Year 2, Day 70: Mumsday

I am not, by trade, an allergy sufferer. Sure, I'm allergic to cats and penicillin, and I can never eat marzipan again after the 'incident', but I don't have your typical red-eyed, sneezy, droopy, itchy allergies. Until this weekend, where I inexplicably have developed all of those afflictions, which caused me to run out to the local CVS to buy a box of Claritin. Deeply suspicious of all drug companies, and filled with paranoid ravings of Kevin Trudeau (www.naturalcures.com) I'm nearly convinced to leave the store without a box of anything. At the last minute I wisen up and take the box, but I insist on the 12 hour version instead of the 24 hour version, or the mysterious 'redi-tabs.' I note that almost all the Claritin varieties are sold out.

Breakfast
2 Eggs over EZ
75% of 1 Chicken Chorizo Sausage link
Tea

Snack
Celery with Peanut Butter
Medium Dunkin Donuts Coffee

Lunch: Peter's Kitchen
Greek Salad with Grilled Chicken
Feta, Pepperocini

Dinner
Flounder a la Em
Kicked up Sauteed Cabbage

I must take another moment to discuss the Chicken Chorizo Sausage from Bell & Evans. I'm not sure why I got it in my heads that Bell & Evans are the "Chicken Makers of Distinction" but it's in my head. It might have something to do with the fact that my Mother-in-Law used to say "Bell and Evans" as a synonym FOR chicken. In fact, I'm not sure she ever sent me to the supermarket for chicken, it was always for "Bell and Evans." For a long time we served Ruby exclusively Bell & Evans Chicken Nuggets (which I must say, having finished nearly 50% of them, are very good). Now Emily discovered a new product, which claims to have 84% less fat than its pork equivalent. I've only found at it DeWars in Newton, and it's not listed on their web site (Bellandevans.com, natch). I noted they had about four varieties of fresh (not cooked) sausage, including Rosemary and I think a Feta/Garlic. I had the Chorizo and I was hooked. Emily fried some in oil, and we made the other one on the grill, and a third on the broiler. All very yummy. You'll be reading about it here for a long time.