Karen is back with 100% more Rod on a Black Friday to provide you with another serving of Lip Smacking Goodness. In Spicy News they discuss McDonald’s has McRib Sauce for sale, McDonald’s investing 100 mil to get customers back, TGI Fridays filing for bankruptcy protection, Red Lobster not bringing back endless shrimp, McDonald’s post the biggest loss in 4 years, Wendy’s 3.99 Spicy Chicken sandwich promotion, PS5 Pizza Hut, Krabby Patty meal, Popeyes 5 dollar deal, Tuscon McDonald’s forced to take down big ass mascot, McDonald’s can fix their own ice cream machines, Burker King pickle fries and the 10 most unhealthiest / healthiest fast food sandwiches in America. In Meals of the Week they discuss PhoGoodTime and Spinello’s Magic Pizza. For Cook Dat Nigga Rod discusses his journey of making the perfect Oyster Sauce Chicken dish. Finally, they discuss YOUR feedsmack. Thank you so much for listening!
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Hi Karen and Rod (Karen first for the Feedsmack!),
First of all, I had a GREAT time at the live show, so much fun!!
And in that spirit, I had to send you some feedsmack regarding my NC visit. I stayed at the AC Hotel (once of the Marriott joints) just around the corner from the venue, and I searched restaurants in the area for a late lunch before the show. I decided on Roosters, which had a great rating and menu, and it was right across the street from the Stage Door Theater. I sat at the bar (they also have a full sit-down dining room), got a pinot grigio white wine, and set about deciding what to get.
For an appetizer, I chose the pimento cheese but requested no bread, so it was served with a lovely assortment of pickled vegetables! So delicious.
For the entree, I chose the shrimp and grits, also sooooo good!! And I’m happy to report they conform to Rod’s Rule of Shrimp: no shells on the tails!
The service was great as well. And as I was having my meal, I kept thinking how familiar the place was. I finally figured out that THIS was the place where I met up with a couple friends before the FIRST TBGWT live show!!
You can clearly see in this photo with Ant Pruitt on the left (his podcast with his wife Phoebe, Everyday People Doing Everyday Sh*t — https://antpruitt.com/podcast/category/Podcast — is delightful, Phoebe made the beautiful woman’s head planter I sent you a few years ago, she calls them Plantastic Potheads, lol!) and Dr. Steph from the Airline Pilot Guy podcast on the right, that the chalkboard behind us clearly says “Roosters”! (Not sure why my eyes were bugging in this pic!). I was able to meet up with Dr. Steph again this time after the live show, Ant is now on the west coast.
Thank you so much for doing another live show, it was great to see everyone again!
One last note for anyone that is flying into CLT for the next one, I finally realized that you can take the CATS bus to/from the airport to central Charlotte for only $2.20! You can download the CATS app on your phone and pay through that. One note though, try to get off or on the bus at least one stop away from the Transportation Center, that area is “interesting”!
All the best,
TanyaW42 🙂
Tanya W.
Salutations Queen Karen and 100% more Rod! Following up on a previous episode, I was able to get the Krispy Kreme donut from McDonald’s with my coffee! They have glazed, chocolate iced and chocolate iced with sprinkles.
It’s gotta be tough for fast food restaurants now. $4 and $5 sandwiches/meals will get people in the door but it’s not sustainable, and when the prices go back up to the $8-$11 range, why go there when for a few dollars more, you can get a better meal from a local restaurant? I wish them all well.
Rod, regarding your Oyster Sauce Chicken meal, yes, I’ve found Asian recipes take practice! I’ve rarely gotten it right the first time through, because we all know what good Asian food tastes like! If the chicken/sauce ratio is messed up, it just won’t work. I say this knowing that you’re a better and more experienced cook than I am! But I’m getting better.
Love to eat! Love your show!
Pamela
To clarify: chitosan is found in shrimp tails. I was saying that while eating shrimp tails can help prevent the absorption of fat, there is no social obligation to eat them. Sorry, about my lack of clarity in the prior comment, in my defense I was homeless in a foreign country at the time…