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cilla4progress

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10. Yep, we used to put parsley and a slice of FRESH apple

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 11:53 AM

Dec 2018

on each plate. I'm over here in apple country, so...

I prided myself in my plating.

We also tossed the house salad tableside!

That's why it irks me to have different people take the order and bring the food. Each of my tables was my own little domain for the 1 1/2 hour or so they were seated in my section. I was an independent entrepreneur, my tips relied on how I did. I paid my busser a percentage; always rewarding good work!

We had paid vacation and health insurance!

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You know what I miss? Steak served with parsley and a slice of cinnamon apple. [View all] Aristus Dec 2018 OP

Make that a pork chop and I'm with you nt Xipe Totec Dec 2018 #1

That was my first thought. Dave Starsky Dec 2018 #7

I used to waitress in some of those old cilla4progress Dec 2018 #2

Cool! Aristus Dec 2018 #3

Yep, we used to put parsley and a slice of FRESH apple cilla4progress Dec 2018 #10

Honestly ... NanceGreggs Dec 2018 #4

Yeah. It was pretty common in the steakhouses I was taken to as a kid in the 70's. Aristus Dec 2018 #5

Me either, but it sounds good. dameatball Dec 2018 #6

Ah, yes. There were quite a few that did... WePurrsevere Dec 2018 #8

You used to be able to buy those spiced apple rings in the sinkingfeeling Dec 2018 #9