Quick! What did you last have to eat!

I last had a bowl of oatmeal and a sliced orange for breakfast. :)

Two eggo waffles, also for breakfast. Nothing exciting. =)

a molasses cookie, a banana and some really stale snack crackers. Some call it lunch.

Slim Fast Chocolate Royale shake for breakfast since I still am toothless.

Peanut butter and jelly with a banana for lunch. I have been spending too much time looking at the other tread!!

Chicken Quesadillas for lunch

Buttered whole-wheat bagel.

Half of an toasted everything bagel with cream cheese, a salad with French dressing and as mentioned in another thread -- candied pineapple!

Winegums and salty liquerice!

Forticare - nutritional supplement for folks undergoing chemo. :)

peach scone

an orange, and it was quite sour, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

A brussels pate & salad sandwich. Which makes me sound significantly posher than I am, I fear, given I scoffed it at my desk in between doing experiments!

Ham and mac & cheese with mixed vegetables and snack-sized Snickers for dessert.

I had some Brie on crackers.

Jarlsberg cheese and garlic sesame bread-sticks, washed down with lowfat milk.

A chicken nugget.

A bowl of stale Cheerios. I'm looking forward to lunch.

coffee

Just finished a bowl of Crispex and milk.

I'm so enthralled by my liquid diet that I've gone and had another Slim Fast shake for lunch.

*iwanttoeatasteaksobadly*

Cheese Scone (unexpectedly spicy!) and a cup of coffee

A refried bean wrap and some pepperoni sausage.

cobb salad and 1 slice of french bread with a glass of sweet, iced tea.

Fake Tunisian couscous...cauliflower, zucchini, onions and chickpeas cooked in a thick, spicy tomato sauce over couscous grains.

A liver paté sandwich.

A delicious salad with herbed chicken and strawberries, mandarin oranges, pineapple and blueberries with balsamic vinaigrette. It was deelish.

In this heat, I don't think I could eat anything too heavy.

What's nice is that this thread can keep on going.

I had a hot open faced turkey sandwich with mixed vegetables for lunch, and a glass of water.

For lunch, I had a foot long roast beef sandwich. It wasn't spectacular, but it was free (there's a points system.) It's hard to complain about free food, unless you become ill.

fairy cakes (they were on the staff room table)

a big spoonful of almond butter.. mmmm!

Around 7 this morning I had a bedtime snack of Rtiz crackers and port wine cheese spread with a couple glasses of pinot noir, plus a few Red Vines and an Ambien. For breakfast I'm having leftover Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi, and probably something from a burger factory when the hubby gets home.

Ravioli in a butter and cheese sauce. Yum.

I can't eat tomato sauce because my mouth is still sore from wisdom teeth extraction surgery, so unhealthiness will have to satisfy me instead.

For dinner, a fish taco, coleslaw and a Coke.

for lunch.....pbj on pancakes left over from last night's dinner. My husband & I realized we were made for each other when we discovered that we both salivate at the words "breakfast anytime."

a butterscotch candy I swiped at the bank.

smothered pork chops, tossed salad, and mashed potatoes

Yummy, chardonnay, shrimp cocktail, veggies and bleu cheese, and bread with dipping oil, I love summer.

Just ate some cantaloupe while finishing Juliet Marillier's Blade of Fortriu

Lunch was a yummy chopped salad with grilled chicken, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, dried cherries and pine nuts with a curry dressing served on a bed of rice with a tasty side of sweet potato fries. I fear dinner will be far less exciting.

crab rangoon, hot & sour soup, house fried rice, and diet coke (blue striped with vitamins and minerals) . . . burp!

At the theater while watching Transformers, I had a slawdog, fries, and a coke. Hey - I KNOW none of that was healthy, but it was good! :)

We baked one of those frozen bread dough loaves of bread tonight, so I had 2 pieces piping hot, slathered in butter.

We had a very pedestrian dinner tonight, I'm working late getting ready for school to start so hubby was in charge of cooking: fish sticks (my 2 and a half year old asked for them *shrug*), steamed carrot/ broccoli/ water chestnut vegetable mix and macaroni and cheese with milk to drink. Also a handful of jellybeans (again, toddler's request) and Butterfinger ice cream, to make sure we got all our dairy today! ;)

We had my wife's fish chowder - find it at:http://homepage.mac.com/donsmith/Cookbook/Natalie/natalies_chowders.htm
Also some roasted Jersey corn.

A beer.

Beer bratwurst kebabs and grilled red onions cut into very small pieces. Keebler Grasshopper cookies for dessert.

Dinner consisted of about 1/4 pound of beef (stew meat), and a 1/2 cup of cooked rice, and a glass of water. I feel so bloated!

It's the most I've eaten at one time in about a month. I've had pneumonia, so my appetite is almost non-existant. I'm feeling much better now... I think I'd like to go for a walk...

Too much! We went to the Grand Opening of Hometown Buffet. My plan had been 1) salad 2)steak and vegetables 3) rootbeer float. BUT I had cornbread with my salad; and seconds on steak and veggies (delicious squash); AND with my rootbeer float? a tiny piece of carrot cake. Honest Esta1923

Just finished lunch: Steamed fish with tofu slices, Potato stripes fried with chilly, finely sliced pork wrapped around veggies with a dip of garlic, vinegar, soy sauce.

I intended to have just a little bit of chocolate as a tide-me-over snack 'til dinner, but ended up spoiling my appetite.

-goodgodi'mhungrynow-

all those delish posts are making me drool all over the keyboard. must wipe face and stuff mouth with something more appetizing.... ooh. good excuse.
*grin*

A caffe latte & 5 cardamom Krisprolls (rusks) with butter. For breakfast :-)

I had a hand full of cherrios and some Tangy cheese Doritos.

Two slices of toast with butter and strawberry jam and a HUGE glass of orange juice - yummy!

coffee.

Crawfish, chicken pinchers, lime youghurt, couscous, grilled veggies and Västerbotten cheese pie!
(Dinner in the garden, with friends)

Chicken Pad Thai.

Went to the Amish market this morning! Grabbed a hot dog-and-cheese-stuffed pretzel, lemonade and a whoopie pie.

And I finished my candied pineapple -- oh no!

A grilled PB&J(*) with banana with a cup of coffee laced with cinnamon, for breakfast a while ago...

I'm getting hungry for lunch now, I think I'll whip up pasta & pesto sauce with either chicken or tuna :)

(*)I keep returning to that other thread, I think I'm addicted!

Fresh blueberry smoothie, 1 slice of pita bread with hummus for lunch.

corn tortilla chips and hummus with apple juice (lunch).

a pancake breakfast at the Nautical Days festival in our town. Great fun, great music to eat by, loads of crafts to look at after breakfast, going back tonight for a symphony concert, then tomorrow for boat races, then Monday night for fireworks. (long weekend here by the way). Lots of fun. Delicious pancakes and sausages :-) I love living here.

A piece of musk melon.

Raspberry Iced Tea

A few extremely tasty Belgian cookies: two pieces of shortbread held together with raspberry jam and topped with white glaze. Mmmm.

coconut milk, walnuts, black cherries, blackberries and cinnamon nutmeg tossed together.

It's lunchtime here in sunny Italy and soooooo PASTA!

Lunch today: Leftovers from yesterday - thai chicken pinchers, lime youghurt, and couscous with grilled veggies :-)

I had leftover chicken curry for lunch.

Hmmm... translating recipes makes me hungry.

A piece of chicken pot pie with a sliced of American cheese melted on top.

a hamburger and baked beans!

A salad of baby spinach and lettuces, chicken, garlic & cheese croutons, bacon bits and ranch dressing.

ohhh that sounds delish!

Muesli and juice, but yesterday lunchtime I poached (almost) a whole salmon which was fun and yummy with salsa verde.

A real vile caffe latte from the machine here at the office.
UHT milk - yuk!

A prepackaged piece of spicecake (I think that's what it called in English anyway) and half a liter of water.

A bowl of Trix cereal, left to get soggy while I read chapter 5 of The Hobbit to my son.

Mini Frosted shredded wheat with slices of banana (milk too). Ooops, actually that was followed by orange juice and vitamins.

Life cereal and coffee.

Horrid bagel from the gas station on the way to the office, blech!!!!

Yummy whole wheat bagel with cinnamon and sugar.

I'm currently drinking a diet coke, because I have a sinus infection and am too nauseous to ingest real food.

Yesterday I had some seaweed salad.

I just had some scandinavian style pancakes with home made blueberry jam and real vanilla icecream for dinner.
:-)

Sushi for lunch.

A Bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios with powdered Cinnamon

I had linguini with pesto sauce for dinner.

Grilled cheese sandwich on whole wheat, more diet coke.

Viva being broke/spending all your money on books.

#78----------->
lol. fleela, is there any better way to reduce food to scraps when busy reading?

of course, when I was a wee lass I was NOT ALLOWED to read at the table because I'd already eat so slow I was often found asleep there. :)

Penne pasta with cherry tomato & chilli sauce with bacon, shallots, garlic, peppers and black olives, yum!

Two slices of Digiorno Four Cheese Garlic Bread Crust pizza, cut into tiny, tiny pieces.

OJ, Muesli/grapes & bananas. . . Esta 1923

Coffee

dirt.

More coffee.

A thin strip of roasted eggplant wrapped around a mixture of feta, black olives, black pepper and lemon juice. I made a whole bunch of them for my lunches over the next couple of days, and I wanted to make sure they tasted okay. They're really quite good.

A wonderful brownie with walnuts on top.

A few Reese's Peanut Butter & Banana cups. Elvis was on the bag, I HAD to buy them.

Yet more coffee. It is a rainy day.

#97 - eek, they're based on his peanut butter and banana sandwiches!!! I made one of those for lunch just yesterday!

A sub sandwich.

And now, a beer.

*goes to check out ELVIS Reeses*

EDIT: OMG Peanut Butter and 'nana Reeses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Tacos for dinner.

I really want those peanut butter and banana Reese's, though ...

coffee.

Chicken Vindaloo for lunch.
Vanilla Chocolate icecream w/hazelnuts -
afterwards.

Now - coffee.

a banana. and it really really wants to be in a Reese's PB&nana cup. And I really really wish it was one.

Arizona green tea and a bag of trail mix, where can one find these Reese's cups?

A slice of lemon cheesecake.

Multi-Grain Wheat Thins. A little on the salty side, but still good.

ham sandwich

philly cheese steak, I wish it was El Pollo Loco :(

And coffee

3 grilled boneless pork chops with melted provolone cheese. MMMMmmmmMMMMmmmm...

#30 Fairy cakes? OOOOooooOOOOooooh, I'm going to have to gOOgle that! I always assumed it was a made-up confection from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

#97 OMG OMG OMG those Reeses Peanut Butter and Banana Cups sound wonderfully evil! GOTTA GET SOME!!!

Choclate ice cream. For breakfast. I'm off work sick, so it's soothing for my throat!

Mature Cheddar, with a light dusting of pepper, grilled on toast that has a light spread of lemon curd beneath the cheese!

A chicken wrap and a cranberry raspberry Snapple for lunch.

Really cruddy instant chicken noodle soup and saltine crackers for dinner.

Water for breakfast. (Sounds like the sequel to Water For Elephants.

