Comments for Brockles Restaurant and Special Dressing http://brockles.wordpress.com Remembering my Brockles Family, Restaurant, and Dressing Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on About me by Tim Pollard http://brockles.wordpress.com/about/#comment-705 Tim Pollard Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:03:45 +0000 #comment-705 Jimmy - I graduated from Woodrow in '66 ( same year as Chester and I guess a year after Billy ). I had forgotten the Ellis boys were in the Brockles Family Tree (long time and lots of water under the bridge). I got a hankering for some "B.S.D." and wondered it it was still available. Sadly, it is not but I will try to make some per your recipe. I will send you my dad's Ferris' Barbeque Sauce recipe - I have to go find it first . . . GREAT WEB SITE ! Jimmy -

I graduated from Woodrow in ‘66 ( same year as Chester and I guess a year after Billy ). I had forgotten the Ellis boys were in the Brockles Family Tree (long time and lots of water under the bridge). I got a hankering for some “B.S.D.” and wondered it it was still available. Sadly, it is not but I will try to make some per your recipe. I will send you my dad’s Ferris’ Barbeque Sauce recipe – I have to go find it first . . . GREAT WEB SITE !

]]> Comment on The Early Years by Tim Pollard http://brockles.wordpress.com/the-early-years/#comment-704 Tim Pollard Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:53:10 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/the-early-years/#comment-704 I went to school (Robert E. Lee and later) with Maria Brockles. I'd enjoy catching up with some of the old crew. My dad owned several restaurants (Ferris' BBQ) in Dallas but we liked to go out to eat at Brockles. I could sit down with a box of Ritz crackers and eat a whole jar of Brockles Special Dressing. To Mike Ellis - if you get this = Big Hello ! Tim I went to school (Robert E. Lee and later) with Maria Brockles. I’d enjoy catching up with some of the old crew. My dad owned several restaurants (Ferris’ BBQ) in Dallas but we liked to go out to eat at Brockles. I could sit down with a box of Ritz crackers and eat a whole jar of Brockles Special Dressing.

To Mike Ellis – if you get this = Big Hello ! Tim

]]> Comment on Front Page by Jim http://brockles.wordpress.com#comment-702 Jim Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:22:36 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/main/#comment-702 Dub. A bit more paprika will make it a bit bolder in color. It's up to you. I just use regular paprika. The thickness of this homemade recipe is just like the original as I remember it. Yes, it was used on salads also. Some simply spoon it onto a wedge, others a regular lettuce and tomato dinner salad. Some have asked about thinning it. I don't. But on occasion my mother used to thin it with a little buttermilk -- I think merely to make it go further. Dub. A bit more paprika will make it a bit bolder in color. It’s up to you. I just use regular paprika. The thickness of this homemade recipe is just like the original as I remember it. Yes, it was used on salads also. Some simply spoon it onto a wedge, others a regular lettuce and tomato dinner salad.

Some have asked about thinning it. I don’t. But on occasion my mother used to thin it with a little buttermilk — I think merely to make it go further.

]]> Comment on Front Page by Dub Fields http://brockles.wordpress.com#comment-701 Dub Fields Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:19:03 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/main/#comment-701 Jim, I made up a batch and I added the maximum of what you advised, ie 1 1/2 T garlic powder, etc. It is delicious! Two questions-- I remember it, as a boy being more orange, or thousand island looking. Am I incorrect? I also remember using it on crackers, as other have said, but it was supposed to go on a salad, was it not? It is very thick, but tasty. I used a spicy paprika that gave a little kick to it. Your comments? Regards! Dub Fields Jim, I made up a batch and I added the maximum of what you advised, ie 1 1/2 T garlic powder, etc. It is delicious! Two questions– I remember it, as a boy being more orange, or thousand island looking. Am I incorrect?
I also remember using it on crackers, as other have said, but it was supposed to go on a salad, was it not? It is very thick, but tasty. I used a spicy paprika that gave a little kick to it. Your comments? Regards!
Dub Fields

