What did you eat today?
A simple meal's served
Wanton soup
What is your wise choice?
A)
a regular $25 wanton soup
@Noodle Bar
@Golden Dynasty Restaurant
@ Boardwalk, AC
Or
B)
a regular $2.50 wanton soup
@Hong Kong House Restaurant
@Off Boardwalk, AC?
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Wanton soup
What is your wise choice?
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I'm going to play the prude a bit, and tell the soup it needs to simmer down.
Lightly breaded chicken, bacon bits, corn peppers, and grilled onions in BBQ sauce over tater tots.
490 calories, with 26 grams of protein and only 10 of fat.
I was snacking on protein bars from Daid, but incredibly, the prices seem to have gone up almost 40% in the last six weeks. I can't justify paying $3.79 for a candy bar/snack.
My coach wants me to consume under 16,000 calories a week, and almost every CEK meal is under 500 calories. A Ka'chava smoothie is between 300 and 500 calories, depending on the ingredients I add. So, a smoothie and a CEK lunch, alongside two 100-calorie snacks, give me plenty of leeway for dinner.
Dinner's served
Sushi's served 😋
I've looked it up, what is it?
Per Google
"This dessert is classic Mille-feuille, also known as Napoleon. It consists of layers of puff pastry filled with a creamy filling, often pastry cream or whipped cream. The topping features small swirls of cream and a dollop of fruit jam (likely raspberry or another berry). The layers and the delicate, flaky pastry give it a distinct and elegant appearance. It's a delicious and rich treat commonly served in European patisseries."
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I am generally not a big pasta easter as I may only have it twice a year. I got one Carbonara that was incredible and the best pasta that I have ever ate. It was unusual as it was a little saucey. Usually Carbonara is somewhat dry but this one had an egg based sauce that was perfect.
looks good and a coke chaser to bootQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
I am generally not a big pasta easter as I may only have it twice a year. I got one Carbonara that was incredible and the best pasta that I have ever ate. It was unusual as it was a little saucey. Usually Carbonara is somewhat dry but this one had an egg based sauce that was perfect.
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Quote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I've been to Italy, and Sicily too. I guess I went at a different time; it was very Italian.
The food was very different than what we call "Italian" here, even in the Northeast. Seems that the people live on pastries and coffee, walking around Rome all night, stop here, stop there. Pizza is a much simpler arrangement than it is in the US.
But I think that's the case with most native cuisines, which were usually poverty foods at one point. How hungry did a Frenchman have to be to try a frog, and discover it's not bad at all? The US has always had a wealth of food and I think when the immigrants came here, they started making what they could only dream of making with what was available and affordable in the old country.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I enjoyed where we were in Italy but we didn't go to the typical tourist areas. We spent the whole 16 days in Sardinia at the beaches. We only spent two days site seeing and doing tourist stuff. One day we did an underground tour of Cagliari and the other day we went to a winery. Other than that we spent everyday on the beach or in the water. One day we did rent a boat and I just puttered around visiting many beaches by boat. I think we spent a total of 10 days at the beaches.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I enjoyed where we were in Italy but we didn't go to the typical tourist areas. We spent the whole 16 days in Sardinia at the beaches. We only spent two days site seeing and doing tourist stuff. One day we did an underground tour of Cagliari and the other day we went to a winery. Other than that we spent everyday on the beach or in the water. One day we did rent a boat and I just puttered around visiting many beaches by boat. I think we spent a total of 10 days at the beaches.
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Let me get this straight. You live in Florida which is a peninsula completely surrounded by ocean and beach so you go to Italy and spend 90% of your time at the ocean and the beach. I think you need to find a new vacation planner. I lived in Santa Barbara for 7 years and I saw the ocean every single day for 7 years. It was four blocks from the bar all I had to do was look South and there was the ocean. You literally could not pay me to go to an ocean. For me there are few places that are more boring than water.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI just spent 16 days in Italy and had one good pasta.
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What did you think of Italy. I didn't like it, way too many tourists. Everywhere I went everybody was either American or Asian. And that was 30 years ago I can only imagine what it's like now.
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I enjoyed where we were in Italy but we didn't go to the typical tourist areas. We spent the whole 16 days in Sardinia at the beaches. We only spent two days site seeing and doing tourist stuff. One day we did an underground tour of Cagliari and the other day we went to a winery. Other than that we spent everyday on the beach or in the water. One day we did rent a boat and I just puttered around visiting many beaches by boat. I think we spent a total of 10 days at the beaches.
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Let me get this straight. You live in Florida which is a peninsula completely surrounded by ocean and beach so you go to Italy and spend 90% of your time at the ocean and the beach. I think you need to find a new vacation planner. I lived in Santa Barbara for 7 years and I saw the ocean every single day for 7 years. It was four blocks from the bar all I had to do was look South and there was the ocean. You literally could not pay me to go to an ocean. For me there are few places that are more boring than water.