And I just realized I left my lunch at home.

bagel with maple walnut cream cheese!
yummmmmm

A donut. A real donut.*

*Not a Krispy Kreme Krap donut

Elle, if your stomach troubles you - try bananas. When having ulcer or gastritis or just too much acids playing havoc this is way more affordable than eating medicine, and you don't need a prescription ;-)
Plus, they fill up the stomach so you don't have to go hungry.

They have to be ripe, though - too green and they're too much for the system to cope with...

Roast beef sub for lunch (meeting).

Vanilla yogurt with little chocolate crispy bits for breakfast.

Thanks, Busifer! I'll definitely pick one up for lunch!

#123 - When I had an ulcer (and then - chronic gastritis) I read about a report that had proved that 2-3 bananas a day equaled the use of Losec (ulcer med).
I found it to be true. BUT - there are stomach related problems that feels like ulcer/gastritis/too much acids but in reality is something else and then it only gets worse if you eat bananas. So try one first and judge for yourself...

No, this definitely falls under the category of too much acids in my poor abused tummy. A man in a white coat claiming to be a doctor told me, so I know it MUST be true. Thanks for the advice - and it's nice to know that others share my tummy troubles.

Coffee, again. :)

Take care and be well soon!
Personally I found the way to manage was to allow some of the forbidden things - you can't get physically well if you don't feel well on a mental level... and one reaches a level of recovery where one can start to balance the goods and the evils ;-)
I have edited out oranges, grapefruits etc and allowed coffee. And a Zantac* as a precaution if I know I'm about to mistreat myself (ie. drinking alcohol or eating fatty foods).

*) I know that brand should be available in the US at supermarkets /no prescription/ etc. because I've bought it myself :-)
Zantac's also OK if you need to reset your tummy acids fast. I go nowhere without it (13 years with this problem has made me kind of tired of bananas, hehe!)

Oh, I miss coffee. Two days without it, and I'm hurting.

After a few days, I'll slowly add in some unhealthy options. Right now I'm still terrified my heart will explode, or my stomach will implode.

Take it real slow or you'll have a backlash.
I tried to ignore the signals and got REAL ill, losing circa 17 pounds when not being able to eat, only drink water and nibble on white bread. And I have never had any excess weight to begin with.
It's not worth it, the body starts to degenerate if you can't eat and then it's all downhill...

I have never had any excess weight to begin with

I don't like you anymore. ;)

Well, I have now!
That was 13 years ago...
Please, be my friend
;-)

Ok, fine. :P

Would you like some parsley?

Yuk!
;-)

I went to the fair last night:
BarBQue sandwich (pulled pork)
Kettle Corn
Denali Cream Puff

No coffee, but I am on my way for the first cup.

A banana
A roast beef sandwich. As in, just roast beef. They were out of lettuce and tomato, and I can't have dairy right now.
A seltzer.

The middles of two beef and bean burritos. I can't quite chew the doughy ends yet.

Mint tea and a slice of banana bread.

A chicken sandwich. The bread was "cheese bread", which sounded really appetizing in the store, but turned out to be disgusting in real life. So disappointing.

ahhhh. Coffee.

Iced coffee
2 eggs, fried, with pepper, dill and feta cheese
Multigrain toast with peanut butter
Water

#95 xicanti: Those sound delicious, I'll have to try.

Tomato soup
Saltines
Water

...How many more days of this?

It never stops, ellevee... you are now cursed to report on your food for the rest of your natural-born days!

ha-ha

Bwa-ha-ha

Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha >:)

Coffee con non-dairy creamer and sugar.

LOL, I was referring to living off of soup...

But now I'm just terrified....

*runs screaming from the thread*

peanut butter and strawberry jam on white bread, a banana and a Coke

Pickles and a Coke Zero.

I really need to go shopping. ;)

yes! ExVivre go shopping and then you can eat chips and pickles, or pickles and bananas. Or, like me, chocolate chip cookies. Ym.

turkey and artichoke panini, cherry scone, dark roast black coffee.

My last day of work - they took me out for lunch - blame them.

Chicken pad thai
Vanilla chocolate chip ice cream
Thai orange lime iced tea.

If I die, I will die with a happy tummy.

Kung Po Beef with Hot and Sour soup and tea.

oh, I just remembered the cup of old coffee in the microwave, I'll go get it.....

Grilled cheese sandwich. The cheese all melted out and got brown and crispy. Yum

Toast with homemade blueberry jam.

(I continue this only to humour you, JPB! Like the respondent who answers the query with the aim to upset the scores, hehe!)

Candied ginger with honey on it.

Let's make this the longest thread EVER.

Raspberry and peach yogurt parfait and a Iced Tazo Chai Latte.

#154 How many do you need?

I had a strange stuffed omelette in the canteen at lunch and a way too salty vegetable soup

I had a vanilla Instant Breakfast this morning. Not too exciting.

cup - o - soup

coffee- corn tortilla casadilla with Tillamook Monterey Jack cheese and chipotle sauce.

smoked salmon roll sushi

Chicken Noodle Soup and breadsticks at Target

Mocha frappacino (it's Friday!)

Chicken and baked potatoes

I'm having a banana/peanut butter and mayonaise sandwich that Arctic-Stranger just made for me over in the Try not to have too much fun without me thread....

We're watching Sean of he Dead while Clamairy is offline for the next couple of days.

Come on over and join us!

Bow-tie pasta with chicken, olive oil, tomato sauce, oregano and lots and lots of cheese for dinner... yummm!!!

Oh, and a Diet 7UP!

Arctic-Stranger ===> you sure are a caffeine junkie, and here I thought *I* was addicted :P

ellevee ==> what's wrong? are you sick? :( Tummy troubles are the worst.

Addicted? Moi? Don't be silly.

(Are you going to drink that last little bit?)

yesterday's fried rice

hot and sour soup, and those yummy crunchy noodles. and my 5th or so diet coke of the day...I really need to cut down on those.

curried butter chicken, brown rice and broccoli - yum. And cinnamon cookies for dessert, although my husband keeps hearing the ice-cream parlour calling to him, so we may have to go out shortly.

A Snicker's bar while watching the first season finale of Heroes...

I usually prefer European-type dark, bittersweet chocolate, but this is all there was at the corner store :(

Ohhh and to think I have to wait I don't know how long for the second season!!! Agh! I'm seriously addicted to Heroes...

I had a box of Sno-Caps and a Cherry Coke during "Stardust"!!!

It was so good, and I can't wait to see it again.

And Charlie Cox is hot with the longer hair. Not the longest hair, but the longer. Hot.

I love Sno-Caps. They're basically an excuse to eat chocolate chips. So yummy. Much like Charlie Cox.

*edited so I could babble on some more about Sno-Caps and Charlie Cox, because I thought of more marginally fun things to say. Emphasis on "marginally."

Well, my latest meal was pancakes at one of those diners that serves breakfast anytime, even for diiner.

HOWEVER!!!

LAST NIGHT I was in Coney Island and had pizza from Totonno's, a vintage 1926 pizzeria that is easily one of the 5 greatest pizzerias in the world, then to Nathan's for their classic Hot Dog with mustard and sauerkraut, fried clams (they were quite airy) and a corn dog (meat on a stick, yummmm).

I also saw the B-52's perform a free concert (they rocked like a lobster), then went to quite a fascinating Sideshow that featured the weirdest night of entertinment ever. Burlesque dancers and a 6'5" tall guy in a skintight blue bunny suit, all performing with Hula Hoops. You hadda be there!

*sigh* Well, I HAD been doing so well with my diet, too! Back to square one tomorrow!!!

re 167

Artic-Stranger,

Here I thought you were the strong, unsweetened, just black coffee type, but then came the Hersey Kisses. Then came the Mocha frappacino!

I started thinking of coffee and chocolate, topped with whipped cream, cinnimon sugar, and a Hersey Kiss. Well, if whipped cream won't support that, I suppose mini chocolate chips would do.

I went from that to a crust of graham crackers, nuts, and butter with a mocha pie topped with whipped cream, cinammon sugar, and mini chocolate chips.

Your coffee fixation I find quite inspiring for desserts! I don't think, however, I can indulge the desserts quite as often as you do the coffee!

Doré

Sigh. Pizza. Way too much pizza. I'm sure it was nothing like Groo's either. Just take and bake. Tomorrow I'm off to the Bay Area for dinner, so I don't plan to be a responsible eater until Sunday.

a bit o' the hair o' the dog that bit me
*slump*
off now to snuggle back into my yummy warm bed

I'm drinking my morning coffee (-;

Lovely, lovely mug of Yorkshire Gold tea with a bit of sugar, and then some scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns.

But tomorrow I'm cooking a roasted herb coated pork loin with cous cous and mixed steamed veggies. Y'all come on over!!

(edited cuz otherwise it sounded like I was drinking the eggs et al in the tea. blech!)

pop-tart

That new Special K cereal with strawberries and yogurt and coffee.

But I picked up homemade donuts from the farmers market for a treat this afternoon! Yumm.

A piece of cheese and a Diet Coke. Caffeine free.

#156 How many of what do I need?

Pancakes for lunch! Go me. With honey, cinnamon sugar and a side of browned crispy ham.

And a BIG mug of coffee. :D

I stole Atomic Mutant's coffee this morning!

*Eyes Arctic-Stranger's mug...*

Make it two big mugs of coffee.

(I'm trying to outdo Arctic-Stranger :P).

cold honey bread drizzled with more honey - and green tea

An oatmeal chocolate chip cookie. Mmm.

pop-tart. again. I need to go shopping.

A soft brioche roll with sauteed portobello mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, and maple mustard, with a side of french fries and lemonade.

I spent the weekend with vegans. They seriously know how to eat.

171 -- right now they're making a dark chocolate Snickers that I could seriously get addicted to. I'm not a dark chocolate snob, will take chocolate in whatever form it comes in, but that's good stuff.

Oh, and most recently I ate some grapes, but I'm about to go and forage for supper, as this thread is making me hungry.

A nice salad I just made myself: cherry tomatoes, herb croutons, chopped Swiss cheese, bits of roasted chicken, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I would've added some romaine lettuce, but the ones at the grocery store didn't convince me (i.e., they were packed in large bags, too much for just one person, and out of my budget! :P). Oh and pear juice :)

#188 ==> that sounds delish!!! maple mustard: ohh I have to try that some day! I luvvvv mustard!

#171 ==> I think those Snickers are available here, I don't know... but still, I've become a bit of a chocolate snob lately :P If you can call Perugina and Ghirardelli snobbish... Those are the brands I'm addicted to right now, dark & semisweet varieties only. Ok, I *have* to stop talking about chocolate now and eat my dinner.

Bon appetit, everyone!

A salad (for me) consists of Lettuce (any of whatever I happen to have around), Carrots, Celery, and Cucumber. I use either the juice of a Lemon, or non-distilled Apple Cider Vinegar, and a dash or 2 of salt. That's it.

Can't eat croutons, or tomatoes, or onions, or garlic, or peppers. As much as I wish I could, I can't handle them (and a couple of dozen other 'basic' food items.

Strawberry Pocky

Mini boost chocolate bar, mmmmm, might have to make it a double :)

I just discovered that chocolate gives me migraine. I thought my life was coming to the end. Any advice on how to substitute?

yumm, pizza and a Coke. misskate I know that my mom uses carob instead of cocoa, it does taste almost as good as chocolate, but I have only ever seen it in a powder, not sure if it comes in a bar form.

