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And You Were Worried About Bad Tomatoes!

The picture to the left is of an article in our own local newspaper from just a week or so ago.  In case you can't read it, it says that someone stuffed a chicken with a pipe bomb and left it by the side of the road in Simsbury Connecticut.  Seems that an Al Qaeda cell is active (if incompetent) in the northeast.  The snippet goes on to say that the I.E.D. (improvised explosive dinner) was detonated by the bomb squad and "Nobody was injured."  I assume they mean besides the chicken.

I just want all our friends and fine customers to know that you have my PERSONAL guarantee that Running Rooster proudly only serves pipe-bomb-free chicken.  I think it's bad enough with the price of gas these days without having to worry about a flying drumstick impaling your whitewalls.

Saddle Horse Parade is Today

One of my favorite local events, the annual downtown Saddle Horse Parade which precedes our county Rodeo every year, is tonight, right down main street in front of Running Rooster.  That makes the double-R prime viewing territory.  In fact, since we are near the beginning of the parade, you can see the Queen and her princesses before their hair and makeup start to wilt in the heat.

It also means that we'll be serving a limited menu tonight (as we will during the Rally weekends).  Burgers, Ribs, Hot Dogs, Pulled Pork, our Turkey Sandwich, and the Chicken Apple Walnut Salad will be your only choices tonight (along with the usual drinks, etc.)  This allows us to serve more people more quickly.  Tomorrow, we'll be back to the regular menu until the 4th of July weekend.

Changes for the Rally

The annual Independence Day Rally is, curiously enough, NOT on Independence Day this year.  I haven't met anyone yet who can tell me the real reason why, but no matter.  We expect at least something of a biker crowd the weekend of the 4th and, of course, a much larger crowd the following weekend when the actual Rally hits.  What this means is we'll be converting our operation to Rally format starting the weekend of the 4th, with a reduced menu (same as for tonight's parade:  Burgers, Ribs, Hot Dogs, Pulled Pork, our Turkey Sandwich, and the Chicken Apple Walnut Salad).  That menu will be in effect all week, and then for the rally itself, we'll drop the Turkey Sandwich and the Salad and have just the Burgers, Pulled Pork, and Ribs.  Just wanted to give our local customers a heads-up on this.

Last year, we served almost 1000 burgers on Saturday morning alone, so you can see why we have to simplify the menu and change our setup to serve that many people in that amount of time.  If you want to come see us, great.  If you want to come help, even better.  If you want to skip the whole mess until the crowds leave, I understand.  See ya when we see ya, as they say.

Blatant Band-Wagon Jumping

I've always been a guy who believes in environmental stewardship and protecting the land from rampant exploitation (odd position for a political conservative, I admit).  So the sudden "greening" of big American businesses has struck me as just as cynical and exploitative as anything else done in the name of shareholder value.  But I guess I should be grateful that going green has suddenly become a marketing bonus.  Whatever it takes.  However, one happy side-effect I've just discovered is that greener packaging materials are falling in price so that regular little businesses like ours can start using them, and so we are switching our purchasing.

You've probably noticed that the hamburger to-go boxes are different.  That's because instead of being made from "still will be in the landfill 10,000 years from now" polystyrene, these new ones are made from biodegradable sugar cane leftovers.  The little left-over containers will be swapped out as well, and we are converting the clear salad containers to a product made from corn oil, also biodegradable.

I believe most of this new packaging will perform fine, but let me know if you have problems with it.  Actually this is a bandwagon I'm happy to jump on.

Surf's Up!

I've re-installed the Wi-Fi router in the Rooster and it seems to work ok for people so I'm letting you all know that you can bring your laptop to the restaurant and surf to your heart's content.  You won't need a special account or anything like at many public access points.  It's an unsecured access point so just boot up and go. 

Thanks, hope to see you in the Rooster.

    - Jim (The Cook)
 

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