Traditionally cannelloni was made with pasta while manicotti was made with crepes, but that ship has sailed.
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Yes and no. 80% crepes (in a manicotti).
What brought this on was both of us feeling too lazy/tired to cook…so I went down the street to pick up italian. Both descriptions sounded the same. Whichever one we got was delicious regardless.
We’re moving out of this apartment soon, and there’s a family-owned bread bakery in the new neighborhood. I stopped in today and picked up a small almond poppy sweet bread and four of these-- they’re called pepperoni pretzels. I warmed up two of them to have with my homemade tater soup. I was surprised to discover that there’s no actual pepperoni in them-- maybe they’re so named because they’re shaped like a slice of pepperoni? I’ll ask the next time I’m there. In any case, they’re perfect with the soup.
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leave the gun
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Favorite BBQ side dishes in Texas, off the top of my head:
Barb’s green pasta
Eaker’s Korean cucumber salad
…I know there’s more
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Irrelevant. I promptly forget the sides.
Hutchins in McKinney had excellent sides.
I don’t particularly like potato salad so at most bbq joints I go for green beans and/or pintos.
There was a place called 3 Stacks in Frisco that has a smoked mac and cheese that was awesome.
They started life as a bbq joint; service line, meats by the pound wrapped in paper etc.
Then one evening we went there and they switched to a full service restaurant. It was odd but still good.
They were usually crowded but they closed down even before the pandemic hit.
My wife and I ate at Chop’N’Blok in Montrose tonight. Very good, unique food and a great atmosphere. Because we didn’t have a reservation, we sat at what they called a community table (not the bar). Our waiter was quite the character.
We split the chips & dip, Black Star Blok pairing and the plantain bread.
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Favorite barbecue side dishes in Texas.
- Tatertot casserole at Opie’s (Spicewood)
- White beans at Opie’s
- Green beans at Coopers (Llano)
- Cucumber salad at Eaker’s (Fredericksburg)
- Roasted carrots at Leroy & Lewis
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4 Houston restaurants made TX Monthly’s 10 Best New list:
Agnes & Sherman (#1), very interesting menu and concept
Di An Pho (they have 2 dishes: beef pho and chicken pho)
Zaranda (Hugo does the pacific coast)
Latuli (Bryan Caswell does whatever he wants)
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Thanks. Not familiar with the first two, but they look great. I can personally vouch for Zaranda. Haven’t been to Latuli yet but it has received very mixed reviews from people I know who have.
Ive only been to agnes & sherman on this list, my wife and i both enjoyed it.
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