09.28.08
You can run ……
As many people know, the food at the Fair and Expo Center goes under the “Mean Al’s” umbrella. I like to take a moment and share a couple of our tag lines with you beginning with: “Mean Al’s You Can Run But You Can’t Hide!” Our special thanks to Susan Grantham for this piece of genius. People often ask “you can run but you can’t hide? what does that mean?” It actually means something different to each person who tastes it. I like to think that I am actually not that Mean, but as my wife says I make some pretty “mean” chili, sandwiches, etc. You can’t hide from th taste of our food. We don’t believe in put a little of this or a little piece of that in a recipe. Understated background flavors and a hint of this or that can add layers of taste and flavor, but most of our food is upfront, bold, and in your face. You don’t have to guess if there are onions, peppers, and tomatoes, in the chili. You see them and taste them right from the start. So you can try to run from the flavor, but you can’t hide from the experience.
Another saying we have is our coffee is “as strong as an ox on a moon lit night.” We don’t mess around, you’ll know you are drinking coffee and not just water with a hint of brown color to it! If you have ever seen an ox on a moon-lit night, muscles bulging, breath billowing up into the cool night air, you just know you have seen something special. One taste of our coffee and you’ll know you have a cup of joe and not wonder if we use the same grounds all day long. Plus with our special brew by the cup system the coffee is always fresh and not bitter from sitting around for too long.
Finally, for now, we like to say the taste of our chili is “knee deep to an armadillo” I must confess I think I had one or two or even three too many glasses of small batch bourbon before coming up with that one. After all armadillos don’t have really long legs, so its not like we are saying that the the taste of the chili is deep or goes on and on. I may have to have a few more sips of Kentucky Whiskey to see if the original meaning comes back to me. For now, though, I like the way “knee deep to an armadillo” sounds so it will stay. If you tell me what it might mean let me know before I head back out to the liquor store!
Even I can run, but I can’t hide!!
