jmcquown wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
> > zuuum wrote:
> >>
> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> >
> >>> My mom taught me a long time ago - eat the most expensive thing on
> >>> your plate first. That way if you get full, you don't feel quite
> >>> so bad about not finishing the rest
> >>
> >> LOL, the most expensive item on the plate is most likely the highest
> >> in saturated fats, too...... as in, the least heart-healthy. The
> >> whole idea of guilt driving food consumption is ultimately not a
> >> good one.
> >
> > Don't take this the wrong way, but despite what my mother taught
> > me, eat what you don't like first and save the best for last?
> > The hell with that. I eat the best part first because I'll never
> > get it all down. I'll eat the prime rib edges before I'll eat
> > another thing and I don't care what my mother says.

> Exactly. If I'm in a restaurant, I'm eating the prime rib, the filet minon,
> the lobster *before* I fill up on the baked potato and the green beans.
>

Jill understands. If there is anything left worth taking home, I
will, but I will eat the best stuff while it's hot and fresh.

nancy