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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting November 7, 2018: Alvin Robinson and a Soul Food Buffet!

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Alvin Robinson  Down Home Girl   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Red Bird  1964  45 
Alvin Robinson  Searchin'   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Tiger  1964  45 
Alvin Robinson  Something You Got   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Tiger  1964  45 
Alvin Robinson  Fever   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Red Bird  1964  45 
Alvin Robinson  Bottom of My Soul   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Blue Cat  1965  45 
Alvin Robinson  Let The Good Times Roll   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Blue Cat  1965  45 
Alvin Robinson  Baby Don't You Do It   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atco  1968  45 
Alvin Robinson  Sho' Bout To Drive Me Wild   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Pulsar  1969  45 
 
Rex Garvin  Soul Food   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Keynote  1963  45 
Bobby Hollaway  Cornbread Hog Maws and Chitterlins   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Smash  1967  45 
Booker T and the MGs  Jelly Bread   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Stax  1963  45 
Johnny Otis  The Jelly Roll   Favoriting 45RPM Single  ELDO  1960  45 
Bob Kuban and the In-Men  Pretzel Party   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Musicland USA  1966  45 
7-11  Do the Slurp   Favoriting 45RPM Single  7-11  1967  45 
Asylum Choir  Soul Food   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Smash  1968  45 
Five Counts  Watermelon Walk   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Brent  1962  45 
Carl Holmes and the Commanders  Mashed Potatoes Pt1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1962  45 
Four Shells  Hot Dog   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Volt  1966  45 
Hal Driggers and the Key Brothers  Black Pepper   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1967  45 
Lonnie Mack  Chicken' Pickin'   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fraternity  1965  45 
Kip Anderson  A Knife and a Fork   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Checker  1966  45 
 
Soul Sisters  Some Soul Food   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Sue  1964  45 
New London Rhythm and Blues Band  Green Onions   Favoriting Soul Stream  Vocalion  1969  LP 
Mr Wiggles  Fatback Pt1   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parkway  1966  45 
Obie Plenty  Beef Stew   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Verve  1967  45 
Soul Runners  Chitlin Salad   Favoriting 45RPM Single  MoSoul  1967  45 
Triumphs  Burnt Biscuits   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Volt  1961  45 
Black Heat  Chicken Heads   Favoriting Black Heat  Atlantic  1972  LP 
CSC Funk Band  Bad Banana Bread   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Electric Cowbell  2017  45 
Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band  Spreadin' Honey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Keymen  1967  45 
 
Grover Washington Jr  Mercy Mercy Me   Favoriting Inner City Blues  Kudu  1971  LP 
Grover Washington Jr  Inner City Blues   Favoriting Inner City Blues  Kudu  1971  LP 
Grover Washington Jr  Trouble Man   Favoriting Soul Box  Kudu  1973  LP 
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45 


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Listener comments!

  10:02pm
chresti:

Ooh! Down home!!! Girl !!!
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coelacanth∅:

hey Larry and future funksters
  10:03pm
Cal Zone!:

Rock me gently! ;)
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Chresti! C!
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coelacanth∅:

2nd time in 24 hours hearing this song. (not the same version)
- no complaints.
Avatar 🥁 10:03pm
Erica:

Hi Testifiers.
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Funky16Corners:

What was the other one, Stones?
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Erica!
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Jeff Ash:

Greetings, everyone, from Wisconsin! It's getting to be the time of year when we can really use the heat brought by Larry!
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coelacanth∅:

coasters
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff!
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Funky16Corners:

@C - Coasters version is great!
  10:06pm
chresti:

I haven’t heard it in....since I had a cassette player!
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Funky16Corners:

Back in the day!
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coelacanth∅:

yeah it is! Alvin's ain't 1/2 bad neither!
  10:09pm
chresti:

This song too- slowed down!
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northguineahills:

Hells and Los Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey NGH!
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coelacanth∅:

chresti i'd consider giving you one if we weren't >2000 miles away from each-other. i just scored 2 cassette decks on sunday from my father's house (& a few dozen unopened tdks!) they're old but barely used. probably the most they might need would be belts. i wont be able to try them out for another week or more.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
coelacanth∅:

(sometimes barely used is not a good thing; as with film cameras, where the seals rot and crumble if it doesn't get used enough)
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Franco Twinkie:

