What Did You Have For Dinner Tonight?

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Come on down!!! I'd love to cook for us!

We are food twins. Although I've had a tad of heartburn lately, so I've been easing up a little bit. Okay, I love salsa, and pretty much eat it daily(usually snack on it, while I'm cooking dinner). Well, my jalapeno plants did really well this year, and they're starting to go to waste, so I was doubling the amount I was putting in my salsa. So, getting violent hiccups from it might be going too far??? So I've been toning back "the constant contest" I have, for testing my ability to eat extreme heat.

As soon as the heartburn subsides though, it's back on, baby!!!

Honestly, the SPICES are the reason that Chinese and Mexican are my two favorite foods. I want to walk away from the table, in a sweat!

And so have I - too spicey and the heartburn/acid reflux starts up. This is so frustrating when spice is the spice of life LOL!!!

Funnily enough Mexican doesn't seem to start it up - but I'm steering clear of Chinese and Indian right now. I love a HOT vindaloo but it's not worth the pain!

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

That is weird. I really don't understand. I'm built like a tank. I'm not allergic to anything. I go to the doctor every 5 years, whether I need to or not!
(I'm very lucky, and appreciate the fact that I am, very much so)

I wonder what it is about them, that causes such a reaction?

At the risk of boring you to death () I found this article - seems allergies to carrot and celery are related.........

IgE mediated reactions to celery are common in food allergic adults in Europe. Sensitization to celery is frequently associated with birch and/or mugwort pollinosis, hence the term "birch- mugwort- celery- syndrome" has been established. There is evidence that birch pollen and celery allergy are highly related in Central Europe, while celery allergy is most frequently related to mugwort pollen in Southern Europe. Moreover, allergies to carrot and spices, predominantly of the umbelliferous family, are highly associated to celery allergy. Celery can induce allergic reactions of immediate type from oral contact urticaria to anaphylactic shock. About 30% of patients with oral allergy syndrome are allergic to celery.
Diagnostic tests like skin tests with raw celery and active allergen extracts have high positive predictive values, while the negative predictive values are low. Roots, also called tuber or celeriac, and sticks from the celery plant are used in nutrition and diagnostic procedures. Usually the frequency of sensitization to celery tuber is higher than to celery stick in celery allergic subjects. Celery tuber and stick are consumed as a raw or cooked vegetable and as a spice which is a common hidden allergen in various processed foods. Despite its high allergenic potency and at least partial thermostability celery and celery products are currently not included in mandatory labelling regulations for food allergens.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

At the risk of boring you to death () I found this article - seems allergies to carrot and celery are related.........

IgE mediated reactions to celery are common in food allergic adults in Europe. Sensitization to celery is frequently associated with birch and/or mugwort pollinosis, hence the term "birch- mugwort- celery- syndrome" has been established. There is evidence that birch pollen and celery allergy are highly related in Central Europe, while celery allergy is most frequently related to mugwort pollen in Southern Europe. Moreover, allergies to carrot and spices, predominantly of the umbelliferous family, are highly associated to celery allergy. Celery can induce allergic reactions of immediate type from oral contact urticaria to anaphylactic shock. About 30% of patients with oral allergy syndrome are allergic to celery.
Diagnostic tests like skin tests with raw celery and active allergen extracts have high positive predictive values, while the negative predictive values are low. Roots, also called tuber or celeriac, and sticks from the celery plant are used in nutrition and diagnostic procedures. Usually the frequency of sensitization to celery tuber is higher than to celery stick in celery allergic subjects. Celery tuber and stick are consumed as a raw or cooked vegetable and as a spice which is a common hidden allergen in various processed foods. Despite its high allergenic potency and at least partial thermostability celery and celery products are currently not included in mandatory labelling regulations for food allergens.

Interesting. I did go through allergy testing, about 3 years ago, when I was suffering a chronic cough. 85 allergy injections, and I did test positive for one type of mold, called alternaria. But nothing other than that.

