Riblet hell
Gavin Scott
Saratoga a try.
I ordered the "Riblet Basket" (Riblets! Applebee's House Specialty!
Original! Slow Cooked!).
I don't know what part of what animal these things were from, but clearly
killing it at a young age had been an act of mercy.
Each "riblet" consisted of an almost homogenous amalgam of bone chips and
flesh, drenched from end to end with a BBQ sauce whose first several
ingredients were apparently artificial smoke flavor.
I think that perhaps after washing the BBQ sauce off, some chemical
treatment might possibly have been employable to separate the meat and
bone, but given the facilities provided to the diner I could not find
a way to accomplish the task, at least not without coating myself, my
fellow patrons, and those driving past the restaurant with bits of
bone, pig flesh, and an almost limitless amount of artificial smoke
flavoring.
This is perhaps the first example I've found of a meal that was
*mechanically* inedible as opposed to simply unpalatable.
G.
Bob R. Kenyon
Gavin Scott <ga...@allegro.com> wrote:
>Ok, so for lunch today we decided to give the new Applebee's at 280 and
>Saratoga a try.
[...]
>This is perhaps the first example I've found of a meal that was
>*mechanically* inedible as opposed to simply unpalatable.
And that's what you get for going to Applebee's in the first
place. Just don't let it happen again.
--
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Beautiful Downtown San Jose
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Chester
>Ok, so for lunch today we decided to give the new Applebee's at 280 and
>Saratoga a try.
Brave man. I've driven by that sucker dozens of times now. When they
were still under construction, there was a big banner proclaiming that
it was coming soon...as if this was *good* news.
>I ordered the "Riblet Basket" (Riblets! Applebee's House Specialty!
>Original! Slow Cooked!).
Yeah, I basically wouldn't order anything that requires much quality
in terms of ingredients. One time I made the mistake of ordering a
steak at the Newark Appleby's...this after making the mistake of going
there in the first place.
Blech.
Chester
Pete Fraser
"Gavin Scott" <ga...@allegro.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, so for lunch today we decided to give the new Applebee's at 280 and
> Saratoga a try.
Don't feel bad about it.
I did my stint about ten years ago, and still shudder at the memory.
Mary Kay Kare
(Gavin Scott) wrote:
Hey Gavin! Didn't know you posted here!
> Ok, so for lunch today we decided to give the new Applebee's at 280 and
> Saratoga a try.
>
> I ordered the "Riblet Basket" (Riblets! Applebee's House Specialty!
> Original! Slow Cooked!).
>
> I don't know what part of what animal these things were from, but clearly
> killing it at a young age had been an act of mercy.
>
> Each "riblet" consisted of an almost homogenous amalgam of bone chips and
> flesh, drenched from end to end with a BBQ sauce whose first several
> ingredients were apparently artificial smoke flavor.
Lots of sugar included too.
>
> I think that perhaps after washing the BBQ sauce off, some chemical
> treatment might possibly have been employable to separate the meat and
> bone, but given the facilities provided to the diner I could not find
> a way to accomplish the task, at least not without coating myself, my
> fellow patrons, and those driving past the restaurant with bits of
> bone, pig flesh, and an almost limitless amount of artificial smoke
> flavoring.
>
> This is perhaps the first example I've found of a meal that was
> *mechanically* inedible as opposed to simply unpalatable.
>
Applebee's is one of Jordin's preferred places to eat. I find the riblets
among the more edible of their menu. This undoubtedly says volumes about
the rest of the menu, Jordin's taste, and mine. But I'll leave that as an
exercize for the reader.
MKK
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George
GMT, that marvelous person ga...@allegro.com (Gavin Scott) had
informed us of the following:
I've eaten at Applebee's once when I was driving cross country and
stopped for the night somewhere in Tennessee, I think. It was only
about 9:30 PM, but Applebee's was about all I could find open, so I
went ahead and tried it. I ordered the riblets as I was really hungry
and they were all you could eat. Bad choice, as I couldn't eat too
many of them. They were about as you described them. Mostly bones,
meat very difficult to remove from the bone and had a barbecue sauce
that was both mediocre and annoying. I've never been tempted to
return.
George
Al Eisner
> Ok, so for lunch today we decided to give the new Applebee's at 280 and
> Saratoga a try.
>
the qualifier isn't needed.
--
Al Eisner
San Mateo County, CA
Michael Sierchio
> Applebee's doesn't distinguish between different types of hell. That is,
> the qualifier isn't needed.
Applebee's -- where the vegetable of the day might be macaroni and cheese...
Aahz Maruch
Mary Kay Kare <ka...@sirius.com> wrote:
>
>Applebee's is one of Jordin's preferred places to eat. I find the riblets
>among the more edible of their menu. This undoubtedly says volumes about
>the rest of the menu, Jordin's taste, and mine. But I'll leave that as an
>exercize for the reader.
I suspect it also says volumes about where you used to live.
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Scott D.
>Ok, so for lunch today we decided to give the new Applebee's at 280 and
>Saratoga a try.
>...
>Each "riblet" consisted of an almost homogenous amalgam of bone chips and
>flesh, drenched from end to end with a BBQ sauce whose first several
>ingredients were apparently artificial smoke flavor.
>
>This is perhaps the first example I've found of a meal that was
>*mechanically* inedible as opposed to simply unpalatable.
Windy City in San Mateo has something similar; my opinion of theirs
echoes your opinion of Applebee's.