2 miniature Hershey's dark chocolate bars. Oh so yummy how I want more!

vitamin water. revive. cause coffee isn't doing it today. I hate that the water in coffee doesn't count towards your daily required intake.

Oh but it does! New health regulations.

And the winner is.....coffee! (My second cup.)

I agree totally with A-S. Coffee counts, especially extra big mugs. I am drinking a double tall soy latte from Starbucks. My apologies to all Starbuck haters but they are my home town company so I do spend some of my coin there.

I made too much clam chowder this weekend.

Here's the recipe:

Simmer 4-5 large minced potatos and three large yellow onions, minced, in about a pound and a half of butter until the potato starch begins to be pulled out into the butter (stirring frequently). Add more butter if it gets too starchy.

Slowly add two gallons of milk and one gallon of cream; add a big handful of coarsely ground pepper and a small handful of celery seed.

Add about 10 lbs. of potatos, cubed, and about another 3 lbs of onion, minced; keep at a low simmer for a couple of hours.

Let cool overnight in the frig.

The next day, add a medium bunch of celery, sliced, and more pepper and celery seed to taste; add 3 51 ounce cans of clams; simmer for about two hours and serve.

I'll be eating chowder for a while.

maggie1944: also my coffee problem - the town I work in is home to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters... I mean, it's everywhere! And it's so gosh-darn good! It is also home to Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I can't win.
*as noon miserably sucks on fruit punch flavored water packed full of yummy-good-for-you-vitamins*

#200 -- that's a lot of chowdah (as they say in Boston). Sounds good tho!

I just had half of a chicken salad sandwich from a market back at home (still at work now). It's quite yummy -- has bits of crystallized ginger and scallions in it. No mayo either. Followed that with some pretzels.

Time for my next cup. Maybe some lunch to go with it. (You have to understand I work in a hospital, so what I get is .... hospital food! Coffee is definitely a preferable alternative and we do have a great coffee shop here.)

Silly me, working on some fiction. This is the beginning of Chapter II

Be Kind.

Waking up is easily the hardest part of my day, and clearly the most unpleasant. Every morning I understand what my primeval ancestors felt when they experienced the shock of dry land for the first time. Once I get past the first few rebellions against consciousness, which takes a bit of time, there is little else in the day that can bother me—with the exception of finding dead people in my driveway. (I don’t take naps because I cannot abide the idea of having to wake up TWICE in one day.)

I have found the best way to get through the terrible unpleasantness of the first hour of the day is to have a rhythm so that I don’t have to think about anything until I am good and awake—which should ideally take up most of that first hour. That rhythm must move toward something pleasant—something very pleasant. That is why coffee was created.

The making of coffee is a ritual, not rivaled by anything any religious order has devised. Doing it half asleep just after waking is much like doing it in a religious fervor.

You start with the Drawing of the Water, and here most people make their first crucial misstep. The water must be cold, and fresh. (Fortunately Alaska tap water fits this bill perfectly.) The exact amount does not need to be perfect; a few drops, more or less, will not upset the delicate balance. Put this on the stove to boil while you are preparing for the next step—the Grinding of the Beans.
There are people who say that you don’t have to use whole beans for a decent cup of coffee, but these are the same people who don’t mind aluminum baseball bats, Barry Manilow, drive-thru communion stations, and paintings of dogs playing cards. The beans, (which are properly refrigerated but not frozen), are measured out in a scoop. Most people will prefer to use the same scoop. For me that is essential. Once my ex-wife lost my favorite scoop, which is probably one of the reasons she is an ex-wife.
Of course it takes more than just using whole beans to make a good cup of coffee. The type of beans you use is just as important. When I started drinking coffee, I drank it sweet and flavored—chocolate almond, orange, amaretto, raspberry, vanilla. It was more like hot liquid ice cream than coffee. Five years ago I gave up sugar for Lent, and during that time realized not only that I could drink coffee without any flavoring, but that I actually liked it better that way.
These days I prefer a Kenya AA or nice Mexican Organic. Occasionally I will try a varietal--Wake the Dead by Raven Brew, or Dog Musher's Blend by North Pole Roasters--but usually I settle for something African or Central American.
So with Two cups of water (which, after you have ground the beans should be boiling) and two scoops of beans, you are now ready to brew. Dump the ground coffee into your French press, breath deeply of fragrance, pour in the boiling water, and stir. Let it all sit for about two minutes (the hardest two minutes of my day), then cap it, press slowly, and pour.
You could use a coffee maker, and I do not judge people who do so. But if you want an excellent cup of coffee, and not merely a good one, if you want the crema on the top, as it should be, you have to use a French press.
Once I have my coffee, my newspaper, and NPR on the radio (or a few good jazz CDs if it is a weekend) then I am ready to face the day.

OMG i thought i was the only person who ate cheese and lemon curd sarnies!

Ahhhh... A-S... that was a lovely read. I am savoring now my GMCR Kona Mtn Estate, fresh from my itty-bitty French Press, made with cold Vermont well water. It is good. Shame on me for introducing Vitamin Water in a previous statement.

A delicious Käsestange and a pretzel (with way too much salt) from a local baker. Now time to repair some of the damage and eat an apple.

a chocolate chocolate chip muffin - whoohooo sugar high here I come!

A bowl of honey nut cheerios with skim milk, a cup of coffee, a half cup of orange juice and some cottage cheese with fresh blueberries and raspberries.

Cheddar cheese flavored with white wine and garlic.

Kellogg's Smart Start Healthy Heart Maple Brown Sugar and milk. May represent today's total requirements in all food groups....

hope all recognize west coast is 3 hours earlier than stated time on the messages - that is, it is only 9:45 am here.

A slice of home made rhubarb pie with cocos crust.
Yum! Even better on day two :-)

lunch time! chicken, cheddar cheese and tomato sandwich with an Izze (sparkling clementine). Yum. Now back to yard work - ufff.

Today, so far...
Coffee
a poached egg on toast
coffee
coffee

Smoked haddock with egg, new potatoes, black cabbage, and peas, followed by blackberries and cream, washed down with a glass of Kentish white wine.

a slice of birthday cake, and it was very nice... yummmmm.

Teacher Work Day - Pot Luck

Ham, turkey, 2 kinds of cheese (all sliced for sandwiches), sliced tomatos from the garden, sliced cucumbers in vinegar (ditto), 4 kinds of pasta salad, 2 kinds of chips, and 5 kinds of dessert. (I'm diabetic - had the sugar-free Jello)

Lettuce, carrots, brocoli, bleu cheese, chocolate cake and....

coffee

Salad nicoise (tuna, hard-boiled eggs, capers, olives, tomatoes, mixed greens)
An Oreo milk shake

So I was half of a healthy person today.

A bbq boneless pork chop, corn and pine-nut couscous with a beer. Haven't decided on dessert yet...

Fried cheesecake at Longhorn - total decadence.

You can fry cheesecake?

Pan dulce, lots of little tastes of it, washed down with coffee.

Pan dulce is Mexican bread, which is sweet. Anything from cookies, to muffins, to sweet breads. You must visit a Mexican bakery to understand it though.

you all eat very well. I just made dinner of crackers and cheese. Might have chocolate for dessert.

224 -- it's just that those of us who don't eat well are too ashamed of it to post!

A cannoli, in memory of the late great Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto.

Just had a couple of pieces of jarlsberg cheese - yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Bout to head to lunch & have some vegetarian lasagne :)

A slice of bread with butter and jam.

a fruit and yougurt parfait from McDonalds and coffee

those cookies that have a Hershey's kiss in the middle

corn chips with homemade salsa (also from the staffroom table -- this is not the place to work if you're on a diet)

Double espresso, chai latte and eggs florentine a la Starbucks.

Starbucks also has the best-tasting ice water.

*shhhhhh - I bet five bucks Arctic comes by later and has........coffee*

Coffee....

Why is everyone laughing?

toasted bacon and fresh-off-the-vine tomato sandwich with a glass of milk.

Arctic, I've heard that coffee is very good for your memory so drink on.

Well it makes it easy to remember what I had last.

And the winner is...coffee.

coffee (un)substantiated factoids:
will give you sleepless nights, bad dreams and a restless sleeping habit, especially when consumed frequently in higher doses.
but also:
is said to help stimulate sexual functions due to it's caffine.

hmmmm - I may have to start drinking coffee again

I did not know that...but it explains a lot.

No wonder people meet other people in coffee bars!

Mongolian Grill stir fry and green tea, sitting in the sun, on the corner with my best friend.

Mac and cheese with peas and a glass of milk.

A slice of bread with a heap of smoked salmon, mayonaise and sweet chili sauce. Delicious.

Artic, drink an extra cup for me. I MISS coffee. Nearly tackled the server in Dunkin Donuts this morning when I was reminded I couldn't drink coffee, and had to opt for water.

Really crappy popcorn at the movies (saw 'The Bourne Ultimatum').

some of the best meatloaf I've had in YEARS, along with French Fries (I've never really been big on baked potatoes), and string beans.

left over mongolian grill stir fry in front of the computer. I am going to bed to read.

Chlorinated pool water.

Breakfast: couple of slices of Asiago Cheese Bread, toasted with butter, and coffee.

#242 ellevee, whay can't you have coffee?

*hugs & empathy and horror at thought of not being able to drink coffee *

*I'm catching up reading from the bottom up, if you already mentioned why, I'll soon see it*

Peanut butter and jam with a banana and a Coke, I think I have lived this same day before

Swanson's Turkey and Dressing frozen dinner. It came with potatoes and green peas.

What? It was a buck, ok? And, surprisingly not even bad. Better than I'd have had from McDs for a buck anyway....

Lentil soup, fried fish with hot sauce and dinner rolls. Time to dust out the exercise bike :(

I joined Arctic for a couple cups of coffee after breakfast.

Lunch was Ham & Cheese sandwich with sliced tomatoes (Tavern Ham & Swiss cheese); nectarine, and toll house chocolate chip cookie.

Coffee.

Seriously ellevee you need pastoral care BIG TIME, and I would do it except that a) I am really far from you, b) I am not sure how close I want to get to someone who is denied coffee over time, and c) I would have to have a couple of cups of coffee to work efficiently, and that might be counter-productive.

oreos, double stuffed mint. Now I am heating up some split pea soup with hot dogs in it. The hot dogs were free from my grocery store - "have a picnic" promo: gave away hot dogs, hot dogbuns, baked beans and mustard. Who would complain?

Peanut butter and banana sandwich, ginger ale.

cheerios and slim milk

First day of school lunch: Crispitos - blech.
(Forgot to sign up for a salad)

Also had some sugar free Jello and some cheese from the staff room.

Lunch at the Boston Public Library.

I finished it with a fruit tart and an espresso in the courtyard.

What isn't there to like about a library that serves espresso?

I had chicken salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and pineapple.

#253 Maggie1944 - I love Oreo Mint Cookies! YUM!

#247 The caffeine in coffee makes my heart palpitate, and keads to bad health in general. 21, and I'm falling apart.

#252 Just keep drinking coffee for me! Yeah, I've been drinking tea, but it's not the same, and I've been crankier than usual. Homicidal, even. Maybe everyone should just stay away from me for a while.

