Uncle Dirty Dave wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark McHugh" <mt_mchugh@internet-stat.net> > > Uncle Dirty Dave wrote: > > > More likely it's your proximity to their original creamery in Carlinville, > IL. > > Is this one of their "Old Fashion" I Scream products?? Those flavours > tend > > to come and go other than a few staples. > > > I'm assuming you found this in a stupormarkup. Which chain (if any) was > it? > > I'll look for it here in Springpuddle. We of the Great American Outback > must > > stick together. > > Ja, Carlinville is my county seat. Not one of the round Old Fashioned > half-gallons. This came in a half-gallon box. I got it at a > family-owned grocery here in town, Meehan's. I think they have a > couple more stores in the area, like Roodhouse and elsewhere I can't > recall at the moment. > > Well, we know you're not from Standard City. They've a lot of saloons > but, no grocery stores. > > So true, Great American Outback. My walkabout consists of wandering > the bi-state area looking for exotic edibles and fine art outlets. > I've got vacation coming up next week. Can you recommend anything new > up your way? I have a chilehead friend who lives there, but he's been > busy building and trimming out his new house and hasn't bothered > searching the sprawl of Springfield. Any new Asian or African > places? My last good dinner was either at Pho Grand (killer spring > rolls and iced coffee) in STL or the Ethiopian place in U-City, Red > Lion. It's been too long! > > I can recommend Gateway to India at 3115 Chatham Road (217-726-6890) both > for their dinner selections and for their buffet during the week and the > Champagne Brunch on weekends which features the all-u-can-eat buffet plus > all the beer, wine, champagne, coctails and exotic juices you can swill down > your throat. I've only done the weekday buffet and the night-time dinners. > Someday when I have a designated driver I'll tackle the weekend deal. > The cuisine is pretty typical. The curries don't light you up. But some of > the Goanese dishes can make your eyelids sweat. They have a tandoor and know > how to use it. Great! I haven't had Indian for a while and we can catch a taxi. Didn't there used to be a Korean place on Chatham Road? > Also, Thai Kitchen on North 9th Street just past St. John's hospital. > Excellent Thai and they will do Thai hot if you ask. If they try to fake you > out as they did me on my first visit there are containers of ground red > chile on each table with decent sized spoons for distributing it. After the > waitress witnessed me adding heat to my Garlic Pepper Pork she brought me > the real thing the next time. <GGG> > > They have both lunch and dinner menus. The lunches are quite reasonable and > very tasty. I love the Thai Kitchen! The last time I was there I discovered how large the place actually was. I had eaten only in the front rooms and had no idea the whole back of the restaurant existed! My friend Joe and I usually take that sweet sauce (?plum?) of theirs and add spoonfuls of the ground reds to it for our dipping pleasure. Yah, those folks know us better now. http://www.thaikitchen-restaurant.com/ -- ´´ Mark McHugh