Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Surly Horns

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Featured Replies

3 minutes ago, Underdog said:

What’s the backstory on the 4pcs of corn being separated from the others?  

They're easier to interrogate that way.

And don't think I don't have some tough questions for those pats of butter as well.

  • Replies 780
  • Views 71k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

  • CooterBrown
    CooterBrown

    Somehow the Luby’s on Steck is still open and delicious. Went with the classic combo last night.

  • orangecat92
    orangecat92

    Luby's from both perspectives, as a customer and then a manager.  The Killeen massacre happened exactly one week before my first interview with Luby's, in fall 1991.  I was an older college student fi

  • BigDHornfan
    BigDHornfan

    Hit up the one in Plano for lunch. Liver and onions fresh off the grill. Damn good.

Posted Images

4 hours ago, Monty Capuletti said:

At the Luby’s on Steck right now. Always had a soft spot for the fish brick. The chocolate icebox pie has always been one of my favorites.

8E1C4881-C073-4CE8-B15F-81EDE3FFD4EF.thumb.jpeg.9f96da1cf792a0cfaba52e2686ef2195.jpeg

No tartar sauce. Would not bang. 

And the fish needs Mac and cheese as a side.

53 minutes ago, Underdog said:

What’s the backstory on the 4pcs of corn being separated from the others? 

That's gots to be some sort of Qanon/White Supremacy signal.  Move this entire thread to CR! /sarc

52 minutes ago, Underdog said:

What’s the backstory on the 4pcs of corn being separated from the others?  

#TeamLiver&Onions

 

The taters and corn were on the plate and when I moved them off those four pieces escaped and I didn't get them back with the rest of the herd before I took the picture.

 

43 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Hopefully you didn't leave a Messerschmidt on the table for the staff to clean up @Monty Capuletti 

Didn't leave a mess.  Stacked the bowls on the dinner roll plate and put them on the big plate for easy cleaning when I was done.

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

What’s the backstory on the 4pcs of corn being separated from the others?  

#TeamLiver&Onions

 

 

he's a serial killer 

That's gots to be some sort of Qanon/White Supremacy signal.  Move this entire thread to CR! /sarc

Noticed the plates are all white. As it the pie topping…over the brown filling. Racism is endemic.
3 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

That's gots to be some sort of Qanon/White Supremacy signal.  Move this entire thread to CR! /sarc

Can’t trust those baby photogs one bit especially the ones who like to browse. 

Westheimer Luby’s better deliver after church this Sunday. Trying to figure out if we should do Postino’s Town and Country first. Wine first is tempting. 60 minutes of waiting for people to take communion is tough sledding. 

On 4/7/2022 at 2:47 PM, utee94 said:

We did field trips to the Butterkrust bakery every year in grade school.  I'm still not sure I've ever tasted anything since, as perfect as the hot, fresh, buttered roll at the end of the tour.

 

image.jpeg.aeab3fc532d308619c4aee1482908d03.jpeg

36 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

image.jpeg.aeab3fc532d308619c4aee1482908d03.jpeg

Damn you, that’s how I knew I’d never be an engineer.   3 minutes and fuck it, my book is wearing a moo-moo.  

42 minutes ago, Chet Steadman said:

image.jpeg.aeab3fc532d308619c4aee1482908d03.jpeg

In high school we'd search through every classroom and dig out the Sonic bookcovers, which had a coupon for $1.99 burger, fries, and coke combo.  We cut out every single one of those coupons and slid the mangled bookcover carcasses back under the stack.  We ate like kings for months at the beginning of each schoolyear.

 

We never had sonic. Just Butter Krust and Big Red. I don’t think I ever had one stay on more than 2 weeks. 

18 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

We never had sonic. Just Butter Krust and Big Red. I don’t think I ever had one stay on more than 2 weeks. 

We had the local electric coop book covers.  Good on them I guess for contributing, but my best friends dad was a lineman for them and died on the job.  I always wondered how he felt about the book covers.  

1 hour ago, speed817 said:

Bah.....wrong thread

Negged.

Just kidding.

The Sonic bookcovers were white like the Big Red ones.  Big Red were my favorite to actually cover my books.  I am an engineer, so they stayed on quite well.

Edited by utee94

2 hours ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

We had the local electric coop book covers.  Good on them I guess for contributing, but my best friends dad was a lineman for them and died on the job.  I always wondered how he felt about the book covers.  

