What did you eat today?
Quote: billryanToday is Ruth Graves Wakefield's birthday. Another of America's forgotten heroes, Mrs. Wakefield, has brought countless joy to people for the past ninety years with her simple creation.
Ruth and her husband owned a small inn in New England, and were looking for a signature dessert when she came up with her creation.
Soon, people drove for miles to dine at her inn, and when her goods were sent overseas in care packages for the Boys during WW2, they became the stuff of legends. After the war, she agreed to share her recipe with Nestle in return for $1 and a lifetime supply of products. Her goods were widely copied, but since they couldn't use her trademarked Toll House name, they labeled their knockoffs as chocolate chip cookies.
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She set up her inn two small towns away from where I live, and her and her cookies are well known around these parts.
Van Halen made brown M&Ms famous when their concert riders called for pounds of M&Ms with no brown ones. Blue M&Ms are relatively new, but the new dyes can't duplicate the desired hues.
I placed an order via their app for dinner for two. It's $9.99, and you get five pieces, two regular sides, and two biscuits. I said I'd use the drive-thru, and it said pick up in seven minutes.
I get there, and the line for the drive-thru is unusually long, so I park and go inside- where it is almost empty. There is one person who appears to be waiting for his order. I tell the woman at the counter that I have a mobile order and show her my phone. She looks at me and tells me it is a drive-thru order, then asks why I'm inside. She disappears into the back, and another woman comes out. She asks if I'm Bill, and I affirm.
She apologizes, explains that they are out of coleslaw, and asks if she can substitute something else. I say, "Sure, I'll take mashed potatoes." She goes in the back and a minute or two later comes back. I'd ordered the regular chicken, and they only had four pieces ready. i could wait eight minutes for a fresh batch or take a spicy piece. I said spicy was fine, and she appreciated my flexibility. She hands me the bag and thanks me for my patience.
I got home, and she had given me a family-sized portion of mashed potatoes, and instead of five pieces, there were eight, including three spicy breasts and a regular breast. I expected to get a meal and a snack out of it, but got two plus meals instead. The very capable woman changed what could have been a negative experience and made it a positive.
Quote: billryanA nice experience yesterday at Popeyes.
I placed an order via their app for dinner for two. It's $9.99, and you get five pieces, two regular sides, and two biscuits. I said I'd use the drive-thru, and it said pick up in seven minutes.
I get there, and the line for the drive-thru is unusually long, so I park and go inside- where it is almost empty. There is one person who appears to be waiting for his order. I tell the woman at the counter that I have a mobile order and show her my phone. She looks at me and tells me it is a drive-thru order, then asks why I'm inside. She disappears into the back, and another woman comes out. She asks if I'm Bill, and I affirm.
She apologizes, explains that they are out of coleslaw, and asks if she can substitute something else. I say, "Sure, I'll take mashed potatoes." She goes in the back and a minute or two later comes back. I'd ordered the regular chicken, and they only had four pieces ready. i could wait eight minutes for a fresh batch or take a spicy piece. I said spicy was fine, and she appreciated my flexibility. She hands me the bag and thanks me for my patience.
I got home, and she had given me a family-sized portion of mashed potatoes, and instead of five pieces, there were eight, including three spicy breasts and a regular breast. I expected to get a meal and a snack out of it, but got two plus meals instead. The very capable woman changed what could have been a negative experience and made it a positive.
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Popeyes is a great choice for people on a 3000 calorie a day weight loss program like you are on. That meal alone is about 2500 calories. Good job. Those pounds will be falling off in no time.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: billryanA nice experience yesterday at Popeyes.
I placed an order via their app for dinner for two. It's $9.99, and you get five pieces, two regular sides, and two biscuits. I said I'd use the drive-thru, and it said pick up in seven minutes.
I get there, and the line for the drive-thru is unusually long, so I park and go inside- where it is almost empty. There is one person who appears to be waiting for his order. I tell the woman at the counter that I have a mobile order and show her my phone. She looks at me and tells me it is a drive-thru order, then asks why I'm inside. She disappears into the back, and another woman comes out. She asks if I'm Bill, and I affirm.
She apologizes, explains that they are out of coleslaw, and asks if she can substitute something else. I say, "Sure, I'll take mashed potatoes." She goes in the back and a minute or two later comes back. I'd ordered the regular chicken, and they only had four pieces ready. i could wait eight minutes for a fresh batch or take a spicy piece. I said spicy was fine, and she appreciated my flexibility. She hands me the bag and thanks me for my patience.
