Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> We never drink, even at home.

I'll drink beer or wine occasionally but never with food.
To me they are completely separate events.
When I eat, it's usually with water. Maybe a diet soda sometimes
at a restaurant.

> Why order alcohol in a restaurant? Restaurant
> meals are so large, that if we ate an appetizer, we would
> be uncomfortably stuffed even just sampling the rest
> of the meal.

When my daughter was young and living here, her favorite restaurant
was Outback. So I took her there occasionally. One time we ordered
their "Bloomin' Onion" for an appetizer along with steak dinners.

We ate and ate that damn fried onion. It was good but ever too much
for two people at one time. We saved some of it to take home and
by then we were all filled up. But THEN...here comes the steak
dinners with potato and salad that we had ordered for the main
course. Oh Man!

We took home several "doggie bags" that night.

Note: the bloomin onion appetizer would be good for a party of 4-6.