The Food Thread

F Me In The Brain

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Late night snack was 3 large glasses of Ketel One, consumed during the 2nd half of the football game.  (Add ice and swirl...mmm, mmm, good.)
I did take a few slices of organic roast turkey breast and roll them around some Seriously Sharp Cabot Cheddar.  Sprinkled with Hawaiian red sea salt.  Delicious.
You can tell I was in gourmet mode.

As great as sushi and pizza is....sometimes a large amount of vodka, some meat, and some cheese hits the spot!

So slightly different meat and cheese route, but the wife and I go to DiBrunos about once a month, get a few cheeses, a few meats (duck prosciutto, yuuum), some olives and a nice fresh baguette.  A nice bottle of red, perhaps a cab, sangiovese or nebbiolo and sit on our porch with some music and deliciousness.  Cannot. F'ing. Beat it

That sounds really good. 
Never had duck prosciutto.  Now I feel like I am missing out!

Cliffy6745

F Me In The Brain said:

Cliffy6745 said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Late night snack was 3 large glasses of Ketel One, consumed during the 2nd half of the football game.  (Add ice and swirl...mmm, mmm, good.)
I did take a few slices of organic roast turkey breast and roll them around some Seriously Sharp Cabot Cheddar.  Sprinkled with Hawaiian red sea salt.  Delicious.
You can tell I was in gourmet mode.

As great as sushi and pizza is....sometimes a large amount of vodka, some meat, and some cheese hits the spot!

So slightly different meat and cheese route, but the wife and I go to DiBrunos about once a month, get a few cheeses, a few meats (duck prosciutto, yuuum), some olives and a nice fresh baguette.  A nice bottle of red, perhaps a cab, sangiovese or nebbiolo and sit on our porch with some music and deliciousness.  Cannot. F'ing. Beat it

That sounds really good. 
Never had duck prosciutto.  Now I feel like I am missing out!

So good.  Highly highly recommended. 

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

Late night snack was 3 large glasses of Ketel One, consumed during the 2nd half of the football game.  (Add ice and swirl...mmm, mmm, good.)
I did take a few slices of organic roast turkey breast and roll them around some Seriously Sharp Cabot Cheddar.  Sprinkled with Hawaiian red sea salt.  Delicious.
You can tell I was in gourmet mode.

As great as sushi and pizza is....sometimes a large amount of vodka, some meat, and some cheese hits the spot!

That's classic no-carb diet snack. Are you doing the keto diet? Or just had a craving for cheese wrapped in deli meat?

Cliffy6745

Shake shack in philly has a collaboration with a local chef on the chicken sandwich and good god is it good. I need a nap 

F Me In The Brain

Is that fresh mozzarell on that?  Looks good.

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Late night snack was 3 large glasses of Ketel One, consumed during the 2nd half of the football game.  (Add ice and swirl...mmm, mmm, good.)
I did take a few slices of organic roast turkey breast and roll them around some Seriously Sharp Cabot Cheddar.  Sprinkled with Hawaiian red sea salt.  Delicious.
You can tell I was in gourmet mode.

As great as sushi and pizza is....sometimes a large amount of vodka, some meat, and some cheese hits the spot!

That's classic no-carb diet snack. Are you doing the keto diet? Or just had a craving for cheese wrapped in deli meat?

No trendy diet, just try to save carbs for when I really want them.  I know if I can avoid them in the small spots I can enjoy them in larger spots and not get fat.
A buddy is on that keto diet and he has lost 35 pounds in less than 2 months....but he was huge.  Said the first 10-15 fell off in a week or two. 

Cliffy6745

Tis' fresh mozzarella and basil on it.

HesCalledDyer

Cliffy6745 said:

Shake shack in philly has a collaboration with a local chef on the chicken sandwich and good god is it good. I need a nap 

That looks gooooooood!  I love Shake Shack.

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

Is that fresh mozzarell on that?  Looks good.

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Late night snack was 3 large glasses of Ketel One, consumed during the 2nd half of the football game.  (Add ice and swirl...mmm, mmm, good.)
I did take a few slices of organic roast turkey breast and roll them around some Seriously Sharp Cabot Cheddar.  Sprinkled with Hawaiian red sea salt.  Delicious.
You can tell I was in gourmet mode.

As great as sushi and pizza is....sometimes a large amount of vodka, some meat, and some cheese hits the spot!

