We have a pond in the back, a pond and a pool…the pond would be good for you!
So, I've lived in Des Moines for a Week...
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We had BAH, but it closed shortly after our party dined there. It was delicious but I feel like we were the reason they shut down. An all you can eat Brazilian steakhouse seems like a terrible business model with how much we ate relative to what we paid.
Give me an Iowa chop over steak every time. Glad you liked it!
It is one of life's simple pleasures, for sure! I grew up eating those thin pork chops, usually fried. One of the few traditional southern cooking things that I really like. However, once I had an Iowa Chop (on my first visit to Iowa in 1987), I realized the error of my ways. Just a different world of pork!
Move forward to yesterday. I had the day off, so I was just putzing around the house doing this and that. My wife said she was heading to Hy-Vee and asked if I wanted anything. At first, I asked her to pick me up a nice steak from the butcher counter. Then, for some reason, as she was walking out the door, I asked her to pick me up an Iowa Chop instead.
So, she brought it home, I seasoned it up, cooked it in the oven, popped open a can of pork and beans (goes great with an Iowa Chop!) and had a mighty fine meal for under $6.
Just hit me right yesterday about how easy and so damn good an Iowa Chop can be on a lazy Friday! Life in Iowa is good.
fyi: I totally agree that it is better than a steak, and I LOVE me all kinds of steak!
Viva Des Moines!
What is wrong with you you!? Iowa beef is unparalleled. Only time pork beats beef is barbecue IMO. I still choose beef ribs though.
And so it continues!
I went to my first Des Moines Oktoberfest this evening.
4 beers later, and I still love living in Des Moines!
Saw a Baylor fan (who came from Waco) and told him this was the first cold day of the season. LOL.
Let's Go State!
Beat the Bears!
I need another beer ticket....
I went to my first Des Moines Oktoberfest this evening.
4 beers later, and I still love living in Des Moines!
Saw a Baylor fan (who came from Waco) and told him this was the first cold day of the season. LOL.
Let's Go State!
Beat the Bears!
I need another beer ticket....
I found a new restaurant last night.
Tumea and Sons (Italian),
A hidden gem.
Tumea and Sons (Italian),
A hidden gem.
I like showing up at Tumea and Sons and having to wait for a seat. You order a glass of house red to bide your time and the bartender pours you half a liter. Have two and you are well on your way for like $10.
No offense but Tumeas is not really hidden. It is a gem though. It’s always busy and ver well known.
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