Eating Diary - CSCL 3331
March 3, 2010
8:30am Breakfast:
1/2c. 1% Old Home Cottage Cheese
1/2c. Gaymont strawberry yogurt
1 organic banana (sliced into the yogurt and cottage cheese)
1 slice of toasted, homemade (from scratch, NOT by me)
cornbread with (a bunch of) peanut butter and honey
2/3 of a pot of Dunn Bros. roasted, Guatemala free trade,
light roasted - coffee brewed at home
This meal is relatively stable - I feed the dog, make the coffee,
take the dog for a run and get back to sit down and eat as soon
as I can. The timing varies only slightly; on school days by 0730
and on non-school days by 0830. I eat in the kitchen, which is
arguably the best room in the house (lots of morning sun, big
island at which to eat, plenty of room to spread out my books
and read while I eat).
Breakfast has become my anchor for the day. There was a time
when my "breakfast" was a cigarette and some coffee, at 2pm.
My new life looks a lot more like the one my parents used to have
and which I always thought was lame. Who knew?
Lunch - 1:30 PM:
1 Sliced, organic, peppered and smoked turkey sandwich on freshly
baked ciabatta bread with havarti cheese, tomato, lettuce (no
mayo or other crap) - this is a big sandwich
8oz. of freshly baked, organic corn chips (unsalted)
1c. curry lentil soup (freshly made, frigging' amazing)
16oz. bottle of Perrier
Today I picked up lunch for two at the Mayday Cafe, my new
favorite coffee shop/deli/bakery. I took the lunches to go so
I could spend some time with a friend who is terminally ill and
doesn't get much company. Mayday Cafe, as the name might
indicate to some, is left, left, left. Organic this, free range
that, freshly baked chocolate chip cookies (the size of Rhode
Island) that put my dead Grammy to shame (may she rest in
peace) - all are on the menu. Mayday, at 35th Street and
Bloomington Ave S., near Powderhorn Park is directly across
the street from one of my very good friend's house - I'm there
frequently, and I sometimes house-sit and dog-sit for her. I
would like to say that the left-ness is what draws me, but it's
much more about convenience and awesome food and body-
modified and identity-diverse staff. I really try to keep my
dollars local and put them to use in support of things that are
not rapacious, greedy, ugly, destructive or grossly conspicuous;
however, I am not above stopping in to a Starbux if there is
nothing else within a reasonable distance. A few years ago,
rapacious, greedy, ugly, and destructive described me just as
well as it described my spending choices - all progress toward
more responsible choices are exponential improvements over
all of my previous history.
I choose this food because I am trying to run off my inevitable
winter fat and because I quit smoking (after 25 years), so I have
a lot of body repair to do before summer is here.
5PM - After class coffee meeting - back to the Mayday Cafe
2 small mugs of strong coffee with a bit of half and half in each
1 chocolate chip cookie the size of Rhode Island (seriously,
3/4" thick, 6" around, made within the last two hours)
My friend (who lives across from Mayday Cafe) took my dog to
the dog park for me and we met at the Mayday to exchange a
cup of coffee for my dog and to linger and whine about the
University (she's a professor).
7:30PM - Not really dinner, just to tide me over until my big
breakfast
1 apple (probably genetically altered - I have no idea, but the bag
came from Target)
1 Oats & Honey granola bar (chewy and not at all good for me)
from "Sunbelt", again, from Target - on super clearance - three
boxes for three bucks.
1/2c. of raw, unsalted almonds (again from Target, again cheap)
1 liter of tap water
10:00pm - walk the dog and eat something foreign
Zwei Stucken Haribo Lakritz gegessen. Direkt von Deutschland
- ausgezeichnet!
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March 4, 2010
7:30am Breakfast:
1/2c. 1% Old Home Cottage Cheese
1/2c. Gaymont strawberry yogurt
1 organic banana (sliced into the yogurt and cottage cheese)
8-10 Triscuits with peanut butter on each (I was out of all bread
-like substances)
2/3 of a pot of Dunn Bros. roasted, Guatemala free trade, light
roasted - coffee brewed at home
Why and where are just about the same
as yesterday's breakfast, but the dog
refused to run this morning (he was
dead tired from yesterday's dog park -
probably sore too). I had a test in one
of my classes anyway, so not running
turned out to be ok.
3:30pm "Lunch"
1 1/2 Old fashioned doughnuts from Starbucks(ganz toll)
1 Very large coffee with half and half
What can I say? Classes until 2pm, then meeting a friend at the
dog park for an hour's worth of a walk (for me and the dog).
Who has time for lunch every day? Not me. (But I probably could
have done better than doughnuts - they just looked so damned good.)