Steering clear of Chinese? God forbid. And I'm a cheap f*cker. Cheap chinese buffets are my weakness. There's one in Nashville, that has sushi, too. I load it up with wasabi, and cover the chinese with the red pepper sauce, and I'm usually DRENCHED in sweat, when I leave. HEAVEN.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Interesting. I did go through allergy testing, about 3 years ago, when I was suffering a chronic cough. 85 allergy injections, and I did test positive for one type of mold, called alternaria. But nothing other than that.

Steering clear of Chinese? God forbid. And I'm a cheap f*cker. Cheap chinese buffets are my weakness. There's one in Nashville, that has sushi, too. I load it up with wasabi, and cover the chinese with the red pepper sauce, and I'm usually DRENCHED in sweat, when I leave. HEAVEN.

85? Dear lord in heaven, you must have looked like a pincushion!!!! Did you leak like a sieve when you drank anything?

I know - it really pains me to avoid our local Chinese buffet place. I usually manage about 8 platefuls () but, boy, last time did I ever suffer!!!!!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

85? Dear lord in heaven, you must have looked like a pincushion!!!! Did you leak like a sieve when you drank anything?

I know - it really pains me to avoid our local Chinese buffet place. I usually manage about 8 platefuls () but, boy, last time did I ever suffer!!!!!

They start you out with a series of 50(of the most common allergies), and if there are no reactions, they give you another series of 35. I was sore, to say the least(although it's really strange about our nerve endings....one would hurt like a son of a bitch, and the next one, an inch away, wouldn't be that bad). And they number your arms with a Sharpie, so they know which one is which. I looked like a tattooed whore!!!

8 plates????? OMFG! I'm a 2 plate guy(heaping plates, but 2 fills me up).

Dammit, I'm hungry now!

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

85? Dear lord in heaven, you must have looked like a pincushion!!!! Did you leak like a sieve when you drank anything?

I know - it really pains me to avoid our local Chinese buffet place. I usually manage about 8 platefuls () but, boy, last time did I ever suffer!!!!!

Holy Hell! Last time I went to a Chinese buffet I managed one and a half small plates and a little fruit for dessert. I don't know where on earth you're putting that food lol. I felt sick enough after my modest meal lol.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

They start you out with a series of 50(of the most common allergies), and if there are no reactions, they give you another series of 35. I was sore, to say the least(although it's really strange about our nerve endings....one would hurt like a son of a bitch, and the next one, an inch away, wouldn't be that bad). And they number your arms with a Sharpie, so they know which one is which. I looked like a tattooed whore!!!

8 plates????? OMFG! I'm a 2 plate guy(heaping plates, but 2 fills me up).

Dammit, I'm hungry now!

I can even remember how it went last time -

Plate 1 - Ribs/Wings/Seaweed/Prawn Crackers

Plate 2 - 2 Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 3 - Another 2 Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 4 - Special Fried Rice/Beef in Black Bean/Chicken Curry/Garlic Mushrooms

Plate 5- Special Fried Rice/Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork in Black Pepper Sauce

Plate 6 - 2 more Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 7 - Some more Ribs and Wings

Plate 8 - Some melon as a light desert!!!!!!!

Reading that I feel quite embarrassed and a real glutton - and no wonder I suffered with heartburn.

And no wonder the weight is taking forever to come off!

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

Holy Hell! Last time I went to a Chinese buffet I managed one and a half small plates and a little fruit for dessert. I don't know where on earth you're putting that food lol. I felt sick enough after my modest meal lol.

LOL - as I said in last post I feel really quite !

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

I can even remember how it went last time -

Plate 1 - Ribs/Wings/Seaweed/Prawn Crackers

Plate 2 - 2 Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 3 - Another 2 Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 4 - Special Fried Rice/Beef in Black Bean/Chicken Curry/Garlic Mushrooms

Plate 5- Special Fried Rice/Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork in Black Pepper Sauce

Plate 6 - 2 more Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 7 - Some more Ribs and Wings

Plate 8 - Some melon as a light desert!!!!!!!

Reading that I feel quite embarrassed and a real glutton - and no wonder I suffered with heartburn.

And no wonder the weight is taking forever to come off!

Wow. Just wow.

