Food

As my last treatment approaches I find myself dreaming more and more… about the food, foods I love and haven’t enjoyed for many months now.  My current weight is 155lbs.  Just about where I was when I graduated high school and where I stayed through two years of Thiel while playing soccer and pole vaulting for indoor and outdoor track.  After soccer my sophomore year (Thiel’s first official soccer team, Go Tomcats!) I discovered bottomless cafeteria food and beer and quickly rose to 175lbs where I basically stayed until now.  Well, there was that one time that Elizabeth talked me into doing the South Beach diet with her as a way to make our grocery shopping easier and be supportive.  After 2 weeks she had lost 1-2 lbs. and I had dropped 11.  Suddenly everything wrong in the world was my fault and that was the end of that diet.  (Love you, Sweetie!)

So, who wants to take bets on what my weight is going to balloon to once I can taste food again.  Sweet, glorious food!  A sampling of things I can’t wait to have:

Sushi, LOTS of sushi!
Appetizer Sampler, Brewbaker’s
Ribbs, IJ Cann’s with garlic smashed potatoes and mixed veggies
Strawberry Chicken Salad, Kitchen Mistretta
Sushi!!! – Chinatown, Awabi, Sucilee’s – in no particular order
Shrimp Poboy, Fat Tuesdays or Chesapeake Crab Company
Capacola, Primanti’s
Salmon Salad, Kitchen Mistretta
Steak with sauteed mushrooms and blue cheese, Kitchen Mistretta – Dry aged preferred but I won’t be picky
The Smokey Blue, Fireworks Pizza – Gorgonzola, Wood Roasted Onions, Bacon, Rosemary, Balsamic Glaze MMMMMMMMM!
Fried Fish “Sandwich”, Wholey’s
Sushi, Andy’s at Wholey’s
Oysters on the half-shell – Nana Jones please facilitate this
Blue Chips, Muscarellas or Hickory Grille
Big Beef BBQ, Fat Heads
Wings, Fat Heads
Wings, High Street
Endless shrimp at Red Lobster
Pad See Ew, Thia Winchester
Crock Pot Ribs, Kitchen Mistretta
Five Guys!
Fried Oyster “sandwich”, Bonnie Blue
Veggie Pizza, Pizza Joe’s
Corn Balls, Eat n Park’s midnight buffet
Fish Dinner, JJ’s Lighthouse
Fish Dinner, JJ’s Lighthouse
Fish Dinner, JJ’s Lighthouse
Seared Scallops over mushroom risotto, Kitchen Mistretta
Lasagna, King’s
French Toast and Sausage patties, McCoy’s Dairy
Cheese Steak n bacon, Barefoot Bernie’s
Olives – Garlic stuffed and Greek, Pennsylvania Mac Co.
Pulled Pork Tacos – Kitchen Mistretta
Cheese – Glorious Cheese – Any Cheese – Lots of cheese! – Wait, no swiss.
Sunday Buffet, Chinatown
Baked Tuscany, Roma’s
Grilled Veggie Pizza with chicken and pesto, Kitchen Mistretta
Gyro, Cafe Del Sol
Any pizza at the Lucky Star – Brad, when do you want to get stonewalled? Call Corey.
Maple glazed chicken thighs with apples – Kitchen Mistretta, oh yeah!
Chicken stips from Sheetz – just one last time since they are probably what gave me cancer in the first place
Beer – LOTS OF BEER – Not quantity, types. Darks, Stouts, Märzenbier, Porters, Browns, Dunkel, Hefeweizen, Witbier, Weissbier, Amber, Barley Wine, Lambic ANYTHING but IPA’s
Wine – LOTS OF WINES – ANY WINE – Who wants to go to a winery??? I’ll pack the picnic
CHOCOLATE! – Daffin’s melt aways and anything DARK
ICE CREAM!
COOKIES! – Sugar cookies from Hermitage bakery
Elizabeth’s no flour brownies or what ever the ones that my Dad loves are. Man those are good!

Well that all just off the top of my head so maybe I’ll add more another time.