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November 22, 2005
Road Food
Greetings from Shaunton, Virginia. MR and I are staying in a hotel for the night on our way down to NC for Thanksgiving. The original plan was to leave this morning at eight, but yesterday my car decided that it needed a new catalytic converter... you know, one of those things that makes the car go. So I had to wait for the shop to get the part from the dealer, then I had to pay about $1000 for the part plus installation. Luckily, they were able to get it done by noon today, so I drove home and we loaded the car.
Then the lock on our house door broke, so we had to call a locksmith, arrange with our neighbors to let the locksmith in, pay him cash, and distract the cat (who escaped twice while we were figuring this all out) while the locksmith fixed the lock. We got on the road by 2:30. It's a 9+ hour drive. Yikes.
We stopped for dinner at a Subway at our usual dinner time, 7. Subway is great for the CR'd. We had what was probably one of the biggest orders they'd filled all day, yet we had fewer calories than everyone else in the restaurant! I had an Atkins wrap with turkey breast, all the veggies, mustard and vinegar, plus a Subway Club salad, all the veggies, vinegar, salt and pepper. That's 190 + 160 calories! Not bad for a giant dinner on the road. Almonds on the side for fat. MR topped that with two turkey breast Atkins wraps and a grilled chicken and spinach salad (hazelnuts on the side that he brought from home for fat.) The sandwich artists seemed genuinely confused by the strange skinny redheads ordering giant mountains of food, but they eventually got our order right and we had a delicious dinner. MR busted out with his 3 ounce spice jar of wine halfway through dinner... I was driving, so none for me.
The amazing thing is: there's all this other allegedly healthy food on the Subway menu, everything from low carb to low fat, but some of it is so high calorie that it's not healthy at all! Sandwiches where the calorie content is all in the high carb, no nutrient bread. Wraps and salads smothered in creamy high fat dressings. Way to ruin a good choice. Meanwhile, the Atkins wraps at 190 cals are a filling treat, and the salads are all made with turkey meat and quite low cal but very satisfying. (Beware: some of the Atkins wraps have more calories -- up to 450, egad! - because they have dressing on them. Eater beware.)
We got back on the road and it started to snow. By the time we realized that we wouldn't make it to my dad's place until close to 1 am, we decided to stay overnight somewhere. Then MR fell asleep and I found a nice jazz radio station, so I drove till about 9 and we stopped here in Shaunton, wherever that is. We found a hotel with free wireless so I can say hi to you!
Tomorrow morning MR will make his salad and I will probably disembowel some hard boiled eggs in order to turn them into eggwhites. There's also yogurt on the free breakfast buffet, so I should be able to put together a decent CR breakfast. Then onward to my dad's where I'll be the chef for a few days!
A Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night.
Posted by april at November 22, 2005 10:20 PM
Comments
cats are crazy, we all know that, have you watched the new Moby video? You catlover guys have to.. And download catpower music, she is amazing!
Dear Judith, unfurtunately, the system decides to feed its fuel with shit. That's why people eat shit. There is no escape really, I try.
I pay to eat right every day at the a la carte restaurant at the plaza I work in, although my free fat and carb filled, life shortening lunch is ready for me all the time at the cafeteria...
zeynep
Posted by: zeynep at November 23, 2005 6:51 PM