Walking around my Super Bowl buffet it became apparent that I was going to need to attack in stages. Here was my approach:
1. Bowl of chili; sprinkled shredded cheese in there and dropped in a piece of sweet cornbread... oh man.
-Immediately afterwards-
2. Veggies w/ a little bit of dip (cleanse the palette)
-Immediately afterward-
3. Grab a Miller High Life (pony size; didn't want to go full size yet)
-5 minutes-
4. Slice of bruscetta/pizza (wasn't worth it), broccoli rabe, sausage (definitely worth it)
-15 minutes-
5. Open face clam & bacon sandwich (oh god this was amazing... the bread soaked up the juice...)
-Grab a beer-
6. Soft pretzel dipped in the cheese/crab dip that was intended for veggies; then more veggies
-15 minutes-
7. Dessert: brownie, slice of apple cake, a few cookies, another brownie
So you'll notice that I was spacing out my eating (and touching multiple food groups). Well, I didn't want to be wasteful, so even though I changed plates between foods that did particular damage to my eating surface, I kept the fork with me at all times. In fact, I put it in the one place I knew I wouldn't lose it.....
See? Eating like an animal can be good for the earth too.
