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DEL.ICIO.USDining Out? NOT
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
photo: Elissa Eubanks/AJC staff
“She was a butterscotch sundae of a woman.” — A.J. Liebling
I just returned to my desk (and Atlanta restaurants) after nearly a week with this awful flu that’s going around. My poor daughter had it the week prior, and I thought I was free and clear. Then POWEEEEE! I got walloped. No details, but it wasn’t pretty, and included a delusional moment on the bathroom floor when I thought I was Edith Piaf.
I also didn’t want ANYTHING to eat. All my dine outs were canceled. All I wanted was ice cream. I had a strawberry shake from McDonald’s (it tasted like a poptart) and half of a halfgallon of vanilla from Mayfield’s (both brought to me by my loving, adorable BF). I never tasted anything quite as good as that first bite of vanilla.
I miss Scoops. I enjoy Paolo’s. But nothing really hits it like a small vanilla cone dipped in chocolate from Dairy Queen. I like Yoforia, but I wish they had better toppings, though I kind of dig the Captain Crunch. I loved Hank’s before it moved to Riverdale, and now I never get there anymore (it used to be the reason my daughter and I went to the zoo, other than the flamingos). Hank’s was the only place to get black walnut ice cream.
What do you crave when you’re not craving anything? Does your girlfriend head to Chipotle and get you a bean burrito? Does your husband know you’ll take nothing but Jelly Bellies?
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By Critic
February 19, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this
Cold beer
By Rodney
February 19, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
Typically when I’m sick I don’t eat - I try and drink lots of water but eating just isn’t usually an option for me.
The few times that I’ve been ill and HAVE actually craved something it is invariably something I normally wouldn’t eat - Pizza Hut pizza, McDonald’s, frozen chicken tenders cooked in the oven … you know, REAL junk food.
(Your mention of ice cream reminds me of Jake’s Animal Cracker ice cream. Vanilla ice cream with chunks (and sometimes a whole one!) of rainbow colored animal crackers mixed in - WOW-WEE!)