5:30 "Dinner"
1 Braeburn apple
1/2c. of raw, unsalted almonds (again from Target, again cheap)
Some water from the tap.
11:30pm Schnack
Drei Stucken Haribo Lakritz gegessen. Direkt von Deutschland - aus-
gezeichnet!
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March 5, 2010
8:30am Breakfast
1c of Smart Start Cereal with some milk
1 slice whole wheat toast with Skippy (extra-chunky - gobs of it)
8oz. Tropicana orange juice
2/3 of a pot of Dunn Bros. roasted, Guatemala free trade, light
roasted beans (ground to #8) - coffee brewed at home
Lunch 11:45am
31. 水煮鱼 Fish Fillet in Spicy Tofu Broth
1 glass of coke
(a lot of napkins for my sweaty brow, and some friendly directions
on how to eat this entree ... they gave me a spoon the size of a
child's sandbox shovel; it turns out that this is used to move the
soup into the smaller bowl - I am glad I asked, and they were totally
cool about it).
Okay colleagues, I am NOT a foody; all of my friends are foodies.
This means I get to know all of their secret restaurants and other
foody stuff - I guess this makes me a foody groupie, a hanger-on
of persons who take food very seriously. I live with a foody, and
the foodies all seem to lurk about together like some clique, trading
secret foody information - to them, Lynn Rosetto Casper is a hack.
They will probably not speak to me after I have so brazenly broken
the Code of Foodyism (never tell anybody where you eat, ever),
whatever, I will find new friends who can feed me. Check this
place out if you have a desire for authentic Szechuanese food.
Two of my friends lived in China for years and will testify that
this is as close as one can get to the real deal in the Twin Cities:
(and, the place is full of Chinese diners, which is always a good
sign).
Little Szechuan (they don't need your business, but you should go!)
422 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN 55103 (651) 222-1333
http://www.littleszechuan.com
I had to meet my insurance agent to sign some papers, and I made
her take me to lunch (okay, she's known me since I was four years
old, so I kinda do whatever she tells me to do, I'm always signing
papers and giving her more money, but I think I am nearly risk-free;
I would get paid if I received an 'F' in this class - it's weird). The food
was HOT, and the fish was flounder - a LOT of flounder in a huge bowl
with a number of things that were difficult to identify (animal?
vegetable?).
3:30pm - On the way to the dog park - I'm starving!!
Sechs Stucken Haribo Lakritz gegessen. Direkt von Deutschland
- ausgezeichnet!
Dinner 5:30pm
Sweet Green Curry with Beef (split the entree 50/50)
(Historically known as the Queen of all Curries. You don’t have to
visit the Palace to eat this entrée traditionally reserved for royal
guests.) excerpted from the menu - if you couldn't tell
The Ultimate Chicken Pad Thai (split entree 50/50)
Try this legendary and gloriously addictive noodle dish, and learn
why it is Thailand’s gift to the world. again, excerpted from the menu
1 glass of coke (my own description)
TRUE THAI - Authentic Cuisine from the Golden Kingdom
2627 East Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406
2627 East Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55406
Okay, two Asian restaurants in one day is a rarity for me, but
sometimes shit happens. This time it was a matter of convenience
and a bit of curiosity - I was having dinner with a dog park friend
(a special breed of friend), and it was very proximal; furthermore,
I've never been to this oh-so-hyped joint. So, like, most people are
all, like "OMG, True Thai, True Thai!!", but I'm all like, "Mehhh".
Whatever. It was decent food, but I was not all OMG or anything.
I spent about $35 on dinner for two, but lunch was paid for by my
insurance goddess (who subsequently writes it off her taxes, what
a world) - I call it a wash.
After 8pm
I drank two more home-brewed cups of mega-double-ultra-rock'em-
sock'em-Guatemalan coffee (I make killer coffee). I will be up reading
Nietzsche until 2am.
End of intrusion into my life. Now I'm gonna read up on all you other
people.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I have to say that the mostly healthy food you see
in my diary is a bit of an exception to my typical 72-hour period.
Honestly, it wasn't about the diary thing - it was 99% coincidence and
lack of time. I have been known to plow through 2/3 of a package of
Oreos when I'm pissed or sad - it was just a good week. I don't want
to be one of those people who adds 30 pounds after they quit smoking
(January 1, 2010), so I have been pretty conscious (NOT conscientious)
about what I eat.
If I put anything else in my mouth during the previous 72-hours, I didn't
know about it, or it's none of your damned business - but I think we covered
just about all of it.
This was fun. Let's do it again some time.
p.s. I quit smoking because Robin told me some CRAZY shit about nicotine -
if you're trying to quit, you should ask him.
YOU HAVE SUCH A CUTE DOG!
ReplyDeletesorry for yelling....