What Did You Eat Today?

[Geezy]

Do you have any idea how much a person can save by quitting drinking?  The wife was good for 5-7 bottles of $20 wine a week and I would polish off a $45 fifth, twice a week.  Yeah, we were blowing as much as $800 a month on alcohol.... makes me upset just thinking about that.   This isn't uncommon.... I have a nephew who claims he is spending $1,200-$1,500 a month at the bar that he visits at least 5 times a week.  Alcoholism is evil...... and expensive.
So I decided to splurge for the wife and cook her two of her most favorite food items on the planet.... Crab and Lobster.  This is $80 of Seafood, which is a 1/10th of what use to be our monthly alcohol bill.  Feels expensive, but the two Ribeyes I bought for the wife and I this week were $40.
Unfortunately, the brisket won't be ready until about 9pm... So will make a feast of it tomorrow.
 

Congratulations on putting down the booze. That is one of the very few things I’ve never become addicted to and back in the day I practically lived at the bar and I spent seven years working in bars as a bouncer. If I wasn’t working I was drinking. It was a way of life. Heck, I measured mileage on how many beers it took me to get to my destination. My dad was a functioning alcoholic ( after serving in three wars who wouldn’t be) but I had no trouble putting it down whenever I felt the need to. Since I became a carnivore I’ve just lost interest in it altogether. I had a sip of Jameson about a month ago and just dint have the desire to drink it.

The lobster and crab look great. Have you ever tried smoking your lobster? I smoked some Caribbean lobsters a couple of months ago and they were great.


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[Geezy]

No pics today because we went out to eat. My wife and daughter wanted to meet up for lunch at a cafe in town. It was a little early for me being at 11:00 am but I went ahead and ordered ala cart. 4 eggs, two ham slices and six rashers of bacon. Of course the eggs were probably cooked in seed oils but I’ll live.
It wasn’t a very satisfying meal so later this afternoon I ate some chuck roast swimming in fat. That did the trick.


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[Mesa_John]

OMAD for the wife and I....    I had thawed out some Sirloin and today it hit the skillet.

I LOVE my Lodge Grill Pan.....  Highly recommend and not too pricey....

The little one is for the wife.... bahahhahaha

[Scott F.]

I never used a skillet like that one. Looks interesting.

I ate 4 eggs scrambled with a leg quarter for breakfast. 4 scrambled eggs for lunch. 2 medium sized chuck steaks for supper. 

Pushing the protein content.

Scott

[Skeptic]

56 minutes ago, Mesa_John said:

 

Several years ago we received a pan very much like yours (only square in shape) and I was not sure it would get enough use to justify housing it.  Heh.

Since carnivore 2 years ago, that pan now doesnt even leave the stove top!  It is my favorite daily go-to pan!!

[Geezy]

Slow smoked pork butt for me today.



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[Scott F.]

Nice.

We did pork belly this weekend. It is something about that gut meat.

Funny some of the things we learned and have since re-learned.

When we cook pigs (now the current term is 'whole hog' (which sounds so commercial to me) the belly meat has always been referred to as the 'heart-a-stroke' section of the pig. My favorite part is the fattiness and now since carnivore that is a 'thing'. 

I balance it out with my second favorite part, the tongue. 

And since I was a kid (still am at times) my favorite thing to do with a pig is built a sandwich stacked with jaw meat, the tongue and belly meat. I didn't use bread, it just got in the way. Straight meat/fat pile.

And now it is good for me to eat like that. Whooda thunk it?

Scott

[Geezy]

Nice.
We did pork belly this weekend. It is something about that gut meat.
Funny some of the things we learned and have since re-learned.
When we cook pigs (now the current term is 'whole hog' (which sounds so commercial to me) the belly meat has always been referred to as the 'heart-a-stroke' section of the pig. My favorite part is the fattiness and now since carnivore that is a 'thing'. 
I balance it out with my second favorite part, the tongue. 
And since I was a kid (still am at times) my favorite thing to do with a pig is built a sandwich stacked with jaw meat, the tongue and belly meat. I didn't use bread, it just got in the way. Straight meat/fat pile.
And now it is good for me to eat like that. Whooda thunk it?
Scott

This is my version of “Whole Hog”.



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[Geezy]

Smoked baby back ribs and smoked corned beef.



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[Mesa_John]

Wife and I had to work late at work and the company paid for our dinner.  It was McCallisters Deli... we both ordered the loaded Roast Beef, Bacon Clubs...   After we dispached of the bread and veggies, there was a decent amount of Beef, Bacon and Cheese.   ....which is all we ate.

[MG426]

On 2/23/2025 at 10:11 PM, Geezy said:

Congratulations on putting down the booze. That is one of the very few things I’ve never become addicted to and back in the day I practically lived at the bar and I spent seven years working in bars as a bouncer. If I wasn’t working I was drinking. It was a way of life. Heck, I measured mileage on how many beers it took me to get to my destination. My dad was a functioning alcoholic ( after serving in three wars who wouldn’t be) but I had no trouble putting it down whenever I felt the need to. Since I became a carnivore I’ve just lost interest in it altogether. I had a sip of Jameson about a month ago and just dint have the desire to drink it.

The lobster and crab look great. Have you ever tried smoking your lobster? I smoked some Caribbean lobsters a couple of months ago and they were great.


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Quite Possibly THE smartest thing I have ever done is to Quit Drinking..! Of all the stupid things I have ever done in my life...Rest assured that about 99 percent were directly related to Alcohol....!

[Geezy]

Quite Possibly THE smartest thing I have ever done is to Quit Drinking..! Of all the stupid things I have ever done in my life...Rest assured that about 99 percent were directly related to Alcohol....!

I agree. It’s poison in more ways than one.