]]> Comment on Special Dressing Recipe by steve mc http://brockles.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/special-dressing-recipe/#comment-700 steve mc Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:43:15 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-700 My daughter just made me another quart of this stuff - and I tried it on some lettuce - the last time I had Brockles on anything other than crackers was back in the 1950s - If I remember correctly, the restaurant didn't really put it on a 'salad,' but just on a wedge of lettuce with a cherry tomato on the side? Anyway, it was outstanding! Now my son, in his 20s, is addicted to Brockles - and so a new generation of Brocklophiles emerges! My daughter just made me another quart of this stuff – and I tried it on some lettuce – the last time I had Brockles on anything other than crackers was back in the 1950s – If I remember correctly, the restaurant didn’t really put it on a ’salad,’ but just on a wedge of lettuce with a cherry tomato on the side? Anyway, it was outstanding! Now my son, in his 20s, is addicted to Brockles – and so a new generation of Brocklophiles emerges!

]]> Comment on Special Dressing Recipe by pete http://brockles.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/special-dressing-recipe/#comment-699 pete Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:08 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-699 Jim, I just found a jar of this in my fridge. Thanks Pete Jim,
I just found a jar of this in my fridge. Thanks
Pete

]]> Comment on Special Dressing Recipe by Jim http://brockles.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/special-dressing-recipe/#comment-698 Jim Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:32 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-698 Thanks, Mike. Hellman's is ideal too. :-) Thanks, Mike. Hellman’s is ideal too. :-)

]]> Comment on Special Dressing Recipe by Mike Thomasson http://brockles.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/special-dressing-recipe/#comment-697 Mike Thomasson Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:57:07 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-697 I just made my second batch and learned something I'll pass on. Use GOOD QUALITY mayo! First time I used Kraft and it was wonderful, but this time I used a retail store brand (yes, mayo.) and I can tell the difference. Still so close to my memory of the original as to be scarry, but something a little off from the first time. Used the store brand because they didn't have Kraft in the traditional round quart jar. Mike I just made my second batch and learned something I’ll pass on. Use GOOD QUALITY mayo! First time I used Kraft and it was wonderful, but this time I used a retail store brand (yes, mayo.) and I can tell the difference.

Still so close to my memory of the original as to be scarry, but something a little off from the first time. Used the store brand because they didn’t have Kraft in the traditional round quart jar.

Mike

]]> Comment on Front Page by Jim http://brockles.wordpress.com#comment-696 Jim Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:06:52 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/main/#comment-696 Thanks for the comments, Dub. Glad you found our website. Click the Label in the right sidebar and it will take you to the recipe. Thanks for the comments, Dub. Glad you found our website. Click the Label in the right sidebar and it will take you to the recipe.

]]> Comment on Front Page by Dub Fields http://brockles.wordpress.com#comment-695 Dub Fields Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:39:19 +0000 http://brockles.wordpress.com/main/#comment-695 Jim, I was a small boy during WWII. My mother and our family would come to Brockles to eat. I was so impressed with the dressing, the waitresses, the round windows, etc. I used to think it looked like a ship with the windows. I do remember there used to be Brockles's Jr. on Interstate 20 as we drove to Kilgore, TX. I now live in Minnesota, but the dressing is something I have talked about for years. Evidently, from the above conversations, you have released the recipe. Where can I find it? Regards, Dub Fields Jim, I was a small boy during WWII. My mother and our family would come to Brockles to eat. I was so impressed with the dressing, the waitresses, the round windows, etc. I used to think it looked like a ship with the windows.

I do remember there used to be Brockles’s Jr. on Interstate 20 as we drove to Kilgore, TX.

I now live in Minnesota, but the dressing is something I have talked about for years. Evidently, from the above conversations, you have released the recipe. Where can I find it? Regards, Dub Fields

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