An open letter to Petro

la90043 · Feb 2, 2011

Super/grocery markets

You know this is the best option. Ive been walking into super markets instead of restaurant for thr past 10 years more or less and you fill the hand basket up with fruits and vegetable for about $4.00, you eat healthy, you're happy about it and the price is great! Super/grocery markets is an option that no one thinks about when its time to eat.

dancorn said:
After becoming disgusted with the price and low quality of restaurant meals in general and truck stop meals in particular we bought a $45 microwave and have been dining on $1.89 (at Walmart) Hormel heat and eat meals. The Pot Roast and Beef Stew are very good. One meal takes 90 seconds to heat. Just the price of three truck stop meals paid for the machine. It is small enough to fit in our Ford van along with the small generator that runs it.
Bon Apetit!

Moot · Feb 2, 2011

highway star said:
I don't understand why there was no price problem until the bill came. All the Iron Skillets I've been to have menus with prices.

It seems that the braille menus are kept out of sight for some reason.

purgoose10 · Feb 2, 2011

I don't know if all of the Flying J's are doing it, but I have seen some turning their restaurants into Denny's. They said they weren't making a profit. Make's you wonder why.

purgoose10 · Feb 2, 2011

Ad another thing. Just about all grocery stores with a deli have a hot food plate for about 6 bucks.

Most are more than you can eat.

Falligator · Feb 2, 2011

I quit eating at buffets and started drinking diet pepsi instead of regular. The weight seems to be at a stalemate. Also been walking around more.

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purgoose10 · Feb 2, 2011

Falligator said:
I quit eating at buffets and started drinking diet pepsi instead of regular. The weight seems to be at a stalemate. Also been walking around more.

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Don't want to sound to negative but soda's of any kind, diet or not have Fructose Corn Syrup in them. It's been proven that Fructose Corn Syrup clog's Artery's. Ask your doctor. You don't loose weight with Diet drinks.

purgoose10 · Feb 2, 2011

pelicn said:
We've had one of these for 5 yrs. Still works great! I have another one at home, still in the box, if this one ever dies

I have been trying to figure out the name of that cooker. Thanks.

AMonger · Feb 2, 2011

wombat52 said:
well there is a very excellent item on the market & thanks to very good friends of mind ( hi guys ) they put me onto this item it is called the GT101 EXPRESS COOKER this thing is great cooks eggs bacon steaks dam it even cooks cakes try it today in the ice storm it was uuumm most of us well all most everyone have a refrig in the truck i will get around to it sooner or later to store steaks vegi eggs with this cold weather around i just put it in the side box keeps nice and cool in there the average supermarket bill is around $50 .00 but hey your eating for a whole week on this or more tonight miss pam in warren told me open up a can of tuna in a bowl put in breadcrumps break a egg into mixture make it into pattys tuna hotcakes open up instanst potatoes ok cost around $3.00 and healthy food for the heart ..
wombat

Please please please use punctuation.

Please. With sugar on top.

AMonger · Feb 2, 2011

pelicn said:
We've had one of these for 5 yrs. Still works great! I have another one at home, still in the box, if this one ever dies

Looked those up. Wow, lots of real bad reviews.

Amazon.com: GT Express 101 Countertop Grill: Kitchen & Dining

BillChaffey · Feb 2, 2011

Denny's at the Flying J's. There was an article\interview with the Women who runs\ran the old (know I cant think of the outfit Flying J took over) Denny's is paying I believe $20,000.00 per restaurant plus a % of their gross back to the Flying J to be there. P.S. The Article is in the October issue of Pilot magazine.

Moot · Feb 2, 2011

I'm not sure what the attached picture has to do with this thread, except that it is food related. They say, who ever "they" are that a picture is worth a thousand words. My son and I returned a few hours ago from a foray to White Castle where he shot this picture with his phone.

highway star · Feb 3, 2011

Food police undercover?

RoadDawgg · Feb 3, 2011

Diet drinks...augh. Aside from the most heinous after taste, I refuse to consume Nutrasweet. Or that Splenda crap. I'll takes me corn sugars. But when I can get the cane sugar....oh so natural and oh so smooth....mmmm....

Steak. I think I'm gonna have steak tonite. Mostly cause it's been months since I could afford one, and me and the wife a gift card a friend was kind enough to give us. I miss steak.

I plan on running from the truck to the door of wherever I'm at. Weather permitting (ice falls suck). That's my aerobic exercise plan. Gotta build muscle too to go with the trotting about.

The problem is nearly everything is bad for you...depending on the study you read. Exercise is the real key to it all. That's why nations that smoke more and are overwieght (France jumps to mind), and they're healthier than we are. Exercise is key.

So...running it is for me. But I can manage that in short spurts a few times a day. Long as I'm not sprinting every time....

Down with the BMI!

Thanks!
Christopher

Turtle · Feb 3, 2011

purgoose10 said:
...soda's of any kind, diet or not have Fructose Corn Syrup in them.

Diet sodas have Fructose Corn Syrup in them? Seriously?

Moot · Feb 4, 2011

purgoose10 said:
Don't want to sound to negative but soda's of any kind, diet or not have Fructose Corn Syrup in them.

Turtle said:
Diet sodas have Fructose Corn Syrup in them? Seriously?

Serious as a clogged artery! There are two types of fructose corn syrup; high fructose corn syrup and low fructose corn syrup. Actually I think there also is a medium fructose corn syrup, a medium high fructose corn syrup, a medium low fructose corn syrup and of course an extreme fructose syrup. Quite possibly there is also a "lite" fructose corn syrup.

For simplification my post will only deal with high fructose corn syrup and low fructose syrup. High fructose corn syrup is found in regular soda, Karo syrup, red velvet cake and diabetic comas. Low fructose corn syrup is found in diet sodas, bottled water, Saran Wrap, lite beer and invisible fences.

Low fructose corn syrup is blended with either aspartame, acesulfame, stevia, sucralos or neotame or various combinations. The introduction of these chemicals removes up to 98% of the calories found in high fructose corn syrup resulting in what the FDA considers a "diet" food.

AMonger · Feb 4, 2011

purgoose10 said:
Don't want to sound to negative but soda's of any kind, diet or not have Fructose Corn Syrup in them. It's been proven that Fructose Corn Syrup clog's Artery's. Ask your doctor. You don't loose

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weight with Diet drinks.

Familiar with the Mancow, the radio guy? He switched from regular to diet Pepsi, made no other change, dropped 30 lbs.

zero3nine · Feb 5, 2011

purgoose10 said:
Don't want to sound to negative but soda's of any kind, diet or not have Fructose Corn Syrup in them. It's been proven that Fructose Corn Syrup clog's Artery's. Ask your doctor. You don't loose weight with Diet drinks.

There is no corn syrup of any kind in diet coke. I was once 220 pounds, but when I switched from regular to diet beverages I dropped to 200 in less than 2 months. A little bit of exercise and another 2 months got me to 185 where I belong.

fired at you from my Droideka

purgoose10 · Feb 5, 2011

zero3nine said:
There is no corn syrup of any kind in diet coke. I was once 220 pounds, but when I switched from regular to diet beverages I dropped to 200 in less than 2 months. A little bit of exercise and another 2 months got me to 185 where I belong.

fired at you from my Droideka

Well you might read Moots post. I'm not going to argue the point doesn't matter to me, I don't drink them. But like anything else MODERATION is the key.
A little bit of exercise.