Then you get really cranky, no doubt.

Understatement.

Not nice to be around?

Occasionally not. Messing with me sometimes is not a good idea.

Almost makes it sound worth the challenge.

How often have you seen a decently designed
car park? Or a decent-sized one at that?
Makes one wonder about architects in general.

You have to wonder about their sanity and sense of what really works.

As I've said, even the students at the bottom
of their architecture school class have to
find jobs someplace.

Grandpa found a bakery to buy.

Ah, baked goods in Jersey City. That would
make the place less malodorous.

This was the mid-1930s, so conditions were somewhat different.

Better? I've always been skeptical of that
part of New Jersey that is within sight of
Manhattan. Well, to tell the truth, all of
New Jersey.

Well, think about it. The Texas Roadhouse chain
is from Indiana.

I don't eat there either.

It's generally worthwhile for beefeaters.

I'd try it if there were one handy, but chains don't get me
interested in road trips.

This is a relatively benign chain.
Independent steakhouses these days are few
and far between and bizarrely overpriced.

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Title: Manhattan Clam Chowder
Categories: Soups, Shellfish
Servings: 8

1/4 c Finely cut-up lean salt 1 c Water
Pork or bacon, or margarine 1/3 c Chopped celery
Or butter 1 cn (16 oz.) whole tomatoes
1 sm Onion, finely chopped 2 ts Snipped parsley
(about 1/4 c.) 1 ts Salt
2 cn (8 oz. ea) minced or 1/4 ts Dried thyme leaves
Whole clams* 1/8 ts Pepper
2 c Finely chopped potatoes

Cook and stir salt pork and onion in large kettle until pork is crisp and
onion is tender. Drain clams, reserving liquid. Add clam liquid,
potatoes, water and celery to pork and onion. Cook until potatoes are
tender, about 10 minutes. Add clams, tomatoes (with liquid) and the
remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. Serve with
assorted crackers if desired. *1 pint shucked fresh clams with liquid can
be substituted for the canned clams. Chop clams and add with the
potatoes.
Variation--- *Vegetable-Clam Chowder* Add 2 T. finely chopped green
pepper
with the onion. Add 1 small carrot, finely chopped (about 1/4 c.) and
1/2
c. green peas with the potatoes. Add broken soda crackers and 1 T.
margarine or butter just before serving. Source unknown

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Then you get really cranky, no doubt.

Understatement.

Not nice to be around?

Occasionally not. Messing with me sometimes is not a good idea.

Almost makes it sound worth the challenge.

Probably not wise. Messing with me also pulls in my sister, and
nobody in their right minds wants that. Especially me.

Makes one wonder about architects in general.

You have to wonder about their sanity and sense of what really

works.

As I've said, even the students at the bottom
of their architecture school class have to
find jobs someplace.

And then you have people who buy 'design something' software ... and
proceed to confusion.

Grandpa found a bakery to buy.

Ah, baked goods in Jersey City. That would
make the place less malodorous.

This was the mid-1930s, so conditions were somewhat different.

Better? I've always been skeptical of that
part of New Jersey that is within sight of
Manhattan. Well, to tell the truth, all of
New Jersey.

At the time yes. Newark was a nice working class area about 20 years
before that. Some of those areas are now gentrifying as people are
escaping Manhattan rents.

Well, think about it. The Texas Roadhouse chain
is from Indiana.

I don't eat there either.

It's generally worthwhile for beefeaters.

I'd try it if there were one handy, but chains don't get me
interested in road trips.

This is a relatively benign chain.
Independent steakhouses these days are few
and far between and bizarrely overpriced.

I tend not to eat steak out. Saves grief. And my wallet.

Title: Manhattan Clam Chowder

Ewww. Clam soup with tomatoes. What did the poor clams ever do to
you?
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