Love Camp Cooking but Getting Fat

magnusfide wrote:
I'll second that nomination. But since wife's cancer bout, we've changed our ways. Btw, the food police now tell us that the beans, collards, etc are good for you. Seafood is also good for you. So you're not being as bad as you think.

From one survivor to another: keep the good thoughts flowing!
I changed how I ate decades back and although it didn't stop me from my cancer incident it certainly made me feel better through the process. At least IMO.

I never heard that beans or stewed greens were bad for us in general. Just heard that some of the flavourants were not in our best interest, heart and overall bodywise. On this end, at least twice a week we eat fish or shellfish and once to twice, a meatless meal. Amazing how you can cook veggies when ya take the time. Makes me enjoy the occasional steak that much more. I truly believe if more people treated their bodies as well as they maintain their RVs they and their vehicles would be happier for the experience.

My overall philosophy is to eat the best my pocketbook can handle and enjoy every morsel to the nth.

Contented soapbox moment over;).

Occassionally I see articles about how we can make healthy food bad for us by what we put in it or on it. My position is how else are we supposed to eat the nasty tasting stuff? And furthermore, how does adding some sugar or fat strip out the vitamins in the healthy food? I'm just say'n.

Well, they aren't bad for you, it's how I cook'em that's bad. I season with fat back, or ham hocks, and even bacon ends and pieces some time. I guess my real vices now are good bread (Lord I love me some good bread), ice cream, and Coor's Light. Magnusfide, I hope to hear nothing but good things in the future about your wife's cancer bout, we all hope good things are coming.

I'll second that nomination. But since wife's cancer bout, we've changed our ways. Btw, the food police now tell us that the beans, collards, etc are good for you. Seafood is also good for you. So you're not being as bad as you think.

BigBlockTank wrote:
We have all earned that bowl of ice cream with a few crumbled up Oreos in it.

Any politician willing to run on this platform will get my vote. :C

Super_Dave wrote:
BigBlockTank for President!!!!

Oh no, youd change your mind after about 10 minutes of my redneck babble. I swear, I'm very opinionated, and don't give a rats butt who hears it. Thanks for the vote any way, I'm gonna have a much better day today because of it!!! Thanks

BigBlockTank for President!!!!

Camp cooking is going to kill me, with any luck. I'm just a big ole feller any way. I've lost back down to 243lbs,(6'1) but when we go out in the RV, we do it up right.

I'm a poor boy from NC that grew up about as poor as you can, and still live. I worked hard all my life to get where I am now, so camping food here we come.

I like to do king crab legs on the BBQ, along with bacon wrapped shrimp, stuffed with habenero cheese. Pizza on the grill, keep the dough in the fridge from before you leave til cook time. Stuffed burgers, I make a 50/50 burger that's ground bacon and beef, mixed and made into 1/2lb patties. I make'em bigger sometimes too. One of the best burgers you'll ever put in your mouth. We make fried chicken, chicken wings, baby back ribs, lamb shanks, lamb ribs, and a lot of other things I'm gonna save for another post.....

I even splurge with a lunchable on the trip to our destination. That's how bad I am.

If I had to, I'd be fine with grits, biscuits, cornbread, dry beans, collard greens, and all the rest of the southern food I grew up eating, which is not all good for you either.

I'm 58, retired, working on a second retirement, and I don't think it's right after all our years we have to watch EVERYTHING we eat. We have all earned that bowl of ice cream with a few crumbled up Oreos in it.

NYCgrrl wrote:

Super_Dave wrote:
I was thinking more George Jetson and having a complete meal in a pill.

Guess the 21st century version would be the protein powder shakes.

Pay no attention to me....I get a tad obsessed/peeved/bewildered and bewitched at the state of food in the US. Geeee maybe there's a song in there somewhere....

We get concerned about it too. Which is why we do a lot of vegetables and fruits from local farmer stands. Even found a local guy who raises chickens organically and sells their eggs for a fraction of the grocery store. Love to go to local dairies too. Best cream and cheese around.

Super_Dave wrote:
I was thinking more George Jetson and having a complete meal in a pill.

Guess the 21st century version would be the protein powder shakes.

Pay no attention to me....I get a tad obsessed/peeved/bewildered and bewitched at the state of food in the US. Geeee maybe there's a song in there somewhere....