I am sooooooooooooo glad the hog feed that the Fourth of July is, is over!!!!! I has a blast up until the time to eat then it all hits me!!!! Then everyone acts like it is their last supper and start shoving food in their mouths until they have a look of pain on their faces!!!! Going back in the line two, three sometimes four times!!!!!!!! GOD, it gets old watching this!!!!! My family and extended family went to the resevoir and pulled kids around on the tubes all day!!! I didn't drink enough and just wanted to drink my dinner, but knew I had better eat something, so I had a small amount and didn't even eat that!!! Makes me sick to watch the amount of food people mindlessly shove in their mouths and the QUALITY of that food.

I stayed home and avoided all celebrations just because I knew it would kill me to be near it. I've just been banded two weeks and I LOVE ribs, hot dogs, etc. I knew I could never handle it. It's bad because the yearly tasting celebration is going on in Detroit (fairly close) and I love going. Alas, I won't be attending this year. I'm also avoiding watching the news because of it. I did happen to catch a couple of stories last night and was amazed at the amount of food people had on their plates. Two weeks ago I'd have thought absolutely nothing of eating a whole rack, and possibly a rack and a half of ribs by myself. Now I just dream of only a taste and I'd be happy.

and soon even the thoughts of a taste might leave your thoughts. I know I thought pizza was going to be the end all for me. I LOVE PIZZA!!!!!!!! We used to order two family size just so I would make sure and get my 8-9 slices at dinner then 5-6 as midnight snack. I ate that stuff like it was leaving the planet in the next hour!!! I have had it once since being banded....one of the first solid foods that I ate...and it had no power over me....NO

<p>I did OK. A hot dog (no bun), a bit of potato salad, and a small sliver of cake. I should have skipped the cake, but hey, you gotta live a little right? In the past, I would have eaten 2 hot dogs with buns, a hamburger with bun, tons of potato salad, baked beans, desserts, blah blah blah. The band is a gooooood thing!!!</p>

Ahhhh the rib thing. I keep thinking I will be able to eat some if I really chew. No dice. Ribs will make me PB and be in unbearable pain!

I can eat some pizza though. I used to eat about 4 or 5 slices, easy. Now I try to eat only one or maybe 2. Fortunately it satisfies. I'm still shocked at not being able to eat more pizza. Yes, thank heavens for the Band!!!!

We had steaks cooked on the grill. The problem was that my gas grill wouldn't work. So I got $16 worth of propane and hooked it up. It worked. When it came time to cook the steaks, it wouldn't work. I beat it with a wrench and knocked off a lot of rush, but it refused to work. Luckily my friend had a little charcoal grill so she got it, some charcoal and some lighter fluid and we cooked the steaks. They were wonderful. Very tender so I could eat mine. Of course, I beat the crap out of them with a meat mallet before we cooked them. I now have a little charcoal grill that my friend donated to me, some charcoal and some lighter fluid. I may have steaks again before long assuming I can afford them. I gave the gas grill away and am determined to go low tech in future.

Good thing PETA wasn't lurking in the shadows, eh, grrls? *green snickers*

yeah we are a bunch of carnivores, aren't we?

Barbie at my cousin's house tomorrow. He is a carnivore, a cook, he has a pool, and there is a local heat wave!!! It's gonna be protein city for Green!:eyebrows::whoo::hungry:

Well normally Green, a good steak stays in your system for days and days, but in your case.....:rolleyes

Bitter you positively crack me up!:heh:

I'm slated to cook a big chunk 'o meat for the fam tomorrow, either in the oven or on the grill. I had fully planned to make the barbeque sauce recipe posted earlier, but didn't get the Laphriong Scotch that it requires. I don't know how critical that ingredient is, but I am under the impression that it is one of the things that makes the sauce so special. :hungry:

Ohhh Faith I forgot about the Tastefest. At least it is over today lol.

I went up north yesterday (I'm there now) so I wouldn't be tempted. Thank GOD Traverse City is about 90 minutes from me up here, or I'd be at the the damned Cherry Festival pigging out on cherry pie and cherry ice cream and cherry jam and cherries!

I heart Michigan and all of it's festivals of food. lol

My DH husband asked me the other day "So I guess we won't be eating RIBS at Montana's Steakhouse anymore eh?"

I used to love going Wed.nights it was ALL-you=can EAT RIB night... I usually had one whole rack then order anothe couple of ribs, then another..... leave the baked potato and side veggies and just eat the meat....

OMG... Well, I gues those days will be over and besides, I've already EATEN a lifetime of Ribs... LOL

I am sure tht I'll be able to handle a small pork chop (2-3 oz) with a bit of BBQ sauce on top sometime in the future..

Peaches, I love ribs. I still eat them. Only now a half rack will last me three meals.

Man, more power to you if you can eat ribs! And be careful when you try the pork chop. I had a veal chop at a fancy restaurant a week ago and I was in pain for hours. I PB'ed many times before I found the problem was a tiny piece of the chop. It was incredibly embarrassing. I had to leave the table early on in the evening and then regularly about every 15 minutes until everyone else had finished and then they had to pull the car over for me on the ride back to the hotel once and then I fought it in my room for about an hour afterwards before I finally got that tiny little bit back up and out. I don't mean to be grossing any of you out, but I am telling you so that perhaps you will be extremely careful when trying dense meats!! I am sure that since we were with a good sized group I probably didn't chew it my normal 32 (minimum) times. I thought I was being careful, but it tasted incredible and I am sure that I got anxious for my next bite and swallowed too quickly. Unfortunately, I had just started my meal. I only had eaten a couple of small bites of the chop.

They boxed the whole meal up for me, but I couldn't stand to look at it much less eat it. And to add insult to injury, it was a $35 entree. :omg:

You all be careful!!!! I never thought I would allow an event like that to happen! :phanvan