Comments on: Bennigan’s: NEVER AGAIN!

By: John

John — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:03:07 +0000

I am in Virginia and apparently they are closed everywhere here now, no idea why.

But I read the article here and all I can say is I have never experienced anything like what this article says at my local place(s).

Food had always been fast and great and the staff was always quick.

Have a feeling the place you are describing in your town has a severe management problem.

By: Karin

Karin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:58:33 +0000

Tadpole gal – I didn’t know anyone else did that!? We ate those raw burger things when I was a kid in Cleveland. Old German tradition I’m told. But if I ever bring up ‘cannibal sandwiches’ I’m shunned.

By: Brynhildr

Brynhildr — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:35:17 +0000

To me, Teewurst and Mettwurst are very different things. I never eat either unless they are the original German product, not some bastardized American-made brand. I have standards for what I put in my mouth, dammit! Blutwurst? NEVER.

My mother smuggles BiFi sausage into the US. It’s a dried salami-like sausage, and she claims she hasn’t found anything as good or with the right flavor in the US. If she gets caught at the airport, the plan is to claim I don’t know her.

By: Lee Harvey Ramone

Lee Harvey Ramone — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:07:59 +0000

I, too, love the Mettwurst. My mom’s a German war-bride, and she turned me on to the joys of the Deutsche meat products. I loves me some Bluttwurst, too. The mettwurst here (usually sold under the name ‘teewurst’) isn’t nearly as good as what I’ve had over there, however. It may have to do with what types of meat processing are allowable (and not allowed) under USDA laws. Speaking of the USDA, I think that I am on some sort of meat-smuggling watch-list. It all started when I tried to smuggle in to the country some smoked Hungarian sausages in my luggage a few years back. They apparently entered my personal information into a database of some kind. Now, every time a re-enter the U.S. from a trip abroad, I have to submit to a detailed search of my baggage. Its always a USDA search; not customs. At least it didn’t get in the way of my obtaining a federal-contracting job this year: My background check came back OK.

I suppose that I don’t have the healthiest tastes in food, but reckon I’d rather die happy with some exotic cured meat on my breath than face-first in a Bennigan’s salad. Do you like how I strung this rant together with Jeff’s original topic?

By: AngryWhiteGuy

AngryWhiteGuy — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:07:07 +0000

100th!