"phaeton" > wrote in message
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>I got all carbed out by the holiday stuff... All the stuffing, bread,
> potato dishes, pasta dishes, etc. seem to have taken their toll, and I
> am craving proteins. (I got a minor fix this morning with a steak
> burrito at LaBamba's). I was going to make frikadellers, Danish
> festival cabbage and dill potatoes, but pulled pork sandwiches sounded
> so good and simple.
>
> So tonight i'll get the pork roast* going in the crock pot. I'm
> making the cole slaw dressing from scratch, doing the creamy type
> instead of the vinegary type. I have a tendency to put the slaw on
> the sandwich anyways (sometimes with pickles), and it strikes me that
> I should probably have something else on the plate to go with this...
>
> 0) Pork covers the protein
>
> 1) Anything bread-like, such as cornbread or rolls is negated by the
> sandwich bun.
>
> 2) Cole slaw kinda fills a vegetable niche. Just about any vegetable
> I can think of to add would be something that i'd just throw in the
> cole slaw also (i.e., carrots, onions, etc) or boring (green beans).
> Collards come to mind, but I'm already eating cabbage.
>
> 3) I'm going to have two sweet things- bbq and cole slaw. This makes
> a fruit salad seem like it'd be too much.
>
> 4) Any sort of starchy stuff like potatoes or pasta just doesn't seem
> appropriate, or necessary.
>
> 5) Soup: no.
>
> Is there something I'm forgetting, or am I just 'done' with the
> sandwiches and slaw?
>
> Thanks and bacon planks.
>
> -J

Black eyed peas & ham hocks.

Dimitri