I got home, and she had given me a family-sized portion of mashed potatoes, and instead of five pieces, there were eight, including three spicy breasts and a regular breast. I expected to get a meal and a snack out of it, but got two plus meals instead. The very capable woman changed what could have been a negative experience and made it a positive.
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Popeyes is a great choice for people on a 3000 calorie a day weight loss program like you are on. That meal alone is about 2500 calories. Good job. Those pounds will be falling off in no time.
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It started off with an app order for "dinner for two" which is really just a meal and a snack. With all the extra food added, it turned into a family size pile of food which is really just two meals and a snack.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: billryanA nice experience yesterday at Popeyes.
I placed an order via their app for dinner for two. It's $9.99, and you get five pieces, two regular sides, and two biscuits. I said I'd use the drive-thru, and it said pick up in seven minutes.
I get there, and the line for the drive-thru is unusually long, so I park and go inside- where it is almost empty. There is one person who appears to be waiting for his order. I tell the woman at the counter that I have a mobile order and show her my phone. She looks at me and tells me it is a drive-thru order, then asks why I'm inside. She disappears into the back, and another woman comes out. She asks if I'm Bill, and I affirm.
She apologizes, explains that they are out of coleslaw, and asks if she can substitute something else. I say, "Sure, I'll take mashed potatoes." She goes in the back and a minute or two later comes back. I'd ordered the regular chicken, and they only had four pieces ready. i could wait eight minutes for a fresh batch or take a spicy piece. I said spicy was fine, and she appreciated my flexibility. She hands me the bag and thanks me for my patience.
I got home, and she had given me a family-sized portion of mashed potatoes, and instead of five pieces, there were eight, including three spicy breasts and a regular breast. I expected to get a meal and a snack out of it, but got two plus meals instead. The very capable woman changed what could have been a negative experience and made it a positive.
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Popeyes is a great choice for people on a 3000 calorie a day weight loss program like you are on. That meal alone is about 2500 calories. Good job. Those pounds will be falling off in no time.
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I don't see the problem with eating 2500 calories. I lost two pounds last week and am now down to 164lbs.
Quote: KevinAAQuote: EvenBobQuote: billryanA nice experience yesterday at Popeyes.
I placed an order via their app for dinner for two. It's $9.99, and you get five pieces, two regular sides, and two biscuits. I said I'd use the drive-thru, and it said pick up in seven minutes.
I get there, and the line for the drive-thru is unusually long, so I park and go inside- where it is almost empty. There is one person who appears to be waiting for his order. I tell the woman at the counter that I have a mobile order and show her my phone. She looks at me and tells me it is a drive-thru order, then asks why I'm inside. She disappears into the back, and another woman comes out. She asks if I'm Bill, and I affirm.
She apologizes, explains that they are out of coleslaw, and asks if she can substitute something else. I say, "Sure, I'll take mashed potatoes." She goes in the back and a minute or two later comes back. I'd ordered the regular chicken, and they only had four pieces ready. i could wait eight minutes for a fresh batch or take a spicy piece. I said spicy was fine, and she appreciated my flexibility. She hands me the bag and thanks me for my patience.
I got home, and she had given me a family-sized portion of mashed potatoes, and instead of five pieces, there were eight, including three spicy breasts and a regular breast. I expected to get a meal and a snack out of it, but got two plus meals instead. The very capable woman changed what could have been a negative experience and made it a positive.
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Popeyes is a great choice for people on a 3000 calorie a day weight loss program like you are on. That meal alone is about 2500 calories. Good job. Those pounds will be falling off in no time.
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It started off with an app order for "dinner for two" which is really just a meal and a snack. With all the extra food added, it turned into a family size pile of food which is really just two meals and a snack.
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Popeyes menu includes a 3-piece dinner with a side and a biscuit, and a 2-piece snack with a side, so their dinner for two is actually a dinner and a snack by their own terms. Yes, the extra food I got turned into multiple meals. I've had dinner, a snack, and lunch, and still have one breast and some mashed potatoes. My breakfast Sunday was a 290-calorie breakfast burrito, and lunch was three 80-calorie bison sticks, so a 1600-calorie dinner easily fit into my plans. Breakfast was a 450-calorie smoothie, and lunch was a chicken breast and a side salad. I'm on a water-only diet for a few weeks, so no empty calories from beverages. i'm n ot where I'm going to be, but I'm well on my way.
