Food choices when the family is traveling without you?

[Anonymous]

I eat alone every night.

That is not as fun and decadent as you amateurs make it out to be.

[Anonymous]

Shrimp cocktail and tater tots.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I bought a filet of raw salmon, sliced it and ate it with soy sauce. Probably 1000 calories. NO regrets

I don't think it is safe, unless it is sushi grade.

Sushi grade isn't really a thing.

Salmon for sushi is different.

Salmon is a fish known for harboring microscopic parasites. Sushi grade salmon means it's frozen at sub-zero temperatures for a specific length of time to kill any potential parasites. Otherwise it's about as safe to eat raw as ground beef from the grocery store.

[Anonymous]

Ok I'm the oddball who ate the salmon ..it was from the Asian mart so I wasn't worried. It was an enormous piece, almost a pound, so yes it was 1000 calories. Gluttonous me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't love admitting this, but: I order pizza.

If I'm in a bad way I might buy really expensive chocolate from that place in Tysons that sells bark for like $30 a pound or something ridiculous like that and eat it with a glass of wine.

What's wrong with ordering pizza? Are you saying you never order pizza for your family? It has to be a deep dark hidden secret?

[Anonymous]

I have a couple go-tos:

a tremendous pile of very vinegary sauteed red cabbage with maple caramelized onions which I usually eat with a little bit of mashed potatoes or mac and cheese

sushi

kimchi with some sort of rice bowl as a vehicle to eat the kimchi

I love sweet, vinegary things and my family is fine with vinegar but I could never serve this stuff as a meal with them.

[Anonymous]

A bowl of cereal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok I'm the oddball who ate the salmon ..it was from the Asian mart so I wasn't worried. It was an enormous piece, almost a pound, so yes it was 1000 calories. Gluttonous me.

Why do you think the Asian Mart would have fewer parasites in their salmon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't love admitting this, but: I order pizza.

If I'm in a bad way I might buy really expensive chocolate from that place in Tysons that sells bark for like $30 a pound or something ridiculous like that and eat it with a glass of wine.

[Anonymous]

Indian take out!
Ramen!
Spinach, mushrooms and goat cheese!

[Anonymous]

Stove top popcorn with lots of butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stove top popcorn with lots of butter.

Yes and a flavored salt

[Anonymous]

Sushi!

Or popcorn!

[Anonymous]

Peanut butter with a spoon out of the jar

[Anonymous]

Super spicy Korean chicken stew with carrots, sweet potato, or super spicy Korean tofu stew. And lots of kimchi. Which is what I often make for my family anyway, but my husband can’t tolerate a lot of spice, so I dial it way up when it’s just me.