Just ate:
Fresh corn on the cob
Steak
Bread and butter

My grandparents are visiting, and they insist on 'real' food.

chocolate chip cookie after having taco bell that made me sick.

A pain au chocolat for breakfast. My oldest boy is six today so instead of a bowl of cereal by myself (or some toast with Quetsch jam that we made on Wednesday), the whole family got up and we had special breakfast together with LBIs (Luxury Breakfast Items in our family vernacular).

I saw a nutritionist the other night, so trying to eat good food, but I've been in bed with a chest infection for 2 days (i wonder if i can blame the nutritionist for that???) so its hard not to just snack on choc biccies & stuff... Anyhoo just had 2 poached eggs with tomato & onion on soy & linseed toast, & an iced coffee too, so that was tasty enough for healthy food :)

I've just had my midmorning snack of coffee with hazelnut syrup and now i'm bouncing off the ceiling!

mmm, coffee cake, but no coffee :(

Egg white omelet with spicy jalapeno cheese and a slice of toast.

Toast.

Also, I hate coffee. I'm beginning to think I'm the only one.

Coffee, cream and sugar.

coffee, just to continue this theme.

kraft macaroni and cheese

Cherry Coke Zero (I believe in alternative sources of caffeine) and Ju-Ju Coins.

For lunch I'm deciding amongst PB&J or a Lean Cuisine box, so I don't have to leave the house, or a Culver's cheddar burger value basket with a single-scoop dish of their custard flavor of the day, which appears to be Oreo Overload.

I'm going to hell.

Nah! Keep eating like that and you'll be too big to fit! hehehe
(in hell I mean)

have your cheddar burger!

Spicy Singapore chow mei fun - for b'fast. Now i'm thinking - a quick workout for lunch? :-)

wow lunch already - chicken parm hero!!

#266 -- you're not the only one.

I'm trying to remember the last thing I had to eat. . . oh, cereal. Much too long ago. Time for lunch!

time to go get my coffee.

Oh and I made a chocolate amaretto cheesecake because one of our employees is leaving today, so I expect to be eating that around 1:00.

Shrimp eggrolls! Homemade! :-) Ahhhh, yummy... too bad I can't nap now... actually, I really wish I had some Arctic's cheesecake...

Just got done mowing the lawn, so I'm enjoying a cold Pepsi and a baseball game in HD.

I just realized that this thread is sort of like that Twitter type of blogging, but here in the GD there are the kind of people that I actually care to talk to. :)

>260 QueenAlyss:: QueenAlyss

I have a friend who swears that Taco Bell is just tasty alternative to OTC laxatives, and, cheaper, too. After many such an experience I have to concede she is probably right.

I've just scarfed down a Jimmy Dean Egg, Cheese and Canadian Bacon on Honey Wheat muffin. With store brand cola.

This is a difficult question seeing as we have a dessert buffet at work today. I've been grazing on lemon bars, rocky-road brownies, cherry-pineapple cobbler, fudge, some kind of apple pie/cinnamon roll thingy, chocolate cake, almond-raspberry cookies, and some other stuff. I'm soooooo fuuuuuullll!

I just had yummy chicken pot pie with a green salad and some fried plantains on the side. Oh, and a little cup of coffee, of course, to finish off the great meal :D

@#204: Arctic-Stranger, that piece of fiction you wrote, was that for real? I loved it! :) Oh, and you can actually bake chocolate amaretto cheesecake!?!?! WOW! :P

@#222: Yeah, you can fry cheesecake, apparently, along with anything else your heart (ugh! poor heart) desires. A while ago I saw Paula Deen wrap a piece of cheesecake on a wonton wrapper, after putting a piece of chocolate tablet on top, and then proceed to deep-fry the whole thing, sprinkle powdered sugar on top, and then have the nerve to pour chocolate sauce and whipped cream on top, agh! I could actually feel my arteries clogging up just by looking at that monstrosity :( Not that I'm above junk food and all fried/sweet things, mind you, it's just that there's a limit, I think... *shudders*

BTW, elle: I'm so sorry for you, having to live a caffeine-free existence :( But, you can have spicy jalapeño cheese and not coffee? what kind of world is this!!!!!!!!

Ahem... I just read about 75 posts in a row, heh :P

Edited to fix silly errant preposition.

I see an eggroll comment, and have a small recommendation. Next time you make eggrolls, try adding a small dab of peanut butter and rubbing it around the inside before adding your vegetables. It's really good.

Oh, and, umm, espresso.

I have a friend who swears that Taco Bell is just tasty alternative to OTC laxatives, and, cheaper, too. ROFL! I love that. My son could testify.

Fresh, sweet cantaloupe from Farmer's Market. Slurp. :P

Two slices of toast with raspberry jam.
It's soon middle of the night here and I came home hungry from standing by the football ground screaming at my team ;-)
Would LOVE to have some coffee, but I have to get some sleep so I'm in good shape tomorrow when I'm supposed to socialize real life with friends, hehe.

hey, are you guys real life? Or are you a part of my imagination?

Double Dutch Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake.

and Coffee.

We ordered out to Panera from work tonight, so it's a Sierra Turkey sandwich and Fresh Mozzarella salad with a Cherry Coke Zero. No coffee.

I'm craving champagne.

A tuna sandwich and fruit juice for dinner.

Right now, crunchy granola cereal with strawberries, hold the milk...

>>281 Delirium9:: Delirium9
Re Paula Deen and the fried cheesecake: I saw her, and I kid you not at all, wrap a cold hunk of mac and cheese in bacon, then proceed to bread and deep fry the whole monstrosity just this very morning.

Not that I can say a lot about nutrition since I was eating a bowl of frosted flakes at the time... :)

Am currently addicted to homemade risotto. Today I made it with garlic, peas, squash and sweetcorn. Mmmmmmm....

I am eating Jelly Bellies, my prime #1 food addiction. Actually, its sugar, but the jelly bellies add such wonderful strong mouth watering flavors.

Half a glass of spanish rosé wine.
Came home from barbecuing with friends an hour ago; son's asleep and husband off on boys night out.

Liverwurst (which we always prononced Liverwooshed) on a sesame seed hero roll with swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions and mustard, plus a huge iced decaf coffee (and not just to be more like Arctic, either!)

grilled cheese sandwiches

Three and a half PB&J sandwiches, and one and a third glasses of fat-free milk.

Obviously, I need to do grocery shopping -- it was the end of the loaf and the carton.

I love liverwurst. I ate olives, mozarella cheese, baked garlic, mushrooms - a grocery store mix and match antipasta and now I am on to my second course - KFC chicken. Oh, I have no shame.

#295: maggie1944 -- sounds like how I used to eat when I'd walk past a Whole Foods on my way home from work and then past a KFC/Taco Bell. :o)

I just had breakfast -- Cinnamon Puffins cereal and I'm onto my second glass of iced coffee.

The last thing I had to eat? An antibiotic capsule large enough to choke a horse, in lurid shades of purple and teal. Middle ear infection -- ug.

oh, foggidaawn, I hope you are quickly getting better. I hate antiboiotics, they work such havoc on the body.

I am still eating my grocery store antipasta - olives, garlic, spicy crackers for breatfast. yummy. but of course, coffee first.

foggidawn - Eat yogurt with that antibiotic, it always helps me, or at least I think it does, and so seems to work. ;)

Home-canned salmon which I made into a spread with wasabi-mustard, mayo, sweet pickles & pepper. I put it in a whole wheat pita pocket. My stomach and brain are still trying to decide if they liked it or not. They did say it was edible.

Caffe latte made with the most disgusting UHT milk.
In Sweden we mostly use fresh milk (maybe that's why even adults drink it with meals here?).

By "fresh" do you mean not powdered, not concentrated, not altered or do you mean without homogenization and without pasteurization? If it is the later we call that "raw" and very few Americans like to drink raw milk because they are afraid of diseases.

I'm drinking coffee with sugar and milk (pasteurized, homogenized, 2%reduced fat milk ) Maybe later there will be some breakfast food. (--%

Peach and raspberry yogurt parfait and a sugar free, non-fat, vanilla latte from Starbucks. And just for Artic - a cup of regular coffee.

One of those whole-wheat Krispy Kreme donuts. Not as good as the original HFD, but I couldn't resist...

Peach and blueberry instant oatmeal

awwww krispy Kreme - how I miss you!
Italian combo with oil and vinegar and a Coke

Caffe latte made with the most disgusting UHT milk. In Sweden we mostly use fresh milk (maybe that's why even adults drink it with meals here?).

Lots of adults drink milk here in the US, too.

Baked Apple Instant Oatmeal
Milk ( 2%)
Cafe Sua which is a brand of strong Vietnamese coffee that comes with cream and sugar already added. It is the only instant coffee that actually qualifies for the name coffee.

#301, 306 - With "fresh" I mean homogenized, pasteurized milk. Which in plain text means it has been sanitized, the cream separated and then added as wanted.

I want my milk with some fat in it as the tastes are brought forth by that. Normally that means lowpasteurized 3% fat. For my coffee I use special barista milk made from highpasteurized 2.6% fat with extra milk proteins for high foam and better coffee taste.

At work they use this horrible UHT stuff. Yuk. But it's better than the powder "whitener" used in some other coffeemachines so given a choice between two evils I use the previous. I must be sick ;-)

I have only visited the US twice and never thought about how milk was used. But in lots of european countries milk is viewed as for kids only and adults. In Spain fresh milk is very hard to come by, at least where I have been, and costs astronomical sums because it is imported from places like the UK.
And when drinking milk in Germany I have been ridiculed by the personell at the pensions (small family run hotel) where I've stayed...

BTW - I'm having a big NICE homemade caffee latte right now :-)

>299 MrsLee: The yogurt's always a good idea. It helps replace the natural intestinal flora that the antibiotics kill off while they're helping you fight other bugs. In short, it helps prevent the "skitters." (To borrow an expression from The Grapes of Wrath.) ;)

I had leftover gnocchi with meatballs for lunch, then Twizzlers and soda while at the movies.

Skitters...how apt! :)

Speaking of, just had a small bowl of homemade chili beans.

A handful of seeds, sunflower seeds, pepitas & pinenuts, i feel like a bird now, lol,...

'ASCII standard' pizza; shame on me?

2 cardamom rusks with butter, a caffe latte (home made) + a whole grain slice of bread with liver paté spread.
For breakfast.
Soon off to meeting; anticipating another coffe + some pastry ;-)

coffee and a pop tart (bad me)

Coffee

Pella, what are rusks?

This is rusks - Pågens Krisprolls! It also happens to be the brand I favour... :-)
The cardamom ones are delicious when buttered.
*drools*

Vanilla and strawberry ice cream. For dinner. Three hours ago. I think I'm getting hungry again ;-)

apple crisp, and coffee of course and now an occasional carrot, and some more coffee. My dogs and I both like the little sweet carrots. We snack all day long. Where did all those people with the really good sounding, fancy, foods go? I need them back to inspire me to do more than just grab first thing I see in the refrigerator.

mac and cheese with a slice of chicken and a buttermilk buscuit! Yummy

Leftover slice of pizza and leftover slice of birthday cake. Washed it down with some coffee.

