Then we headed over to the cafeteria line. The special was gizzards or something gross, so I went with a vegetable plate: mashed potatoes, macaroni, green beans, and a square of cornbread. There was a new lady working the veggie section. A veteran worker came over and gave her a hard time. She slapped her hands, changed all of her spoons around, and yelled at her to hurry up. It was an awful thing to have to witness. I'm thinking of starting a change.org petition to correct the workplace mistreatment of this lady. And she was old, which made it that much worse! Then I got yelled at by another lady to lay my soda bottle down flat on the tray. I thought it was a really weird request, but in the end I decided it was a pretty good idea.
I headed back to the gigantic seating area where I had my pick of tables and chairs. We got a prime window seat and began to eat, eat, eat. The macaroni was good (although probably on par with our recipe from Andrew). I like my dad's mashed potatoes better and the green beans were nothing special. After all the hype I thought it was going to be so amazing! But I guess you're bound to be disappointed when you build things up too much and for too long. So the result? I'm still on the hunt for the perfect soul food restaurant, although Sweetie Pie's was a nice, somewhat terrifying experience.
- Megan Leigh
4 comments:
I wish we would have gone a day they had a bunch of the good main courses. neck bone day was not a great day to go! I do love the mac and cheese. Who is Andrew and what is his recipe? I want to make it if it tastes like Sweetie Pies with that crust on top!
The yelling at customers makes me laugh every time I go. It is like the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld. I wonder if that poor woman made it through the day scooping veggies?!?!
Ask mom for the recipe. To get the top like that I think you'd just have to broil it. Never got to try it out because our broiler has been broken for a decade.
Poor veggie lady! Why are they so mean?
Oprah was at Sweetie Pies this weekend. I bet they didn't holler at her. Megan's soda bottle being laid flat was actually a good suggestion though. It made it easier to carry the tray and balance it. The poor veggie server... the hand slapping was so awful. They weren't filming that day... I wonder if that girl would have done that on camera.
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