Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Vaulted Memories

Someday I will be an old man. I will wear cowboy boots with my shorts and I'll blither blather about past meals. I'll begin all of my stories, "One time I ate (fill in the blank). I'll talk Delta tamales, beer mimosas, fried pies, oysters, piles of crawfish, schnapps, goulash, sausage, onion burgers, bowls of whipped butter, and on and on and on. Some people will look at me strangely Some will ignore me and walk away. Some will listen, but they will doubt me. For those doubters, I will say, "Check out my blog." There I will offer evidence of past repasts, like the meals I experienced on a recent trip along the Lake Superior coast of Minnesota.

At Russ Kendall's Smokehouse in Knife River, I ate smoked white fish, the North Shore's equivalent of BBQ.

At the Duluth Grill I ate cinnamon roll French toast, and the pasty pictured below:


A mandatory stop along the North Shore is Betty's Pies. We stopped twice. The second trip I slurped a shake that contained an entire slice of key lime pie.

I ate peach caprese at the New Scenic Cafe.

I slurped another malt at The Portland Malt Shoppe in Duluth.



I ate a plate of corned beef hash at Hell's Kitchen.


We stopped in the town of Hinkley, where we ate at Cassidy's Restaurant. I ate a meatloaf sandwich smothered in gravy.

They had a read station with seven kinds of bread, and (drum roll)
two big bowls of whipped butter.
I finished the meal with one of these giant cinnamon rolls (only a $1.49).


I didn't eat one of the caramel pecan rolls because that would have been gluttonous.
These are just a few of the meals I enjoyed.

some will simply understand,
muddywaters

PS. . . Next year I want to participate in a Minnesota meat raffle.

8 comments:

Jenni said...

There was actually a slice of pie in the shake? That doesn't sound like it could be good. The pasty looks rather tasty, though.

Jane said...

I understand. Completely. :)

Jane said...

Love that I can travel and eat wonderful meals vicariously through your post. Looked tasty!

Anonymous said...

Check out this list:
The Best Things Duke Ellington Ever Ate

http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/playlist.php

Nella said...

That's what I call a good vacation. We ALWAYS talk about what we ate on a vacation: from pork rinds to a dish with mystery ingredients...It's all good. N

Jane said...

It is so much fun to travel and eat vicariously through you. No long car ride, no calories and some of the culinary joy! Great photos.

WilleWorks.com said...

I'm jealous of the smoked fish ~ I loved that when I was a little girl living in Duluth ~ lucky you!

Lea Ann said...

Glad to find your blog through High Plains Drifter... I'm going to subscribe. And I'm officially hungry after reading about all that good food.