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Originally posted by Greymo

Hey Pork

I would appreciate it if you would stop calling people foodsnobs. It is ignorant and impolite. You do not know any of us anymore than we know you. People posting to Roadfood are not foodsnobs……..so there! Now I am going to the kitchen and make myself a peanut butter sandwich.[:o)]

Yeah Porkbeaks! Go get ’em! Way too many people here in Fantasy Foodland think that their sewage has no odor, and anyone who might dare to eat at a RedLobster or an Arby’s are just part of the great unwashed. They remind me of the famous windbag Charles Emerson WInchester 3rd.

You could always give the gift card to someone who does like RL for to a youth group, a family that can’t afford to eat out very often, an older couple on a limited budge, etc., etc.

I have given many restaurant gift cards away (just recently gave a Cracker Barrel one away) and the person I gave it to travels a lot and stays at least four nights a week in a hotel/motel and doesn’t make that much money. She was delighted to get the card.

Share the wealth.

if it’s free it’s for me.
we’ve all had worse food.
eat a free half assed meal and tell the giver thank you, NOT, thank you very much, just thank you.

Hells bells it’s not like we’re arguing about Theology. Go and enjoy the gift certificates and it won’t kill you…….Red Lobster isn’t a place I would choose, but I could tolerate it if I had $100 in gift certificates…….if you don’t want them give them to someone else but the crab legs are the thing to go for, if you do.

Andrea

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Originally posted by AndreaB

Hey it’s free food! Red Lobster is not on my list of "loved" restaurants but if I had a gift card I would go and be happy! I would stay away from the steaks and pastas and go for the crab legs. As they say, "don’t look a gift horse (or card) in the mouth"! Go and have a good time! [:o)]

Andrea

Yeah Andrea!..
Free Food, and its a gift…….
Mangia Mania already ……right?

Hey it’s free food! Red Lobster is not on my list of "loved" restaurants but if I had a gift card I would go and be happy! I would stay away from the steaks and pastas and go for the crab legs. As they say, "don’t look a gift horse (or card) in the mouth"! Go and have a good time! [:o)]

Andrea

Well, guess I will step into this…
I have only eaten at RL a few times, and I have to admit, I have been underwhelmed each time. I wasn’t thrilled with the coconut shrimp, or the shrimp scampi, or the scallops, etc. I just found that their food was overcooked every time I went. The fried food tasted off, and the food broiled in whatever it is that approximates "butter" always tasted drowned in grease. I don’t fault them for using frozen seafood (hey, they have to, given their corporate nature, and need to keep costs under control, and serve seafood in a variety of places), but it seems to me that quality control in the kitchen in terms of cooking is not always up to par.
Then again, I live on near an ocean coast, so there are plenty of places that I would prefer to go to that serve good seafood, and the cooks know how to prepare it.

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Originally posted by porkbeaks

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Originally posted by j-mar

Can somebody explain to me what is so bad at Red Lobster.I’ve been there two times and the food was OK.Nothing great,nothing awful,just OK.Iwouldn’t seek it out,but if I had a gift card I certainly would use it

My thoughts exactly. Anyone who thinks a peanut butter sandwich at home is preferable to anything RL has to offer is nothing more than a food snob. It’s a FREE meal for cryin’ out loud. Come down off your high horse and fill up on lobster. This "snob" attitude of some supposed "roadfooders" is probably the one thing that turns me off the most. Try surviving for a few weeks after a hurricane that’s left you with no electricity or running water and not having a restaurant of any kind within driving distance and see how reluctant you’d be to dine at a Red Lobster. Hell, in Florida in 2004 after a week of canned crap heated up on a grill, I was overjoyed to be waiting in line at Arby’s. [:(!] pb

I, and a lot of other folks, felt the same way about the take out chinese joint that was the first to reopen.

I wuldn’t eat coconut shrimp in the finest restaurant in the world (although I doubt such a place would serve that stuff).

This sure got philosophical. I guess talk of Red Lobster does that to folks. Let those who have tried the coconut shrimp, and didn’t like it, speak up… or forever hold their piece.
Joe

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Originally posted by Scorereader

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

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Originally posted by Lindseyup67

I have to side with Porkbeaks on this one…….to me, fancy foods at "fine" dining establishments, with tiny portions and names and ingredients I cannot pronouce are foods I have and will continue to avoid for life!!

And, the closed-mind award goes to …

yeah. I’ll agree here on that. Those "fancy foods at ‘fine’ dining establishments," are places to try to open up one’s palate to foods you haven’t experienced, or to taste foods you do know in new and inventive ways that can broaden one’s scope of food knowledge and experience. To avoid those, are just as closed minded as someone who refuses to eat a hamburger or pizza because they consider it "junk food." I know I’ve had some pretty remarkable pizzas that were not in the least bit "junk food."

I agree with you so much. My grandchildren delight in going to McDonald’s for lunch (when I am feeling in a "indulging the kids" mindset) but they really love to go to the "fine dining restaurants" where they can dress in their finest, admire the surroundings and being able to order something special. It is a good education for them and keeps them on their toes, manner-wise. Putting down fine dining is no different than putting down chain restaurants. Or maybe not? After all, there is a forum for fast foods on Roadfood but none for "fine dining". Too bad, as I am sure that people would enjoy reading some very interesting posts. Oh yes, fine dining has nothing to do with portion size (for the uninformed)

All I know is that if they have people waiting on customers it must be one of them there fine dining places. Me, I’ll stick with Arby’s.

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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

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Originally posted by Lindseyup67

I have to side with Porkbeaks on this one…….to me, fancy foods at "fine" dining establishments, with tiny portions and names and ingredients I cannot pronouce are foods I have and will continue to avoid for life!!

And, the closed-mind award goes to …

yeah. I’ll agree here on that. Those "fancy foods at ‘fine’ dining establishments," are places to try to open up one’s palate to foods you haven’t experienced, or to taste foods you do know in new and inventive ways that can broaden one’s scope of food knowledge and experience. To avoid those, are just as closed minded as someone who refuses to eat a hamburger or pizza because they consider it "junk food." I know I’ve had some pretty remarkable pizzas that were not in the least bit "junk food."

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Originally posted by Lindseyup67

I have to side with Porkbeaks on this one…….to me, fancy foods at "fine" dining establishments, with tiny portions and names and ingredients I cannot pronouce are foods I have and will continue to avoid for life!!

And, the closed-mind award goes to …

I have to side with Porkbeaks on this one…….to me, fancy foods at "fine" dining establishments, with tiny portions and names and ingredients I cannot pronouce are foods I have and will continue to avoid for life!!