----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:36 PM Subject: Re: Bleacher Bums
> > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > >> Yeah yeah yeah....... If you aint eatin at > >> Whataburger......you aint no Texan! > >> > > > > > > The nearest Whataburger is further away than not one, but TWO > > Wendy's, and TWO McDonald's, and the Sonic and the > > Jack-in-the-Box I mentioned earlier. Oh, and there's also a > > Taco Bell (Taco Hell) closer, as well. It's also in the wrong > > direction for 98% of the things I'd be stopping for fast food > > on the way to. (Trying to think if there's one on the way to > > where I went on Sunday, but then I would have been too full for > > the yummy enchiladas I had later, if I'd gotten a burger on > > the way instead of munching vegetables. And those were pretty > > decent enchiladas.) > > > I'm not sure I could stomach anything called a Whataburger. I keep > wanting to pronounce it as a question. Best burgers on the planet. Real burgers with juice and grease and.........FLAVOR! > JitB stuff is pretty greasy > - worse than McDs for sure. Do you have Carl's Jr. in Tx? More > expensive and slower than most of the other hamburger joints, but > generally better quality, IMO. > Humor aside, the best burgers I run into are at mom and pop places where sanitation is secondary and the grill is covered with flavor stem cells. Yumm yumm! Thats good eatin!!!!! > > > > > The last time I was eating regularly at Whataburger was when we > > were living in an apartment that was walking distance from one. > > That was nice, because they were open 24 hours and if I > > wanted coffee in the middle of an all-nighter (or close to > > one), I could just go over there and not try to figure out > > where the coffeemaker was buried. (Not to mention the fact > > that I can't make coffee, but that's a different story.) > > > > Here's my recipe for good coffee: buy an electric grinder, a thermal > carafe type drip coffee maker (doesn't burn the coffee and you don't > have to remember to turn it off), and a bag of coffee beans at > Costco - we get San Francisco brand around here for a reasonable > price ~ $3/lb (sorry A.). Grind some coffee and put 3/8 of a cup in > the filter. Add water (filtered if your tap water tastes like > whiz), make sure the carafe is empty (I often forget, much to my > regret) and push the button. Drink black and bitter (no additives). > Good stuff, I drink way too much of it. I recently found Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee at a Kroger near me. Wonderful coffee. Much better than Colombian. xponent rob
