peeperjj's Journal, 03 Sep 18

Lol 😂. Hubby cooks in the weekends to give me a break. This weekend we ate at the lake and 3 fast food meals so he lucked out this time so he surprised me by cooking lunch today. He’s a big fan of peppers and onions with all veggies and some meats. They are hidden in the potatoes as I don’t care for them much. I’ve always disliked country style pork ribs but when he cuts them up like this I can leave behind the fatty bits easier and they aren’t tough to chew. 😁 This meal filled me up as much as the double quarter pounder! About 300 vs 900 calories I think.  

I also find that I like pickles. Not the big ones that drip everywhere tho. These little ones are a great snack that trick me into thinking I’m having a large crunchy snack and the tartness of them is refreshing for someone with a bad sweet tooth! Still need my sugar and sweet but not as much if I add in pickles and salty throughout the day ;).  

But the fatty bits are slimey lol. I don’t do well with foods that are slimey like fat and mushrooms. I have an excellent gag reflex! Hubby and my stepdad, when he was alive, loved the fact that they got the fat from my meat lol. My stepdad wouldn’t eat a lean cut of meat if he could help it. Said there was no flavor! He raised our beef and corn fed them for lots of marbling in the meat. Room to run to build their muscle then corn time they had a 20x20 pen per calf usually so they could move around but not lose a lot of their fat. I get my flavor from seasonings lol. Lemon pepper is so much better than fat flavor for me!  

Hubby says it’s an ‘earthy’ flavor lol. Once I tasted a bit of dirt just so I could tell him ‘this earth tastes better and isn’t slimey’ lol.