The next decade....what's in store?

Diet derailed!

Well, a two week family holiday has come to an end. Everybody left this morning so life is back to normal.

Last Saturday, I had a "soiree" at my pokey apartment for them plus some friends - about 18 people in all. On the menu...

1. Curry Shrimp with big arse roti skins!
2. Jerk Chicken with Grenadian spices with Macaroni and Cheese
3. Ackee and Saltfish with Festival
4. Salad
5. Chocolate cake and ice cream
6. Grapes and apples

There were 18 persons there. I tried not to cook too much food because I live alone, plus I don't eat chicken. Well, I told my Mum and Sis that they were making me buy too much chicken and I was right. So I had quite a bit left over. Luckily, the landlady (the one who mopped out my flooded apartment while I was at work) mentioned that she was smelling the Jerk and so I gave her the rest of it.

We used three Festival Mix boxes. A mistake. I have a whole pot full of mixed out mix in the fridge. That can feed a small village.

Then there are the big arse roti skins. We buy from this Indian guy at work, so since I had had them, and they were nice, I ordered 20 skins from him. I asked if he could do mini-rotis. He say "nah, ah charge di same price and yuh go say it too much". So I took the big arse roti skins just so. They were nice and hot when I picked them up. I cut them in half to serve. Most of what I cut up, was eaten. The rest is in the freezer. No problem there.

Had just two servings of shrimp left over, so no problem there. It's the festival mix that I am concerned about. My sister says to freeze it. Not sure how that would work.

Oh, there was also two 5L containers of fruit juices! That hardly budged. People drank Ting and Ginger Beer, Carib Beer, Red Wine and White wine.

Oh, about the wines....I am not a wine drinker at all. My brother said to buy the Hardys Australian Merlot. Delicious. Then I had known about Pinot Grigio (white) so I bought a Vignale. Delicious. Enjoyed that and then felt the effects the next day, even though I only had two glasses. I don't tolerate alcohol too well.

I can't bear throwing away food, so I am about to go eat some of the ice cream and chocolate cake. Didn't have any on saturday night. Have to bus' my arse in the gym from tomorrow. Too tired today after I had a roti skin for lunch with some left over curry shrimp.

I weighed today, and it said 92kg. So I haven't put on too much weight on this two week break. That's not such a bad thing.

Posted by yamfoot at August 28, 2006 07:54 PM