A lot has changed in the last couple of years. In most cases these changes have been for the worse for most people. An uncertain economy and oil prices that tend to spike at the worse times are just a few of the modern day problems we face now. Since farmers and factories rely on trucks to transport their food products, we often see higher prices for food at the supermarkets, when oil prices do go higher. This is also true for those that like to eat out in restaurants. Food is not a luxury in life or something we can do without. We all have to eat, so when food prices do increase in restaurants and at the supermarket, we must find ways to balance the higher costs. Using our computers to search for free online coupons is one of the easiest and most effective ways to combat the higher prices. Also keep an eye for those money saving coupons that come in the mail each week and be sure to use them too.

During hard times we might not be able to eat the foods we like the most. We may just have to save some of those great recipe and food ideas that we see on the Food Network for a later time. I’m sure they would adjust their programming on television if things ever got too bad and would give us new ways to prepare cheaper meals for the family. Most of us at some point in our lives had to install a food budget, so we could make it from one day to another. I think most can remember what they had to do in the past to survive and would go that route again if needed.

For those that have a hard time eating less food when prices do go up; should start saving now before things get bad. I’m sure food will be more expensive at the end of this year as compared to the prices now. The smart consumers will save money on food during the good times, so they don’t have to cut back as much if things do take a down turn. How can I save money now? Preparing more meals at home would be a good start. If you do go out to eat, only eat at the places where you have Restaurant coupons to use. Some restaurants offer big discounts through their coupons and you can find these in the mail or search for them online. Each coupon is just like cash. The more coupons we can use at restaurants and in the supermarkets, the more cash we will have in our pockets. So don’t throw away those food coupons anymore and everyone should take it a step further and search for these money saving coupons online. Please feel free to leave any replies on ways you and your family like to save money on food.

I don’t understand a lot of people’s weight problems. It seems pretty simple if you ask me. If you eat less and exercise more, it would only seem natural that you would lose more weight. If you keep this routine up, you would have no need for the weight loss pills. I know it’s easier to say than do, but isn’t these the steps for losing weight? I believe the food is the main key. Finding those foods with low calories can go a long ways in the weight battle. Many of the fast food restaurants offer good food choices for those seeking to lose weight. You can see several items on the menu that are low on calories or you will see a variety of different salads. I’m not on a diet (maybe I should be) and I love to eat salads. I guess if I had to eat them all the time, I would get sick of them. A salad is a great meal for me, but I like meats on my salad and a good red french dressing or the honey french dressing. The dressing on a salad can add a lot more calories, so choosing a salad dressing low on calories is smart to do. Overall, I think if you start with your daily meals and work on eating less calories, you will see some weight loss start to take place. It takes time for some people to notice the difference, but smarter choices at the supermarket and at the fast food restaurants will result in less weight. Salad anyone?

Our grills at home were made to cook certain foods and it seems like everyone has their own favorites they like to prepare on the grill. I like hamburgers and this is probably my favorite food item to cook on a outdoor grill. I have no complaints when it comes to cooking the sister of the hamburger and I’m sure most people would consider the hotdog a sister to the hamburger. Hot dogs do taste a lot better when they’re cooked on the grill and not boiled in a pot of water on the stove. Hamburgers and hotdogs are probably the two most popular things that get cooked on the grill.

Other foods that people often throw on their bbq grill is chicken, pork chops, and steaks. The chef or cook won’t get too many complaints if they throw a nice steak or some pork chops on the barbie. When it comes to chicken, there is a lot of seasonings and marinades that can greatly influence the taste here. A few boneless chicken strips that have sat over night in a good marinade, can be a fabulous thing to prepare on the grill. You can look online for some good chicken marinade recipes and I highly recommend doing this the day before; you cook your chicken on the grill. A simple marinade for the chicken can make it taste a hundred times better and your family or guests will love the taste. A little salt on the pork chops and that is all that is needed for them. I know some people will choose a variety of seasonings for the steaks. I only add a little salt to my steaks and may dash a little steak sauce on them; 1 or 2 minutes before I remove them off the grill. Steaks taste so good naturally that there isn’t any big need to add anything to them.

