Category: Food & Wine

Diet Soda Bad Bad Bad

Diet soda has been linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes, headaches, bad teeth, bad bones and depression.

Oh, and it actually causes weight gain. Researchers in Texas found that over a decade diet soda drinkers had a 70 percent greater increase in waist circumference than non-drinkers. Apparently in the artificial sweeteners confuse the body.

And don’t use it to mix drink as those sweeteners are absorbed into the bloodstream more quickly than sugar hence will get you drunk faster.

And diet soda has absolutely no nutritional value.

Here’s the link that spells everything out.

Diet Soda Bad Bad Bad

Italian Stuffed Meatloaf Via Chef Bill Sr

Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was Italian meatloaf stuffed with hard-boiled egg and boiled ham, smothered with a special tomato sauce, with pasta on the side.

It was served with a simple garden salad by Mrs. Chef Bill with a homemade Merlot. The dessert, apple crisp with fresh apples, was also by Mrs. Chef Bill.

The meatloaf fresh from the oven.

The stuffing in the meatloaf

 

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Fried Oysters: Tonight’s Meal

Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was a birthday fest for his number one son featuring fried oyster and mussels steamed in his special sauce, and his special Chef Bill salad. The fried potatoes were by Mrs. Chef Bill as was the chocolate cake.

The wine was cold and white.

The seafood came from Hill’s in Media.

Tonight’s Meal — Corn Fritters, Grilled String Beans, B-cued Ham

Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was barbecued ham steak and grilled string beans with corn fritters homemade by Mrs. Chef Bill.

The wine was an inexpensive Chablis.

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Homemade Corn Fritters — Tonight’s Meal

Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was grilled pork chops with homemade corn fritters and a side of cream spinach.  The wine was homemade Valpolicella. The dessert was cannolis with the filling by Mrs. Chef Bill.

 

Grilled Peached Hamsteak — Tonight’s Meal

Grilled Peached HamsteakGrilled Peached Hamsteak — Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was a ham steak grilled with fresh peaches preceded by a salad of fresh tomatoes and peppers with cottage cheese — thank you Chris and Cynthia.

The side was leftover baked beans atop rice — an excellent way to use leftover baked beans.

The wine was a homemade Valpolicella.

The dessert by Mrs. Chef Bill Sr. was chocolate pudding with homemade whipped cream.

Grilled Peached Hamsteak — Tonight’s Meal

Bluefish Grilled With Mayonnaise

Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was bluefish grilled with mayonnaise and smothered in sweet onions with a side of of grilled potato dollars and a garden salad.

The wine was a inexpensive, but delicious, chardonnay.

Prime Rib in Florida Today’s Meal

Prime Rib in Florida Today’s Meal — Today’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was a delicious prime rib roasted on an unfamiliar grill. The sides were provided by Petty’s Meat Market of Melbourne, Fla.

The wine was a simple Woodbridge Cabernet-Merlot purchased conveniently at a Winn-Dixie supermarket.

Oh Sen. Erickson, if only Pennsylvanians could get wine at supermarkets but one’s cronies must be appeased one supposes even if they are not capitalists.

Chef Bill’s Independence Day Meal

Chef Bill this Independence Day grilled kielbasa links acquired from European American Sausage Co. in Northern Liberties and served them with a grilled medley of stringbeans, and green and red bell peppers. Mrs. Chef Bill made a relish of cucumbers and tomatoes spiced with garlic and cumin — and a delicious potato salad.

Dessert was Bananas Foster by Mrs. Chef Bill.

There was also an appetizer of Buffalo wings made from a fresh bird, of course.

 

Chef Bill’s Independence Day Meal