Food of the Seventies, Cheese Frenchie
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Kings Restaurant - Midwest, CO, Neb, crunchy cheese coated deep fried sandwich, came as tuna frenchie too.
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- Don and Millies - (report)
A restaurant review which includes a photo of Cheese Frenchies
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There is a small chain called "Don and Millies" in the Omaha, Nebraska area which serves most of the old King's Food Host offerings, including Cheese Frenchies.
I cannot believe this. I have early childhood memories of going to Lincoln, NE when I was very young and our treat was to go to King's and have a cheese frenchie. I was just thinking about them and thought I would try and find the recipe and found this website. (I am 51 now...)
So there are other people out there who remember King’s restaurant. I live in Columbia Mo and just about 2 years ago they tore down the old King’s building and put up a car lot, the drive in area that was out back is still there though. I searched for Kings on the internet and of course there are lots of other places of the same name so then I tried my favorite sandwich, the Cheese Frenchie and ended up here. I guess by today’s standards you would have to consider the Cheese Frenchie un-healthy but man would I like to have one, I remember them being oh so good!
Oh cheese frenchies! if there was one reason I would move back to Nebraska, it would be all the great food! Amigos, King's, Runzas...does anyone know if tastee's is still there? I would KILL for tastees mmmm :)
I have fond memories of King's cheese frenchies from my youth. For a while, there was a King's rebound - but just a short menu - in the Oak View mall but alas we went there last week and it's no longer there!!
Me again - I found this & wanted to share. There is still a location on Dodge in Omaha, NE. http://www.amigoskings.com/home.htm Check out this website - if you live or are passing through Nebraska, you can curb your craving for a Cheese Frenchie!
I created a Group on Facebook entitled Cheese Frenchee Fans - join it & spread the word!
I work as a chef in Portland OR, but grew up in Lincoln and I ask people all the time if they have ever heard of the Cheese Frenchie and nobody knows about these oh so tasty treats, I thinking it's time for a comeback.
I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have found this site,,I asked a friend today if she remembered the Cheese Frenchie and being from California, she hadn't....I had my first one at Kings of course, In Lincon, and never forgot them. That was many years ago,,I'm 61 now and in Arizona...Can't wait to go through Nebraska and have another..
Okay, enough with all the mouth watering descriptions of the Cheese Frenchie tell the rest of us what was in it and how do you make one?
I grew up on cheese frenchies also. Fortuately for me, my mom makes them as good as Kings ever did. She makes tuna frenchies as well. We've used various cheeses and ingredients. Don and Millies is close, but it's not quite as good. The best thing about getting cheese frenchies at Kings in Lincoln, was getting a side of gravy fries with it.
I worked for Kings in Columbus NE when I was out of high school. Couldn't get enough of the cheese frenchies. Have never tried to make them, but finding this site makes me want to try!
I work at amigos/kings in lincoln, ne. its a combination of the two, and it has the king's cheese frenchies, and a lot good burgers. it's located on 56th and old cheney rd.
I also grew up in Nebraska and LOVED cheese frenchies at Kings. Here is the recipe, allegedly from a guy who used to work therein the 1970s: For 1 cheese Frenchie: 2 slices of bread (crusts removed) mayo French dressing American cheese slices (we actually used Kraft slices) Spread mayo on each slice of bread just enough to coat it. Place one slice of cheese between the slices. Cut the sandwich diagonally. FREEZE!!! After the sandwich is frozen solid, dip in French dressing and coat with cracker crumbs. FREEZE!! When ready to eat deep fry til the crust is golden brown! ENJOY!!!!
although the frenchie was good. I want to know how much pepper, the kind of pepper and what other ingredients they used in their cheesburgers.
Those were best cheeseburgers in the world along with a chocolate shake and and order of their totally awesome onion rings
I was a manager for Kings Food Host early 70's... the frenchee was not frozen in preparation. I worked in both commissary and non commissary stores... some stores made their own at the store only if they were not in a city like Des Moines or Lincoln... so I got to make them. They were frozen after making in the cities as they were made at a central commissary and shipped to the stores.
I visited my grandparents in Lincoln NE throughout the 60s and 70s and loved Frenchies. Was back in Lincoln just last weekend (10/10/09) and my sister & I went to Amigos/Kings for a Frenchie. It was just awful. The crust was bad, it all tasted like burrito and not Frenchie. So, I'd love to try and make one at home. Never thought of the french dressing. I'm actually willing to get out the old deep fryer if I thought I could do it correctly. I thought the old frenchies used corn flakes as a breading - any old Kings folks out there who have the scoop?
I worked @ the 19th and O Lincoln High Kings Location and did some time in the Bethany Kings Northeast High Location from 65-69. The Cheese and Tuna Frenchee did have cornflake crust but I was never sure of what type of bread was used. When we got them they were frozen and we just put them in the deep fryer. I also worked at Kings Crest on 10th and South St. The employees I worked with at all the Kings were a blast. Anybody remember the Graham Cracker Cream Pie?
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