SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
Fred and I really enjoy eating out at lunchtime (me especially since I don’t have to cook anything for lunch!). It’s a habit we’ve developed over the years. We have a standing dinner engagement with another couple on Monday suppertime, and so Mondays we do sometimes eat at home for lunch. Suppers are usually eaten at home.
Occasionally we eat out for breakfast – not very often, but sometimes. Our favorite place for breakfast is Cracker Barrel.
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Their choices for breakfasts are amazing, although we do have our favorite. When we usually eat there for breakfast, it is on the days that we have “fasted” in order to have blood drawn at our primary care physician’s direction, early in the morning. We are usually quite hungry after that ordeal, so a breakfast at Cracker Barrel is something to look forward to…and we do! Our favorite is Mama’s Pancake Breakfast.
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It includes two eggs fixed the way you like (scrambled is our favorite), either bacon or sausage (I am NOT a sausage fan!), and three large pancakes with butter – and we have them put chopped pecans in the pancakes! Yummmmmm! Not don’t get the wrong idea here – we split that meal and it is PLENTY for both of us. Makes me hungry just thinking about it!
But, back to lunches – another reason we like to eat out at lunch rather than supper/dinner, is that the portions are usually smaller and the prices are smaller as well. One of our favorites is Culver’s.
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It is a hamburger joint that started in Wisconsin, and has made it’s way down to Florida. We had our first taste in Illinois when we visited our Karen and her family, and were hooked. We were quite excited to find them building down here. They really make good, fresh hamburgers with all the fixin’s. But that’s not all – they have a great pot roast, either dinner plate or sandwich. Tasty, and melts in your mouth. They have a great chili, except that they use kidney beans in it, which my body rejects, so I have to pick them all out before I can eat it! But not only are their hamburgers the best, they are known for their “custard.”
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It is fresh-churned within each store, and is more like a soft-serve, which I really like. They have a “flavor of the day” each day, and they keep experimenting with different toppings and flavors. However, my favorite is just vanilla with hot fudge topping.
We frequently eat lunch at Longhorn Steakhouse
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While their menu isn’t terribly extensive, we do have our favorites. Their salmon is aMAZing!! They marinate the salmon in bourbon before grilling. WOW is that good!
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And since I’ve bragged about Culver’s hamburgers, I have to admit that the “steakburger” at Longhorn’s is wonderful. It is 8-oz of meat (before cooking) and is about ½ inch thick. It comes with shredded lettuce (Romaine), sliced onion, sliced tomato, cheese of your choice and an amazing sauce! I always ask for extra sauce it is so good. All that and a vegetable. Mmmmmm.
Longhorn Steakhouse also has a shrimp entree that I thoroughly enjoy. There are four shrimp on a skewer, grilled, then spread with a sauce that is lovely. For lunch, there are two skewers. It is served over rice and then another vegetable. Frequently I skip the rice and get two vegetables. Really good.
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And I must not forget to mention that they serve warm bread with butter. It is a multi-grain bread loaf, and is quite good. Just a filler before the real food arrives. We usually try to skip the bread unless we are having nothing but soup that day. And their soups are great. Fred likes their loaded potato soup, and my favorite is their French Onion soup. It is almost as good as the one I make!
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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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