There are a couple of things that are left up to debate and each person has their own style. Using tin foil is one of those debates and do you prefer to use the bare rack or put down a little tin foil and poke holes in it? To get a steak good and juicy, some will wrap each steak in tin foil and this helps preserve the juices from dripping away. I’m not picky here either way. Another popular debate is about the types of grills we choose to use. Do you prefer the old fashion method of using charcoal or is a gas grill better? I normally use charcoal and I love the smell of charcoal on the grill. I don’t mind a gas grill, but I usually will just buy a cheap portable grill that uses charcoal to cook my favorite foods on. As you can see, I will cook just about any kind of meat and I believe our grills were designed for cooking meat. I’m not good at cooking vegetables on the grill, but I do like eating grilled vegetables. Feel free to share any grill recipes or foods that you like to throw or prepare on the grill.

There are 3 big food giants in the hamburger industry. We have McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy’s restaurants that are the kings of hamburgers. Everybody else on the hamburger list is just looking up at these 3 giants in the world of hamburgers. Now all 3 of these popular fast food chains offer a double cheeseburger for a super low price of only a buck or one dollar. Which $1 double cheeseburger do you prefer the most?

A. McDonalds Double Cheeseburger for $1

B. Buger Kings Double Cheeseburger for $1

C. Wendys Double Stack for $1

Get your votes in and let’s see who makes the best tasting double cheeseburger that hamburger lovers can buy for only one dollar.

The Wendys double cheeseburger or double stack is made on a plain bun with ketchup, mustard, pickles, onions, and one piece of cheese. They also use square hamburger patties to make their fried hamburgers; which Wendys claims is never frozen and always fresh. This is a good value and I do like the Wendys double cheeseburger. It is also worth noting that Wendys makes a junior bacon burger for only one dollar and this is also a good value. There are several listings on Wendy’s Dollar Menu and it’s a good place to eat for those that don’t have a lot of money to spend on lunch or dinner. Eating at Wendys for lunch can be cheaper and better; than if you took the time to buy and prepare your own lunches from the grocery store.

The Burger King double cheeseburger is completely opposite from the way Wendys prepares it’s double cheeseburger. They use round meat patties instead of square, sesame seed buns as opposed to the plain bun, and they grill their hamburger patties instead of frying them. The BK Double includes ketchup, mustard, pickle, and two pieces of cheese. This is an excellent tasting burger and if you like the grill taste; then you may like the double cheeseburger from Burger King more than Wendys or McDonalds. This is where consumers can get more food for their money, since this double cheeseburger offers more in bun size, but doesn’t include onions.

The McDonalds double cheeseburger is more popular and gets sold more daily; since McDonalds has more locations than Wendys or Burger King does. This double cheeseburger that McDonalds offers for one dollar has ketchup, mustard, onions, pickles, and two pieces of cheese. It’s made on a plain bun and has round hamburger patties that are fried. McDonalds does offer the smallest one dollar double cheeseburger; when compared to Burger King or Wendys. There is a unique taste to McDonalds hamburgers and it’s unique in a good way. I think this double cheeseburger is great too and it just seems like the cheese tastes better from McDonalds than other fast food hamburger chains. McDonalds has their own menu too that includes several items for $1. I think McDonalds was the first fast food restaurant to create the dollar menu, but I believe Wendys perfected the dollar menu.

So we have 1 dollar to spend and we are looking for the most food possible for that dollar. Where do we go? We certainly would want to go to McDonalds, Burger King, or Wendys to spend our last dollar. In most cases we would want to order the double cheeseburger for a nutritional meal and one that would fill us up more than other alternatives for spending that dollar. You want to avoid the soft drinks and french fries, because these items will cost you more money than the double cheeseburger will. French fries have been linked to type 2 diabetes for those that eat a lot of fried potatoes or the way most fast food chains prepare their fries. If you have extra money for a side item, try to get something other than the fries. The bake potato at Wendys would seem like a smart choice, but we want to avoid the potatoes linked to diabetes, so onion rings or something like that is a better choice for those concerned with diabetes.