I like the small sound of these records. Like maybe they recorded them at the dry cleaners after hours.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Funky16Corners:

Yeah, with cassette decks and turntables the belts warp and dry out
Avatar 10:13pm
still b/p:

Some singers shouldn't try "Fever.". Some singers should. Alvin's right on it. Maybe they should campaign, get nominated and we'll decide on election days.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Franco! it was 1964/65. A dry cleaners was not out of the question.
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coelacanth∅:

Franco and hopefully nobody put their sneakers in the dryer while recording was going on.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:14pm
Funky16Corners:

hey SBP! Alvin was a master. Dr John called him a "real singer".
Avatar 10:15pm
still b/p:

@ Franco -- And then there's confusion around the question: What was the date of that pressing?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15pm
Franco Twinkie:

I wasn't kidding Larry. Intimate is probably more on the dime.
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coelacanth∅:

sb/p haha!
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coelacanth∅:

oh my my! great version!
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Parq:

Got to admit, the name Alvin Robinson is a whole new one on me. This should be cool!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Franco Twinkie:

Alvin might have been singing into a knit sweater.
  10:18pm
chresti:

Like a flag on a pole
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Parq!
  10:20pm
chresti:

Haha still b/p-special election
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Parq:

Some Ray Charles influence showing here, yeah?
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coelacanth∅:

i confess ignorance as well. (i'd heard that version of searchin' but didn't know who it was)
glad to make Alvin's acquaintance.
(a little late... rest in peace)
  10:21pm
chresti:

Jumping jack flash
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Funky16Corners:

@Parq - Def some Ray Charles in there
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Franco Twinkie:

The stuff on Red Bird and Tiger is perfect for late night Saturday. Must locate.
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coelacanth∅:

chresti i hear that
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Franco Twinkie:

The clouds might be parting. Maybe.
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coelacanth∅:

oh of course! "Al Robinson"! definitely seen that name looking into personnel on others' tracks. (ie Dr.John)
  10:26pm
chresti:

Very much New Orleans sound
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Franco Twinkie:

Dr. John talks about the early L.A. days in his book Hoodoo Moon. Funny and Scary.
  10:27pm
chresti:

Coel yeah- the guitar
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry for the education.
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Franco Twinkie:

James Booker!
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coelacanth∅:

that git is killer! i can see why Jimi had to do that song.
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Funky16Corners:

@Franco - Dr John's stories in that book teeter between hilarious and terrifying. I wish they were more lucid (for historical reasons) but they're great all the same
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Funky16Corners:

@C - You're welcome. That's why I'm here (or anywhere for that matter)
Avatar 🥁 10:35pm
Erica:

Jelly Bread sounds like the sequel to Green Onions.
Avatar 🥁 10:36pm
Erica:

But seriously, jelly bread isn't as good without peanut butter.
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Funky16Corners:

There was a lot of that going on. I love to listen to the 60s satellite survey on Sirius. They'll do the Top 40 from a particular week and you can hear all kinds of artists ripping themselves off to try and cash in on their previous hit
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Franco Twinkie:

When I lived in Pasadena there was this soul food restaurant right up the street called V&O Foods ( Very and Original, I'm not kidding) One day when I went in to get some smothered chicken and greens, this woman with a rag on her head who was holding a big pot looked me up and down and said "So, you like this food,huh?" I sheepishly said yeah. She considered me for a a few seconds and then said "I bet you like burritos too!"What could I say, but "You bet!" Sadly, the place turned into a real crappy thrift store.
Avatar 🥁 10:42pm
Erica:

Haha 7-11 released a 45.
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Funky16Corners:

We had (and lost) a really good soul food place in Asbury Park a few years back. I learned to make really good collard greens at home, though, and do a pretty nice shrimp and grits, too
Avatar 🥁 10:42pm
Erica:

7-11 stores were the inspiration for the Kwik-E-Mart in the Simpsons.
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist used this in the famous Brainfreeze mix
  10:43pm
chresti:

This is great
  10:43pm
chresti:

7-11
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Erica:

Cool fact Larry.
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coelacanth∅:

Leon rest in peace
  10:45pm
chresti:

We’ve got Taiwanese soul food. Here in the San Gabriel valley
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Funky16Corners:

That sounds interesting!
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Franco Twinkie:

Apparently Leon Russell would keep frozen plates of bacon and eggs in his freezer so the musicians he was working with could just pop one in the oven if they need a snack.
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Funky16Corners:

