Cranky Greg's View

Mama's Pizza

One of the many things that Cranky Greg misses about Texas is Mama's Pizza.

Cilantro Hell

Cranky Greg hates cilantro, that repugnant, vile weed that is so popular in many of today's dishes.

Cranky Greg would rather eat worms than eat cilantro.  Cranky Greg remembers the good old days when he hardly ever ran across cilantro, and then about 10 years ago, it became the "in" weed to throw in every dish imaginable, and Cranky Greg has been cranky ever since.

Cranky Greg recently discovered that his mother and her sister, CG's aunt, feel the same way about this Shit Weed from Hell.  He recently read an article in the Wall Street Journal about cilantro-haters.

That caused Cranky Greg to do some more web-surfing looking into this most important culinary issue.

Cranky Greg and some members of his family aren't the only ones who hate cilantro.  Here's a blog - I Hate Cilantro - that documents what CG has been feeling for a decade.  What an awesome website documenting this culinary crime!!

Hating cilantro in today's world is really a pain in the ass.  Salsa that is ordinarily good is found to be contaminated with The Devil's Weed.  Trying to pick it out doesn't work.  Getting other Mexican Food laced with this poisonous herb is frustrating.

Cranky Greg once made the mistake of asking for a dish "with no cilantro, please."  The waitress looked at Cranky Greg like he was Phil Spector or something.

"We can't take out the cilantro, man!  It's in EVERYTHING!"

No kidding.

Bacon Whiz

A few years after WWII ended, a young man working in a small restaurant in Sweden developed a new way to process bacon. By precooking it and blending it in a special way, he was able to make a fully cooked 100% bacon paste that could be squeezed from a tube.

Get it while the gettin's good.

Texas Food

Cranky Greg has a hankerin' for some Texas chicken fried steak!

He sure won't find any out here in California.  Some restaurants out here in California call fried meat chicken fried steak, but it's not.

There might be some to be found around Bakersfield.

Cranky Greg might do him some cookin' soon.

Cranky Greg is a Dumb, Stupid, Californian and Arnold is Just Another Stupid Politician

Apparently, Cranky Greg, and his fellow California citizens, are just a bunch of dumb people and they need government to take care of them, because they can't make wise choices for themselves.

Today, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed a law banning restaurants from using trans fats in their foods.

It seems that Arnold and his cronies in Sacramento want to plan menus for their constituents.  They don't believe that Californians are capable of making their own decisions concerning what they eat.

Well Cranky Greg wants to know about Arnold's cigars!  Cranky Greg is cranky because this is a stupid law signed by a governor who smokes cigars, which have been linked to lung cancer and mouth cancer and Monica Lewinsky!

Nanny State gets bigger and bigger and bigger.

Arnold has fallen head over heels in love with the environmentalist wackos and global warming and now trans fats.  And Cranky Greg will betcha a doughnut and a cigar that cell phones are next on The Terminator's List!

It's about time that Arnold goes back to Hollywood.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is Just Another Stupid Politician.

And Cranky Greg is just another stupid Californian who needs Mama Sacto to choose his food.

Mama's Pizza

According to this story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Mama's Pizza is back in Fort Worth!

Mama's Pizza is the best pizza on Earth.  It's better than pizza from New York, and Cranky Greg should know because is a pizza expert.  Cranky is the world's foremost pizza expert, as a matter of fact.

Anyway, Mama's Pizza used to have a restaurant on Rosedale in Fort Worth across from Texas Wesleyan University.  They then had various locations in Fort Worth including Camp Bowie, Berry Street and one near UT-Arlington on Cooper in Arlington and one on Green Oaks in Sourth Arlington.  Anyway, they all started shutting down and the son of the original owner, Chris Farkas, died a few years ago.

One of the things Cranky Greg misses about Texas is Mama's Pizza.  The next time Cranky visits Texas, you'll know where to find him!

The Best Pizza

New York's best pizza.

Cranky Greg's favorite food!

P.S.  When in Boston, check out Santarpio's Pizza.  Awesome.

In Fort Worth, gotta check out Cranky Greg's all-time favorite, Mama's Pizza.

CG also likes salami pizza at Campisi's in Dallas.

Ice Cream

Ice cream in a bag?

Cranky Greg may try this out!