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Friday, Nov. 6,1992 Adirondack Mountain Sun 11 Professor LaBamba: Critic-at-Large LaBamba Goes First Class in Turin know, sometimes it just doesn't pay to try to do yer friends a favor. I'm talkin' about the editor of this here publication. Hirin' me as the food critic was his idea, ya know. \Look he sez to me last week. \I'm a little short a' workin' capitol right at dis time, so I can't really afford to pay ya a salary or nuttin', but I will pay for yer meals, How's dat?\ \Fine I sez. \What'er friends for?\ So last week I give 'em what I considers a pretty substandard discount by way of my services by eatin' breakfast, the cheapest meal, at an extremely reasonable cost per item. You know what he sez? \Yer killin' me,\ he yells, lookin' at my itemized list of consumptibles. \Did the guy have anything left in the kitchen after you was through?\ \Yeahf I set, indignffied at )disr rwmt^TKerewasipiehtyieffc},Mi||to sample raSistyif, didn't-l?faft&ijtein 1 my loyal readership no piecemeals food report. They've come to expect more.\ He don't say anytning right away, see? He just sorta looks at me like he's thinkin' a' sometnin' else. And then he sez real cjuiet. \Your loyal readers want more, huh? Ain't three hundred an' twenty pounds enough? How ya gonna give 'em more,\ devour a pizza franchise? Get outtahere!\ Well you get my drift, dar's the treatmentyou~g£tfor tryin' a be fair. Well, he don't kno^it, httthtfs sittto' right tinder : ib^1l!i^xm^^^^'^fk<.^'K 'cause 1 idjaoeatanywhereF#antJ ^;' \: And this week, I decided to sample some 'a that hot cuisine you hear about ' at teW^i^^lM^iMt;' Heftitfs a&Mftitiful^TOe#lace s /i, nestled in the '$tei^#&^^ Al|£r a nice robm for &el^*^^ walk in like in a ski resort or somethin'i a seen 'emin the rnbvi^s).,tt's att wood panelin' and the lights is aJIw nice an' everybbdy'i srnijii&} \Godd^vening Sir* sez^an impercable young man in a white shirt! and black trousers. \Areyoti expecting someone?\ s ; I mainstrain an air of aloofitude, because I gotta tell ya, I don't know what theJiell this ££&& talkin? about All I wanna do is eafc j gli&cenack at the door to see if anyDody's comin' in that this guy might tihink tin expTeethY or somethih' and then 1 sez, \I Would like something to eat,\ in the best King's English. \Very well,\ he sez. \Please follow me, sir.\ Hoo-hoo, I'm thinkin, \Very well, sir. Follow me* sir\ I'mgp#a love^thisplace ah'Tmgtihnalovepres^tin'thebill to that mgrateful bum Wnen fin ddiie; Well we walk into this cozy little dinin' room (There ain't no other way to describe it. This Was a real high falootin' dinin' room) and the kid sez, \Here's your menu, sir. May I get you somethin' from the bar?\ \And how,\ I tells him. And then I tells him what I want to drink. He looks at hie fer a minute an* sez, \We don't have 'Rebel's Yell' on tap actually, sir. But I can offer you a complete selection of domestic and imported bottle beers.\ \Use yer own judgment, my good man,\ I tells him. He leaves an' I use the opportunity to perlose the menu. Oh, man! They got everything. They got steak, they got seafood, they got chicken, they got salmons. They got soup to nuts an' my Salisbury glands is starting to warm up in the wings. \Here you are, sir,\ he sez upon returning with my libasive. \New York's own Genessee Cream Ale.\ So I examine the label up against the light 'cause I don't want to make a fool of myself or nuttin' and then I swizzles a sip around in my mouth, swallows it and, hey, the stuff is greap. \Not bad,\ I sez to the kid, 'cause I don't want him to think he's dealin' with a rube, but I'm thinkin' to myself that I could get used to this expensive stuff pretty easy. \Would you like an appetizer, sir?