I usually get a box to go, so that I'm not tempted to keep going back. That said, I can pack a lot of sh*t into that box! General Tso, peppered beef, 2-3 "rat on a stick", 3 crab rangoons, about 6 pieces of sushi, fried crab meat, and a couple other things.

I put on a few lbs this summer, and I'm working semi hard, at getting it back off. I've lost about 3 lbs in the past week. I was down to about 140, in the spring. A couple of weeks ago, I was up to 150. 147 was the reading today.... God, I love to eat.

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

I can even remember how it went last time -

Plate 1 - Ribs/Wings/Seaweed/Prawn Crackers

Plate 2 - 2 Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 3 - Another 2 Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 4 - Special Fried Rice/Beef in Black Bean/Chicken Curry/Garlic Mushrooms

Plate 5- Special Fried Rice/Sweet & Sour Chicken/Pork in Black Pepper Sauce

Plate 6 - 2 more Crispy Duck & Hoisin Pancakes

Plate 7 - Some more Ribs and Wings

Plate 8 - Some melon as a light desert!!!!!!!

Reading that I feel quite embarrassed and a real glutton - and no wonder I suffered with heartburn.

And no wonder the weight is taking forever to come off!

Well I'm sure you enjoyed it at the time! And don't be embarrassed. We all have our weak spots. Mine are Mints. I'd give my first born for a lifetime supply of Mentos

[HomerMcvie]

Lemon pepper fish fillets, with stir fry veggies, and a small spinach salad.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Lemon pepper fish fillets, with stir fry veggies, and a small spinach salad.

I really have to find an excuse to come visit Indiana - and then I can land on your doorstep and beg you (very nicely) to just cook for me, for at least two weeks!

I swear I could wallop down everything you mention!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

I really have to find an excuse to come visit Indiana - and then I can land on your doorstep and beg you (very nicely) to just cook for me, for at least two weeks!

I swear I could wallop down everything you mention!

Thanks. Tonight was okay. I'm trying to knock off 3-4 lbs, so I'm focusing on a more healthy menu right now.

Yesterday's hot wings kicked my healthy fish's ass. The healthy fish was okay, but....dammit, we're heading into winter! I want MEATLOAF, and GUMBO, and CHILI! And my CABBAGE ROLLS!

Come visit for a week, and I'll put on 7 lbs that week, and we'll do the upper case menu!

FWIW, in the winter, I usually try to allow myself one "Sunday meal"(the upper case crap) per week.

I'd pay $20/day, to be able to eat what I want, without gaining. FML. Oh well, life happens.....

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

I really have to find an excuse to come visit Indiana - and then I can land on your doorstep and beg you (very nicely) to just cook for me, for at least two weeks!

I swear I could wallop down everything you mention!

Makes 2 of us! I'm just back from 2 weeks in Texas and had so much great, great food. My favourite is seafood though, shelfish especially, so last night I had nothing but a semi-large bowl of mussels with garlic and lemon for dinner. Quick, simple and cheap from the local chinese supermarket - cheap food is always good - and you don't have to do anything fancy with them. Brilliant!

I'm more of a baker than anything else (a master baker in fact...) and so that's my thing. My banana bread is awesome and I also make killer Stollen every Christmas.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Makes 2 of us! I'm just back from 2 weeks in Texas and had so much great, great food. My favourite is seafood though, shelfish especially, so last night I had nothing but a semi-large bowl of mussels with garlic and lemon for dinner. Quick, simple and cheap from the local chinese supermarket - cheap food is always good - and you don't have to do anything fancy with them. Brilliant!

I'm more of a baker than anything else (a master baker in fact...) and so that's my thing. My banana bread is awesome and I also make killer Stollen every Christmas.

The mussels sound great!!!! How did you prepare them?

Master baker? I'm more of a mastur***er! Really, "baking" is the one thing I've never really tried. I guess mainly because I don't have much of a sweet tooth, so I don't crave cakes and pies. And I avoid bread, because it's evil. (even though I'm a secret bread whore, we're successfully divorced)


I REALLY want to make a GOOD meatloaf, drownding in a sea of ketchup!