I will say we are all lucky to have places like these hamburger giants to provide us with a lot of good nutritional food (to a degree nutritional) for only 1 dollar. If you have a Wendys, Burger King, and McDonalds in your area and they provide these $1 double cheeseburgers, you may want to start eating at these places more. Eating these double cheeseburgers is a good way to save money and you would spend just as much if not more money if you tried to prepare these items at home yourself.

Now the question is; which fast food chain offers the best tasting $1 double cheeseburger? If one of these fast food chains lowered their price by a dime and sold their double cheeseburger for 90 cents, would you be willing to sacrifice taste for that extra 10 cents in savings? If you want the freshest tasting burger, you probably want the Wendys double cheeseburger; since their meat is never frozen. The Burger King double cheeseburger is the one you want for that burger that tastes hot off the grill. Then you have McDonalds that produces the standard in hamburgers and has the taste that we compare all other hamburgers to. All 3 are pretty good and all 3 cost a dollar; but which one do you want if you could only pick one?

Beverly Hills is where a lot of wealth lives and thrives in Southern California. You might have heard of that famous Rodeo Drive that runs through the heart of Beverly Hills. It’s only about 3 blocks of the road that is filled with all the shops and stores that you hear about, but these 3 blocks is the highest price merchandise you will find anywhere else in the world. Only the very wealthy can afford to actually go in these stores and make purchases, but many tourists still find it a great place to just go site seeing.

The thought of going to a high profile event in Hollywood would be a great. You would have the chance to meet some of Hollywoods elite and of course your favorite movie star. The food and entertainment is always top of the line and Los Angeles catering companies like the Bashful Butler help to put on these glamorous events. I can imagine the large ice sculptures and beautifully appointed tables and rooms that make Hollywood parties what they are. Most people that live in this area probably have local get together that to most us would look like someones wedding. Thanks to the television show most of us know that 90210 is the zip code for Beverly Hills. I do think Beverly Hills has a couple of more zip codes in their area, but none are more famous than the 90210.

The holiday season is just half over and we still have good ol jolly St. Nick to celebrate on December 25th. I’m not sure how your Christmas dinners go, but for my family it is like Thanksgiving dinner again. We pretty much have the same food on Christmas Day, as the food we ate on Thanksgiving Day. Our two main things we had for Thanksgiving dinner was the turkey and the ham. We will eat ham and turkey again on Christmas. We also had soup beans, fried okra, green beans, biscuits, and a few desserts to choose from. I assume we will eat these same things again on Christmas too. We did have dressing last week and not sure we will prepare dressing with giblet gravy again. I know my belly is still full from the last big holiday meal and it may take until Christmas Day before I am hungry again. I’m not sure the best weight loss pills or best exercise routines could keep us from gaining weight this time of the year. There is just too much good food around and no one should be on a diet during the holidays. Save your dieting plans for your New Year’s Resolution on January 1st and eat all the good food that is available now. We only live once and everyone should enjoy a couple of big meals on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Feel free to share your dinner plans on Christmas Day and give me a rough idea of what the menu might look like in your household this year. If you have any special Christmas dishes that you like to prepare; then I would love to get the recipe for it. Leave a reply with recipes, menus, or your dinner plans for Christmas day. I might just have to tweak our family’s dinner this year!

There isn’t any bad parts on a chicken. At least that is what my taste buds say. Most don’t like fried chicken livers, but I guess I am an exception to the rule. I do like chicken livers and eating them with other parts of the chicken is a good meal. I know most don’t like the taste of fried chicken livers, but they do like the drumsticks and breast from the chicken. I guess you just wouldn’t be American if you didn’t like at least one part of this tasty bird.

Now have you ever tried fried chicken hearts? They are hard to find in the supermarkets. I have seen the Tyson chicken company put a pack together that includes gizzards and hearts. It will mostly contain gizzards, but there are some hearts in it. I love fried chicken hearts and it’s probably the best part of the chicken for me. If you haven’t never tried the heart of a chicken before, you really owe it to yourself to try one sometime.

