SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
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Last time I wrote about my favorite spaghetti recipe that I use all the time. But that’s the home-made version. We do, upon occasion, eat out at an Italian restaurant, and usually get their spaghetti. There aren’t too many Italian dishes that I care for, spaghetti and lasagna being the main exceptions.
We have some friends that we join in a meal once a month. When we started out on that journey with them, we were eating at Olive Garden each month.
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Perusing the menu, I just didn’t find anything other than the spaghetti or lasagna that I really wanted to eat. And the spaghetti usually won out.
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However, I kept thinking that it was a LOT of noodles and not nearly as much meat sauce as I would like. Then the husband of the couple ordered the spaghetti, but with a side dish of extra meat sauce – and that’s what I’ve been doing ever since. Yes, I pay extra for the extra meat sauce, but it makes just enough sauce to counter the noodles. But we like my recipe better.
Many, many years ago, when Fred was still Active Duty Air Force, he made a trip down to Orlando for one of his business trips. He told me about this neat place, called Disney Village Marketplace* that his group went to.
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They stayed in a hotel near to Disney Village, that had a spaghetti eatery in its restaurant. So when we came down as a family for a Disney visit, we went to that eatery, and were pleased with the spaghetti. I have no idea whether or not it is still in business. But we still like my recipe better.
Also many years ago, there was a chain of Italian restaurants called The Spaghetti Warehouse. Seems like we found one and had an enjoyable meal there – but I don’t remember just where it was. I Googled the name, and there is only one listed – in Columbus, Ohio.
Our Sunday School class likes to get together for a Christmas meal each year, and one year we went to a recommended-Italian restaurant called Il Pescatore.
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It’s a quaint eatery, and the food is quite authentic. Good salad and good spaghetti. But we still like my recipe better.
We’ve eaten at Maggiano’s Little Italy on International Drive in Orlando several times and have enjoyed the food. They have so many good Italian dishes there, but the spaghetti is top-notch. And we still like my recipe better.
When we lived in Heidelberg, West Germany, our church called a man to be our pastor. He and his family arrived in December, 1981. We had planned to have their family come to our apartment and meet us, when we learned that Greg (pastor) had injured his back and was essentially bed-ridden. I had made a large pot of my spaghetti for supper, so I just put a lid on the pot, went to the neighborhood bakery and got a loaf of bread, and we took it all up the hill to their apartment! It traveled well, and re-heated easily. And all that to say that their son saw our daughter and an attraction was started. They’ve now been married for nearly 38 years! All because of spaghetti! Mine’s the best!!
*P.S. Disney Village Marketplace became Downtown Disney and is now Disney Springs
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Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson and a great-granddaughter. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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