One of the last things Kathleen and I did on our trip delivering her out west was to go to one of Bakersfield's Basque restaurants, Wool Growers. Basque restaurants serve "family style" and two of you can order one entree and one without for a few dollars less and share. We were among the first seated on this evening's meal service so we could not see what the rest of the dining room was ordering. Being really unfamiliar with the details, we both ordered an entree. Kathleen the roast lamb and I, the oxtail stew.
We sipped our cocktails and watched as large groups of extended families came in and sat at long tables. Soon we were served an assortment of dishes,
A big pot of cabbage soup, a bowl of beans, a slightly piquant tomato "salsa," a bowl of rice pilaf, corn shucked fresh off the cob, a platter of spaghetti with meat sauce, a tomato salad, bread, butter and last but not least...
...a platter of sliced pickled beef tongue.
All of this is prior to the arrival of our entrees.
Here is my Oxtail Stew...
Fantastic!
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