Monday, September 7, 2009

Welcome to Foodie Hell...The Countdown

The first question everyone will ask...why are you spending 21 days depriving yourself of almost everything useful, tasty, or fun in any way?
1)Seemed like a decent enough idea while discussing it "in theory" over a bottle of wine.
2)A couple of our friends recently did a similar cleanse, and they emerged relatively unscathed. We're feeling pretty confident that we can survive.
3)Pure, unadulterated curiosity.
OK- so by now, if you know me at all, you know that if there's one thing I love almost as much as my wife, it's my food and my wine. Which is why the only person who could convince me to do this...was Allie. We had a long and marvelous courtship based on loads of late night dinners and barrels of wine. Readers of Capo's Wineblog will remember a decently written, if slightly long winded ramble about the French Paradox, doctor's orders and a dedication to drinking wine on a regular basis as a point of pride and a matter of course. While my conviction on all of those points remain true, I have committed to, starting tomorrow, a three week "cleanse" (just what am I cleansing? Joy? Pleasure? Mirth? My mostly functional ability to take a joke?) that Allie has decided will be good for us. I know these sorts of things are super trendy at the moment but I tend to avoid trends food wise, in favor of fresh local produce and the accompanying slab of Prather Ranch Ribs, or Niman Bacon. I have no fear or loathing for veggies, in fact I love them. I just tend to like them next to my meat.
At any rate, once I had committed to this project, I realized quite quickly that I needed to knock some favorites off the list before I was in food (and wine)jail...
Here's the list of what I've sought out before my sentance begins, in no particular order.
DoubleDouble, animal style. This won't be a challenge, as I NEVER have more than one of these in a month. But I figured I needed at least one cheeseburger before going meatless.
Grilled Lamb-specifically Crack Lamb- refer to the Capo's Wineblog post if you don't know what this is. (Thank's Helena and Key) I could live on grilled lamb all summer. This might have been the final supper if Helena and Key hadn't had their party on Saturday night...
Grilled Fish- A recently developed summertime fav of mine. In this case Halibut from FISH in Sausalito (if you haven't been to FISH, and are not currently cleansing something, go there immediately and ask the guy behind the counter what you should have. Do not be opinionated. He knows more than you do. If he slices a piece of raw fish off for you, eat it, say thanks and then purchase and lightly grill the fish. YUM)
Sausage breakfast sandwich- Another thing that isn't really part of my every day diet, but when I want one, I WANT one. Figured it would be best to pre-emptively strike on this one. Lack of wine though should make this less of an issue.
Pasta- yes, my italian family will cry to the heavens "WHY", but I'll be eating no gluten for the next three weeks. I'm not entirely sure what the hell gluten specifically is (flour, right?), but I'm increasingly discovering that it's in EVERYTHING that's fun to eat.

Which takes us to our next topic...the last supper (non religious version).

2 comments:

  1. yre: FISH - yeah, eat it and say thank you. Yummy!

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  2. #1 on your list of sought out items is also #1 on my list of things to eat within an hour of landing in california, hehhe

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