About Clem's

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Well, the weekend before last, when I was supposed to go to the Blobfest, but didn't because I couldn't find anyone to go with me :-(, I decided to drive out to Clem's for Q and then up to Kitanning for gelato at Mulberry St. Creamery.

I was somewhat disappointed in my meal at Clem's.
Their meat was great, as always, but I ordered
a pulled pork sandwich and it was very skimpy on
the meat.  If they don't want to give you enough
meat to fill the bun then they should use smaller
buns!  Or just put in more meat and charge more.
I could barely taste the meat, all I could taste
was bread.  And sauce.  I don't like them to put
the sauce on for me because lots of places smother the meat with too much sauce.  I like to be able to actually taste the meat!  I'll have to make sure to ask for my sauce on the side next time.

I've been there before several times but always
had the ribs or chicken.  I've learned my lesson
about the sandwiches.  Also, besides too much
bread and not enough meat I didn't care for the
type of roll they used.  It was one of those
chewy french-style breads that make it hard to
get a bite without squeezing everything out the
other end and the sides, etc.  I'd rather have
a good, old-fashioned soft hamburger-style bun
that is easier to eat.

The other thing was the garlic mashed potatoes.
Don't get them - they really sucked.  This was
the first time I tried them and was sorry.  No
garlic taste to speak of and just nasty in general.

My other complaint about Clem's is that they have
the evil Pepsi instead of the true blue all-American Coke.

Other than that I love Clem's.  Next time I'll
remember to take my own Coke and just get meat
with sauce on the side.

Now for the Mulberry St. Creamery.  These people
make an excellent product.  I just wish they'd
make more plain and simple flavors than all the
fancy ones with chunks of crap in them.  I really
hate chunks of dough-like substance or nuts in
my iced cream.

So the first thing I saw when I walked in was the
Key Lime flavor which sounds really yummy as it
was a sort of "key lime" kinda day.  Well, as
luck would have it (they really should call it
"Key Lime Pie"), it had chunks of graham cracker
crust in it.  Blecch!  I ended up with mulberry
chocolate chip and tropical fruit flavors.  Very
good but I really would have liked the Key Lime
without the chunks.

I put 120 miles on the car with that little
food quest.  But it was worth it.

Kate
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Rob:

Thought you might enjoy this . . .

Ron

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