A quick lunch and an early night

Tuesday was another day of marathon meetings. That fact combined with the fact it was very nasty out meant I stayed in and went to the Lodge for lunch. Although I am officially more adventurous and ordering meat willy-nilly, I stuck with the trusty salad bar. While there I did take some of the chicken breast.

Meal:

• Bed of spinach
• Marinated mushrooms
• Roasted red peppers
• Tofu
• Chicken
• Broccoli
• Sunflower seeds
• Vinaigrette dressing

I rushed home after my last meeting to meet the oven repairman. Unfortunately he did not fix it. Instead he assessed the problem, took a deposit, and will return on Thursday. So a hot dinner not prepared on the stove top will be possible by this weekend. Look for more entertaining soon.

I was pretty beat and couldn't be bothered to track down a full meal. Since I haven't exercised much in the last two days, that wasn't a problem. I made more of a snack than a meal.

Meal:

• Green grapes
• Raw milk cheese
• Apple
• Chocolate chips from the summer's ice cream making for dessert

Shortly after I was in bed reading. Only a little later I was asleep. Sometimes I amaze myself with the exciting life I lead.

This little piggie

Breakfast was a leisurely. I got up a little earlier than planned. Only a bit, but with enough time to add some bacon to the classic. This was a necessary move since I couldn't find any Denny's closer than south of Prospect Park. I took Erin's advice and cooked it longer. Definitely crispier. I think it may also have been less salty, although I don't know why that would be. Perhaps more fat was cooked off and most of the salt is in the fat?

Meal

• 2 eggs fried in butter
• 1 strip of bacon
• 2 pieces of toast with butter and jam
• Stove-top espresso with raw milk
  

Fishie fishie in the sea

I went to Minar for lunch and for the first time I got the meat combo. I went with the chicken special.

Meal

• Chicken Makhani
  
• Saag paneer
• Aloo ghobi
  

Tonight I had sushi with Utah at Hasaki. John Turturro was sitting at the front table, so I knew for sure we were at a good place. We got the shared an eel roll and had chirashi as our main. Utah promised me that chirashi, which is just a bunch of different types of fish with sushi rice, would be the most challenging. Our rice was topped with roe and shredded nori. Miso soup started it all off. The soup was made with red miso, and was very flavorful.



The eel roll was wrapped in thinly sliced cucumber with avocado and cucmber alongside the eel. These rolls were very good, and had been recommended when I first discussed sushi with Dan. The sake Utah ordered was also quite delicious.






The main event was somewhat intimidating. There was a rainbow of fish and octopus.The octopus was the real stumbling block. you can't tell from the picture, but the little suction things were plainy visible. Utah explained to me that they were crunchy. In addition to the octopus there was tuna, yellow tail, white fish, mackrel, a lone shrimp, salmon, and omlette. The salmon was buttery and my favorite. Next was the mackrel. It was the fishiest and also the most interesting. The tuna and yellow tail were both good, but I didn't feel they quite lived up to the hype. The octopus was real weird, and the texture was the strangest yet. Between the crunchy suckers and the oddly uniform flesh, I won't be rushing out to order it again any time soon.

All in all this was an excellent experience, and I thank Utah, my food chaperon. This is a big week. Between my prosciutto sandwich yesteday and chicken today, I have graduated to ordering meat at a restaurant with no reservations.

A little lighter

After last night's carnivorous experience, I went light this morning. Sort of.

Meal

• Raw milk cottage cheese
• Granola
• Strawberries
• Stove-top espresso with raw milk

I say sort of because that cottage cheese is pretty awesomely rich.

Super Bowl Sunday

Today was an exciting chapter in my life. I finally did that laundry I had been putting off for so long. After tending to that and a few other chores, I went to work out.

"Kelly"
Five rounds for time of:
** Run 400 meters ** - WODoR submissions for "400 Meter Run" are welcome.
30 Box jump, 24 inch box
30 Wall ball shots, 20 pound ball

Despite overshooting the 400M mark every time because I didn't know where it was, I managed to do this in 29:12. Before the WOD Tripp was doing a maximum vertical leap. I joined him for a bit, and made it to about 40", but chickened out after that. He went all the way to 48". And he's a good deal shorter than me. Very impressive.

After working out I had a peanut butter and jelly snack with a large glass of that old raw milk. I ran a few errands, and then it was off to Sofia's for her and Adam's Super Bowl party. They were making wings, but I was too hungry to wait. So I went down the block and got a Black River sandwich from The Lodge's General Store. It had prosciutto, avocado, basil, lettuce, and mozzarella on a baguette. I got hung up running into people while out, and the wings were ready by the time I finally returned. Kick-off was imminent too.

The prosciutto reminded me of the smoked salmon I had a couple of weeks ago. perhaps it something about the texture created by the smoking process. As I finished my sandwich, the wings went into the oven, and Adam came back with pizza. I had a slice of the pie had mushrooms, olives, and coincidentally prosciutto. The slice was a salty mess, but pretty tasty. Initially I kept it to one slice, but by the end of the evening I would have two slices of the plain pie.


This was the final outcome after two different types of wings and an entire football game.

Inventory management

Now I have bacon and I need to eat it. So I fried up a couple more pieces for breakfast.

Meal

• 2 eggs fried in bacon grease left over from yesterday
• Stove top espresso with raw milk
• 2 pieces of toast with butter and jam

I made a reservation for 4 at Peter Lugers for next Sunday. Get ready world.

Deliverance

I finally did it. I had bacon. Bacon is very popular with the meat eating crowd as seen here. Also, many of my friends were using bacon as a secondary indicator of my omnivorous resolve. Steak remains a of gold standard.

Breakfast

• 2 eggs fried in butter
• 4 pieces of toast with butter and jjam
• Stove-top espresso with raw milk
• 3 strips of bacon
  

It was good, but salty. Very very salty. Once again I found the flavor to be very subtle. Perhaps the flavor is pervasive in a way that is unfamiliar to me, and were I to return to a vegetarian diet I would notice a significant absence of flavor.

Also, I had been out Friday night and didn't get drunk but did have a few beers. I had been fuzzy when I woke up, but eating the bacon and drinking the coffee perked me up in a way I had never been perked up before. Salt, fat, caffeine and I don't know what are quite powerful.


I had a busy day ahead of me, and unfortunately I did not make it to the green market. Instead I ran around looking for starter fluid, reading more about my infernal scooter, and actually getting it on the road. We had a good first day out with Dan. And it will only get better. I am going to get insurance on the HVX so we can shoot with it.

I was out all day on the scooter and freezing, so that massive breakfast had been a good idea. When I finally got home I didn't have anything to cook, so I lazily ordered in from Taco Chulo. Another puerco burrito with some chips. I think that will be the last one for a while. It's just a mess of salt and fat that only sort of tastes like something more than that.

Dinner

• Puerco burrito
• Chips
• Water

Later I was talking to Luke and I told him my feelings on bacon. He questioned the quality of my bacon, and insisted that he would make me some amazing bacon dishes.