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On Sunday night Husby and I went on a date, to Cracker Barrel. Our local Cracker Barrel opened last year and despite wanting to, we had yet to go. I have heard nothing about it, save that the store is cool, and so really wanted to go. Since I was in the mood for some home style food, it seemed, from the name of the place, that this was the right place to go.
As the AC was quite chilly we each had a hot drink, I was pleasantly surprised with my English Breakfast Tea as I am quite picky about such things. We did not have a starter, as the meals described seemed to be quite large, and, well, if Fried Mushrooms aren't on the menu I'm hard pressed to pick one. Husby ordered the Reuben Platter, and I, having gone with the intent of having Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes, had Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes. You get three sides and corn bread and a biscuit with your meal. I liked this as often I have to choose cornbread at the expense of another side. As well as regular ole Corn and Mashed Potatoes, I tried the Fried Apples that seemed to be a Cracker Barrel signature. Imagine an Apple Crumble (Crisp), removing the Crumbly (crispy) part, the remaining apple mix that you are left with is what they mean by Fried Apples. Great with Pork Chops but not so great with Meatloaf. It easily adapted and served as a dessert however. The Meatloaf was good but not brimming with flavor, as were the mashed potatoes. My husband enjoyed his Reuben Platter but commented that it was "Meh," which in his language means nothing special but not bad. He had a side of Chicken and Rice soup, and I think would have quite happily taken a bath in the stuff. I'd be interested in trying their Chicken Pie because the soup was excellent. We did not have dessert.
It was much cheaper than I was expecting, a little over twenty bucks for two meals and two hot drinks isn't bad for a family on a budget looking for a date night.
The woman who seated us was very pleasant. The woman who served us was pleasant but also moved along at a brisk clip which I appreciated. She brought the bill while we were still eating which some might not like but I LOVED because when I am done, I am done and I want to be gone. I hate having to wait, or even worse ask for the bill. She thought I was on vacation which was cute. Drinks service was quick and she checked for refills without being disruptive.
The table was clean, the silverware was clean, the ketchup bottle was not sticky. These things should be a given but they are not so I give credit! The bathrooms were great. We were there between 5.30 and 7 on a Sunday and they were spotless. Clean, not damp, no toilet paper sticking to unusual places. They also indicated the there was a baby changing station in the mens room which is a big thumbs up for this chain in my book. When I was pregnant, Toby's diapers made me throw up, so Husby had to change most of them. It became a problem when eating out, since public bathrooms also made me nauseous! I used to hold my breath and inhale through a wipey when I needed to breathe!
The piece de resistance of the Cracker Barrel experience is the store. It was everything I expected from every good quality tourist trap we visited in Florida when I was 11, I love those places. Patriotic clothing, old fashioned candy, wooden toys, vintage toys, decorations, ornaments, cds and dvds of classic shows/music. We found Toby's birthday present there. We spent as much time looking at stuff as we did eating our meal. It was a lot of fun, though I suppose that initial thrill might decrease with subsequent visits.
The Ratings:
Food 2/5
Value 5/5
Service 5/5
Atmosphere 5/5
Other 5/5
The food was not bad and since everything else was fantastic it definitely bears a couple of repeat visits. The menu is varied enough and cheap enough for a second and third chance. They serve breakfast all day so that might be worth a shot next time. Three bland meals though and I might be singing a different song.
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Japan? a year back has come to haunt the American West coast in form of? Billion ton of debris. Similarly the decimation of rain forests for pulp & paper industry would lead to unprecedented challenges more severe than what we have experienced till date and it would not be their locally. This is known to all, yet we fail to arrest easily achievable targets, such as reduction on dependence on Paper. We all know by now that it is somewhere between difficult and impossible to have a paperless office/school . But how much paper do we consume unnecessarily? It is no more possible to contain the problem by raising ones personal bar as to when one needs a paper copy of something from the computer. Strong legislation are required which would make it near mandatory that unless you?re printing something super important,(which can be defined and refined on a weekly/monthly basis by each corporation) one must? save ink and paper by tracking changes in electronic documents.
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Electronic paper display (EPD) is often considered to be more comfortable to read than conventional displays.This is due to the stable image, which has no need to be refreshed constantly and has a wider viewing angle. An ideal e-paper display can be read in direct sunlight without the image appearing to fade. The contrast ratio in available displays as of 2008 might be described as similar to that of newspaper, though newly-developed displays are slightly better.There is ongoing competition among manufacturers to provide full-color ability.
What an innovation. A genius of the human brain which can bring about sea change in the way we work. Tied to a e-book reader, a tablet, a computer and a smart phone, this was perhaps the penultimate tool, which can eliminate maximum use of paper; before we can adopt interactive projections in thin air in front of us, as shown in Sci-fi cinemas and is? some more time in becoming a reality for common persons to have.
So what could be the immediate uses, other than being another TV or a display kiosk? To my mind it can be used for printing architectural drawings, and each of these sheet can be reused till the final design to be produced is readied. And only those need be printed. Sure there would be trials and errors but human always find methods if there is a will. It could also act as submission sheets during class tests which are held with regularity in schools to prepare children for their annual and mid-term exams. The data can always be transferred into flash -drives for storage, thus refreshing the sheets for reuse, while still retaining record of previous data. Perhaps News corporations could devise ways where one could download the ?News Paper view? form e-papers which already exist in the web and in fact they can rent out the flex-sheets, and charge as they would for the subscription. It is common knowledge that? amount of pulp that required daily to publish news papers are humongous.
But, as with Renewable Energy, such high technology would come at a price which would not be within reach of the common person. And here the Governments, guided by the UNEP and other responsible organisations like the World Bank, World Resources Institute, Climate Action International, Green Peace, Carbon Disclosure Project etc should come together to focus in finding the right financial instruments which would help scale it and make it affordable. In fact small amounts from those that are pledged under various programs to arrest deforestation and abate climate change could be pooled to make such innovations; I?m sure many more equally important are around the corner; a success.
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