# I've got MEAT! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136 "2012-03-18T14:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/1 "2012-03-18T14:49:46Z")
So, one of the social activities I enjoy on a semi-regular basis is LARPing. The ongoing LARP that I currently attend has, as one of its players, a sous-chef from one of the more prominent Chicago hotels. She almost always brings something she’s prepared; something that would stymie the more cooking-inept (like me) to feed the masses with. Yesterday, however, it was deli meats and cheeses. She explained that a new vendor is trying to ‘woo’ her establishment, and has given them more of the stuff than they can go through in a regular amount of time. So, yesterday, we had a lot to go around. It ended up being so much so that there was a -lot- left at the end of play, and some of us walked off with a nice culinary door prize, as it were. I’ve got a big ziplock back of prosciutto in my fridge now, and were I not heading out for an early lunch in a few minutes, I’d be munching a sandwich of it as we speak. Of course, this is a challenge for me; one of my big problems with my eating habits has always been portion control. Now that I’ve got all this tasty meat in my fridge, if I want to keep my weight loss going, I’m going to have to really flex the willpower. (Yeah, yeah, I know. Some problems. ‘Woe is me! I have too much tasty meat!’) So, mundane. Pointless. Thought I’d share. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/2 "2012-03-18T17:54:14Z")
WTF is LARPing? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/3 "2012-03-18T18:02:18Z")
live action role playing. I used to be a member of the rubber swords brigade myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/4 "2012-03-18T19:41:41Z")
Now it’s time to check out that great little bakery you’ve been meaning to try. It would be a shame to put such nice meat on Wonder bread. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/5 "2012-03-18T20:14:20Z")
Oooh! Good thinking, Lynn! There’s one a mile or so from here I keep -meaning- to visit… And yeah, LARP = Live Action Role Play. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/6 "2012-03-18T21:15:34Z")
I’ve got meat, too. I’ve named him Godzilla. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/7 "2012-03-18T21:44:08Z")
Switch to low carb for a few weeks. Enjoy the meat freely. Then go back to low cal once the tempting meat is gone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/8 "2012-03-18T23:49:16Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Switch to low carb for a few weeks. Enjoy the meat freely. Then go back to low cal once the tempting meat is gone 🙂 There ya go. \<3 Or, you know, you could share… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/9 "2012-03-19T00:56:10Z")
Why don’t you LARP with the meat? Like, make a meatsword and stick other people with it? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-meat/616136/10 "2012-03-19T06:13:01Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Now it’s time to check out that great little bakery you’ve been meaning to try. It would be a shame to put such nice meat on Wonder bread. It depends, one of the great things about wonder bread is it’s complete lack of flavor & texture which doesn’t distract from the meat.