A chicken’s heart is not big. The taste of the chicken heart is nothing like the taste of the liver. So don’t worry about chicken hearts tasting like chicken liver. You can save your chicken livers for fishing and catfish love chicken liver and save the fried chicken hearts for eating. I understand why some don’t like the taste of fried chicken livers, but I think most would love the taste of chicken hearts. The gizzards in chicken is a little tough and chewy to eat. The chicken heart is easy to eat and not a bit chewy. A fried chicken heart is a wonderful treat and I’m sure there is some great health benefits in them too.

If you search different supermarkets in your area and perhaps ask the guy working in the meat department, you should be able to track down some chicken hearts. You could also call up the chicken companies like Tyson, Seaboard Farms, Pilgrim’s Pride, or Gold Kist and ask them if you could order some chicken hearts from them. All of these chicken companies should have websites online and you may be able to submit a question at one of their websites on how to order chicken hearts or where you might could pick some up at.

Killing chickens and eating them is common in the South. We have been known to have some good old fashion chicken dinners down here. If we get our hands on a few live chickens, we usually can kill and clean them our self. We can take an axe to their head and chop it off or just put their necks in our hand and begin shaking them until we break the neck and usually it separates from the body real easily. It might sound a litte gruesome, but it is a humane way to kill them.

The kids love to watch chickens getting prepared for the frying pan. After you do remove the head from the body, the body of the chicken can run around the yard for several minutes. If you ever heard the term “running around like a chicken with it’s head cut off“, you will know what it means, if you ever see this in person. The chicken’s muscles are still working in the body and especially the legs and wings, so after you cut the head off, you can see chicken running around and flapping it’s wings. This always amazes the kids and even the adults too! This is one way you can get the heart from a chicken, but there are more practical ways for those that do want to try fried chicken hearts. Please come back here after you have tried to eat some and let me know what you thought. If you have already ate fried chicken hearts before; then please let me know if you like them or never want to try another one again.

Mike Woodson the coach for the Atlanta Hawks has never been accused of being the sharpest tool in the shed and you will know why after his Thanksgiving comments to the team. He asked the Atlanta Hawks players (the NBA team he coaches) to not eat turkey on Thanksgiving day; due to a chemical in the turkey that causes drowsiness. His team had a big match up on Thanksgiving night against the Orlando Magic and this was a game that the team had to win.

Well that same chemical which is called tryptophan is found in pork, chicken, and some cheeses. Doctors say if you had an empty stomach and ate a really large amount of turkey; then a little drowsiness could occur. Most people want to take that cat nap after the big meal they eat on Thanksgiving; rather than the amount of tryptophan that is found in turkey that causes drowsiness.

Charles Barkley was wondering why the fans in Atlanta was not coming out and supporting the Hawks. They are off to a hot start and have one of the best records in the NBA. However, it’s the way Mike Woodson coaches the team and his philosphy on playing players that keep the fans from attending the Hawks games. So Chuck if you want to know why the residents in Georgia don’t go to Hawks games at Philips Arena; now you know!

I think for most of us, it still goes back to two simple steps. If we will get more active in our daily lives and burn off extra calories that way, we will slowly start to lose weight. The other simple step is just to eat less. This doesn’t mean to stop eating, but just eating a little less each day and doing a little more exercise each day and your body over an extended period of time will lose weight. No one should be trying weight loss on the fast approach and the slow and steady approach is the best way to go for anyone that wants to lose more weight. Be sure to check out a lot of the cookbooks out there that shows people how to eat smarter these days and you will learn how to stay away from certain foods that can cause us to gain weight. Good luck to everyone this planning to start a diet or might already be on one. Just remember to take things slow and you will feel much better overall if you don’t put too much stress on the body with the fast weight loss approach.

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Do You Like To Eat Crab Legs?