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[Mesa_John]

We just moved into our house about 4 months ago.  Us and all the neighbors are on 20-40 acres and everyone is  really close and helpful.  We got an invite three days ago to eat dinner with one of these neighbors that we really enjoy hanging out with.  I just told the wife.... "We can't be disrespectful guests and we are going to have to eat what we are served."

Well, this past fall, the neighbor killed a bear.  Yeah, our dinner was link sausage from that bear, potatoes, sour dough bread, cheese and condiments.   The problem.... that bear sausage was super gamey and rank.  I couldn't eat it, hard as I tried, so I ate everything else and got nearly no protein.  Before the dinner was over, I had already developed a headache because of my blood sugar.

UGH....  

[Geezy]

We just moved into our house about 4 months ago.  Us and all the neighbors are on 20-40 acres and everyone is  really close and helpful.  We got an invite three days ago to eat dinner with one of these neighbors that we really enjoy hanging out with.  I just told the wife.... "We can't be disrespectful guests and we are going to have to eat what we are served."
Well, this past fall, the neighbor killed a bear.  Yeah, our dinner was link sausage from that bear, potatoes, sour dough bread, cheese and condiments.   The problem.... that bear sausage was super gamey and rank.  I couldn't eat it, hard as I tried, so I ate everything else and got nearly no protein.  Before the dinner was over, I had already developed a headache because of my blood sugar.
UGH....  

That’s too bad about the bear. My bear, what little I got to eat, was pretty good but it was fresh within a couple of hours of being killed.
It’s nice that you feel that it’s rude to not eat what’s been served but I don’t see my health as being a breach of etiquette. If I had an allergy to shellfish and my host served shrimp it wouldn’t be rude to politely decline something that would harm you. I feel that way about my health.


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[Orweller]

6 hours ago, Geezy said:

That’s too bad about the bear. My bear, what little I got to eat, was pretty good but it was fresh within a couple of hours of being killed.
It’s nice that you feel that it’s rude to not eat what’s been served but I don’t see my health as being a breach of etiquette. If I had an allergy to shellfish and my host served shrimp it wouldn’t be rude to politely decline something that would harm you. I feel that way about my health.


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These days I would eat a little bit of everything to be nice. But for a year I kept pretty strict, including in social situations. Now I feel I can handle a slice of bread, or anything homecooked if offered. A friend brought over a good porter, and I had a bottle, it was nice, local brew. But I can leave it alone, and am strict in between. But again, that is with a year of strict.

[Geezy]

These days I would eat a little bit of everything to be nice. But for a year I kept pretty strict, including in social situations. Now I feel I can handle a slice of bread, or anything homecooked if offered. A friend brought over a good porter, and I had a bottle, it was nice, local brew. But I can leave it alone, and am strict in between. But again, that is with a year of strict.

I’m just of the mindset that if it does not provide any nutrition for my body then I don’t need to eat it. I eat for fuel and not pleasure.
That’s just me though and I judge no one for how they eat.
I tried a glass of wine when I was about nine months into carnivore and my stomach was upset for several days. I have no desire to put anything in my body that it wants to reject.
I find it amazing how much my body has changed and how sensitive it is to the poisons it used to tolerate.


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[MG426]

2 hours ago, Geezy said:

I’m just of the mindset that if it does not provide any nutrition for my body then I don’t need to eat it. I eat for fuel and not pleasure.
That’s just me though and I judge no one for how they eat.
I tried a glass of wine when I was about nine months into carnivore and my stomach was upset for several days. I have no desire to put anything in my body that it wants to reject.
I find it amazing how much my body has changed and how sensitive it is to the poisons it used to tolerate.


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I am of the Same opinion...I see to upside of going back to my bad habits...!

[Scott F.]

off topic.............

Do you have any idea how much a person can save by quitting drinking?  The wife was good for 5-7 bottles of $20 wine a week and I would polish off a $45 fifth, twice a week.  Yeah, we were blowing as much as $800 a month on alcohol....

i have a welder buddy at work who just went 1 year sober. Like almost lost his job from not being sober in the mornings.

He said he was spending as much as $1000-$1200 a month on drinking, which was what he drank, the bars, the partying and some months even more. He said if he factored in the DUI's from the previous year, he saved $35,000 in 2024. He said part of him getting sober was to every time he thought about a bottle or drinking; he would transfer that much money from checking to savings. He said he was amazed at how fast it added up.

I have heard crazier things I guess. 

Scott

[Orweller]

6 hours ago, Geezy said:

I’m just of the mindset that if it does not provide any nutrition for my body then I don’t need to eat it. I eat for fuel and not pleasure.
That’s just me though and I judge no one for how they eat.
I tried a glass of wine when I was about nine months into carnivore and my stomach was upset for several days. I have no desire to put anything in my body that it wants to reject.
I find it amazing how much my body has changed and how sensitive it is to the poisons it used to tolerate.


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I was also more sensitive to the beer, that is why I left it at one. Surprisingly, the one beer was enough to be enjoyable, enough to not want another. Not that I ever had problems with alcohol, nor have I been a drinker, I would not have left it at one. My buddy said: "you're empty", and I said "that I am". Like my body was talking to me "a second one will not be as good". 

I agree fully with you, eating is for fuel. 

[Mesa_John]

Tonight was a HUGE leap for the wife.  She has never eaten anything from a chicken except a boneless, skinless Chicken breast.  I have never seen her eat dark Chicken meat since I started dating her in 1984.  Tonight I grilled boneless Chicken thighs, having marinaded them in Red’s Hot Sauce and grilling on the Pit Boss.  Then we served them with some Blue Cheese crumbles.  Wow, they were out of this world and the wife looked at me and said, “These are awesome.”