And those hives hurt like hell!

We have so many chinese restaurant around here - one has been fined because of all the pigoen feathers on the premises - yes - they catch them and serve them. another hit a deer with his car and dragged this dead bloody thing right through the restaurant while the customers were eating. another was caught delivering cats to a restaurant - and not for rat control. You never see a rat near a chinese restaurant either. I'll stop there - the stories get worse.

make it homemade and make it safe to eat!

You're right about being thirsty when getting too much Salt Janie. I usually only drink 6 - 8 oz of anything during a meal but at our favorite Mexican restuarant drinks are served in 16 oz glasses (mine is water with lemon) and I drink the whole thing. Still go there though. It takes me almost a week to get rid of the excess fluid. I quess we all crave salt in a way even if we are not supposed to have it.

Well Mama. I quess I've had "Poodle Surprise" more then once but if I did they sure knew how to cook it.

it's so scary! up here we have a saying - many restaurants attract rodents - but never at a Chinese restaurant will you find any! LOL (or deer, or birds, or cats, or anything else....)