I am someone that goes around saying that I love to eat seafood. I’m not really sure if I am a seafood lover or not. I actually like a nice piece of fresh fish that is grilled to perfection. If you can throw me an endless plate of popcorn shrimp and some french fries to go with my grilled mahi mahi, amber jack, tilapia, or grouper; then I’m good to go. There are a few other items that I like to munch on at the seafood buffets, but it’s the grilled fish and popcorn shrimp that I like the most.

I have seen over the years that the people that eat crab legs, really eat their crab legs! I have tried crab legs many times and still can’t find what the fascination with them is. I don’t think they taste bad, they are just something to nibble on for me. I’m sure crab legs is healthy and there are probably some good nutritional values in crab legs, but as far as taste they are just average for me.

The people that load up on Friday and Saturday nights and go eat at the local seafood buffets will fight people over their crab legs. I recently ate a Chinese buffet with my mom and they offered crab legs on their buffet. The restaurant could not bring them out fast enough to keep up with the demand of people wanting to eat crab legs. As soon as a big pan of new crab legs got brought out, about 8 to 10 people would snatch them all up and there were a couple that were still waiting for their crab legs. When people say they like to eat crab legs; then they really mean it and it seems to be the most favorite seafood item a buffet can offer.

I know crab legs influence the prices of buffets. I will see some buffets that are around 10 to 12 dollars, but on the nights they offer crab legs, it goes up a few extra dollars. It’s not worth the extra money to me and I would just prefer to go on the nights where crab legs weren’t being served. Now are you one of these crazy people that fills up your plate to the max and the crab legs are your main focus on seafood buffets? Perhaps you could help me to understand where this craze comes from and why so many people will make their self sick, just filling up their bellies with these crab legs.

If you want to start a restaurant and want an easy food that you can cook and serve, but it will be one that people will knock down the doors getting to; then focus on crab legs. I can’t think of another food that is more popular in restaurants than crab legs are. I would rank them as the most desired food in the world and especially when it comes to the popular items on a seafood buffet. Give me a list of some of the things you like to see on a buffet that specializes in seafood and how high does crab legs rank on your list?

I know I probably made some people hungry talking about crab legs, but no worries. The weekend is almost here and you can go out and find you a good buffet that offers crab legs. You may find the Chinese restaurants offer crab legs at a slightly cheaper price; than some of the other American restaurants that serve all-you-can-eat crab legs. I have heard that butter with crab legs is good and I haven’t never tried to eat crab legs with butter. I couldn’t tell you the differences in taste when it comes to Alaska Crab Legs, King Crab Legs, or Snow Crab Legs; it seems all types of crab legs are popular and I just don’t know why.

Those goodies the children get from going trick or treating each year is not intended for the adults. The parents might want to dive in their kid’s bags this year, but remember those Halloween sweets are loaded in calories. Adults that are on a diet will want to stay away from the candy this year and try their best to just skip Halloween. It may be tough for those that have kids or your house is a popular destination for trick or treaters each year. If you’re going to be forced to be around all those tasty treats this year, you may want to try taking an appetite suppressant and see if that helps to cure off the cravings. I have a sweet tooth 365 days a year, so Halloween is pretty much just another day for me. Some households will buy more candy during the Halloween holiday; than they would normally buy for the entire year. These are the situations that could be costly for someone trying to lose weight. It’s almost impossible to stay on a diet during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, so making a stand on October 31st does give you more freedom for the last 2 months of the year. If you fall off that wagon this early on your journey; you may still be trying to lose Halloween calories in 2010.

Most of the good food we eat in restaurants are usually in a building type structure. Anytime we think about a restaurant winning a food award, we naturally think about their location and what great food items they serve to win a food award. A recent food award was a little different and it didn’t go to the typical setting for a restaurant. This is because the award went to a New York Vendor that serves Mexican tacos. These awards were actually geared toward the vendors and gave them props for serving good food each day in New York City.

A husband and wife team that runs one of these NYC vendors was the lucky winners of the first prize that was given out Saturday at the 5th annual Vendy Awards. They mainly serve up tacos and quesadillas to their hungry customers in New York. They are very proud of their Vendy Award and it makes them feel good to know that people like their food.

