[nutmeg]

So... what you YOU think? :-)

[ErnBatavia]

So... what you YOU think? :-)

What I think is that Italian food is the biggest consumer ripoff in the food industry (of which I've been a part for 35 years) - think about the "food cost-charge" ratio; is twelve cents worth of noodles, gooped with cheese/tomato sauce worth $12.95?

No....this is why there are so many Italian restaurants; plain and simple.

[StarFan]

....while someone, in that thick, unmistakable New York Italian accent, says that the food tastes as good as mamma's. (In real life, mamma would drop dead at such a comparison).

That says it all nutmeg. I've always lived by my mother's rule which was to eat everything on my plate UNTIL I once ate at the Olive Garden. In a word DISGUSTING!