SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
While Fred and I were living in Fort Worth, one of my dad’s brothers married a lady who owned a dress shop. They both lived in Louisiana, near Shreveport. They would drive to Dallas twice a year for her to view and purchase clothing for her dress shop. She had really good taste in garments, as women from Shreveport would drive the 30 miles just to shop in her store. In the times they came to Dallas, they would call us and invite us to have dinner with them one evening during their four-day stay. While neither Fred nor I can remember exactly the name of the restaurant where we ate, we both suppose it was the restaurant in the hotel where they stayed. The main reason I remember it, is because they introduced me to grilled pork chops! I had always breaded and fried the pork chops I fixed for us, and the grilled ones were delicious! I never fried them again!
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I know that Pizza Hut is well-known in the U.S. And we have enjoyed eating at those eateries most of our life.
Credit Google Search and Pizza Hut
When we moved to Florida (Kissimmee, actually), there was one Pizza Hut in town, and we frequented it often. One day they put out a “barbeque” pizza. We cautiously tried one slice of it – and found we LOVED the taste! It was chicken with barbeque sauce on it – all on top of the regular tomato pizza sauce, cheese, etc. So every time we went to Pizza Hut after that, we asked that they make us a barbeque pizza. It was great!
There was also a Shoney’s eatery in Kissimmee, where we ate occasionally.
Credit Google Search and Shoney’s website
Shoney’s was known for their breakfast menu, and we enjoyed it. However, when we tried some of their lunch/dinner offerings, we were less-than-impressed. I didn’t know anyone could make a “bad” soup – but Shoney’s managed! I don’t remember just what kind of soup I had ordered, but it came with about one-half inch of oil on the top! Yuck! So we limited our eatings at Shoney’s to their breakfast buffet.
We both enjoy seafood, and were pleased to find a really good seafood restaurant in Kissimmee, called Shells. I’m not sure we tried everything on the menu, but I found something on the menu called “Godfather’s Shrimp” and I loved it! It was what I ordered every time we ate there (which was usually after church of Sundays). Fred found a great Mahi-Mahi Italiano that was his favorite. Also at Shells, I found they had a wonderful coleslaw that had Mandarin Orange slices in it! I’ve never had that before, and was pleased with the taste. Amazing! Unfortunately, Shells in Kissimmee is no longer – I think the ones in Central Florida are in Tampa, Brandon and St. Pete Beach – and that’s really too long a way to go for seafood. Shucks!
Well, okay it’s a long way to go for seafood, but Fred and I travel over to Titusville every-other month for lunch with my brother Bill and his wife, DiVoran (about 45 minutes). And our favorite place to eat is Dixie Crossroads
Credit photo Google Search and Dixie Crossroads website; Steve Hunsader
And it’s a seafood restaurant! They have a house specialty that is unique. They serve Rock Shrimp. Now, Rock Shrimp used to be what Fred calls a “trash fish” – the shell is so hard that it was nearly impossible to get to the meat inside. And then, someone made a tool that would cut the hard shell and open up the good meat inside. It has a “lobster” feel and taste to me, and I thoroughly enjoy it every time we go there. Yummmm
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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.
To celebrate our 57th wedding anniversary, Bill and I went out for pizza. Mama Rosa’s, where we had planned go, was closed for vacation so we schlepped on down to Kelsey’s in Port St. John. We had already celebrated twice, having normally scheduled meals with family members and calling them celebrations, but this was the real thing on the real day.
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