 

Any of you other cool AISD elem kids scratch off the 'E' and 'R' on your covers so it read "ButtKrust"?

After reading, I've decided a Luby's trip is in my near future.  My go to:

Fried fish rectangle w/ tartar sauce

fried okra

black-eyed peas

cornbread

fruit salad

chocolate pie

unsweet tea

 

If my choice doesn't need to be healthy, and let's face it, I'm at Luby's:

 

Roll with a pat of butter between two squares of waxed paper

Fried fish rectangle with tartar sauce

Mac n Cheese (with standard amount of crack sprinkled on it)

Some other side (this is a game time decision and is almost never green beans).

I know it's a start of the line item, but call it dessert . . . Red Jello Cubes

Unsweet tea

Edited by dcbc

Went on Good Friday after fasting but forgot to post the deets:

Fried fish rectangle
Fried okra
Mashed taters and gravy
Watermelon fruit salet
Dinner roll
Coconut cream pie with meringue
Unsweet tea

Glorious

I hate that we now have to specify "unsweet tea" when listing our orders.  Twenty years ago, that was just called "tea" or perhaps "iced tea."

 

 

Hit the Luby's out Westheimer a couple of days ago. Based entirely on the comments above, I eschewed my usual square fish for the chicken fried steak with cream gravy, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, pinto beans and roll with butter. 

It was not only by far the worst meal I've ever had at Luby's, it was one of the worst meals I've ever had in my life. Dry, flavorless, over battered, cold, it was inedible. The pintos were pretty good, the rest straight garbage. 

I have fond memories of Luby's, but its just not good anymore. 

On 4/15/2022 at 1:19 PM, You don't know me said:

I never had a book cover other than

366988974_Finishedbrowpapergrocerybagbookcover.jpg.832bb60e0399226bc1ede02ecdd75b8e.jpg

im sorry you grew up poor !!

On 4/18/2022 at 4:26 PM, TrashMaster G said:

 

Fried fish rectangle w/ tartar sauce

 

 

 

have to layer the salsa on top of the tartar sauce, next level move 

9 hours ago, utee94 said:

I hate that we now have to specify "unsweet tea" when listing our orders.  Twenty years ago, that was just called "tea" or perhaps "iced tea."

 

 

Thank you.  I grew up in Houston and it never was a question.  You got unsweet tea and if you wanted to sweeten it, there was any color of sweetener packet you could imagine on the table (or leveling the uneven table leg). 

 

When I moved to Tyler 20 years ago, and first heard the syrupy spoken question/fragment, "Swueet or Unswueet?" I realized how different things were going to be here.  It's a pain in the ass at the drive thru, too.  I never leave without tasting it first.  It would be easier to call it "tea" and "sweet tea" or "tea" and "disgusting nastiness."  Just something that can be distinguished over the early 20th century drive thru communication technology.

Edited by dcbc

Thank you.  I grew up in Houston and it never was a question.  You got unsweet tea and if you wanted to sweeten it, there was any color of sweetener packet you could imagine on the table (or leveling the uneven table leg). 
 
When I moved to Tyler 20 years ago, and first heard the syrupy spoken question/fragment, "Swueet or Unswueet?" I realized how different things were going to be here.  It's a pain in the ass at the drive thru, too.  I never leave without tasting it first.  It would be easier to call it "tea" and "sweet tea" or "tea" and "disgusting nastiness."  Just something that can be distinguished over the early 20th century drive thru communication technology.

Years ago I started saying “plain UN-sweet tea”. That’s fixed the intercom problem so far.
7 hours ago, DoobieWah said:

I eschewed my usual square fish for the chicken fried steak

fbdf696d6813c7acf1e429b2b36ed14e990c7331

Thank you.  I grew up in Houston and it never was a question.  You got unsweet tea and if you wanted to sweeten it, there was any color of sweetener packet you could imagine on the table (or leveling the uneven table leg). 
 
When I moved to Tyler 20 years ago, and first heard the syrupy spoken question/fragment, "Swueet or Unswueet?" I realized how different things were going to be here.  It's a pain in the ass at the drive thru, too.  I never leave without tasting it first.  It would be easier to call it "tea" and "sweet tea" or "tea" and "disgusting nastiness."  Just something that can be distinguished over the early 20th century drive thru communication technology.