The next time you find yourself in New York and you’re a little hungry; then make plans to search the streets for their Mexican taco stand. You will be able to buy most items for about 6 dollars, so it isn’t that expensive to get great food in the City of New York. We will have to wait until next year to see how their new found fame helps them at the 6th annual Vendy Awards.

If you like pizza and who doesn’t? Then an interesting story is breaking out of Louisville, Kentucky today. The owner and founder of Papa Johns Pizza was on a mission to find an old car he once owned. John Schatter had to sell his car to help his father keep a tavern going; while using the rest of the money to start Papa Johns Pizza.

 

He sold the 1971 Camaro back in 1983 and looking at it 26 years later, I think he made the right decision. I think most of us would sell our car today, if we knew we could turn the cash into a successful pizza chain. Papa Johns does make a great pizza with a very tasty pizza sauce. Adding in a pepper to each order has been a little trademark of Papa Johns and those peppers called peperoncini are great with Papa Johns Pizza.

It wasn’t easy to track down this 1971 Camaro and John did go to great lengths to find it. It turns out that the original buyer back in 1983 no longer had the car, but did help track down the people he sold the car to. These people still had the car and good thing they did. John wanted the car back so bad, that he posted a 250,000 dollar reward for the person that would deliver him the car back. After paying this hefty reward for his beloved car back, John did take care of the other guy that helped him locate the car. This man received a nice $25,000 for his efforts in helping the owner of Papa Johns Pizza to find his old Camaro.

Papa Johns Pizza stores all across the land are offering a free pizza on Wednesday (today) to anyone that owns a Camaro. You will be hard-pressed to find a better pizza out there and if you haven’t never tried a Papa Johns Pizza; then today would be a good time to start. Especially for those that own a Cheverolet Camaro and can get a free pizza!

I guess many of you are wondering what he will do with the car now? John actually had a replica on display in the Papa Johns Headquarters located in Kentucky. He will now replace that car with the actual car he had to sell 26 years ago. People visiting Kentucky for years had the KFC tourist attraction that people travel to each day to see where the first KFC restaurant was located and where all that good chicken started from. The success of Papa John’s business has made this another tourist attraction in Kentucky and you can purchase Papa John stock on the NYSE (PZZA). The stock price is up today and selling for just a shade over $24 a share. You can’t buy Papa Johns Pizza in every U.S. state and they are still growing as a company. I do think this is an attactive long-term stock to buy for those wanting to get in the pizza business through Wall Street.

Now the final numbers and tracking the famous 1971 Camaro goes as follows:

*John sells the car in 1983 for $2,800 to the original buyer (money used for father’s tavern in Jeffersonville, Indiana and to start Papa Johns Pizza)

*Original Buyer sells the car for $4,000 in 2004 (approx.) to Jeffery Robinson in Flatwoods, Kentucky

*John starts massive campaign to track down the black and gold Camaro and even offers a $250,000 reward

*Original buyer sees an interview with John on a preseason NFL game this month talking about the hunt for the car

*Original buyer contacts John and the person he sold the car to and helps reunite the man and his car

*Jeffery Robinson collects the $250,000 reward by selling the car back to John and the original buyer gets $25,000 for his efforts

All 3 men in this story profit from one very famous 1971 black and gold Camaro! Let’s look at this in terms of money spent and the money they earned by coming in contact with Papa.

1. Original Buyer buys the car for $2,800 and profits $1,200 when he sells the car for $4,000. Gets rewarded an additional $25,000 for helping track down the person he sold the car to. Total Profit: $26,200

2. Jeffery Robinson pays $4,000 for the car and sells it back to John for $250,000. Total Profit: $246,000

3. Papa John buys the car for $$$ (unknown) and sells the car for $2,800. Money used to help dad’s tavern and to start Papa Johns Pizza. John has to pay out $275,000 to retrieve the car. Total Profit: -$272, 200 Plus earnings from the Papa Johns Pizza Franchise which calculates into the millions based on the value of the franchise. Real Total Profit: Priceless

This is truly a story everybody wins in and I think all 3 parties are very happy about 1 special 1971 Camaro from the Blue Grass State of Kentucky. Not to mention the free pizza that every Camaro owner in America can take advantage of today or where they have a Papa Johns Pizza franchise.

