{"id":2555,"date":"2016-02-01T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2016-02-01T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:41:39","slug":"more-unforgivable-food-transgressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/more-unforgivable-food-transgressions\/","title":{"rendered":"More Unforgivable Food Transgressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well that was a nice little break. \u00a0Break from what I’m not exactly sure, but it was nice all the same. \u00a0Oddly, after a two-week hiatus, I really don’t much material to work with. \u00a0We’ve been crazy busy, and not with anything worth relating. \u00a0I suppose we did have a nice little outing yesterday. \u00a0We drove out to Sutter Creek<\/a> and enjoyed a nice afternoon of wine tasting. \u00a0It was a fine day for walking around, if just a bit on the chilly side, and we had a great time. \u00a0Sort of reminds us of Parkville.<\/p>\n

Other than that trip, we’ve mostly been shut up in the house avoiding the recent cold snap. \u00a0Weeks on end stuck in the mid-fifties, brrr. \u00a0Looks like that’s finally going to break towards the end of this week, and I’m more than ready. \u00a0The cold weather is hard on my old bones, you know. \u00a0We did sneak out to a few dinners over the last few weekends, with predictably dire consequences. \u00a0Every town\/city should have something they’re know for, and I have yet to discover what El Dorado Hills has. \u00a0Not food, I can firmly attest to that. \u00a0Maybe I should contact the local chamber of commerce and let them know they’re suffering from an identity crisis, I’m sure they’d appreciate my input. \u00a0Anyway, our first outing, to the usually reliable Sellands<\/a>, ended in bitter disappointment. \u00a0Sigh. \u00a0Maybe we’re setting our expectations too high. The whole reason we went there the other evening was their weekly special, advertised as “chicken pot pie.” \u00a0As I mentioned, we’ve been in a bone-chilling freeze lately, and a little comfort food sounded like it would hit the spot. \u00a0I can’t really accurately relate our let down, so I’ll just go with a picture:<\/p>\n

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chicken pot soup<\/p><\/div>\n

I don’t know what that is, but I can confidently say it is not chicken pot pie. \u00a0Chicken soup with a biscuit floated on top? \u00a0The good news is, we could easily pass this one off as “you get what you pay for.” \u00a0Their specials are easily the best deal in town, that’s the main reason we go there. \u00a0The meal didn’t exactly live up to our hopes though. \u00a0Our second outing took us to the recently opened Milestone<\/a>. \u00a0We’ve been trying really hard to like this place, as it’s close by and the menu is generally tasty-sounding. \u00a0Unfortunately, this was our 4th trip and I think it might be time to throw in the towel on it. \u00a0It can’t even get away with the “inexpensive” qualifier like Sellands. \u00a0For dinner, Donette ordered a big salad and I had the seared ahi tuna. \u00a0We shared those, at least they give you plenty of food. \u00a0The tuna was sadly overdone though, big bummer. \u00a0Maybe it was “seared” the first few minutes on the grill, but that last ten minutes didn’t do it any favors. \u00a0Sort of the same as everywhere else here, they like to cook the life out of everything. \u00a0It really doesn’t matter how you order anything, you’re getting it tragically overdone. \u00a0It was “OK” though, I guess. \u00a0The real nail in the coffin, we actually didn’t even try, we just saw it on the menu. \u00a0One of the specials proudly touted the “slow cooked Kansas-style ribs.” \u00a0Uh what? \u00a0What in the name of Emeril Lagasse are\u00a0“Kansas-style ribs?” \u00a0I have to admit I really wanted to order them, but I just couldn’t imagine it ending well for anyone involved. \u00a0We sort of knew our waitress from another local spot, and she’s a nice enough girl; \u00a0No need to put her through any undue trauma. \u00a0Really, though. \u00a0Can I get a side of Rhode Island style beans with that? \u00a0Maybe an Irish style pizza for an appetizer? \u00a0How about a Delaware style donut for dessert, while we’re just making up random geographic food pairings. \u00a0Oh well, what can ‘ya do. \u00a0I keep thinking life on this veritable culinary\u00a0desert will lead to weight loss. \u00a0Such does not seem to be the case to date, but at least it gives me something else to complain about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well that was a nice little break. \u00a0Break from what I’m not exactly sure, but it was nice all the same. \u00a0Oddly, after a two-week hiatus, I really don’t much material to work with. \u00a0We’ve been crazy busy, and not with anything worth relating. \u00a0I suppose we did have a nice little outing yesterday. \u00a0We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2558,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}