It's been a pretty crazy last few days for me. Life just seems to have a way of rushing at you a million miles a minute. In fact, for reasons I will get into in a little bit, I didn't even access HIVE at all yesterday. That's not entirely uncommon on weekends, but in this case, I was just too busy.
If you have been following me for any amount of time, you probably already know that I enjoy food. If you do follow my blog, it probably looks like @mrsbozz and I eat out a whole lot more than we actually do. There are occasional times life gets in the way of us eating a responsible meal at home, but more often than not, my wife plans and crafts some pretty fantastic meals to keep us healthy and on the straight and narrow.
This past week as I said, had a few more misses than hits if you are keeping track of the calories. I'll definitely have to spend some extra time on the treadmill to make up for it.
It all started on Wednesday when the junior high where I work was having a fundraiser cookie sale. Instead of having a bunch of already busy moms and dads bake the cookies for the kids to sell, they decided to purchase them from the popular chain Crumbl and then resell them for $5.00 a piece. That might seem like a lot of money (it actually is), but the cookies usually go for like $3 or $4 a piece anyway, so they probably only made a profit of about $1 on each one. Maybe a little more, they might have gotten a quantity discount.
If you have never had a cookie from Crumbl before, they are pretty special. First of all, they are huge, second, they probably have enough sugar in them they could put a horse in a coma. I'm not kidding, my inlaws actually divide their cookies into quarters and eat them that way. If you ate a whole one in one sitting you would likely go into diabetic shock even if you don't have diabetes. Especially the ones with buttercream frosting like the one above.
In fact, I think they actually make special cutters you can buy for Crubml cookies to divide them up easier. You will be happy to know, I didn't eat this one all in one sitting. I really didn't my worker to find me passed out on the floor, so I paced myself. This was the only one I bought too. At $5 a pop I felt I did my best to support the kids without going overboard.
This one is actually kind of healthy for you, but if you ever seen these Oh Snap! Pickles in the store, I highly recommend you pick them up. They are usually pretty reasonably priced when they go on sale.
They have a variety of flavors, but my favorite ones are the "Sassy Bites". They are a little sweet, a little hot, they just hit really hard. My niece introduced me to these pickles when we were traveling together in Colorado. We have been picking them up off and on at the store ever since.
Of course, if you can make your own pickles, those are probably just as good. If you don't have the materials, time, or ambition, these are pretty suitable replacements.
Thursday night was a late one for @mrsbozz and I. She had a school event that kept her up at work until 6 PM, and I had a bunch of running to do as well was a physical therapy appointment for my shoulder. We ended up getting sandwiches from a local place that I failed to get any photos of. That's not the point of this section though. As we were getting ready for bed my phone happend to go off with a text alert.
I quickly glanced at it and saw it was my friend @a4xjeeper. I went on doing what I was doing without reading the text right away. @mrsbozz asked who it was and I said it was my friend. She asked what he wanted and I said he probably wants to see if I can go get fish with him on Friday night. Without hesitating @mrsbozz said "go!".
Sure enough, that's exactly what the text was.
Although neither of us are Catholic, my friend and I try to hit some of the local fish fries during Lent. Unfortunately, since Covid, many of the places that used to hold the buffet style fries don't do them anymore. We ended up heading to a small bar in a small town that I had visited once a long long time ago, but my friend had never been to.
It was packed at 6:45 on a Friday night and I am happy to say my friend and I got the last two plates of perch that they had available. It's funny how quick a bar clears out when they run out of fish on a Friday night during Lent!
Finally, that brings us to yesterday. My wife and I drove down to Tiffin, OH to pick up our great niece and bring her home for the night while our oldest niece (her mom) goes to class on Monday before coming up to spend the week with us in Michigan.
a Mobil gas station right off the expressway I figured I could get gas while she was burping the baby and then maybe run in the store and grab a snack.We had retrieved "the package" (our great niece) and were heading home when @mrsbozz let me know that she needed me to stop so she could burp the 4 month old baby. I pulled off the expressway just past Hartland, MI and stopped at
My wife had mentioned the mozzarella sticks they had advertised on the side of the building looked good. Then I was pumping gas and the video screen that they have on pumps now was playing a video highlighting the fried chicken at some restaurant. It wasn't until I was almost done pumping that I realized the fried chicken was at the gas station.
I went inside and picked up a three piece chicken tender meal and an order of the mozz sticks for us to share.
I know, I know, gas station food is usually pretty sketch, but this was actually really good! I ate one tender and one mozz stick and I saved the rest of the chicken and the blueberry biscuit for my lunch today. The leftover mozz sticks @mrsbozz will probably share with me later in the week.
Needless to say, if I am ever in the area again and feeling peckish, I won't hesitate to stop at this gas station and get some fried chicken!
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You have a lot of self control. If I bought such a cookie, I would eat it. Maybe I'd put a piece aside for later, but 'later' would probably be half an hour :))
Best for me not to commit to tasty, unhealthy food because I'll just eat it all, eventually.
