We’re mystified by the fascination
We’re mystified by the fascination that Bill Knapp’s seems to hold for readers of The Ann Arbor News “Connection.” Every week, someone seems to write in asking for a Bill Knapp’s recipe. The meme is so pervasive that in this week’s column (headlined “Great salmon patty recipe hooks reader”) a reader seeks a recipe for Bill Knapp’s “Chicken Tortilla or Tortellini soup” that turns out not even to be from Bill Knapp’s.
And can anyone tell us why a newspaper in a town where you can’t even get parking at Whole Foods gets so many requests for recipes that involve graham crackers or dry soup mix?
Bill Knapp's evokes memories of comfort foods.
People stopped going to their eateries as they had become filthy holes with self-centered servers. They never stopped craving the biscuits, au gratin potatoes, chocolate cake, vegetable or bean soups, or the kiddie menu's Elephant or Giraffe.
Those of us who still know our way around a kitchen would like to know how to pass this legacy of fat laden fare to our grandchildren.
I'd guess that this might be a good place to seek out fellow humans with enough cranial power to have mastered the recipes used to create the dishes they used to crank out without having to deal with morons who can do no more than open a cake mix box and say that 'it's just like BK's!'
What's the matter? You don't have a favorite food from a favorite place to eat???
posted by Plinka Dinka on November 3rd, 2003 at 12:32 pm