You think it’s bad here go to Mississippi. Start with a gallon of simple sugar syrup. Add sugar. Add a cup of tea. Add sugar. Takes five minutes to fill a glass. “Sweet or Un?” Is the state question. If you order Un you might be getting the Mr Tibbs treatment.

Stopped off in Miss on our way back home from vacation years ago and forgot to mention to the wife and Jr that they serve sweet tea and they both were putting sweet n low in their teas.  The tea spray from spitting it out soon followed, waitress got a kick out of it as did I. 

22 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

“Sweet or Un?” Is the state question.

That shit has spread to Texas.  When I was a kid you could order iced tea without having to answer a dumbass question but these days it's a 50/50 proposition.

The fatties aren't drinking unsweetened tea. Have you seen the average size of Texans lately?

The fatties aren't drinking unsweetened tea. Have you seen the average size of Texans lately?

Most of real fatties drink several 96 oz Big Gulps of Mountain Dew a day.
9 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:


Most of real fatties drink several 96 oz Big Gulps of Mountain Dew a day.

 

  • 5 weeks later...
After church pregame Luby’s fix
D6AAA386-41FE-49B2-B6E9-21A3CD54E379.thumb.jpeg.27679ebfb186a4ece3bb0f6ab5862865.jpeg

After church at Luby’s and the place is that empty? Damn shame. Is that the fish rectangle?
On 4/15/2022 at 4:06 PM, Rip76 said:

Last Monday

 

F12A9819-ABD7-4289-BC05-1AE28421904C.jpeg

That’s the best piece of baked chicken I’ve ever seen at a Luby’s. I will have to dock you points for the dinner roll instead of jalapeño cornbread.

On 4/22/2022 at 10:13 AM, DoobieWah said:

Hit the Luby's out Westheimer a couple of days ago. Based entirely on the comments above, I eschewed my usual square fish for the chicken fried steak with cream gravy, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, pinto beans and roll with butter. 

It was not only by far the worst meal I've ever had at Luby's, it was one of the worst meals I've ever had in my life. Dry, flavorless, over battered, cold, it was inedible. The pintos were pretty good, the rest straight garbage. 

I have fond memories of Luby's, but its just not good anymore. 

I like that location. Daily specials. Damned good cornbread dressing that I use for meatloaf. Sorry it sucked, but I wouldn’t write it off. 
 

I never veer from my go to: 

- Baked white meat chicken

- Cornbread dressing 

- Cranberry sauce 

- Green beans 

- Sweet potatoes 

- Jalapeño cornbread with the pepper sauce

- Chocolate pie 

Edited by billfromlaketravis

I like that location. Daily specials. Damned good cornbread dressing that I use for meatloaf. Sorry it sucked, but I wouldn’t write it off. 
 
I never veer from my go to: 
- Baked white meat chicken
- Cornbread dressing 
- Cranberry sauce 
- Green beans 
- Sweet potatoes 
- Jalapeño cornbread with the pepper sauce
- Chocolate pie 
You are not allowed to doc anyone points if that's your order.
  • 2 months later...

Hate to bring the bad news, but I cruised over to the Steck and Mopac location for lunch yesterday only to find it permanently closed.

7 minutes ago, creeper said:

Hate to bring the bad news, but I cruised over to the Steck and Mopac location for lunch yesterday only to find it permanently closed.

I think it closed a couple of weeks ago. The one off 290, east of 35, is the only one left that I know of.

1 hour ago, creeper said:

Hate to bring the bad news, but I cruised over to the Steck and Mopac location for lunch yesterday only to find it permanently closed.

Yeah, closed recently. Honestly, needed to be put out of its misery. They had gotten rid of the green cloth napkins, the salad bar was now just crummy salads in plastic containers, and it just had a bad vibe.

Thankful, however, that I got my kid there a couple of times before it closed. Dude LOVES it... primarily because we get a big piece of pie.

4 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Yeah, closed recently. Honestly, needed to be put out of its misery. They had gotten rid of the green cloth napkins, the salad bar was now just crummy salads in plastic containers, and it just had a bad vibe.

Thankful, however, that I got my kid there a couple of times before it closed. Dude LOVES it... primarily because we get a big piece of pie.

I went to the one in The Woodlands a couple of weeks ago and the experience was pretty "meh".  The fried fish was still delicious, but the mashed potatoes were just a big ice cream scoop in a bowl and the black eyed peas tasted like they had been there for days.  As much as I've always loved Luby's and the fond memories from there, I'm not sure I'll go back.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.