Okay here's something different as food service people we go to a lot of different restaurants and places and all of them have there specialties and I think about what I would serve if I owned a restaurant, I mean I go to all kinds of places delivering liquor mostly bars, but I do have a couple high end restaurants that I go to that make some pretty interesting things.
Like okay, I just made a big batch of dirt cake and I thought to my self, if I had a restaurant I would so have dirt cake on the menu. Dirt cake might be the best desert ever I mean it's Oreo Cookies, Chocolate Pudding and Whipped Cream and Cream Cheese all mixed together. Yumm.
I try to think of the things that I would have at a restaurant if I owned one and pretty much all I've come up with is I would like to have a pizza shop as the core product and foundation, but have more then pizza at the pizza shop.
Like I would have dirt cake as one of the desserts, and chocolate pudding pizza pie which is a recipe I entered into a high school baking competition when I was a senior in high school. I ended up getting 2nd place and it sucked because I wanted first and some grand-stander got first
Any how what that is, is a pie that has cookie as the crust I usually use double chocolate chip, then I put cream cheese over the cookie crust, then after that I put chocolate pudding over the cookie crust and then whipped topping on the top of the pudding and then chocolate chips on top of the whipped cream, it's very very good and tastes delicious.
Also I would have Strawbeery Pretzel Salad which is kind of a pain to make, but it tastes really good and I make it every Thanks Giving.
The reason I bring this up is because I was thinking if I owned a restaurant what would I serve and I think about what kinds of appetizers I would have, like I would have mozzarella sticks, at my restaurant, because I love mozzarella sticks I go to the GFS store and buy 2 bags of them and cook them in the fryer. Also maybe breaded and fried baloney it's really good. I also bought a bag of these Ruben sandwich balls from GFS I have yet to fry them up, but they show great promise.
Also I would serve steak fries as my french fries, I think steak fries might be the best french fries out there.
Also Premio Foods which is a large sausage maker, has a really great recipe on there website for Spice Italian Sausage Rolls and it's pretty much sausage, red peppers, green peppers, onions, provolone cheese and cream cheese all rolled up in a pizza dough like a Stromboli and cooked in an oven. I made it once and it's totally delicious.
I would also serve pasta carbanera the only difference between my pasta carbanera and the way other places make it, is I don't add peas to mine.
Also Pizza Today which is the pizza shop industry magazine, had a nice article about serving wraps and sandwiches. They have a recipe for buffalo chicken wraps that I made that were delicious, I went to GFS bought some Tyson breaded chicken tenderloins, cooked them and then brushed franks red hot sauce on them and continued to cook them to get the buffalo flavor added in. Then after that I added lettuce, ranch dressing and cheddar cheese and closed and wrapped it all up in a pita and it was very taste.
That's the one thing, about OTR trucking can't eat like mentioned above, I pretty much told my self if you end up going OTR get ready to drink nothing, but water and skim milk and get used to eating carats and fruit all the time and pretty much get ready to be hungry all the time. I can't eat fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner it's expensive after a while and everything else they say. I never got into the habit of eating at McDonald's or any of the other places regularly.
Usually what I'll do is run into a grocery store and buy what ever sandwiches or stuff they have already made up and I don't even do that, that often.
Really though to get back on topic and I don't have to tell you guys this, owning a restaurant it's a lot of work long days, a lot of responsibility big bills. You know I mean it might be 1:00am and your down at the diner or what ever place you own cooking bacon or making onion rings, or what ever because you need to get everything made for tomorrow.
Although I have figured out that Steak Fries are the best of the french fries I like them.
The one thing though that I am still testing is I can't decided between battered or breaded mozzarella sticks. GFS sells both and I don't know which one is better any one have an opinion on what mozzarella stick they like better?
I've kind of come to the conclusion that anything with melted cheese is usually a winner ha-ha.
I don't know you guys ever thought about that out on the road what kind of food you would serve if you had a restaurant?
Like okay, I just made a big batch of dirt cake and I thought to my self, if I had a restaurant I would so have dirt cake on the menu. Dirt cake might be the best desert ever I mean it's Oreo Cookies, Chocolate Pudding and Whipped Cream and Cream Cheese all mixed together. Yumm.
I try to think of the things that I would have at a restaurant if I owned one and pretty much all I've come up with is I would like to have a pizza shop as the core product and foundation, but have more then pizza at the pizza shop.
Like I would have dirt cake as one of the desserts, and chocolate pudding pizza pie which is a recipe I entered into a high school baking competition when I was a senior in high school. I ended up getting 2nd place and it sucked because I wanted first and some grand-stander got first
Any how what that is, is a pie that has cookie as the crust I usually use double chocolate chip, then I put cream cheese over the cookie crust, then after that I put chocolate pudding over the cookie crust and then whipped topping on the top of the pudding and then chocolate chips on top of the whipped cream, it's very very good and tastes delicious.
Also I would have Strawbeery Pretzel Salad which is kind of a pain to make, but it tastes really good and I make it every Thanks Giving.
The reason I bring this up is because I was thinking if I owned a restaurant what would I serve and I think about what kinds of appetizers I would have, like I would have mozzarella sticks, at my restaurant, because I love mozzarella sticks I go to the GFS store and buy 2 bags of them and cook them in the fryer. Also maybe breaded and fried baloney it's really good. I also bought a bag of these Ruben sandwich balls from GFS I have yet to fry them up, but they show great promise.
Also I would serve steak fries as my french fries, I think steak fries might be the best french fries out there.
Also Premio Foods which is a large sausage maker, has a really great recipe on there website for Spice Italian Sausage Rolls and it's pretty much sausage, red peppers, green peppers, onions, provolone cheese and cream cheese all rolled up in a pizza dough like a Stromboli and cooked in an oven. I made it once and it's totally delicious.
I would also serve pasta carbanera the only difference between my pasta carbanera and the way other places make it, is I don't add peas to mine.
Also Pizza Today which is the pizza shop industry magazine, had a nice article about serving wraps and sandwiches. They have a recipe for buffalo chicken wraps that I made that were delicious, I went to GFS bought some Tyson breaded chicken tenderloins, cooked them and then brushed franks red hot sauce on them and continued to cook them to get the buffalo flavor added in. Then after that I added lettuce, ranch dressing and cheddar cheese and closed and wrapped it all up in a pita and it was very taste.
That's the one thing, about OTR trucking can't eat like mentioned above, I pretty much told my self if you end up going OTR get ready to drink nothing, but water and skim milk and get used to eating carats and fruit all the time and pretty much get ready to be hungry all the time. I can't eat fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner it's expensive after a while and everything else they say. I never got into the habit of eating at McDonald's or any of the other places regularly.
Usually what I'll do is run into a grocery store and buy what ever sandwiches or stuff they have already made up and I don't even do that, that often.
Really though to get back on topic and I don't have to tell you guys this, owning a restaurant it's a lot of work long days, a lot of responsibility big bills. You know I mean it might be 1:00am and your down at the diner or what ever place you own cooking bacon or making onion rings, or what ever because you need to get everything made for tomorrow.
Although I have figured out that Steak Fries are the best of the french fries I like them.
The one thing though that I am still testing is I can't decided between battered or breaded mozzarella sticks. GFS sells both and I don't know which one is better any one have an opinion on what mozzarella stick they like better?
I've kind of come to the conclusion that anything with melted cheese is usually a winner ha-ha.
I don't know you guys ever thought about that out on the road what kind of food you would serve if you had a restaurant?
