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Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« on: August 12, 2010, 03:59:59 pm »
Today it was Sally's Cafe in Sundown, TX.  The green chile cheeseburger may be the best burger I've ever had.  Yes, I'm serious. 
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2010, 04:07:19 pm »
Not exactly an oil patch, but I ate at Father's Office here in LA a few days ago.  Maybe the best "gourmet" burger I've ever had.  And easily the best fries I've ever had.  Plus they have several dozen craft brews on tap, so the whole experience was a win.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 04:15:34 pm »
Quote from: Ebby Calvin on August 12, 2010, 04:07:19 pm
Not exactly an oil patch, but I ate at Father's Office here in LA a few days ago.  Maybe the best "gourmet" burger I've ever had.  And easily the best fries I've ever had.  Plus they have several dozen craft brews on tap, so the whole experience was a win.

In the BP oil patch, I had a shrimp PoBoy at Steamboat Bills in Lake Charles.  It was outstanding. 

And if the call what I saw on the beach (Gulf Shores) OIL, then they never visited Galveston in the 70's/80's.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 04:37:26 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 12, 2010, 03:59:59 pm
Today it was Sally's Cafe in Sundown, TX.  The green chile cheeseburger may be the best burger I've ever had.  Yes, I'm serious. 

Is it a chile on top, or is it diced and mixed in with the burger?
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2010, 05:09:44 pm »
Quote from: austro on August 12, 2010, 04:37:26 pm
Is it a chile on top, or is it diced and mixed in with the burger?

Diced on top. 
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2010, 08:38:12 pm »
Quote from: Astroholic on August 12, 2010, 04:15:34 pm
In the BP oil patch, I had a shrimp PoBoy at Steamboat Bills in Lake Charles.  It was outstanding. 

And if the call what I saw on the beach (Gulf Shores) OIL, then they never visited Galveston in the 70's/80's.

I heard some radio segment that said that the oil that was on Galveston Beach in the late 70's/80's was also from an oil spill.  I always thought it was natural when I was a kid.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2010, 09:03:33 pm »
Quote from: Gizzmonic on August 13, 2010, 08:38:12 pm
I heard some radio segment that said that the oil that was on Galveston Beach in the late 70's/80's was also from an oil spill.  I always thought it was natural when I was a kid.

I remember an oil spill from a tanker in about 1980 that made a fucking mess of the beaches for a good while.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2010, 09:05:45 pm »
Quote from: chuck on August 13, 2010, 09:03:33 pm
I remember an oil spill from a tanker in about 1980 that made a fucking mess of the beaches for a good while.

There was something earlier than that, because I remember dodging tarballs in '78 or '79.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2010, 09:14:36 pm »
Quote from: austro on August 13, 2010, 09:05:45 pm
There was something earlier than that, because I remember dodging tarballs in '78 or '79.

This is what I'm remembering:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmah_Agate
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2010, 10:36:25 pm »
Quote from: austro on August 13, 2010, 09:05:45 pm
There was something earlier than that, because I remember dodging tarballs in '78 or '79.

There was also this in 1979.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2010, 08:56:21 am »
Quote from: chuck on August 13, 2010, 09:14:36 pm
This is what I'm remembering:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmah_Agate

I wonder what the freighter Mimosa was carrying.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2010, 11:01:51 am »
Quote from: Arky Vaughan on August 14, 2010, 08:56:21 am
I wonder what the freighter Mimosa was carrying.

I do too. I can't find anything that addresses what their cargo might have been but in looking at the pictures it looks like the Mimosa was a bulk carrier and not, say, a container carrier. So given the fact that it was leaving Houston I'd guess either grain or cement.
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Re: Another edition of "Eatin' in the oil patch"...
« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2010, 11:30:24 am »
Quote from: Arky Vaughan on August 14, 2010, 08:56:21 am
I wonder what the freighter Mimosa was carrying.

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