That sounds like something he'd do. I just saw an interview with Rita Coolidge where she said that when she was his girlfriend she was cooking for him and and his friends 24/7.
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coelacanth∅:

well, i just ate collards with mustards & turnip greens, so i like "soul food" i guess. i'm a good cook (if i do say so myself...which i am doing!) ...but i don't eat pigs and birds and such, so no bacon grease in there.
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Funky16Corners:

I load my greens up with bacon. Gotta get that smoky flavor (or you could use a hamhock instead)
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Franco Twinkie:

I heard Arthur Lee would get the frozen breakfast plates out of freezer just to show people while he was cracking up.
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coelacanth∅:

haha i love that!
  10:52pm
chresti:

Hotdog Batman
Avatar 10:53pm
still b/p:

I loathed mashed potatoes as a kid, forced to eat at least a few awful bites. I remember missing part of annual televised Wizard of Oz while I suffered over the mashed potatoes under the rules of a stubborn insistent Mom. Now, I luz me some good mashed taters with garlic, etc. Nobody...nobody...asked for my mashed potato history, but there it is. Thank you for reading.
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coelacanth∅:

Larry i do love me some smoked food...salmon, trout, almonds, gouda...
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Funky16Corners:

I was explaining to my sons how hot lunch in the 60s and 70s gave me a taste for instant mashed potatoes (which in my Mom's house was sacrilege).
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Funky16Corners:

BTW is anyone gets heart palpitations from this Lonnie Mack 45 I take full responsibility
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Erica:

Mashed potatoes vary in taste to me still b/p. If mixed well with enough milk and butter or margarine, they taste pretty good.
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coelacanth∅:

sb/p i think i heard Dee Dee Sharp ask.
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Erica:

By the way I don't like the instant mashed potatoes because they taste strange and not like real potatoes. You can tell they're powdered.
  10:57pm
chresti:

I was that way with hotdogs, as a kid. I would ditch them out the back door
  10:57pm
chresti:

@still b/p
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still b/p:

Look. This face says, "Oh, there, there. Yes, tell me about the ghosts of mashed past."
images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...
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coelacanth∅:

i grew up with "hungry jack" mashed potatoes - except on holidays. -with butter, or much more often margerine. i liked them! i'm sure i wouldn't like them now; but i love the once-every-few-years real mashed potatoes. (with butter)
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Franco Twinkie:

Once, I was not allowed to watch The Monkees until I finished my squash. I refused. My father finally relented when Laugh-in was half over. I missed the Holy Modal Rounders. Whaaa!!
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Parq:

Was out walking by dog (to whom *everything* is soul food, even things that aren't strictly speaking edible), so missed most of that set, sorry to say, but was glad to catch "Knife and a Fork". Great old song.
  11:02pm
chresti:

Shit on a shingle was a problem with me
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coelacanth∅:

we were required to eat everything on our plates (and my mother doled out the food on our plates) we were not allowed to leave the table until we'd finished, and the dog was not allowed in the dining room while we ate! i literally almost threw up a few times eating lima beans, kidney stew, chicken liver, brussel sprouts...
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coelacanth∅:

...rutabaga.
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Funky16Corners:

I LOVE TURNIPS!!!
  11:04pm
Dean:

I don't get limited palates. I eagerly ate everything. Might a been a bit queasy about avocados, but I soon learned to enjoy them. I really don't understand picky eaters (my kids, for instance).
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coelacanth∅:

i like turnips now. and brussel sprouts, and i tolerate lima beans in things.
  11:05pm
Dean:

People complain about "texture," but I'm afraid everything has texture. That's sorta the point.
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Funky16Corners:

I grew up the oldest of five kids with my Dad making a public school teacher's salary. Ate a lot of sspaghetti, pancakes, fish sticks and the like. Still love them all.
Avatar 🥁 11:06pm
Erica:

Yeah I was always a picky eater (still am). My mom was nice when it came to food. She usually serves me what I do eat because seriously, serving kids what they won't eat is a waste of food.
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Funky16Corners:

I make a mean roasted brussell sprouts with apples, bacon and craisins
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Franco Twinkie:

I would throw stuff I didn't want to eat out the kitchen door over the neighbors fence .
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coelacanth∅:

the problem was that my mother bought frozen vegetables and then boiled them. served with nothing but the salt and pepper on the table. that's brusselsprouticide. (also supermarket brand mixed vegetables-icide...etc.)
Avatar 🥁 11:07pm
Erica:

Also when I think of "eat everything on my plate" I think of "eat it, ALL of it." It's a reference to a cartoon called Danny Phantom.
  11:07pm
Dean:

OTOH, I also firmly believe that people should eat what they want. We'll be a healthier population if we did. Put another way, I can't believe that many people really prefer McDonald's.
  11:08pm
chresti:

Not getting desert, was in store for us if we didn’t eat our food- not enforced that harshly-
  11:08pm
Dean:

Er, ^if we do.
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Funky16Corners:

The only thing from my childhood that I won't eat/serve is waxed beans. Gross,
Avatar 11:08pm
still b/p:

Wasn't exposed to much variety until I was an adult. I don't think a clove of garlic ever crossed the threshold of childhood home. Mom was no example o adventurous eating. Dad would eat mushy vegetables, but I don't think she's had five servings in her life, never mind daily. Her Thanksgiving plate -- despite the range of choices set out -- is ALWAYS a spare composition in white and tan. But....she'll be ninety next month.
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Funky16Corners:

Before she went back to work (when I was in high school) my Mom was the queen of casseroles and lasagna. All delicious. I remember picking at cold lasagna in the refrigerator when I was a kid.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
coelacanth∅:

Larry i cannot tell you how excited i was on the rare occasion that we were served pancakes, fish sticks or spaghetti.
Avatar 🥁 11:11pm
Erica:

Who eats Beef Stew for breakfast? Gross!
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Funky16Corners:

Obie Plenty and his family, apparently.
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coelacanth∅:

my mother made lasagna once, if i'm not mistaken. "too much work".
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northguineahills:

My favorite soul food place I loved as an undergrad closed weeks after I moved back here. Haven't found a suitable replacement since.

@chresti: I love SOS!
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Funky16Corners:

Though, to be perfectly honest, when I was a bachelor, I would eat all kinds of incongruous stuff for breakfast. I also worked late at night, so I was off kilter.
  11:14pm
Dean:

My mom's lasagna was wonderful, too. I now make a pretty remarkable one--just did this last weekend--and my 7YO will gobble it up.
Avatar 11:14pm
still b/p:

Take a morning dip!
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey, too
You can paddle all around 'em
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Franco Twinkie:

My mom is getting me back for all the horrible behavior that I subjected her involving food as a child....In the very same kitchen! Oh man, I could tell you stories.
  11:15pm
Dean:

Unlike my mom, I used to make my own pasta, too. But those days are mostly behind me. Can't manage it in the space we have and with the kids and kitty cat running around.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:17pm
Funky16Corners:

My Mom stopped cooking like that when we all moved out. I think we broke her. Now she concentrates on what crazy thing she's going to do to the sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving.
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Franco Twinkie:

Dean, do you go to that place on Forth St. behind behind Pete's for Ravioli?
  11:19pm
Dean:

That place, Franco, is no more. Cafe Rouge became something else and now it's the larger Tacubaya. Or do you mean the market there? No. Way too expensive, and anyway, my pasta is better. I'm fine with boxed stuff.
  11:19pm
Dean:

That Peet's, by the way, is where I did a serious amount of my reading for law school.
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coelacanth∅:

i'm very Thankful that my mother forced us to eat whatever she served - even though it wasn't by any intelligent upbringing decision she'd made.
the only exception to that is that i kept telling her eggplant made my mouth hurt but she made me eat it anyway.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
coelacanth∅:

... although it's in my nature enough that i probably would've grown up to be an adventurous eater anyway.
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Funky16Corners:

Man oh man...after my Mom went back to work and y father started cooking....good gravy. One of the most talented people I've ever known with no talent whatsoever for cooking
  11:23pm
Dean:

Funny, my mom did 98% of the cooking, which I obviously loved, but my dad used to do one or two things--an onion cucumber salad, scrambled eggs with bread, etc.--and those are what inspired me to start cooking on my own. Gender connection, obviously.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Funky16Corners:

We made hot dogs tonight, but we served them with our own homemade sauerkraut, so there's that.
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Franco Twinkie:

Dean do you ever go to Spengers for clam chowder?
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Erica:

We had hotdogs tonight too Larry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
coelacanth∅:

my father was a good cook; though he did tend to go overboard when he discovered something new. (like wine in soup)
  11:24pm
Dean:

Hot dogs with sauerkraut -- never mind hot dogs with *homemade* sauerkraut -- do not call for apology!

