I'm really pissed that I have like a real job and stuff

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HBC can you take notes from Gordon Ramsey and call them donkeys?

Not a huge fan of CB food, but their store is pretty fun to wander through, always find stocking stuffers or stuff I haven't seen since I was a kid.

[sunterp]

Dec 5, 2014 9:01:10 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

Dec 5, 2014 8:22:29 GMT -5 sunterp said:

I can go to her store and listen for yelling that would make a great Saturday morning? Also, the first time I went to CB I ordered chicken fried steak and was shocked at what came out.

I'm curious as to what you thought the chicken fried steak would be.  

I was much yournger and from the Southwest so I thought it would be steak. I had never had Southern food before that visit to CB.

[sunterp]

Dec 5, 2014 9:12:02 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

Dec 5, 2014 9:10:21 GMT -5 sunterp said:

I was much yournger and from the Southwest so I thought it would be steak. I had never had Southern food before that visit to CB.

Technically it is steak (cubed round steak) but I understand.  I know people who thought it would be like fried chicken.  My MIL makes city chicken.  I don't know anyone else who makes that.  

What is city chicken? I had eaten cubed steak before but never fried and that was not in the description. If I see steak I except sirloin or new york strip, not cubed. Lesson learned and now when in doubt of a food item, I ask for clarification.

[Cicero]

Dec 5, 2014 9:12:02 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

Dec 5, 2014 9:10:21 GMT -5 sunterp said:

I was much yournger and from the Southwest so I thought it would be steak. I had never had Southern food before that visit to CB.

Technically it is steak (cubed round steak) but I understand.  I know people who thought it would be like fried chicken.  My MIL makes city chicken.  I don't know anyone else who makes that.  

OMG city chicken!  My mom makes that.  I have no idea who taught her or where she got it but it is amazing.  You can never go wrong with fried pork on a stick.

[Cicero]

Dec 5, 2014 9:17:08 GMT -5 sunterp said:

Dec 5, 2014 9:12:02 GMT -5 mryrcn said:

Technically it is steak (cubed round steak) but I understand.  I know people who thought it would be like fried chicken.  My MIL makes city chicken.  I don't know anyone else who makes that.  

What is city chicken? I had eaten cubed steak before but never fried and that was not in the description. If I see steak I except sirloin or new york strip, not cubed. Lesson learned and now when in doubt of a food item, I ask for clarification.

You mean beyond the word fried being in the name?

[sunterp]

Dec 5, 2014 9:25:55 GMT -5 Cicero said:

Dec 5, 2014 9:17:08 GMT -5 sunterp said:

What is city chicken? I had eaten cubed steak before but never fried and that was not in the description. If I see steak I except sirloin or new york strip, not cubed. Lesson learned and now when in doubt of a food item, I ask for clarification.

You mean beyond the word fried being in the name?

I was young and seriously didn't know. I just saw the word steak and was amazed my parents were allowing me to order a steak. I now know why but at the time it seemed to good to be true, it was Christmas come early. I still laugh at the memory when I enter CB. I will also add we rarely ate out and if we did it was either at Bill Johnson Bill Apple (think ribs) or local Mexican restaurants.

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Dec 5, 2014 8:06:09 GMT -5 EloiseWeenie said:

So my brother just moved to your neck of the woods, and now I'm wondering if it's your restaurant he's going to every week.

Oh really? 

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Dec 5, 2014 8:32:20 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

I just took DD to CB yesterday for lunch and got the new salad. Wow, that was a good salad. The one with chicken and sweet potato straws. If I worked at CB I would weigh 800 pounds.

The pecan praline one? It's looks so pretty and I've not had a single person not rave about that thing.

I try not to eat there often, only if I've been working a middle shift and haven't eaten all day. I always eat on Sundays though. Because I live 30 minutes away from work and church so on Sundays, I have to take the kids to church, then take them back home and turn around and be at the Barrel by 2. I'm usually staaaaaaaaaaarving. I get either the kids shrimp or the fried catfish country dinner plate.

If I'm just hungry but don't want to eat a full meal, I get biscuits and gravy. We get 50% off a meal just before, during, or just after a shift. It's soooooo tempting.

[CrazyLucky]

Dec 5, 2014 11:05:48 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Dec 5, 2014 8:32:20 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

I just took DD to CB yesterday for lunch and got the new salad. Wow, that was a good salad. The one with chicken and sweet potato straws. If I worked at CB I would weigh 800 pounds.

The pecan praline one? It's looks so pretty and I've not had a single person not rave about that thing.

I try not to eat there often, only if I've been working a middle shift and haven't eaten all day. I always eat on Sundays though. Because I live 30 minutes away from work and church so on Sundays, I have to take the kids to church, then take them back home and turn around and be at the Barrel by 2. I'm usually staaaaaaaaaaarving. I get either the kids shrimp or the fried catfish country dinner plate.

If I'm just hungry but don't want to eat a full meal, I get biscuits and gravy. We get 50% off a meal just before, during, or just after a shift. It's soooooo tempting.

Yes!  I got it without the beets because ew, but the rest of it was soooooo good.  I ate every bite!

[KB]

We eat breakfast at the Barrel every week before church. DS could not love that place more. He charms the servers for extra biscuits and I can blissfully drown myself in syrup and bacon while he plays the maze games on the table. Love.