Busifer: I Googled "UHT" since I wasn't familiar. Ultra- High Temperature food packaging. Sterilized food in pre-sterilized containers. This is supposed to help preserve the flavor of the food. Guess they didn't ask milk lovers to do taste testing. Does this mean that the UHT milk can be kept unrefrigerated as long as it hasn't been opened?

Here in the US they have products that have been irradiated as a method for preserving foods. It always struck me as odd to have a milk carton on a shelf at room temperature, not in the refrigerator.

dark chocolate covered almonds, iced coffee.

Busifer: My grandmother used to take her stale bread, cook it in a very low oven all day until it was a dark golden brown and call it rusks.

I raided the refrigerator case at the local market -- salmon with lots of garlic, orzo and pea salad and a wonderful invention from their bakery called "fudge macaroon scrumption." Yum!

oreo cookies

Nestle diet yoghurt - It's not bad, in fact its pretty tasty for "diet food", but I'm really craving something fattenning & unhealthy!!!

Coffee, leftover hamburger/wegitable surprise...

Spicy pork bulgogi and kimchi! Mmm...

cad_lib - "Does this mean that the UHT milk can be kept unrefrigerated as long as it hasn't been opened?"
Yes, this is exactly the point. And the result is DISGUSTING }:(

Hot tea - mmm breakfast...

coffee, two eggs over easy, english muffin, and grits.

Sweet chilli chicken with noodles. And about to tuck into a tub of cookie dough ice cream right now! Yum!!

Coffee...

#321 - Irradiated foods are prohibited in Sweden due to health concerns. The public opinion is also strongly against genetically enhanced food.

In my personal opinion UHT milk should also be prohibited, due to not being fit for humans ;-)

Coffee!! In the hopes that caffeine chases my headache away :(

Also, I'm soooo behind on e-mails, comments and other on-line responsibilities (they are!), it's not even funny. Being an office drone sucks big time *sigh*

I second Mrs.Lee on #299: antibiotics wreck havoc on my stomach, and I've found that yogurt helps with that, it restores the body's antibacterial flora or whatever it's called! I hope you're feeling better, foggidawn :)

And of course, now I reach #310, where ExVivre explains it perfectly! ;)

#321: Happy belated birthday, cad_lib!!
Does this mean that the UHT milk can be kept unrefrigerated as long as it hasn't been opened? Yup, there are several brands here in Panama, and I actually do prefer UHT milk (it tastes the same to me, Busifer :P), because, since I live alone, and I mostly use milk only for cereal, a whole carton of milk spoils VERY rapidly, even in my fridge (no one else around to drink it!). And UHT milk, even when opened, lasts longer in the refrigerator.

#326 & 327 - O.K., now you guys are making things up. hamburger/wegitable & pork bulgogi

Let's see, tonight I had a Wish Sandwich, a Ricochet Biscuit, a Cool Water Sandwich and a Sunday-Go-To-Meetin' Bun.

Bow bow bow...

Nope, hamburger/wegitable is what you eat when you are using up the last shreds of food in your 'fridge because you're going grocery shopping the next day... wegitable is my substitute for Hamburger Helper: those mystery vegetables you end up with when you buy frozen stir-fry assortments from the sale bins...

Spinach & ricotta filo roll :)

Caffe latte, made with barista milk. Yum!
Home from work today - the preschool/daycare is closed due to some teacher planning event.

>336 MrsLee: Let me channel my inner child and say "nuh-uh!" :) Bulgogi is a Korean dish similar to stir fry. Our downtown area is experiencing a gastronomical golden age and we've gained a multitude of good restaurants representing multiple traditions. The most recent additions are a Korean/Japanese place and a Spanish tapas restaurant.

And I'm eating lemongrass & chile Thai noodles. Mmm...

Coffee.

I have to pick up the slack while Arctic is still enjoying his Alaskan slumber.

Home made garlic burgers with couscous, grilled veggies and lime yoghurt.
Caffe latte ;-)

2 egg omelet with spinach, broccoli and feta cheese
Banana
Coffee
Orange Juice

wyrdchao & ExVivre - I believe you. :) ExVivre, your downtown sounds like ideal to me! At least food-wise.

I had fresh roasted turkey at 10:00am. Sits a bit heavy on the tummy, but it was for my daughter who is leaving us for a week.

Now Groo, about those items....

Ehm,
Cold pancakes with sugar,
Cold stewed pears (picked in my aunts orchard, and stewed with blackberry jelly(?): delicious)
Yogurt with peaches on syrup.
Oh, and two cups of strong coffee to wake up from work...

Coffee...I feel like I a kind of in a rut here....

And I need more, I was up until 4:30 last night cleaning up the mess that resulted from the washer overflowing because my mother in law decided to do her laundry at 2:00 and I swear she has this curse which makes mechanical things go all ape shit when she touched them. (My wife seems to share this gene as well.)

#347 -- I thought that was just me -- my particular specialties are vacuum cleaners and sewing machines, though.

I last ate something gooey and chocolatey. Mmmmm. . .

Yipes, and I was going to go on a diet. Just reading the list of food has put 5 lbs on my hips. That and the new ice cream place that just opened up down the street. They have orange peach ice cream. VERY good. Think I'll go get some more..... §:)

#345 - Heee heeeee! Well Mrs. L (hey! That rhymes!!) just google "Rubber Biscuit" and "Blues Brothers"

I just had a cup of coffee and I was feeling a bit experimental so I put some cinnamon and some hershey's kisses in it..... ooooooh, such bliss.

*licks lips* yum, yum. who needs starbuck's? well, I do, but this was my failed attempt at trying to not go there and find something else.

sssssh, don't tell anyone. it's a secret.

Iced latte and raspberry lemon bar at B&N.
At home, a big mug of hot soup; I mixed two kinds:carrot ginger and butternut squash. This is the stuff that comes in boxes in the organic section of the supermarket. Much better than canned.

Desert was low fat french vanilla yogurt with vanilla almond Special K.

O.K. Groo, but I'm worried about your diet now.

My son got an itch to create something last night. He tried grapefruit juice with a bit of cream, orange juice and sugar....it actually wasn't bad. I think tequila may have improved it, but I didn't tell him that. Actually, I did, but I won't buy a bottle of tequila to keep in the house. I'm afraid it wouldn't keep. Like Sam Vimes said, "Sometimes one drink is one too many."

He also tried chocolate chips, vanilla, vinegar and I'm not sure what else. His dad ate that. :)

I had a yummy fish taco.

a Klondike bar - won't tell you what I had to do for it.

Midnight, Linus, Peanut, and Emily shared a lovely mixed seafood pate.

Their mommy had the salmon teriyaki at Tokyo/Seoul Restaurant.
Then she had a coffee and a raspberry lemon bar at B&N. Yes, she knows she ate one of those yesterday, too. Addiction is a terrible thing. But hey, at least it's not heroin.

Home made burgers with avocado/lime salsa.
It FINALLY made my son try (end enjoy) avocado ;-)
3.5 year old kids can be sooo picky!

Me, I'm tired of endlessly trying to do variations on "known" foodstuffs. Tomorrow it's finally monday and I'm off to work again! Yahooooo!
Then this will be the problem of another people for some days. And I can eat stuff I like.

(I never thought I would say this. But I did. Being at work is such an vacation when compared to a whining defiant kid. Who I love. But...)

Green salad comprised of lettuce, roma tomatoes, avocado, chopped boiled egg topped with cilantro - lime dressing. It ws wonderful. But, then ever since I discovered the recipe for the cilantro - lime dressing I haven't found anything yet it wasn't wonderful on.

coffee, but I am getting ready to go to lunch.

re 266

If you hate coffee, there a whole LT group focused on tea.

If you hate coffee and tea, then there's hot chocolate.

If you hate all three, there's hot cider, hot lemonaide, hot herbal drinks.

If you hate hot drinks, there's an abundance of cold and iced possibilities.

My process for making tea parallels Artic Stranger's for making coffee. I do my own blends both for taste and for reducing caffine since caffine doesn't like me much.

I do believe I'll have another cup.

I just finished a delicious grilled apple, brie and walnut sandwich on whole wheat, sunflower & flaxseed bread. O my it was good. Now I'm stuffed!

Lemon chicken soup...could have used some more pepper.

honey-roasted peanuts and a beer.

A BLT, with some Cherokee Purple tomatoes that my husband grew - yummmy!

Homemade open faced toasted cheese sandwich.

Two slices of Ezekial Bran for Life bread
Spread with a small amount of butter
Top with whatever cheeses you have
In my case I used some shredded cheddar, shredded mozzarella, crumbled feta and sliced brie
Toast in the toaster oven
When you have a gooey mess of cheese on top, they are done

Kitchen sink omelet...and a beer.

#360 - wow that sounds like a good sandwich!!!

For lunch I'll be having a sandwich on soy & linseed bread with philly cheese, falafels, roast pumpkin, carrot, cucumber & lettuce :)

I was just naughty & ordered hot chips from the work canteen coz I'm hungry & my lunch isnt for annother 1.5hrs, well karma bit me in the bum coz they were crap chips :( to think i've been craving grease for 2 weeks now & i finally give in only to get crap chips *cries*

Husband had to get up 3 hours early for work this morning so.........coffee.

Good morning, everyone!

Black coffee and a zone protein bar.
I do fresh grind my beans every morning, but not with the ritual nor the french press that Arctic-Stranger uses (but he's got me thinking about it).

Spread peace today, however you define it.
Kathi

#360 - wow, that sounded REAL delicious!!!
*drools*
I had a chicken/bulgur/mozarella salad for lunch. Now - caffe latte & Singoalla cookies.

BTW, the weather's WEIRD here lately. Woke up this morning to 8 degrees Celsius (46 F). Now, by mid-afternoon, it's more like 25/77...

>369 Busifer: Yum!

My mom used to make a cookie like that with various fruit spreads in the center. Too bad I have none* of her culinary skills!

*zero, zilch, nada, noll

p.s. That site you linked to has the most gorgeous leather Viking masks. I think I'm in love.

Maybe if I tried I could make those cookies... but it's way easier to by them.
At $2 it's an easy choice, hehe!

Thank yourself, I'm sure it was you who pointed me that way when we discussed swedish foods some time ago? Or was it the swedish magazines? Anyway, those masks looks good :-)

coffee...of course

leftover Hamburger Helper Four Cheese Lasagna and a banana

trail mix.......
I wish I had a sandwitch like TheTwoDs (without the feta, yuck) now I shall have to go home and raid the cheese drawer in the fridge.

Blue Raspberry Licorice

Someone please tell me to go on a diet already! :)

Marie Callender's Chicken Pot pie. Freezer to the microwave. Red wine. Spent the day prepping a bathroom for painting. I deserved all those calories. :P

This thread must not die!

I'm currently enjoying a bowl of three cheese tortellini drizzled with olive oil, freshly ground pepper, and garlic.

Everything bagel (sesame seends, poppy seeds, onion, garlic) toasted with butter
Iced coffee with milk and Equal

Oh. I Like bagels but they are currently out of fashion here in Stockholm and so are very hard to find. A couple of years ago they could be found at any place that sold bread. Not any more.

Latest meal was... let me think... marinated chicken/bulgur salad. Quite OK but I only had it because we are not allowed to eat hot (smelly) foods at out desks and I had bad conscience about not having achieved anything before lunch so don't felt like I could go out to eat...