That's classic no-carb diet snack. Are you doing the keto diet? Or just had a craving for cheese wrapped in deli meat?

No trendy diet, just try to save carbs for when I really want them.  I know if I can avoid them in the small spots I can enjoy them in larger spots and not get fat.
A buddy is on that keto diet and he has lost 35 pounds in less than 2 months....but he was huge.  Said the first 10-15 fell off in a week or two. 

Yes, it is a highly effective diet, and healthy IF done properly .... Once you stop, you can gain back really fast, so it should be a lifestyle rather than a diet. But yes, I'm pro-keto diet, even though I'm not on it. Maybe I would be if I had more self-discipline. I did do it for 6 months once .... but it's not easy and gets really expensive, and I got too sick of it eventually.
I've known folks who have just cut carbs after 2pm every day, and that supposedly works okay too, just not as dramatically or quickly at keto.

F Me In The Brain

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Yes, I missed pasta too... I did find that spaghetti squash was a nice side to replace a carb side dish though. Tasty, and kinda-sorta of has the same sort of bite as pasta has if you prepare it right I guess.

F Me In The Brain

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Yes, I missed pasta too... I did find that spaghetti squash was a nice side to replace a carb side dish though. Tasty, and kinda-sorta of has the same sort of bite as pasta has if you prepare it right I guess.

this damn website is such trash!  If you click in the box you cannot escape the box.
Anyway.....to me, this is like drinking water and saying it is vodka. 
Don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining! 

dankind

F Me In The Brain said:

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Yes, I missed pasta too... I did find that spaghetti squash was a nice side to replace a carb side dish though. Tasty, and kinda-sorta of has the same sort of bite as pasta has if you prepare it right I guess.

this damn website is such trash!  If you click in the box you cannot escape the box.
Anyway.....to me, this is like drinking water and saying it is vodka. 
Don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining! 

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Yes, I missed pasta too... I did find that spaghetti squash was a nice side to replace a carb side dish though. Tasty, and kinda-sorta of has the same sort of bite as pasta has if you prepare it right I guess.

this damn website is such trash!  If you click in the box you cannot escape the box.
Anyway.....to me, this is like drinking water and saying it is vodka. 
Don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining! 

Lol, I know, I know! It's not even close to the same. But a no-carb diet is all about finding substitutes that will prevent you from caving, so you cling to these kinds of fake comparisons. Half the battle is delusion.

Hobbes

dankind said:

F Me In The Brain said:

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Yes, I missed pasta too... I did find that spaghetti squash was a nice side to replace a carb side dish though. Tasty, and kinda-sorta of has the same sort of bite as pasta has if you prepare it right I guess.

this damn website is such trash!  If you click in the box you cannot escape the box.
Anyway.....to me, this is like drinking water and saying it is vodka. 
Don't pee on my leg and tell me it is raining! 

@Wobbie

hauntingfamiliar

^ I find it's actually quite tasty if you throw the cooked spaghetti squash directly into your sauce, mix it together really well and then sprinkle with fresh parm. It soaks up all of the flavors of the sauce and mellows the sweetness aspect of the squash. I find myself craving this instead of pasta these days.  It's filling, but it doesn't give you that bloated carb feeling.

F Me In The Brain

It might be great....just not pasta.  

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

It might be great....just not pasta.  

Right. It is delicious whether you're doing no-carbs or not. But it really isn't like pasta... Still a good replacement though, for any side starch.

Ms. Haiku

Cliffy6745 said:

Tis' fresh mozzarella and basil on it.

Fries look good, yum.

Ms. Haiku

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Pasta rocks my world. I don't eat it as much as I did a few years back, but the world is on the right axis when I am eating pasta.

Ms. Haiku

PJ_Soul said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Tough to avoid them but Pasta is where I cut back the most a few years back.  Used to make a great pasta dinner at least 1x a week but am probably down to 1x a month.  I love pasta, and it is what I cook the best, but I cannot have just one serving. 
Could start The Pasta Thread and go on and on about the many different ways to make/enjoy pasta. 
Sigh.
Perhaps when I am older and don't give a shit about being a big 'un, I can eat pizza & pasta every other day.

Yes, I missed pasta too... I did find that spaghetti squash was a nice side to replace a carb side dish though. Tasty, and kinda-sorta of has the same sort of bite as pasta has if you prepare it right I guess.

Do you bake it cut in half, and then mess up the insides so they look like spaghetti? I haven't tried it, but it looked good.