Have you ever worked at a Papa Johns restaraunt? If so, then please be sure to share your stories on your work experience there. Do you like the food as an employee? How is John as a boss? Do you feel that Papa Johns Pizza is as good as Dominos Pizza or Pizza Hut’s pizza?

Have you ever ate Papa Johns Pizza? Please be sure to give feedback on how good you think their pizza really is? How do you think it stacks up against the other guys in the pizza market? How would you rank todays most popular pizza places?

1) Papa Johns

2) Pizza Hut

3) Dominos

4) Little Caesars

5) Cici’s Pizza

6) Other?

Since doing this blog post it has made me a bit hungry and I am craving a little Papa Johns Pizza. I think I would have to rank them (Papa Johns) first at this moment on my rankings. I would put Dominos in 2nd place, Pizza Hut in 3rd place, and Little Caesars in 4th place. Based on price and value for the almighty dollar, I do love Cici’s Pizza’s “all you can eat” buffets and rank them first on value with the $5 large pepperoni pizzas Little Caesars sells each day as 2nd on the value list. All 5 of these popuplar pizza chains do make great pizza and you should try them all. Let me know your favorite places to eat a good ol slice of pizza from.

 

I like pizza as much as the next guy but there does come a time when enough is enough. This is what Dallas Cowboy fans can expect when they try to order a pizza this upcoming season. The NFL season is still several weeks away, but the people selling pizzas at the new Cowboy Stadium should be happy (if they get any takers). They will be charging $90 for a pizza to the fans, companies, or organizations that rent out those nice luxury boxes. It’s still not clear what the extra toppings will cost and the $90 will get you a rounded piece of dough with some cheese on it. These high prices don’t stop with the pizza either and beer drinkers may want to drink sodas on football Sundays. A 12 pack of domestic beer will cost patrons about $66 at the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium. If you’re doing the math at home; then you and a buddy can get a pizza and 6 beers each for about $160! Prices like this should have a lot of Cowboy fans eating before the game and no one should pay $90 for a pizza.

A good seafood restaurant with salad bar and all the beverages you can drink will generally cost under $50 in most parts of the country (this includes Dallas too). I think I would rather have three nice seafood dinners (which would be cheaper) than a few slices of pizza with beers. Perhaps someone should have told the Dallas Cowboys that they aren’t even expected to make the playoffs this year. Tony Romo is not a quarterback that can lead a team into the playoffs alone and his biggest weapon Terrell Owens now calls the Buffalo Bills home. No TO in Dallas does equal no playoffs for Jerry Jones and the boys. A team that isn’t going to make the playoffs this year and they want $90 for a pizza; may reflect how some people tied to the organization has no clue about the current economy or the residents of Dallas. I’m sure a few people could afford these $90 pizzas, but hopefully they will not give-in to these outrageous prices at the new Dallas Cowboy’s stadium this year. If I make any road trips for an NFL game this year, I may just want to see the Buffalo Bills play at home, where I can get $10 Buffalo Wings and get to see a better team too!

We really don’t get that hungry during the summer time or at least for people that live in really warm-weather climates. It seems our sun and the heat we have in the summers in North Georgia are like a natural appetite suppressant. It is different during the cold weather months and I think more of us get hungry during these times. I’m not saying we don’t ever get hungry in the summer months, but we do eat less when the weather is really hot outside. I’m sure people get hungry late at night if they worked in the hot sun all day and their bodies get a chance to cool down in the evenings. During these times I do build up a big appetite for eating, but you can keep the food for the daylight hours. Our food supply is much better in the summers, since fresh garden vegetables are available and they can make a good meal a better meal. Green beans and tomatoes are my favorite two things from the garden and they have a big taste difference compared to the ones you can buy at the store. Once you get a chance to experience this taste difference, you will want to eat fresh vegetables all the time and perhaps have fewer hunger pains when you do!