What did you eat today?

I've always found instant oatmeal to have an undesirable texture.

I'm perfectly willing to believe this is the same kind of personality defect that prevents me from accepting cauliflower as pizza crust.

My father ate Gerber Baby Oatmeal every day he was home. It was similar to a smoothie; he made it more of a soup than the usual mush.
I'd drink a mug of it on game days in high school. I stopped eating it when I went away to school. A few years ago, I looked for it but it doesn't seem to be made in the same recipe.

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Utterly boring.
Oatmeal, with cinnamon and nutmeg.
About half a pat of butter, and a sprinkle of the yellow sweetener.

(No photo, because oatmeal - even spiced up - is so absurdly boring.)
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Maybe plant a little umbrella in it? And a cherry.

I have to say Evenbob's meal pictures generally look better than they used to. Less looking like they came loose from the ceiling and fell on a plate.

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Coat anything in sugar laden barbecue sauce and it tastes great, a dog turd on a stick would taste wonderful drowned in barbecue sauce and cooked on the grill

Do you realize that good BBQ doesn't need sauce? BBQ sauce is made to taste like BBQ, but it is not BBQ. I don't think I have ever had a BBQ sauce that is good. Most are too sweet and not smoky enough.

I've seen grown men fight over what BBQ is or isn't. I like some of it, but I am not crazy about others. In my circles, BBQ means burgers, chicken, and dogs on a barbeque grill.
If I had a list of foods to eat, BBQ might make the bottom of the top ten. I prefer sweet to smokey, but not too much of either.

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I've seen grown men fight over what BBQ is or isn't. I like some of it, but I am not crazy about others. In my circles, BBQ means burgers, chicken, and dogs on a barbeque grill.
If I had a list of foods to eat, BBQ might make the bottom of the top ten. I prefer sweet to smokey, but not too much of either.
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To me BBQ is meat cooked over wood. Propane does not create BBQ.

I have been travelling for a few days and today I had KFC chicken nuggets. I don't think that I have ever had them before. They were excellent and definitely did not need any sauce. I will be buying them again to see if this was a fluke or not.

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I have been travelling for a few days and today I had KFC chicken nuggets. I don't think that I have ever had them before. They were excellent and definitely did not need any sauce. I will be buying them again to see if this was a fluke or not.
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Have you tried Taco Bell’s new chicken nuggets? I thought they were quite good, very tender. The breading is made from nacho chips or something.

Beef with broccoli, at the food hall near the house.
I'm in the neighborhood around dinnertime today, and won't be back for at least a week.

I should really ask if they can go off-menu, and put both broccoli and mushrooms on a plate.

There is a new African food stall, so I may hit them up for some Jollof rice on my next trip through.

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I have been travelling for a few days and today I had KFC chicken nuggets. I don't think that I have ever had them before. They were excellent and definitely did not need any sauce. I will be buying them again to see if this was a fluke or not.
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Have you tried Taco Bell’s new chicken nuggets? I thought they were quite good, very tender. The breading is made from nacho chips or something.
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I have not. This is probably the first fast food that I have had in many months or so. Something i noticed about the KFC nuggets is I don't think it is processed chicken. I think it is actually whole chicken breasts cubed.

Today, in the pursuit of eating some of that local flavour before it disappears, I had a "philly beef breakfast skillet". This example consists of hashbrowns, green peppers, onions, something akin to pot roast, a slice of swiss cheese, and then topped with a couple eggs. I'm not sure what's "Philly" about that.

The hot sauce was not Texas Pete, Franks, or one of the well known varieties - they had their own private label signature hot sauce. I'm sure it's just their sticker on some manufacturer's sauce. Still, they selected it, and it's decidedly different from the usual thin vinegar sauces. This was thick, smoky, and included a blend of peppers.

The cafe itself is a clear holdover from the "truckers need phones" era. A little scrutiny shows where the phones used to be mounted at the counters and booths. Sadly, the public health concerns of 2020 seemed to claim their overnight operations as a casualty, and herald new ownership and a new management philosophy. The music service feed is still stuck on the greatest hits of the 1980s, like The Cars, Tina Turner, and INXS. The local regulars still shuffle in around 7:15 to drink coffee, read the newspaper, and hold court. By contrast, the truck stop across the highway took out their sitdown restaurant about 15 years ago, to revitalize the space into a Popeye's chicken franchise.

That does not look the least bit appealing.

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That does not look the least bit appealing.
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I taste it so you don't have to. ;)

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That does not look the least bit appealing.
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It's because that's what real food looks like and all you're used to is that pre-made crap you buy that looks like it came out of a machine.

Salmon cakes. You have to use panko bread crumbs, I make my own. Also use enough eggs so they stay together when you're frying them and make sure the oil is hot enough. Do it right and you'll want to make these all the time.

Salmon cake sandwich with avocado lettuce on top.

Kachava, with some chia seeds and acai.

I dropped another nine pounds this week, twenty-three in total since December 13th.

Twenty-one straight days of pizza for lunch is working wonders.

No pictures but some incredible cooked cabbage, potatoes & onions. It’s amazing the amount of flavor you can get from a Christmas ham bone. I’ve got a couple more left in freezer soon to be soup beans and possibly a big pot of black bean pot pie (fat Amish style noodle).

Crazy thing is how cheap I can make 10-12 servings (not counting original cost of ham). Probably less than $10 for all the above meals.

3 days worth of homemade chili.

I miss evenbob's raw hamburger pics

I quit sodas.

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I miss evenbob's raw hamburger pics

I quit sodas.
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Good for you. In a few months, when the last of the carbonization works its way through your bloodstream, you'll feel better and have mo' money.

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I miss evenbob's raw hamburger pics

I quit sodas.
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Good for you. In a few months, when the last of the carbonization works its way through your bloodstream, you'll feel better and have mo' money.
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Thanks, I also switched to a keto diet 12/15/24.