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Funny you say that as just this morning we booked our next vacation for May. We are going to the beach.
Orient Beach, St. Martin
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Funny you say that as just this morning we booked our next vacation for May. We are going to the beach.
Orient Beach, St. Martin
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It's like those people who go on vacation and spend their whole time in their hotel room watching TV. I saw that happen. We took this friend to Vegas with us because he'd never been there and he spent 90% of his time in the casino hotel room watching movies on TV. No gambling, no seeing the sights, made no sense. That's all he did when he was home was watch movies on TV. In video games people like this are called NPCs. In the simulation there are lots of NPCs, in fact I think most of the world is made up of NPCs. Always has been. They are here to take up space, to add to the population but they contribute absolutely nothing.
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Funny you say that as just this morning we booked our next vacation for May. We are going to the beach.
Orient Beach, St. Martin
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It's like those people who go on vacation and spend their whole time in their hotel room watching TV. I saw that happen. We took this friend to Vegas with us because he'd never been there and he spent 90% of his time in the casino hotel room watching movies on TV. No gambling, no seeing the sights, made no sense. That's all he did when he was home was watch movies on TV. In video games people like this are called NPCs. In the simulation there are lots of NPCs, in fact I think most of the world is made up of NPCs. Always has been. They are here to take up space, to add to the population but they contribute absolutely nothing.
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We should make an WOV poll about members most likely to be NPCs in the simulation.
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We should make an WOV poll about members most likely to be NPCs in the simulation.
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There should be a poll about how pointless that would be.
Quote: DRichI have had a pork butt in the smoker for 10.5 hours and it looks like it probably still has 2 more hours to go. I really thought it would only take about 9 hours total.
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Can be pretty unpredictable how long it takes to get a slab of pork to get through the “stall”. If you need more predictability, you can wrap in foil or butcher paper when you hit 150 or 155. That will get it through the stall more quickly (and braise the meat) but you’ll lose some of the bark.
Quote: unJonQuote: DRichI have had a pork butt in the smoker for 10.5 hours and it looks like it probably still has 2 more hours to go. I really thought it would only take about 9 hours total.
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Can be pretty unpredictable how long it takes to get a slab of pork to get through the “stall”. If you need more predictability, you can wrap in foil or butcher paper when you hit 150 or 155. That will get it through the stall more quickly (and braise the meat) but you’ll lose some of the bark.
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Thank you. I rarely wrap food on the smoker. I generally just keep it at 225-235. This pork butt took 13 hours. I will be trying it shortly.
Some wise guy saw we were cooking it much higher than 250 degrees and he spent the next month telling everyone how we screwed up.
Some of Ashly's friends decided to get a barbecue service to cater their wedding reception (around 12 years ago). I was concerned when the caterers arrived after the cocktail hour started. Sure, it is possible that their pit trailer was maintaining temperature for the final hours of cook, but... I begged off eating, due to my various medical concerns.
Everyone else said it tasted good, but they all had upset stomachs over the next day.
I did taste a little of the potato salad; it was awful.
My general rule is that if the pit hasn't been on-site for 24 hours, I'm not interested. I'm sure I've missed out on some wonderful barbecue, but I'm also quite sure I've skipped hours of gastric distress.
There was a food truck at some block party event in Milwaukee around 20 years ago; they were selling whole hog pulled pork sandwiches with vinegar sauce. They were excellent. Clearly, there are exceptions to my rule.
0.0 Alc/vol and 29 calories per 12-ounce serving. It's labeled a Superior Alcohol-Free Brew, rather than beer.
It comes in skinny tall-boy cans that don't feel right. The drink itself has a beer aftertaste, but it reminds me more of 1970s Schaeffer than modern Michelob Ultra. I have not been drinking much , mostly because of working on my weight, but at 29 calories a pop, I'm adding it to my diet.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
Quote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
The rest of the household seems to go out of their way to get Bud Light or Busch Light for recipe purposes, rather than dip into whatever bottles are lurking in the basement beer fridge.
Otherwise, you can contribute it to a neighbor's delinquency, provided they agree that any ensuing bad decisions happen at least 2.5 miles away.
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
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If they won't take it back I guess I will be giving out 72 beers for Halloween. I probably drink one beer a year at home.
Quote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
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If they won't take it back I guess I will be giving out 72 beers for Halloween. I probably drink one beer a year at home.
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Giving alcohol to minors, I hear that's legal in Florida. Why don't you give it a try on Halloween and see. Just keep it and cook with it. Beer makes an excellent marinade and it's good for lots of things in cooking.
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Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichQuote: EvenBobQuote: DRichMy wife placed an online order for groceries at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. When I pick it up the girl is loading into the car and everything looks normal until she loads three cases of Busch Light into the car. I give it a very puzzled look and can't imagine why my wife would order three cases of cheap beer. I bring it home and set it all on the counter so she can put everything away. She says to me, "why did you buy three cases of beer?". We both just laughed. I don't think we have bought any beer in three years and probably not a total of three cases in ten years.
