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June 12, 2005
Is A Tomato A Fruit Or A Vegetable?
That's what my new friend the Beautiful Red Head said to me last night when I asked her what her favorite vegetable might be. We all know that tomatoes are technically fruits, but they feel like a vegetable. I am going to make dinner for her and her husband in a few weeks, so I wanted to start planning the menu now.
Speaking of planning, Saturday was an example of good planning, while Sunday became an example of bad planning.
On Saturday I had my regular breakfast (eggwhites with a teaspoon of flax oil), then I had my brewers yeast soup, a cup of fruit yogurt and some hazelnuts for a very late lunch because I was going to a lecture at five then going out afterwards with some friends, and I figured the food would be inedible. So I filled up on a very late lunch with all my nutritious brewers yeast and veggies and wasn't hungry at all when we all went out to dinner at an Irish bar downtown. It was so nice... some people ate, some people didn't, no one asked me what was up. I asked the Beautiful Red Head (BRH) and she said no one bothers anyone in that group about much of anything, and besides, some of the people are too broke to be eating out so no one bugs them about it.
I had another truly amazing evening with BRH and her crowd, stayed out till midnight again! BRH and I had one of those conversations where we just kept finding more and more things we have in common. It was wonderfully creepy and made me very happy. She had picked up a Hello Kitty carrying case for me at a flea market, so we bonded over the power of Hello. It's so fabulous to find a girl I like to hang out with.
By the time I got home I was pretty hungry, though the three glasses of cabernet I consumed over the course of about five hours as we all hung out provided some sugar calories and resveratrol. I ended the evening with a cup of cottage cheese and a teaspoon of flax oil, straight not on the cottage cheese, and went quickly to bed. Overall, not a bad day for going out... I overindulged in the wine, but other than that had my regular food. I also tried a bite of BRH's Guiness Brownie Pie, which was heavenly and so rich that one needn't eat more than one bite.
Today was less successful. I ran out the door without eating breakfast and was facing a long day: took two trains to get to New Jersey to meet up with some friends who then drove two hours north on the NJ Turnpike to go to the birthday party of my former boss and long time close friend. I knew I didn't want to show up at the party starving, so I stopped at a great take out burrito place and got a chicken burrito with black beans and tons of veggies. It was delicious and God knows how many calories, but it kept me pretty full. We got to the party, which was mostly friend foods and beer, at around 2:30, and I drank two beers and stayed away from most of the food. I was however tempted by the broccoli nuggets: little fried pieces of broccoli and cheese. I ate five (take five, they're small) and made a plate of the raw vegetables (no one ever touches the vegetable tray) topped with hot wings sauce. Eating the broccoli nuggets wasn't the best choice, but they sure were yummy and I didn't stuff myself!
No dinner for me tonight... I finally got home just past eight from the extremely long travel day and I'm exhausted. All day meeting tomorrow two and a half hours away, so I'll spend five hours in the car and at last five hours in meetings. Then Tuesday I fly into the arms of my Orange Angel... well, I fly into the airport in the city where he lives, but you get the idea. At some point I need to pack. But now, to bed.
Posted by april at June 12, 2005 8:47 PM
Comments
are you going to attend the book launch in nyc?
i want to but none of my friends or family members are aware of my quest- so i can't exactly drag them along
Posted by: edaz19 at June 13, 2005 11:06 AM
I wish I could but I had already planned to be out of the country during that weekend!
Hope you can go though... have a great time!
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Posted by: april at June 13, 2005 5:17 PM
i heard recently -- and i have no idea if this is true or apocryphal -- that the tomato is only "technically a fruit" because of an act of the U.S. Supreme Court a hundred or so years ago. Someone: confirm or deny.
Posted by: Josh H. Pille at June 13, 2005 6:26 PM
I think that it is a veggie and they say that people argue about it but iono but hi.
Posted by: kaylee at July 2, 2008 9:50 PM
Sad soul? Get a nice steak and a life
Posted by: smaces at July 3, 2008 10:53 AM
Sad soul? Get a nice steak a couple of pints of 'real ale' and get a life
Posted by: smaces at July 3, 2008 10:54 AM
Sad soul? Get a nice steak a couple of pints of 'real ale' and get a life
Posted by: smaces at July 3, 2008 10:56 AM
Its a berry. How can you stand to starve like that!?
Posted by: Carl at July 5, 2008 5:00 AM