#377 - It's okay, fleela, the thread is not moribund. We won't let it die.
Come on, everybody - it takes a village!

As for me, this is getting a little embarrassing, because once again I had a raspberry lemon bar and a large coffee at B&N after work.

French silk pie from Denny's, two slices of garlic toast w/butter. How's that for a dinner? Oh, coffee

Homemade strawberry jam on jalapeno bread (weird combo, I know, but it was good!) -- both from the local farmer's market. Now I'm drinking iced tea.

Pasta with sauce made of thin bacon, french mustard, garlic, black pepper and cream.
Quite good, actually.
Made it myself.

I stopped reading this thread for a while because it made me feel like I neglect my own well being by not making some really delicish sounding food: but just now I had -

Prastost cheese (from Ikea) and Pita chips, spicy mediterranean flavor, and water

Having an early dinner (sshhh -- I know, I posted less than two hours ago) -- cold crabcake, a sliced heirloom tomato and a couple more slices of jalapeno bread. Polishing it off with an orange soda called The Switch. Quite tasty.

Actually, nothing recently, but I want what Busifer had.

two oreo cookies with mint filling and water

For lunch we had Trout Florentine with Velouté Sauce and Baby Swiss Cheese, toast, and grapes.

For supper, I think we're back to fried chicken, Jello, and mashed potatoes.

a frozen Indian dinner by Amy. Very tasty for a frozen dinner, and relatively healthful, too.

Maggie - did you like the Prästost? (Translation: Vicars' cheese, hehe) I think it's OK but I like Västerbotten better. If they offer it on IKEA, try it :-)

I had some pastry + a glass of OJ. Off to bed soon but got no lunch, only dinner, and feeling a bit hungry...

Yes! I liked the Prästost very much. I also bought some Skivade AptitRödbetor (my translation? = pickled beets) which I like a lot. I have very fond childhood memories of pickled beets and I don't see them often in our markets.

I will make a note to look for Västerbotten soon. I may even find it in markets other than IKEA. The IKEA store is about 30-40 miles from my house by highway and it is a bother to go there.

Now - what I just ate: crackers and cheese again. yummy.

Oh, Fettucini and Clam Sauce, with mountains of Garlic and fresh Basil...

I'm sooooooooooooo stuffed.

today:
coffee with baileys
smoked venison sandwiches
coffee
coffee
cold pizza
coffee
cold pizza
black olives
coffee with baileys
ginger biscuit
coffee

yay for decadence

Homemade chicken salad (yes, I made it!) with sliced tomatoes and iced tea.

Wow, that sounds good. I've been almost as decadent as LittleKnife, sans coffee -- pizza and chocolate ice cream have figured largely in today's menu.

I am eating homemade potato salad and, GeorgiaDawn, you reminded me that I love Ice tea. That will be next.

Maggie - yes, pickled beets sounds like an accurate translation :-)
Not my most favourite... I like my red beets fresh, lightly cooked and served with butter. Yum!

BTW - I'm having a good morning caffe latte before going off for some serious business planning the rest of the day.

#391 Another pickled beets fan! I eat cheese and beetroot sandwiches every other day. I am eating one now. Yummy.

Pickled Beets! YUM!!!

darrow - is beetroot just another name for the beet which is, after all, a root?

How do you'all feel about pickled pigs feet? I don't think I've seen those in the market for a long time, but I do remember my grandmother enjoying them. I claimed it was because she was from North Carolina.

salmon salad, cherry pastry, coffee

P.S. - I really hate beets!

A freaking AMAZING sandwich:
Sicilian tuna, olives, fennel, and lemon rind on a roll.

Now I'm making tea. I can't remember what type, but it's dark. And may have mold.

Maggie - it's been more than 50 years, but I think I remember liking pickled pigs feet on rare occasion. We lived in Detroit.

Macaroni and Cheese with some mixed veggies stirred in. Yummmmmmmmmmmmmm...

PICNIC! hamburger with bun, ketchup, relish, lettuce, tomato, potato salad, pickled beets, jello salad with whipped topping, strawberry-rubarb pie, cookies, Izze clementine flavored soda, and lots of relatives and friends. Sounds idyllic, huh? Kind of was! watched the grandnephews and the nephew-in-law (married my niece) in the swimming pool. Took pictures. Weather was perfect even tho the weather guy has been telling us of impending rain....maybe tonite at midnight. Great fun.

Sunflower Seeds

Coffee, buttered cardamom rusks, more coffee.
I need my lunch soon or I'll bore to death (work right now consists of adjusting a project plan. gah!)

Coffee and a zone bar.
Dinner tonight will be at Bonefish Grill, so I'll have a much more interesting report this evening.

Creamy mushroom soup with croutons and chevré creme fraiche for lunch.
Coffee and a mint chocolate candy.
Interesting discussion about world religion and world politics - meatier than the soup ;-)

Coffee, one itty-bitty slice of whole wheat toast and two slices of turkey bacon.

Coffee. And more coffee. I'm trying to forget that the rain pours down and I'm supposed to ride my bike from the harbour and home in less than 1,5 hours. It's only a 20 minute ride, all in all, but I'm going to get SOAKED :-(

Same happened yesterday, with the addition of hail the size of peas. And yesterday I only had to run 60 metres, from train to bus...

Ack. Best of luck, Busifer. I do hope you have some rain gear handy.

Nope, I haven't. Only a rain jacket (short, NOT a coat)... This morning I thought "should I take the rain pants and rubber boots as well?" and decided not to "because I will not have this kind of bad luck two days in a row".
HA. HA. HA.
;-)

More coffee.

It's a thunderstorm right now, thunder and lightening rolling around the skies as the rain positively pours down.
And now it's only one more hour before I have to leave...

South Beach meal bar, water.
I should be starving by dinner time, which is just what I want to be.
Oh, and it's sunny, 80ish, totally lovely. Busifer doesn't want to hear about it, I'm sure.

A large Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee ... my second of the day, to wash down the Boston Creme donut.

(Oooooh, I'm a naughty girl)

Before that, though, it was a small can, plain, of water-packed albacore tuna.

The donut was MUCH more satisfying. :)

A little bit of leftover chicken and mashed potatoes about 5 hours ago. And I am starving!

Passionfruit yoghurt for breakfast. I'm saving the chocolate muffin for lunch, because I chickened out on having it for breakfast (too guilty...)

A delicious pain au chocolat. With a nice, hot cup of coffee.

Nice caffe latte and a tosca bun. Yum!
Came in late to the office today and coincided with two colleagues with which I had important business and we were all starving for coffee so we bought "fika" on the way in :-)

(I can't seem to find any appropriate translation; "fika" means pastry or light sandwiches which you have with coffee or tea between ordinary meals... At also alludes to the coffee break as such.)

Last night for dinner:
Steamed vegetables (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower), with a little bit of melted cheddar, over brown rice, with a side of carrot ginger sauce, and garlic bread, and a corona.

Lovely.

Since then, nothing. I'm not that hungry these days.

Dinner meeting at work: Whole grain roll with lettuce, brie cheese, salami milanese and cucumber. I edited out the sweet peppers.
Coffee.
A handful of sweets.

Crappy cous cous from my work canteen with really yummy falafels, but there were only a couple, i threw out most of the cous cous, but i could have eaten twice as many of those falafels...

Very last item: Sam Adams Cherry Wheat Ale: getting down to last of the Summer Season variety case of beer. For dinner just a couple of beef brats. I have gotten completely bachelor/lazy mode over meals. I can't get too interested in meals when The Wife is out of town, unless I am planning to eat out. This is of course dumb of me, since she's out of town most every Monday through Friday. Maybe when summer heat fades to autumn...

Foie gras with toast and salad
duck breast with rosti
assorted cheese
chocolat parfait
coffee

Chocolate Silk coffee - It's either Maxwell House or Folger's. I can't remember this early in the morning.

Subway

Italian Herbs & Cheese bread, turkey, bacon, provolone - toasted - with cucumbers, green peppers, black olives and Chipotle Southwest sauce.

And a Diet Coke ... to make those calories from the bacon, olives and cheese go away quietly, without fuss.

Sixlets

Sixlets! I haven't had those for years. Oooh, they were good.

Sixlets ... *reminisces*

cranberry orange scone & coffee at B&N

What's a sixlet?

A cup of tea.
Out of a teapot with a cup and saucer and everything

A bag of peanuts and a glass of iced tea as a midnight snack.

>431 kathi:: I had to google it too as I don't think we've ever had Sixlets in Europe (or at least not here). Here's what I found: http://www.oldtimecandy.com/memories/sixlets-memories.htm

Burgers cooked on the charcoal grill, tried out a jar of mustard-based BBQ sauce from South Carolina; with steamed broccoli & carrots and Sam Adams Boston Ale.

Donuts and Hot Dogs in the closet with Vanna White!

Oh wait, that's the "What are you listening to" thread...

coffee, protein meal bar at 0700.
whole wheat english muffin, toasted, with cinnamon swirl cream cheese; more coffee at 0900.
nothing at 1300. Deciding whether to have lunch at the diner or the chinese restaurant. what to do, what to do...

A Newcastle's Brown Ale while watching first Sweden-Denmark (draw) and then Italy-France (another draw) in the qualifiers for the European championships next year.

Also had a Newcastle's earlier this evening to celebrate that the team I coach won 9-1 :-)

mango chicken at China Cafe

popcorn and an Izze. I'm heading into kitchen for some brie and french bread. Lovely.

Leftover gnochetti with braised duck in a light cream sauce. Mmmm... I could eat it everyday.

right now I'm having a cheese sandwich... and not even any fancy cheese, just plain ole cheddar ;-)

Last night - Grilled pork chops, roasted potatoes, and green beans.

good morning, it is 6:48 am Sunday here and I am drinking my morning coffee.

Good morning to you, maggie! I'm drinking a cup of coffee with you while I try to read all the posts from the last few days. I may be here all day! :)

# 447 I know what you mean. I've been picking away at it since I returned on Friday. But I am enjoying catching up with everyone. And I am looking forward to the next group read. How's school going?

I just ate some more Brie with crackers.

I just had a very greasy and unhealthy dinner. A pot of Rösti (local specialty) with bacon, eggs and lots of cheese. Anything I cook for myself tends to be very unhealthy. But it was goooood ;-)

#449 - Sounds yummy!
I had couscous with grilled sweet peppers, grilled tomatoes and some grilled onions + lime yoghurt and rosemary-grilled chicken for dinner.
Then a banana just now, to calm down what risks being the start of a case of gastritis :-(

earlier today i had coffee, a Sobe Diet Mango Juice, and leftover kraft mac & cheese for lunch.

then for dinner I had two small pieces of Red Baron Supreme Pizza and a tall glass of cool ice water.

Now that I'm reading this I really want a Diet Coke (no soda in two days. yipes!) and something decadent, like chocolate cake or Godiva ice cream....

hmm. maybe I'll check the fridge. My family's up for the weekend and they are eating all the food (and alcohol) in the house and watching massive amounts of the show "Damage".. and I'm in my bedroom seeking some solace and doing (most) of my schoolwork for my college courses like a "good girl". yech. so unlike me. I would never be doing it if not for avoidance reasons. lol.

Breakfast: Caffe latte, cardamom rusks, and a banana.

