My Small Corner

Things That Make You Go Hhhmmmmm

As seen on TV tonight:

"Red Lobster's never-ending shrimp ending soon"

Could we sue for false advertising?

The Fudge Killer Lives

I have tried to make fudge in the past.  Once it worked, every other time, I ended up with a fudge sauce that tasted great on ice cream.  So for some silly reason I tried again.  Amaretto fudge, easy recipe.  Guess what?  It didn't work again.  It was supposed to hit 238 degrees on a candy thermometer.  It never went above 225, even after an hour of boiling.  So I cooled it down, stirred it, colored it pink and put it into a pan to set.  So far no dice.  But maybe it will be good on vanilla ice cream.

Cactus Wilie's

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to eat at Cactus Willie's.  It has been years since I ate at an all you can eat buffet, so this was an almost-new experience.  The food was okay, not exceptional, but considering the price, it shouldn't have been.  Perhaps it was the variety, or the all you can eat aspect, but I found it a little overwhelming.  We could eat as much as we wanted, go back as many times as we wished.  (The next table over dryly observed that it is nice to have such a walk between courses - we were seated as far from the food as you could get - and still be in the resturant.)

If it were later in the day, I would probably go on a small side trip on the excesses of the American lifestyle.  More food was thrown away uneaten from our table than some people in the world eat in weeks.  But I digress....

Now the desserts were excellent.  The byline for Catus Willie's is "Steak Buffet & Bakery", and boy do they get the bakery part right.  I can't speak for the steak, husband - care to comment?  But the desserts were good.  It is hard to mess up ice cream, so we'll skip that except to say that you could make banana splits in bowls that were prelined with sliced bananas.  They had cookies, they had brownies, they had pudding, and jello and small cups full of combinations of these things.  And they had cake, and more than one kind.  I had a vanilla/chocolate marble cake with chocolate frosting and peanut butter frosting filling!  Did I mention that you can eat as much as you want? 

If you really want to, you can have dessert first, or perhaps only.  Would I have the nerve to do that?   

Magic 8 Ball says:  Ask again later.