Gumbo Rescue

Restaurant workers save an elederly man's life when he fails to show up for his daily cup of gumbo. 

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What's Cooking? Plenty!

Pour yourself a beverage, sit back, and take your mind off the state of the world for a while with these fascinating videos.  WARNING:  May cause acute hunger pangs in sensitve individuals.  And everyone else.

1. Short Order Cookery (1973) - This vocational training film shows how one man can cook everything, all at the same time.  Who knew that griddles had different heating sections?

2. Give Your Eggs a Break (1966) - Another vocational film, with some comedy relief thrown in.

3. Spider (197x) - Kenneth Osgood, a former Golden Gloves boxer, was a phenomenal short-order cook at a diner in New Hampshire. When you watch this film, you'll understand how he got the nickname of "Spider."

4. New Jersey's Busiest Diner (2021) - A look behind the scenes at a ginormous diner with 125 staff in the kitchen, serving 15,000 meals a week.  I know M.P. will love the mountain of disco fries, an old favorite of his - I like them too.  We also love chicken and waffles, a Southern treat that goes back at least to the 1920s.

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Carl Hardee Sr. Returns

Your Head Trucker has never heard of Carls Jr. - I don't think they have those joints in this part of the world - okay, I stand corrected by M. P., who says there's one right down the road here - but Daddy is my kind of guy. I tell you what.

What A Concept: Table Manners

Your Head Trucker had the pleasure of eating at the celebrated
Antoine's once in New Orleans, and highly recommends it.

This 1960 educational film is like an archaeological discovery, preserving a memory of the etiquette of fine dining long since swept away, in all but a few places, by fifty years of social changes. Some points will make my truckbuddies smile, no doubt. Mainly it just makes me hungry for some really good food, like that found on the menu. However it strikes you, enjoy.