I dont remember, but it is 5:30 and I was called into to work at 4. So, very soon the answer will be coffee.

Rainbow Twists Twizzlers - a very healthy breakfast

Grape Nuts earlier, and now I'm off to tear the top off a packet of lemon-pepper tuna.

Won't one of you please step in and offer to cook for me? Pretty please?

Breakfast: two toasted roast lamb sandwiches.

I'm already hungry again and it's too early for lunch. Dang! I shouldn't have read this thread...

#455 I do a nice stirfry, I'm told, but I rarely have time to cook for myself.

Parmesan Garlic & Herb Pita Chips. Must go fix some dinner before I spoil my appetite. (Hey, who let my mom in here?)

Mr. Grooism's liverwurst sandwich sounds awesome. i just had saag paneer with basmati rice for my dinner. i asked them to make it 'Indian hot, not American hot' but did they? Nah . . . Still ate it though. :-)

dinner! sour dough bread with basil mayo, bacon, tomato, salt and pepper. Mmmm good. Then some more sour dough bread dipped in a vinegrette.

Tuna chunks with sweetcorn & mayonaise - which came in a handy lil container with a spork included "so you can eat anywhere"... I'm all for convenience, but the hippy in me screams at the ammount of packaging for this sort of thing...

#460 - If you try to be environmentally conscious you should not only skip the pre-packaged food - you should skip the tuna altogether ;-)
When they fish for tuna dolphins get drowned in the nets...

Even if the tuna can says "dolphin friendly"???

Then I assume it's OK, but I've watched some documentary on how that was a marketing ploy only... So I really don't know.

Golden Grahams, no dolphins in my cereal.

black and bleu caesar salad

For dinner: a chevre, jamon serrano & ruccola pizza.
Yum :-)

I need a translator to decipher Busifer's meals! I got the pizza part. Is jamon 'ham'?

Yes, jamon is spanish for ham. Jamon serrano is cured ham, way better than the Parma kind. IMHO.
Chevre is a kind of french goats cheese...

I have no idea what the "Golden Grahams" you ate is!

Busifer, that sounds like a wonderful pizza.

I just had capellini pasta with tomato sauce made from fresh tomatoes. And olives and fresh basil and pine nuts and parmesan.
I needed something to counter the chips I had today, which I regretted as soon as I was sure I wouldn't starve anymore. The combination of starving, a chip shop and the knowledge that I won't get another chance to eat in the next two hours really sucks.

And now I wish I was eating chocolate, but I'm not. Verdammt.

>468 Busifer: Wikipedia to the rescue! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Grahams

I've been very bad today, and it's not over yet.
0600: coffee and protein bar
0830: one Dunkin Donut doughnut
1030: another Dunkin Donut doughnut
1230 water and protein bar
1630: parisian chicken soup, french baguette, cherry pastry, coffee

If I was still Catholic, I'd go to confession and confess to the sin of gluttony. However, I'm an Episcopalian now and I'm just gonna ask you guys to forgive me. After all, God is everywhere.

Here is what's going to happen later this evening (unless the proverbial mack truck gets me) -
2100: snack time at chorale rehearsal
2230: french vanilla yogurt with Special K cereal

#470 - I just knew you would answer that way :-)

Breakfast: caffe latte & 6 cardamom rusks. I know, I'm depraved. But 1 hour ago I sent husband and son on their way to my in-laws up north. Almost 6 whole days to my own!!!
I love them both but none the less felt an urge to celebrate. First time on my own in 4 years!

#470 Busifer - ENJOY! Time alone is so precious when you have a spouse and children. 4 years? Heck, I'd take myself out to breakfast, lunch AND dinner after a drought like that. :)

#469 Kathi - you're forgiven. Anyway, I'm pretty sure Dunkin Donuts were just mistakenly left off the food pyramid. :O

#473 - I'm not entirely truthful in my post 470... I've had a day here and there, last time as late as some weeks ago when they went camping without me.
Me and my husband also have had some time without or son, when he has been with my parents.

I know I'm weird but what I really think I'm going to do with that time is read, spend it on-line without feeling guilty about it, and eat whatever I fancy at the moment (and WHENever, hehe).
And tonight I'm going to have a beer with some friends, if my cold allows.
:-)

Leftover pizza, see post #466 ;-)

baby carrots, shared with my dogs, who are hungry

Chicken drummettes and stirfried veges - leftovers from a couple of days ago, now they were lunch. Dinner is whatever I can find on the way to my dance class... Breakfast was plain toast as I ran out the door...

The worst day I had for meals was a donut for breakfast, a chocolate muffin for lunch and a chocolate bar and some jellybeans for dinner. Or something like that - no meat, no vegetables, no fruit. That was naughty...

An apple.

chocolate malt Carnation Instant Breakfast

Lunch: Pancakes with whipped cream and raspberry jam.
Pancakes are traditional on thursdays here but I haven't had any in months :-)

A Strange chocolate bar, but stretching the topic to what I had to eat last night - I had roasted/baked quince for the first time ever and it tasted gorgeous. I think that we're not preparing it quite right. We have lots of jam recipes for it and lots of recipes that say, if you can do it with apple you should try it with quince, but nothing quince specific and as we currently have a heavily laden overhanging tree...

Raisin bread and Red Rose tea.

Chicken casserole with tomato and fetta, and spinach and asparagus on the side. Yum!

Funny, I would have thought that was horrid ten years ago, but I've developed a much more "adult" palate now.

An apple.
Sushi for lunch, earlier. I really should make me some dinner right now but being a temporary bachelorette has seen me dive headlong into habits that should have died years ago...
But I plan to make some Thom Kha Gai soup later on.

I bought some roasted garlic hummus last night, just because I've never tried hummus before and I'm trying to move out of my food comfort zone. Now I just have to work up the nerve to try it. ;)

Hummus is nice. I use it as a spread on dark bread.
*drools*
I think I better go make that soup now...!

#485 Yup, hummus is yummy. I usually buy a spicy red pepper variety and splurge on fancy crackers.

I just finished lemon-pepper flavor tuna (plain, no mayo), with dill pickle slices, and a large mug of mint-flavored cocoa.

This afternoon's ... um ... repeats, shall we say, of lunch should be interesting.

fleela, your roast garlic hummus post is making my mouth water. I love hummus, hope you do too.

I'm heating up some split pea soup into which I put some freshly fried bacon. Boy does that smell good.

Eating Thom Kha Gai right now.
I LOVE thai food.

I am so over for dinner at your place Busifer! Do you do Panang?

Ok, make it a triange: Busifer, Artic-Stranger, and me. Mmmm mmmm good.

I'm sharing small carrots with my dogs again.

Hummus, hmmmmmm.

I'm finishing off the pork roast I made yesterday... and more tea, of course.

I love Paneng (as we spell it here)! Still, my very favourite is red curry...
*drools*
I'd be happy to have you over, not at least because I think we could have some VERY interesting dinner discussions!!!
Alas, there are quite a distance between the places where we live... :-(

Right now - my 2nd caffe latte while I try to read/respond to everything that happened here and at HH while I was asleep.
When on earth am I going to do all those tedious house chores I have to do? I can't procrastinate forever...!

good morning. I am west coast US and it is 6:30 am here, I am on my first cup of latté. You may remember someone posted a link to Chorewars.com and I took advantange of it, competing with my grandson on who can do the most chores....I'm winning, of course. And I laugh at how happy I am to run to the computer and give myself credit (and gold pieces) for doing the dishes, making my bed, etc. I am not normally a good housekeeper and this is helping. I recommend it.

papaya, while paddling upstream against the drool.

the thought of papaya is making me drool......(>;

I am on my second iced coffee of the morning. I grabbed breakfast at the local farmer's market -- two iced blueberry biscuits. The vendor said they were supposed to be blueberry muffins, but she forgot to add the sugar so she iced them instead and called them biscuits. They turned out to be quite good -- more like scones.

* He paddles faster, harder....*

Sorry WHL, I'm not that fond of papayas. But if you keep on paddling maybe you'll find someone who take you up ;-)

Any's Indian Palak Paneer and Stacy's Simply Naked Pita Chips. Think I'll add some orange juice to the mix.

Ham and cheese sandwich, diet ginger ale (a local variety, always the best). Contemplating broccoli-beef stir-fry for supper.

Chocolate chip cookies and black coffee... ahh, what a lovely Saturday afternoon! :)

Congratulations to maggie for posting message # 500!! What shall we have to drink in celebration?? Horrors, I have nothing suitable in the house, and the liquor store closes in 12 minutes. I'll be right back.

Chili at a friend's house and when they started listening to ancient Bill Cosby jokes I came home and ate a Dove bar! Congratulations to us all, for all this fine eating. Here's to us, and many more messages, about food, and drink, and books, and friends, ....

maybe I've already had a bit too much...

Painkillers. I'm having a headache.
Not migraine, thankfully, but normal headaches can be painful too.
Closing in on dinnertime over here, still not gotten around to having breakfast :-(

no food = headaches

Good morning, I am having my latté this morning. It is lovely weather here, fall is the best in the pacific northwest. Sunny and coolish. Later today, invite to dinner! a very good cook, I'll fill you all in later.

Well, in my case it's no food because of the headache and not the other way around... Headaches can have some nasty companions :-(

Anyway I've managed a caffe latte and 2 sandwiches, so I'm on the mend.

Yea! I am still working on my latté (refill) and I am so impressed with myself that I learned how to do letters with extra little symbols - heheheheh

ü, ò, Ω and on and on and on

OK, that did not come out the way I meant it. I meant "Yea! glad you are on the mend" and "now about me......." hehehe

:-)
It's nice to figure out the keyboard. As you may or may not know mine looks different from yours - I have åäö on it, and @\* etc are not in the same positions as on a non swedish keyboard. There's a software switch that turns it into US-mode and when I slip on the keys I sometimes involuntarily invoke that mode... It's very flustering to suddenly get / when you wanted an ä ;-)

Had a refill on my latte too (btw - the italians don't use diacritical marks on the e in latte... or on the caffe e). Right now trying to gather strength for going out an get something to eat (empty fridge, had saved the shopping for today). There are times when it's handy to have a family around, but they will not be back until tomorrow night.

thanks about the Italian lesson. I guess I started out with café au lait in French. But I am not sure that the French use the é either.

I think they do.

You know, in Spain you can have Cafe Americana. What you get then is watered down coffee, to the extent of being slightly brownish water plus a helping of milk...
Best avoided, in my opinion!

First time I had a decent caffe latte was in Germany, in the 80's. Nothing like it was available in Sweden back then. Best place was Café M, in Berlin. I went there every spring to have a milchcafé served in a soup-bowl!

ah, memories, the first café au lait I drank was in the Peace Corps in Upper Volta (now Burkino Faso in west Africa). It had been a french colony so there was a thin overlay of french culture on the african indigenous cultures. I was only there for 6 months in 1967. But I have continued to drink "au lait" and occasionally attempt to read and understand a small amount of french. But like most north americans I am disgustingly monolingual.

For shame. I've been thinking of trying to pick up the french again or perhaps study a bit of spanish. We have quite a lot of spanish in our environment now, no matter how much we pretend not.

Upper Volta. Sounds like there could be more memories and experiences than just café au lait?!
My MIL was a cook in the norwegian merchant fleet in the 60's - she has some great stories from visiting Sierra Leone and places like that.

