Thanksgiving is in November, but sometimes when it comes to the our family it seems that Thanksgiving like dinners or just meals can come at anytime.
It all started out on Friday when we had FNL (Friday Night Live) and got some pan fried seafood noodles, shrimp shumai and crab meat shumai. The food didn't last long and considering we stuck to no meat since it was a Friday in Lent, we did pretty well.
I would have been alright there but as we were going to drop off Lisa and Erick, we decided to go to Rutgers to get some fat cats! Yes ... we went all the way down to Rutgers just for some fat cats and got there at 2am. The grease trucks were closed and we ended up going to RU Grill that was open till 4am.
As the weekend progressed corned beef and fried rice was on the menu for a very late breakfast, it was actually breakfast at lunch time. Lunch on Saturday came at round 4pm since there was a late start to the day, so this can be considered merienda ... bacon and liptons chicken nooodle soup. Gotta love that combo, my mom used to make that for me when I was sick and didn't want to eat (yes there was a time when I didn't want to eat!). It wasn't over there ... the night continued with Bea's sweet 16. There was a buffet of food and damn was my plate heavy! I went back three times and did a good number on the chicken with mushroom and peas wrapped in a crepe.
That sealed the deal for Saturday but I wasn't ready for, nor was I expecting what was to come for Sunday.
Hop Kee ... the place to be, anyday and anytime, especially at 4am. Our table was lined with salt and pepper pork chops, salt and pepper squid, young chow fried rice, beef lo mein and peking pork chops. It was definitely a healthy meal!
These did not survive on the table for very long but we did have some left overs. If only I were 18 again, I would be able to take down all that food with ease, but now we have to watch the calories and the cholesterol. Well ... not so much as watch and regulate, but moreso of watching it on our plates and eating them ... oh those tasty calories!
There was a quick nap from Hop Kee and then off to Corpus Christi for the early mass, where I ended up eating a bacon, egg and cheese McGriddle (love these!). As the mass went on I tried to convince myself that I would be eating healthy for the rest of the day ... well starting from that point on. As I got home, I smell this wonderful aroma in the air and thought that someone from the neighborhood was bbqing. Stepping into the house I smelled it was coming from our oven ... my dad had finally cooked the bbq that he had been marinating for over a week! Oh yes one week, and it soaked up all the juices and flavor that he put into that marinade.
We had a lot of this so this ended up becoming Sundays lunch, merienda, merienda #2, dinner, pre midnight snack, and finally the midnight snack.
As you can just from the pictures above, all that food that went into me this weekend was like that of a Thanksgiving dinner. With variations in cuisine and location, it was as if we hit a few houses on Thanksgiving day and am I ever thankful for all that food!
I can't forget about the addition to my EOTW (end of the world) kit that my cousin Lisa brought over from Houston ... Jack in the Box sourdough Jacks! These I must save as my ration for when time comes, she even wrapped it as such! Thank you again!
Well ... back to the start of the work week and the start of detoxing from all that wonderful food. It's going to be hard even after reading this entry and seeing all these pictures makes me want to go out there and get something good for lunch! But I must resist, detox starts right now, but for how long that will last, no one is sure, perhaps only a few minutes. Even if it is only for a few short minutes, those minutes will be my victory in keeping away from the wonderful foods of this weekend. It's all about baby steps ... then running for the food again.
Granola bars for lunch ... damn that doesn't sound appetizing at all! Wish me luck as I try to exhibit some sort of self control today!
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