She is planning on returning it tomorrow.
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Don't bother they won't take it. You can't return alcohol it's against the law. Walmart has a rule that if they deliver something by mistake you keep it. So drink up.
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If they won't take it back I guess I will be giving out 72 beers for Halloween. I probably drink one beer a year at home.
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Giving alcohol to minors, I hear that's legal in Florida. Why don't you give it a try on Halloween and see. Just keep it and cook with it. Beer makes an excellent marinade and it's good for lots of things in cooking.
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One of the curious traditions on the west side of the lake is that adults accompany children on their candy extortions.
It is not uncommon to offer shots to the adults.
I met a friend at a local deli for breakfast and ordered biscuits and gravy. From my recollection of the past 30 years that was always a relatively inexpensive option. Today is was $14.75. I just shook my head in disbelief. Breakfast is supposed to be around $5, Lunch around $8, and dinner around $12. What is this new world coming to?
Quote: DRichI am becoming that old guy that always talks about the good old days when Hershey bars were a nickel.
I met a friend at a local deli for breakfast and ordered biscuits and gravy. From my recollection of the past 30 years that was always a relatively inexpensive option. Today is was $14.75. I just shook my head in disbelief. Breakfast is supposed to be around $5, Lunch around $8, and dinner around $12. What is this new world coming to?
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That’s about right. Tip for breakfast, $5, lunch, $8, dinner $12.
I went to an attractive Italian restaurant here in the Villages for lunch. Unlimited soup and salad was TWELVE dollars. The salad was a great Caesar with mucho anchovies. The soup was a perfect Italian wedding soup. The Caesar was BIG. So no seconds on salad. But I did get a second bowl of soup. I will be going back.
I've been budgeting $100 a week for outside meals but these days I might eat one outside meal a week It's helped me run up a big surplus in that department.
Quote: DRichI am becoming that old guy that always talks about the good old days when Hershey bars were a nickel.
I met a friend at a local deli for breakfast and ordered biscuits and gravy. From my recollection of the past 30 years that was always a relatively inexpensive option. Today is was $14.75. I just shook my head in disbelief. Breakfast is supposed to be around $5, Lunch around $8, and dinner around $12. What is this new world coming to?
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You would be right on the money if this was 1990. I'm afraid it's not. Since I have not eaten at a restaurant since 2017 I have no idea what prices are and if I live to be 90 I hope I never have to eat in another restaurant. Wait I do know. It was a Chinese buffet and it was $9.99 and my brother ate there a few weeks ago and it's now $18.99 with about half the menu it had just 5 years ago.
For lunch, a homemade bagel dog (a Kirkland 1/4-pound or so hot dog wrapped in homemade bagel dough).
For dinner, I went to Twisted Sourdough Pizza in Henderson and got a Twisted Meatball Skewer - four meatballs with sourdough wrapped around them, with a wooden skewer going through the whole thing, then covered in mozzarella, with a side of sauce, plus a pie tin filled with Mac & Cheese.
Here's a photo of the Skewer:
Quote: EvenBobQuote: DRichI am becoming that old guy that always talks about the good old days when Hershey bars were a nickel.
I met a friend at a local deli for breakfast and ordered biscuits and gravy. From my recollection of the past 30 years that was always a relatively inexpensive option. Today is was $14.75. I just shook my head in disbelief. Breakfast is supposed to be around $5, Lunch around $8, and dinner around $12. What is this new world coming to?
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You would be right on the money if this was 1990. I'm afraid it's not. Since I have not eaten at a restaurant since 2017 I have no idea what prices are and if I live to be 90 I hope I never have to eat in another restaurant. Wait I do know. It was a Chinese buffet and it was $9.99 and my brother ate there a few weeks ago and it's now $18.99 with about half the menu it had just 5 years ago.
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There is a Chinese buffet in Atlanta close to where I work. It is the only one that I have been to in the last ten years or so but I eat there at least once a trip now when I go to Atlanta, The only thing I eat of the prepared foods is the Egg Drop soup. I then fill my plate with noodles, beef, and shrimp at the hibachi station and have them cook it up with garlic and hot sauce, I really enjoy that and it is much better than the mostly deep fried foods they have. I think it is $15.99 but they do charge for a drink. Basically it comes out to around $18.50 after drink and tax.
Quote: ThatDonGuyFor breakfast, a bowl of half Raisin Bran Crunch and half Special K with Banana.
For lunch, a homemade bagel dog (a Kirkland 1/4-pound or so hot dog wrapped in homemade bagel dough).
For dinner, I went to Twisted Sourdough Pizza in Henderson and got a Twisted Meatball Skewer - four meatballs with sourdough wrapped around them, with a wooden skewer going through the whole thing, then covered in mozzarella, with a side of sauce, plus a pie tin filled with Mac & Cheese.
Here's a photo of the Skewer:
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I am always amazed that people can eat three meals a day. I rarely have two meals a day.
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.