I just ate an apple fritter from the grocery store. Stopped by Barnes and Noble and bought more books! Yes, there are Upper Volta stories but it does seem a very long time ago, in another life, even. Luckily, I have one nearby friend I met while in Peace Corps and he and I keep well in touch. The whole group actually has reunions every so often, and some have gone back to visit.

Got to run. I really enjoy talking with you.

Maggie - I didn't mean to try to get you telling stories, I only meant to acknowledge that you must have had experiences very different from my own :-)

A glass of water.

no misunderstanding....I don't think. I am naturally bent towards story telling...... I just ate some pita chips, so much for that bag full.

I made some pesto earlier today and despite making a double batch I still have tons of basil in the yard. Hope I can use it up before the first freeze.

I had a couple of baguette slices with tomato and pesto earlier and washed them down with a couple of Oreos and grape Kool-Aid.

Going to have tortellinis with the pesto sauce. Also contemplating some sort of chocolate bread pudding concoction using the rest of that baguette...

Taking pot stickers to my friends' house for dinner. He is making beef and broccoli stir fry, she'll just be good company. Yea, I love impromptu dinners.

chicken schnitzel and chips. Disgustingly unhealthy, and oddly unsatisfying.

I just had a slice of sundried tomato & fetta quiche with roast potatos... But what i really wanna tell u all about is the delicious dinner i had last night: Mushrooms stuffed with Brie cheese, on a bed of rocket & red onion with croutons & balsamic dressing sprinkled over the top - MMMMMMMMMYUMMMMMMMMMMM

Busifer,

sorry to make you jealous but I am tapping away at my keyboard at my hotel in Bangkok trying to decide where to go to eat tonight. It will be the fancy Italian restaurant in the hotel only over my dead body! We had some great food at lunch time but I couldn't tell you what it was called. We went to a little restaurant in a town about an hour away from the city where a colleague took us.

#522 - *drools*
My husband don't want to go to Thailand again, after the tsunami, as he is sure it's going to hit again... Tectonic plates being what they is I must say there's quite a probability.
And what we really like to do is to go to some generally forgotten stretch of beach, shady casuarina trees, low key bungalows and low key but excellent bars and restaurants hidden in the shade... Just the place were one should NOT be in case of a natural disaster ;-)

That said I KNOW I'm going to persuade him. Sooner or later...

Busifer, that's my kind of vacation (chance of natural disaster or no -- I've been through so many hurricanes, I'm kind of desensitized).

I had a late-morning snack of salt-and-vinegar chips followed by coffee. Going to grab my lunch of salad and bread in a sec.

late start with the computer, busy making cucumber salad for a now cancelled luncheon, oh well, I ate a breakfast cookie with my coffee, and now am into the cheese and pita chips.

The only thing I've had so far, today, has been my blueberry and cherry yogurts, mixed together, with some store-brand cereal.

Crunchy and fruity... mmmmm...

My second coffee of the day. Black and strong.

Sounds like a good idea. I'm going to go make a cup of tea. Hot, strong and fragrant. (-; Its kinda cool and rainy here today

A handful of almonds...

Sushi for lunch.
Then a caffe latte. Working from home today, trying to force a report into being.
So far so good. But it's too easy to sneak in at the Dragon when the going gets tough ;-)

Busifer - when I used to have to force work at home I would set a kitchen timer. When it was really bad I'd set it for 20 minutes of work and 10 minute breaks. When I began to flow a bit more easily, it was 60 minutes of work and 15 min. breaks. But there were days when it all was an agony.

But now, I am finishing a café au lait purchased after driving my grandson to school. Cool and rainy today.

I just finished off a small batch of tortilla chips with very hot habanero salsa.

hot hot hot...

I just ate the left over 1/2 sandwich from Third Place Books: bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado and cucumber dressing. Very excellent.

Gnocchi with sundried tomatos & pesto in white sauce :)

Leftover Asian-grilled salmon over Romaine and a coffee.

a smoothie made of protein powder, calcium supplements, mineral supplements, yogurt, milk, frozen blueberries - sounds awful, but actually tasted ok. Hoping it will help get rid of some leg and feet cramps, arthritic pain in my hands and wrists, and too much sugar craving.

See, I just ate a Qdoba shredded pork burrito and drank a couple glasses of wine (an excellent Garnache/Tempranillo blend from Spain, Borsao), but after catching up on this thread I'm starving again!

I'm going to go make fresh salsa now. Mmm!!!

cucmber, onions, sour cream and dill weed salad. add salt and pepper. 'nuff said.

jelly bellies. Did you know they go well with coffee?

jellie bellies are my absolute fav; I can't have them in the house; they "go" with anything.

I just made and ate baked ziti. It was delicious.

I feel so guilty reading this thread. Everyone eats so healthily (maybe excepting Jelliebellies...), and I always seem to have just eaten something grossly unhealthy, like just now - a greasy chicken burger. Healthy food is expensive when you have no time.

I don't know about everybody eating so healthy....tonite it was hard candies, popcorn, and a piece of cheese. No wonder I have a little headache.

Early friday night companion: A Newcastle's Brown Ale and a bag of mixed soft liquorice. Goes surprisingly well togehter!

eewweee ! licorice and beer.

I am having my morning smoothie with all my naturpath prescribed additives, except I forgot the protein powder. Guess that'll be lunch.

I promise, it's better than I thought!
Initially I thought I'd have the beer now and the liquorice later when reading but I really REALLY like liquorice so I absent-mindedly started at them any way. And some bites down all I can say is as above - better than I thought ;-)

A Pirate cookie. (That's two peanut butter cookies with peanut butter between them. I think they're only available in Canada.) Cuppa tea, now!

A Yoplait Lite Smoothie, a Kashi choc. chip and oatmeal cookie and now, some iced tea.

I am sneaking up on a banana to eat while starting Caves of Steel in my big comfy chair.

Steak sandwich on toasted Health Nut bread with a side of garlic mashed potatoes. Not bad for leftovers, eh? Oh, and a large cup of strong Lapsang Souchang tea to wash it down.

So Busifer, now you are making me drool. I studied near Newcastle and at one time had a pretty healthy addiction to the brown stuff.

Just to get you back I have to say that I am just back from the Suan Lum Night Bazaar where I had an absolutely excellent Prawn Thai Curry with rice for €2 and despite not eating since breakfast I couldn't finish it there was so much.

Scrambled eggs (soft), 2 slices of toasted potato bread, grits, and coffee

Pancakes and bacon. My friend decided to make real breakfast, so I got that instead of yogurt. =)

coffee, and then a smoothie.

For lunch earlier - roasted chicken, scalloped potatoes, turnip greens (with hot pepper sauce), corn bread, and iced tea.

re 555

Hi, GeorgiaDawn,

Wow, that sounds very Southern, bringing great memories of good food and friendly people.

We had a "half and half" for lunch. Half a bowl of soup (cream of asparagus with ham) and half a sandwich (turkey, cheese, bacon, red onion, tomato).

Iced tea and a chocolate nut treat later.

#556 dore - It was very southern and very good! Thanks! :)

*blushes at still not eating healthily*

A meat pie for breakfast.

At least it's got protein...

Lunch was pieces of apple, cantelope, crackers and cheese with a big cup of coffee. On a drive home, pieces of a chocolate bar left in the car from a previous road trip. It was still good. Mmmmm, chocolate.

#551 - Thai.... *drools*
Had real good thai food this weekend - Geang Phed Gai, aka red curry w. chicken and lots of veggies - though.

Today I had Joje Kabab for lunch. In real life this meant chicken skewer & saffron rice. Tasted good.
I had just finished a presentation at a clients', just in time for lunch - their office is situated close to a big mall with this really good food court. I choose Persian out of a choice of mexican, greek, italian, "mediterranean", libanese, thai, swedish, indian, chinese... etc.

So I was in the supermarket across the road from the hotel last night and what do you know - Newcastle Brown Ale. Combined with a packet of crisps and one of Oreos and it made an extremely unhealthy supper. Lunch was rice and chicken and pork with a "salad" that burnt my both off... Apparently it was someones birthday in the office so they did something special.

Good for you! The Newcastle, I mean :-)
And you know - crisps are infinitely better than the liquorice that I had!
*wrinkles nose and smile*

I had my morning café au lait while driving my grandson to school; now, I just ate a banana. Too lazy to make the smoothie at this moment. Well, too busy reading LT posts (-;

tomato basil chips with homemade onion dip.

spoonful of cookiedough....my fave.

can you say fatty???

Pita chips dipped in creamed spinach. Yum.

#565: Mmmmm, cookie dough....

yeah it was a late night snack...

but i devoured it for breakfast as well.

Oh dear,

Why must we purchase the large tub of dough and insist on eating it raw.

Never was it my intention to bake a single batch.

Either way its the same calorie intake.

Oh boo.

Five fruit pastilles and a cup of tea.

A salad with dried cranberries and pecans along with sesame-wheat crackers and a coffee.

just had a rather nice, though far too small, piece of emmental cheese. Yum.

starbucks double tall soy latte and a pumpkin scone after driving my grandson to school

Lunch: a bland fillet of plaice with a cream/saffron sauce. The oven baked aubergines served as a side was better by far.
Right now: dinner, chosen by my son. Hamburgers. Bleeh.

Peach Diet Snapple iced tea. It tastes kind of diet-y.

Peanut butter on whole wheat toast with a glass of lemonade.

A diet smoothie from Crunch gym that promises to make me lose weight and boost my metabolism. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and assorted powders.

It was yummy.

Currently preparing Toad-in-the-hole, and nibbling on some creamy dolcelatte....

Running the risk of starting a riot here, but coffee = eeewwwwww. I don't even like the smell.

Chai tea and an apple.

Toad-in-the-hole? Please elaborate!

Oh, sorry! Sausages surrounded with batter....



I've made mine round and filled it with peas, mash and gravy....Mmmmmmm!

Um, could you send some to my house for dinner, please? It sounds great!

An unfrosted, ghost-shaped cupcake. It needed to be saved from the humiliation of falling apart as it came out of the pan.

#581 - On it's way!

Ice cream: A mix of Americone Dream and Coffee Heath Bar Crunch.

I thought about naming the company that makes these two fine ice creams, but at this hour I'd be liable to leave off the possessive. And that would just be nasty. (At least we don't have a woodshed.)

what is toad-in-a-Hole?

never mind upon further reading i've found my answer.

looks scrumpcious

never mind upon further reading i've found my answer.

looks scrumpcious

Caffe latte and a brie-salami sandwich, at the airport waiting for my flight...

Have anyone else noticed that special airport smell? Every perfume you can think of, all at once, mixedwith fragrances of coffee and stress...
;-)

Black Forest flavour chocolate.

cottage cheese and canned peaches followed by ginger cookies

Truthfully, I have no freaking idea. It sure was good, though! I had 2 for $2.00!

I got them at a hispanic fast food truck parked on Fordham Rd. near the Major Deegan Expressway in Da Bronx, NYC. They sort of had a corn-dog look to the coating, but they were plumper and pinched at both ends sort of like a corn meal coated... nope, I won't go there!

Anyway, the deep-fried corn meal coated thingy also had rice and chopped meat inside, was VERY spicy, and was simply wonderful! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMY!!!