What did you eat today?

Searching for the perfect slice.

When I first moved to Tucson, most places I tried didn't sell pizza by the slice. They sold small individual pizzas, medium, and large. Not by the slice.
A new place came in, started selling slices and now that is the big thing . The strange thing is many places slice their pizza into six instead of eight
Having grown up with eight-slice pies, I like the six-way slice better. Some of the places make 16 or 18 inch pies. It's off-putting when you see a sign that says slice and a draft beer for $10, but it can be worthwhile. I had a 1/6th slice of a 16 inch meatball pizza and when folded, it was more meatball hero than slice of pizza.

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$19.60 at the Chinese buffet tonight, before tip.

I let some lo mein noodles go swimming in a bowl of hot & sour soup; not bad. Otherwise, usual fare, the chicken with broccoli (heavy on the broccoli) is generally good.

On a lot of recent days, I get about one and a half "meals" in. A fairly light breakfast, snack on some melon, then something moderate as a late lunch. I blame the medications.
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whenever I get Chinese it is to go invariably with tax it is around $13. It is a combo and includes an egg roll fixed right then so that sounds about right. It fills me up. No drink but I have plenty to drink at home

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$19.60 at the Chinese buffet tonight, before tip.

I let some lo mein noodles go swimming in a bowl of hot & sour soup; not bad. Otherwise, usual fare, the chicken with broccoli (heavy on the broccoli) is generally good.

On a lot of recent days, I get about one and a half "meals" in. A fairly light breakfast, snack on some melon, then something moderate as a late lunch. I blame the medications.
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whenever I get Chinese it is to go invariably with tax it is around $13. It is a combo and includes an egg roll fixed right then so that sounds about right. It fills me up. No drink but I have plenty to drink at home
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That sounds about right for a to-go box, made-to-order.
Sadly, my preferences run toward a variety of dishes (when available), so I can taste a little of this, a little of that.

True but I'm to cheap to pay $20 for a variety. I know what I am in the mood for. And I always get white rice instead of pork fried.

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True but I'm to cheap to pay $20 for a variety. I know what I am in the mood for. And I always get white rice instead of pork fried.
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The buffet I tried yesterday didn't have plain white rice out on offer. I didn't feel like asking for a bowl, so I just had some noodles.
The hot & sour soup was excellent, however. It seemed like they used a hint of tomato, which added an unique richness.
The downside, they didn't seem to parboil the broccoli before stir frying. This seemed to leave it a little too raw for my taste.

I had a hankering for grilled cheese today, so I rummaged around my freezer in search of bread. I found three slices of sourdough and two of some seeded whole-grain type.
I was in the process of making two sandwiches when I decided to try something different. I mixed the breads so that each sandwich was half sourdough and half whole grain.
A slice of Swiss, one of cheddar, shredded mozzarella, some Parmesan, and a small portion of Frank's Red Hot.
Grilled to near perfection in olive oil and served with a helping of chickpea puffs, it was quite the lunch.

I took the wife to the airport this morning at 4am to go see our new grandson. Since I was up early I decided to cook something that I could eat over the next week. I put a 8lb turkey breast in the smoker and now it is time to eat and watch football. The turkey breast was in for eight hours and came out with the perfect amount of smoke on it for me (probably a little more than most people would prefer).

I had a BOGO for the new Carl Jr.'s CaliXXXL Burger, which is described as an Big Mac on steroids. It has two monstrous patties, special sauce, lettuce, and tomato. pickle on a soft, tasty bun.
I gave one to an unfortunate on the corner and had a hard time finishing the other. It is a big burger.
According to the menu, a Big Mac value meal costs between $10.99 and $14. The CaliXXXL value meal is $7.99 and tops out at $10.13
The Burger itself is $6 and well worth it.

That sounds good. I wonder if Hardee's has the same burger as their are no carl jrs near me. Did you take a photo of it?

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That sounds good. I wonder if Hardee's has the same burger as their are no carl jrs near me. Did you take a photo of it?
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I miss the Hardee's roast beef sandwich. At one point in the 1980's they offered it to compete with Arby's. I thought it was a good sandwich and wish all fast food outlets offered it.

According to AI which is never wrong (ahem) Hardee's still offers it. Scrolling down they mentioned rax roast beef which was really good. Remember them?

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That sounds good. I wonder if Hardee's has the same burger as their are no carl jrs near me. Did you take a photo of it?
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No. Hardee's and Carl's Jr. are closely related, but have distinct menus. It's easy to think that the only difference is Carl's Jr. uses Best Foods mayo, where Hardee's uses Hellman's, but this doesn't seem to be the case. There isn't a mushroom swiss burger at Carl's Jr; I don't remember seeing any burgers on sourdough out west.

I go across the Carl's Jr. - Hardee's line pretty regularly.

(I'm not sure what mayonnaise they actually use; Uniliever named for illustrative purposes.)