\ he sez. \There ain't nothin' wrong with my appetite, young man,\ I sez. \Don't worry about that. I will have a shrimp cocktail, though.\ (I figure, what the heck, it sez cocktail - maybe there's some booze in it). So, in short order, he comes back with a plateful of shrimp an' he puts 'em in front a'me. GoodGuggamooga, I sez to myself. I had all! could do not to say it out loud. Them shrimps was big. Fm tellin' ya, them shrimps was so big I coulda put a saddle on one a' them shrimps an' joined the rodeo. The waiter sez somethin' about homemade sauce ffm callin' him 'waiter' by now, \cause I know it ain't proper to say \Hey pal* in yer fancier establishments) but I don't really hear 'im over theisoafof mysalisbury glands and, quite frankly, the clackin' of my teethf:'•'.\.:..• .,- ... , .... :;• * WThem shrimps was&cellent,-;' ':•: Anyhow, I'll tell ya What I hadfor a Main com-se. Oh, pardona me, an ontray. |||^V^$feNs Velvet^ tSttrt that roll off the tongue, 1 ordered it, not oijty because I love veal, but because who^<wMsver^tiblnk of tliewoM velvet witout also thinkin' of a young FJizabef Taylor. Ya 'member that movie 'National Velvet wit? mehoree? Well, let me tell ya, I wasn't watchin'no horse, v ^-l^^i^kr^bmejsoutan'rmall perked upiookih' for my veal an' he's got what looks for all the world like a litttie ball a'-Icecream on a plate. • \Sherhit sir,\ he says. \It's for your palette* life is screwy sometimes, you know what tm sayin'? I don't wanna look stupid an' there's an old couple across the clihin' room an' the old biddy's been keepin' an eye on me (She don't think I notice, but I do). So I sorta pick up this •sherbit*ah' Hook at it like Tm lookin' to seeif the plate.is really as clean as it shouldb^tHeyVm^ whole place was immaculate, don't get me wrong, I just didn't know what to do wit* this stuff \ an' 1 was stallin' for time) An' I quick ate it. I just let it slide off the plate an' into my mouth. I don't think anybody noticed. Hey, I had to get rid of it somehow. Who the hell knows what a palette is? So, I'm lookin' innocent an' everything when the kid brings out my ontray. He don't say nothin' about the sherbit, so I dig right in. Words fail me, my fellow peculinists. The veal, the swiss, the sauce, the vegetables, the funny lookin' lettuce the vegetables was on, was all beyond description they was so good. They was better man the Genessee Cream Ale (I mean that). \My compliments to the chef, young lad,\ I sez. Til tell him, sir,\ the kid replied lookin* at me a little funny. \I don't believe I've ever seen somebody eat with quite as much ah, gusto as you sir.\ \Heck I sez. \You were lucky I caught you before you got back to the kitchen. What's for dessert?' Anyway, Tm makin' a long story outta this one» but I ain't never experienced anything quite like that place. I cohsoomed three or four pies an' cakes which was all equally beyond suspicion in terms of deliciosity, when ' this real distinguished lookin' guy comes out an' he's wearin' the whole chefs outfit, ya know what I mean? He's got the white''coat an' the pants an' die big hat an' he se$, \Good evening, sir. x May we interest you in a complimentary after dinner drink?\ :f J . I'm thinkin'/to myself thafthts here guy is the owner of the joint, sol better gild the lily a little bit wit* some banter, informal but not threatenin', You know? ^Sta^pal^Iseztojhfin.*Yqu.aih't , gqtta ask me j^c0,^n*tniin43fldo. 't Count me hx Nice pants.\ r ' •* Anyhow, the guy comes out with a Utde cnrome stdve an* sonie coffeei an' he sets it up next to the table ah' Ke starts cookin' the booze, K \What is it?\ I sez. Jamaican Coffee,\ he sez. \I dunk you'll enjoy it, sir.\ Enjoy it? Mamma Mia, that stuff was oughtta this world. I ain't never been happier in my life. Well, almost never. 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