# Your lunch today **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061 "2009-10-16T18:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/41 "2009-10-17T04:52:29Z")
There’s a church a few blocks from campus that has a free lunch for students every Friday. [homer]Mmmm, free food.[/homer] This week, it was chili. EDIT: I’m jealous of **Ponch8** : You just can’t get Indian food in this town, unless you get invited to dinner by Indians. We do have a Diwali festival coming up, but it’s postponed a few weeks for some reason or another, and the tickets for it sold out in about five minutes last year. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/42 "2009-10-17T06:50:48Z")
I was fasting until after the sonogram appointment at 2:00, so I didn’t have lunch. I DID have a meal right after the procedure was over, though. Not sure what meal it was, but I had one. I wasn’t even allowed to have any tea before the sonogram. Apparently I am now addicted to tea when I wake up, and can’t function without it. The sonogram was to check my gall bladder. I’m not pregnant. I can’t be pregnant. I have no uterus or ovaries, so if I AM pregnant, it will be an act of God, and I’m an atheist! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/43 "2009-10-18T08:06:35Z")
> [@Kid\_A](#): > > Leftovers. Made pasta for dinner on Tuesday with leftover turkey from Thankskgiving, a red pepper, and onion in a rose sauce. > > Now that I’ve eaten it that’s it for the turkey. Huzzah!!! You’d better be Canadian… 😃 Me? A leftover chicken breast with Faygo Twist (which is surprisingly good) and a few Apple Newtons. Oh, and Lynn, I hate fasting before tests at the doctor. When I know I’m not allowed to have it, I always want it more. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/44 "2009-10-18T18:01:30Z")
Lunch today was a black bean and lentil burger with caramelized onions and a sllice of muenster cheese on a toasted whole wheat bun, with a glass of iced tea and an iced sugar cookie for dessert. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/45 "2009-10-18T19:36:42Z")
Trader Joe’s Mac and Cheese washed down with a pear and some sparkling cider. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/46 "2009-10-18T19:37:32Z")
Lunch will be leftover home made pizza. I put tomato paste, salami, green & yellow peppers, mushrooms, black olives, feta & greek oregano on it. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/47 "2009-10-18T20:33:44Z")
I haven’t had mine yet and it’s almost 5:00. ☹ When I get home I’ll have some chickpea stew with raisins and peppers and such over couscous. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/48 "2009-10-18T23:49:47Z")
Spinach, radishes, grape tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, hard boiled egg, and 1 tablespoon of FF blue cheese dressing. Weekend lunches are always light, as I usually sleep in and will break it into a light lunch/early snack/early dinner combo. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/49 "2009-10-19T00:56:21Z")
We had leftovers from our massive annual BBQ (which was yesterday), so: Top Dogs, chicken skewers, BBQ beans, potato salad, cucumber & onion salad, ambrosia salad, cole slaw, Pirate’s booty, green & red grapes, and pumpkin pie. Followed shortly thereafter by a carb coma nap. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/50 "2009-10-19T01:44:10Z")
Pasta salad with peri-peri mayonnaise and portuguese grilled sliced chicken breast. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/51 "2009-10-19T05:53:07Z")
Chicken and waffles. Mmm. Well, a piece of chicken and a waffle. My mom got me this [amazing waffle maker](http://images.aandhmarketing.com/pics/waring/wmk300.jpg) for my birthday and I hadn’t tried it out because during the week I refuse to budget 300 calories for a single food item. But it was a Sunday and I skipped breakfast so what the heck. It was good, but I’ll skip chicken and load it up with fresh berries next time. ---
**Author:** ![Loisseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Loisseau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loisseau)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/52 "2009-10-19T14:37:28Z")
Half order of sauerbraten with ginger snap gravy, braised red cabbage, and dilled potato pancakes with Fresca-thanks to a fine company cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/53 "2009-10-20T00:58:54Z")
> [@Loisseau](#): > > Half order of sauerbraten with ginger snap gravy, braised red cabbage, and dilled potato pancakes with Fresca-thanks to a fine company cafeteria. Oh, man, my mother used to make sauerbraten! She was _not_ a good cook, but her sauerbraten was _food of the gods_! I never learned to make it, since my husband and kid(s) won’t eat it. But damn, I miss it! She always made dumplings and mashed potatoes with hers (yeah, in retrospect, dumplings _and_ mashed potatoes seems kind of redundant; but I loved it at the time!) For me, today, well my 18YO daughter was visiting from out of town, and wanted to see our mall. So we had lunch at the mall’s Food Court. She got hot dogs and fresh-fried French fries from T&L Hot Dogs, a ubiquitous chain here in the mountains of WV. I had teriyaki chicken and stir-fried rice from a little Chinese place. The chicken was good, but the always seem to give you too much rice! I know they’re just trying to maximize profits by making the portions seem large, but I cannot eat that much rice! I doubt I ate a quarter of it (though I ate most of the chicken). I’d really have stopped her from putting so much rice on my plate, but of the two women working there, one seemed to have a _very rudimentary_ understanding of the English language, while the other one seemed to have even less understanding. I probably would have been there, trying to convey to her that I wanted less rice, while she was busy heaping my plate high with it! ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/54 "2009-10-20T04:44:30Z")
I had a can of red kidney beans mixed with a can of salmon and lots of Tabasco sauce. I’m in South Korea these days and haven’t really acquired an appreciation of Korean food. And there isn’t much western food available in the supermarkets. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/55 "2009-10-20T15:10:49Z")
Not sure what to do today. I have a can of Campbell’s Chicken Corn Chowder that I am not in the mood for. Maybe take a walk and get 2 dogs loaded with chopped onion, ketchup, mustard and relish. Or maybe get a fruit smoothie with bananas, strawberries and vanilla yogurt and save the soup for class tonight. Decisions, decisions! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/56 "2009-10-20T15:53:28Z")
Haven’t eaten lunch yet, but will be homemade vegetable beef stew. Beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, green beans, and corn. With either a biscuit or some whole wheat toast on the side, and apple cider to wash it down. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/57 "2009-10-20T16:04:52Z")
I made “Chili” last night…specifically to have for lunch today and then freeze. It’s more like a 3 bean soup with a boatload of chili powder and a few chipotle peppers. It’s phenomenal. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/58 "2009-10-20T16:26:34Z")
Baked potato soup with a big chunk of bakery “white mountain” bread. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/59 "2009-10-20T16:29:14Z")
Hormel ComplEATS Chicken Alfredo Pack of Austin PB&J crackers Jello sugar-free Mousse Sensations (or whatever it’s called) Caramel Indulgence 24-oz Coke Zero ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061/60 "2009-10-20T17:08:09Z")
Low-fat cottage cheese. Fat-free miniature pretzels. Diet Dr Pepper. 4-oz. fruit cup in juice. Life sucks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-lunch-today/514061.md?page=4)