Spengers closed about a week ago. Berkeley is tanking. I've only been there for a martini.
  11:25pm
chresti:

My parents had the burl Ives version of big rock candy mountain
  11:26pm
Dean:

I have no doubt whatsoever that the Bay Area's much-touted food scene is hugely overblown. There is no question in my mind about the superiority of restaurants in the LA area. Up here cooking is all so precious. Down there -- with exceptions like Suzanne Goin -- you'll find hearty, well prepared food.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27pm
Franco Twinkie:

I love hot dogs and suaerkraut! I usually use a flour tortilla instead of a bun.
  11:28pm
Dean:

Just this week, I've spent an hour or two trying to find a respectable Italian restaurant in SF, no kidding. A rare species.
  11:28pm
chresti:

Me and my parents went to Peet’s on chestnut and shattuck-I think in the late seventies early eighties
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29pm
coelacanth∅:

my mom was, probably still is capable; but she really didn't care that much. when i was 17 she took a course in "chinese cooking" with our new downstairs neighbor. our tradition was we could have whatever we wanted for birthday dinners, and i'd become a vegetarian the year before. i said i want chinese food, and man! she did shine! what a spread - and what a party! all vegetarian; all delicious....like 15 different things they made.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:30pm
Funky16Corners:

@C - That sounds really good! BTW The sauerkraut was our first foray into pickling. We may move on to kimchi next.
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Franco Twinkie:

Goddamnit to hell, Dean. I am so sad about what you just said. Starting now, I hate Berkeley.
  11:30pm
Dean:

I suspect you mean Vine and Walnut, chresti, the original store. It's now operated by some remote investor totally independent of Al Peet's family. And, naturally, the coffee sucks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31pm
coelacanth∅:

i love sauerkraut and kim chi. sometimes i eat just brown rice with kim chi. mmm.
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Funky16Corners:

Kimchi is one of my favorite things. I've been to places that do kimchi fried rice.
  11:33pm
Dean:

Yep, Spenger's and Brennan's both recently and suddenly closed. Fun places, gone. On the upside, I not long ago returned to Cesar on Shattuck, next door to Chez Panisse, with low expectations. I hadn't been there for years, and my previous couple of experiences involved a dish I regard as among the top two or three I've ever had, "matrimonios," grilled anchovies on toasted bread with aioli. It remains spectacular. I could eat it for breakfast.
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northguineahills:

I have papaya kimchi in the fridge right now!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:34pm
Funky16Corners:

Ooooh that sounds delicious!
  11:35pm
Dean:

'nother top dish: Joachim Splichal's potato lasagna at the original Patina on Melrose.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
coelacanth∅:

it really does work with an array of foods.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37pm
northguineahills:

I was outside watering the garden and missed CSC Funk Band, a good friend of mine and WFMU Gig Talk lad is in that!
  11:37pm
Dean:

And still another memorable dish, a Porterhouse at Tanino in Westwood ten or fifteen years aog.
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Dean:

a-g-o
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chresti:

Walnut! That’s it
She’s a brick house in there
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still b/p:

I ate sauerkraut and Canadian bacon on a pizza in Iowa -- the house special at Happy Joe's -- in 1979. It was good. But I don't think I've eaten sauerkraut since. Nobody asked fgor my sauerkraut history, but...(find a sauerkraut song singer, NOW, coel!).
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Erica:

My brother would love to hang out with you guys. All HE talks about is food too. Haha! He eats more than I can.
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doctorjazz:

Here for the home stretch!
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Franco Twinkie:

Today I got lunch for my mom and myself at Northgate, a mexican supermarket that occupies the Thriftymart of my childhood. Man, what a place! Mole negro, chicken tinga, nopales, chile rellanos and home made tortillas. All wonderful, and my mom just complained. Payback time.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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chresti:

My mom loved chez pannise- she got into exploring restaurants to try when they moved up there
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Erica:

Hi docjazz! We were discussing food.
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Funky16Corners:

The fam and I were out in Lancaster, PA this past weekend and had some arepas that would change your life.
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coelacanth∅:

sb/p! uh...uh - frank Zappa?!
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Dean:

It's still a cozy space, chresti, but they added this weird orthogonal wing to the main space. My kid's orthodontist is half a block down the street, so I'm in the vicinity now and then. Good wine shop across the street in the old water services building.

