, hashbrowns etc.).  To the
right big pots and under it ovens plus sinks and such along the back
and then a door to a walk in fridge or freezer.  More around a corner
you couldn't see.

A lot of old diners were like it with cook's back to you if you sat at
the counter.  You could watch the cook do their thing.  My last trip to
Pensacola had us eating breakfast at one like that.  Nice little place!