it's a wonder i don't weigh 300 lbs

you know, i was just thinking about how i've eaten some really good food lately. i guess that's kinda stupid to blog about, but what disturbs me more is the fact that i'm thinking about my recent meals and snacks in the way one would think about his childhood friend. leads me to believe that i like food a little too much. not that i'm getting fat and need to stop eating or anything, but sometimes people are shocked by my enthusiasm over meals. "people" being friends, family, waitstaff, and well, myself. and then i have to play it off like i'm joking or just being wacky.

i wouldn't dare withhold details about these great foods. food from bakeries, restaurants, costco, etc. some of these i just discovered for myself; others have been long-time favorites. i feel that i shouldn't be the only one enjoying these delicacies, so i am sharing the wealth:

green giant white shoepeg corn in butter sauce - this can get confusing because they sell white shoepeg corn minus the sauce, corn niblets in sauce, and some other variety of corn probably with sauce. make sure you get the exact product i named or you will be disappointed. it comes in a small box.

figo - don't get the ravioli because the serving size is meager. there's a vinings location now thank goodness. i dig the linguine w/ checca sauce, andy likes the spinach fettucine w/ siciliana. it's inexpensive. i'm getting hungry thinking about it. aww rats.

rold gold honey wheat braided pretzel twists - i discovered these today because no one in my office eats them and there were 4 bags. the ones i ate came out of a baked lays variety chip box from costco. i am assuming you can buy a bigger bag at a grocery store.

chocolate cream pie - the mother of all chocolate pies made by the good people at metrotainment bakery in atlanta. so good. i don't usually go bananas over chocolate stuff (i'm more of a pound/cheese cake eater) but even thinking about it makes me happy.

multigrain cheerios - i've never liked cheerios: plain, honey-nut, or any other variety. i tried these because i had a $1 off coupon. they were freakin' awesome.

willy's tomatillo salsa - better than moes. wanna know how many of those little salsa cups i use during a meal at willys? even i don't know, because i have started bypassing the small cups and now i just fill up a cup that's usually for water. sometimes the consistency varies and sometimes it's too oniony, but boy, when it's good - which is more often than not - i pretty much just drink the stuff.

soup garden restaurant - in the strip mall with bedbathbeyond on cobb pkwy @ akers mill. oh my, where to start with this one? everything here is good. andy's ecstatic because they finally have eggs with the shell removed. they have pickled okra, which is definitely the best thing on the salad bar (jason's deli recently took it off their salad bar, those bastards). i can make a meal outta those bad boys. and there's mama rosa chicken soup. tuna pasta salad. freakin' ginger bread!! for best results go at lunch time, just before noon. if you stick with water for your beverage i think the price is reasonable.

pocky - japanese. thin bread stick coated with chocolate or other flavors. tastes like cookies, but better. i like strawberry. can be bought at world market. katie smith introduced me to these back in the mid 1990s. her dad brought some back from japan and we went nuts. i kinda forgot about them until i saw some maybe 8 years ago. it's impossible for me to go into a world market store and not buy pocky.

fellini's house salad dressing - i guess you'd call it a creamy italian. has to be unhealthy. tastes amazing. sometimes i'll go in there and just get a cup of dressing. the people that work there never know what to charge me so i just give them a dollar (unless bobby is working, he'll give it to me for free). andy likes it so much he drinks it. ask him about that sometime.

archer farms fruit strips - naomi included one of these in my birthday card. i was like, what the hell is this? but then i ate it, and now i understand. they can be found at target.

i could go on.