Chief Longwind Of The North
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I tend to agree with you, cookieee! Although, I've attributed some of my difficulties with foods is due to available brands. It is very, very hard to find Knudsen up here in the PNW. At least cottage cheese and sour cream. And, Knudsen was always my choice in So. Cal. Consequently, I don't use as much cottage cheese and sour cream as I did in So. Cal. Other things too, like I no longer love the hot, hot spices and foods. And, I'm much less tolerant of lousy foods...LOL. If it isn't great, why bother?
There's a little drive in restaurant in my home town called the West Pier Drive-In. They make some of the best burgers I
've ever eaten. What made them so popular though, was their cold cut submarine sandwiches. It was similar to a muffuletta, but on a sub bun, and included Mortadella, Salami, and ham, or rather Prosciutto, along with sliced green peppers, provolone, sled onion, ripe tomato slices, and chopped black olives, all dressed with EVOO. The sandwiches were all made the night before they were sold, and refrigerated to allow all of the flavors to marry together. It was the only place in town that made subs. We had as chains only KFC (when they used tho Colonels' original recipe)
, a Dog & Suds, and an A7W root beer stand As an adult, I was at home on leave, and purchased a West Pier sub. It just wasn't the same. I asked the owner why it was different. H stated that everything was made the same way, but that he could no longer get the same quality cold cuts, or cheese. It made me kind of sad. That sub was one of the best I'd had.
For an Italian sub, I still haven't found one with the same quality at any sub/hoagie/grinder place I've tried. Fortunately, I can make a really great Italian sub at home.
So yes, the quality of available foods isn't what it once was.
Seeeeya; Chief Longwind of the North