Franco, I love Northgate! I visit the one in La Habra, near my mom. It's brand new, utterly amazing selection and prices.

Chez Panisse is resting on its laurels these days, much as so many new restaurants are devoting way more time to image than to food. It's sad.
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Dean:

^First paragraph above refers to Peet's at Walnut and Vine.
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northguineahills:

I'll eat anything pickled or fermented, including hakarl!
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coelacanth∅:

i not infrequently make a small meal of raw pecans and sauerkraut...for the record.
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coelacanth∅:

(maybe i should write a song about that)
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chresti:

My sauerkraut history is similar to my early hot dog history
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Dean:

For me, cabbage is a desert island food. If I could only have one, cabbage would be on the short list.
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coelacanth∅:

i love a veggie dog with sauerkraut and chipotlé mayo. i can't resist it sometimes! -with some swiss cheese melted on is even better.
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Funky16Corners:

Cabbage is one of the great underrated foods. We always make extra when we have corned beef because everyone loves it so much.
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Erica:

Since everyone is talking about their favorite foods, let me add that I love tacos, but I prefer them mild. Spicy gives me the runs. Just saying.
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Franco Twinkie:

Dean, I only went to that Patina once. It was an ex-girlfriends birthday. Although I knew the food was top tier, my heart wasn't into it. Why? beats me. I love throwing around money when it comes to food, but some times you just miss the mark.
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doctorjazz:

Food talk. ..
took my mother in law out for her 102nd birthday this weekend (I did post this elsewhere, apologies if you already read it). What food does she eat to keep going this long? Kosher Deli... Tongue sandwich, kishka (stuffed derma, French fries, a cardiologist nightmare).
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Funky16Corners:

MMmmmmmm, deli! Gimme all of the half sour pickles!
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coelacanth∅:

i like cabbage but i really really like other foods in the same (brassica) family...bok choy, broccoli, nappa. occasionally mustards and turnips and collards.
- (full circle) -
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doctorjazz:

Lox Stock And Deli, to be precise (great half sour pickes, BTW...)
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Franco Twinkie:

Dean, that water service building used to be East Bay Mud, where Chrestie's dad worked!
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doctorjazz:

Pretty good stuffed cabbage as well
  11:55pm
chresti:

I like raw cabbage with a little oil and vinegar-black pepper
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Funky16Corners:

@Doc - In East Brunswick?
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Dean:

I've been to Patina a few times, though not since Splichal sold his interest. I adore(d) the place.

A good deli is a treasure.

EBMUD?! I pay those sons of bitches every couple months.
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coelacanth∅:

i like raw cabbage in cole slaw...if it's good cole slaw - which is rare.
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doctorjazz:

Yup, great place, Larry!
  11:58pm
Dean:

I agree, coel, but I think cole slaw is generally good and sometimes exquisite.
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Funky16Corners:

@Doc - Before we had kids, and lived up in Middlesex County my wife and I used to go there all the time
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Franco Twinkie:

Thanks for the picnic, Larry.
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coelacanth∅:

there's a café where i live that occasionally has exquisite cole slaw. it's true though i'll take just okay cole slaw as well.
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chresti:

Thanks Larry! for the excellent feast !
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Erica:

The show is over and you're still talking about food. Haha! Goodnight y'all! And enjoy your cabbages, pickles and cole slaw while I get ready for bed.
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Funky16Corners:

My pleasure! Thanks for listening Franco!
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Funky16Corners:

Nite Chresti!
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doctorjazz:

Like my Cole slaw not too mayonnaise-y, more vinegary
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Dean:

Berkeley has a Lox, Stock & Bagel. Never been there.
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coelacanth∅:

i wonder if the 'stones tried to sue Rex for this "satisfaction" rif
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Funky16Corners:

I think the Stones would have been very busy chasing stuff like that down!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry! Great program always!
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Funky16Corners:

Nite C!
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doctorjazz:

1962...would've predated the Stones.
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coelacanth∅:

-and hopefully it would turn around and bite them if they dared!
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry!
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coelacanth∅:

oh, dr.j i was just going by the 1966 date.
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Funky16Corners:

Nite Doc!
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Funky16Corners:

1966 is correct.
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