As for the cookie sale at school. That distresses me. $5 a cookie! Maybe the kids made a profit, but that's steep for families. What happened to bake a pie, a cookie, a cake and bring it in? Then charge $2 a cookie. Profit margin probably the same and more affordable for the parents and kids.
I remember once baking a pumpkin pie from scratch for a school fundraiser. I put so many fresh ingredients in that pie it probably cost me $10 to make, even though I grew the pumpkin. The pie sold for $6 at the fair. Still, the school made a great profit and I felt really good about my participation. It was a bonding event for the school community.
I guess I'm really old fashioned.
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My wife would disagree with that! The cookie did get completely eaten before I left work that day, so I didn't do too well. These gourmet cookies are all the rage now. They don't allow much of the home baked stuff anymore due to servsafe compliance standards and the fact that everyone and their brother seems to have an allergy these days!
Sounds like a busy weekend! I must admit that the cookie looks really good, and I haven't tried one. I am trying to cut out excess sugar in the diet though so it's probably a good thing to avoid along with Krispy Kreme. I'll have to keep and eye out for the dill chips, they actually sound really good.
For gas station food it doesn't look too bad. To get there did you use an interstate or smaller highways? I've always found the travel centers along the interstates have nothing but chain food as a general rule. Glad you had a safe trip!!
This one was right off A major expressway, but kind of in the middle of nowhere. It was even good today left over. I don't blame you on the cookie. We rarely get them due to how bad they are for you.
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Busy week, tasty eats! 🍗
What was your favorite meal?
Actually, it was a different one that I am going to probably share later in the week!
Dude, that butter cream frosting on a Crumbl cookie is magic! Like you, I try to minimize eating them, but they are truly a treat. Also with regards to gas station food...I feel like if it's fried...I'll probably be fine :D
Yeah, we are lucky that the closest Crumbl to us is about an hour away. I would probably go there more often than I should if it were closer. I've never seen a gas station like this one before. I've heard of Bucee's and Sheetz before and I am guessing those might like this but 100x better.
Yeah I've been to both Bucee's and Sheetz. They are crazy big, but to be honest, I wasn't impressed. I'll take some Joe's Kansas City BBQ out at the original gas station any day over the things I've had from Bucee's and Sheetz. I also had some pretty amazing "Chicken on a stick" down in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It wasn't complicated (and probably why it as good). It was a small gas station that looked like a dump, but there was a lady in there that put an entire check breast on a heavy duty skewer, breaded it, and dropped it in a deep fryer.....and it was incredible.
That does sound incredible! It's almost kind of sad that a lot of these little places are starting to fade away. I remember the old Stuckey's and Howard Johnson's where there was always a little cafe inside the gas station.
I would probably die if I ate the cookies. Now the fish on the other hand is another story. I love fish and could eat it almost everyday as long as it is fixed differently each time.
I could, too! I haven't met a fish yet that I don't like, they're all good! Imagine a meal with all of the foods @bozz mentioned — a fish fry with pickles on the side and a piece of a big cookie for dessert! Oh, how heavenly! 😋
oh, that would be a good meal. The cookie though would be the death of me for sure. Oh how it would be a glorious death though.
This perch had a little heavier breading on it than I am used to with perch, but it wasn't over the top. I tried perch with beer batter one time and it just didn't work well. It's great with cod and pollock, but not something as delicate as perch. The cookies are definitely deadly!
Now I’m hungry for fish.
Greetings.That looks very delicious, @bozz
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I can’t imagine eating a whole one in one sitting either
I get light headed after about half a cookie.
I just tried Crumbl a few months ago for the first time and really enjoyed it. They are sweet though! I think they got their start on Shark Tank didn't they?
It's possible they did. I know a lot of local small businesses have started to pop up and while they might not have the same technology in their stores, the end results have been dang good. I'd almost rather support them than Crumbl. In fact, we have a place close to us called Heidi's Darn Good Cookies. Take my word, they are!
I grew up Catholic and while I haven't practiced in many many years, I do recall how huge an event these fish frys were. My family didn't get a lot of fish in our lives because of where we lived but I do recall being quite excited by them.
Not to rub any salt into it but yeah, your diet is pretty unhealthy. I'm not gonna preach about it because I only recently went to the other side :)
Fish fries are not as common as they used to be, but you can still find them here and there. This week has been pretty bad, but it's honestly the exception more than the rule. I have a cheat day maybe once a week if that. Most everything else is pretty moderated to a specific calorie count through the week. This was probably the most fried food I have eaten in a couple of months. From what I have learned, portion control seems to be the real key. When you consider that, the only night I really faltered was the fish night. Which again would probably be my cheat day. Don't get me wrong, I know I could be doing more, but comparatively, my wife and I do eat pretty healthy. We talked to one nutritionist just to verify we were doing things right and she said she wished all her clients ate like we do (for the most part).
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