Who likes SHRIMP?
I like shrimp. We took the kids out to one of our favorite steak houses last night; Backyard Steak Pit. It was the final act in celebrating our youngest's graduating 8th grade. We had the huge gathering of the clans to celebrate a couple weekends ago. Last night's dinner was just my wife, our kids & I in a more intimate celebration over food. We've done this for each 8th grade graduation and the assumption is we will do so for each high school graduation starting next year as well.
Anyhow, back to shrimp. That picture is one of the gorgeous grilled shrimp on my plate. It, and all of the shrimp & scallops on it, were works of perfection. I tried to do it justice by immortalizing one of the shrimp in pictures with my cell phone but feel I failed to capture it's awesomeness. I don't know, looking at it makes me wish it were dinner time again.
Now you may be wondering, "Didn't he say they went to a steak houses - their favorite favorite steak house"?
Why yes we did, and, no I didn't order any steak. Pause... letting that sink in for a minute... I can't believe it myself. During the drive there I was struggling with what to order; we've been there so many times I have the menu memorized, literally. I was thinking of going with the smallest fillet on the menu, it is an 8 ounce hunk of heaven. But by the time we sat down I had convinced myself that I could do better, that I really didn't want to take any chances of voiding out the past few days of hard work (3 mile walk Monday & did the full dumbbell routine Tuesday before dinner).
You should have seen it. This healthy-alien currently inside of me who is firmly in control, I haven't come up with a name for him yet; have any ideas? Well he, or maybe he is a her, was going at it hard with the hungry-demon who has been in control of me for a couple of decades. The creature is not too happy about the new kid, alien, on the block let me tell you. The expletives were flying, bleep bleep bleep was heard throughout my head, the creature even tried the "don't you love me anymore" routine.
Too my surprise the alien won yet again, yes it does still surprise me; and the creature crept away with his head down to go moap behind a kidney for the rest of the meal. Grilled Seafood Kebab with wild rice and a garden salad is what I had. The old me would have had the 20 ounce hickory crusted ribeye with fully locked & loaded backed potato and that same garden salad with the croutons, bacon bits and super-duper fattening dressing which I omitted last night.
This morning, so glad the alien won!
Hockey Update: GAME SIX is tonight of the Stanley Cup, puck drop is at 7 p.m. Chicago (central) time on NBC. No this not a paid promotion. My butt will be glued to my recliner promptly at 6:59 p.m. - where will you be?
GO BLACKHAWKS!
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WTG, Patrick, on unleashing the alien on the "old" you! I don't eat much meat at all, especially beef, but I could not give up my seafood. Mmm...shrimp is soo good!
ReplyDeleteA steakhouse is not the easiest place to find healthy fare is it? I do love grilled shrimp and had it the other night at home for dinner. My husband was teasing me that I better have enjoyed it because a lot of shrimp comes from the area where the oil spill is!
ReplyDeleteI knew there was a reason I always wished that the whole alien being thing was true! Go aliens!! Congrats!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe game is on at 5pm here so I will have to start it up for the hubby till he gets home!
Rapunzel, Shrimp fans for life!
ReplyDeleteKaren, not sure what to expect as for shrimp availability die to the oil spill. At the very least the price of the tasty critters will go up.
Jody, if they win tonight my post tomorrow with be red-black themed in honor of their cup; but they haven't won it yet. So I need to curb the premature celebration. Go HAWKS!
Inner Healthy Alien..hmm...alien seems to have a negative quality to it. Inner Healthy Hero? Or maybe just give it a Superhero type-name? Something super-healthy, of course.
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