On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 02:40:16 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 3:50:05 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 12:20:01 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 1:57:29 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 6 Feb 2020 10:06:18 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
>> >> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Home cooked meals for us would never feature fries and corn. Always
>> >> >salad first, then the steak and starch.
>> >> >
>> >> >> The few times I took my young daughter to Outback Steak House,
>> >> >> (she liked it), the dinner came with a salad first to eat
>> >> >> while the steaks were cooking. Then the steaks came with a
>> >> >> choice of potato. Either baked or fries.
>> >> >
>> >> >We always eat the salad first, at home or away.
>> >>
>> >> How quaint of you.
>> >
>> >Why "quaint"?
>>
>> I don't think many people do that.
>>
>> >> But didn't you also have a hangup about your food
>> >> not touching?
>> >
>> >Yes, but that's not why we eat the salad first.
>>
>> If you do it any other way, something terrible will happen?
>
>Of course not.
>
>If we eat the salad first, we have less room in our stomachs for
>the more calorie-dense foods that follow.

Great plan. You must both be very skinny.