Mixed Bag

I was at the store just now, buying crap for ManCamp, when I noticed a pretty cool product. South Beach Diet bars.

I'm a huge fan of prepackaged diet crap, because it's really easy to use when you're on a calorie-counting diet. You always know how many calories you're getting. Also, it's the easiest way to get lots of protein without going nuts on calories. Don't believe me?

Protein Amounts in Packaged Foods I Just Chose at Random:

1 serving Met-Rx drink mix: 37 grams/250 calories
1 Met-Rx Protein Plus bar: 32 grams/320 calories
1 South Beach Diet bar: 19 grams/210 calories

Compare that to 21 grams/240 calories for three eggs. Obviously, it's a hell of a lot easier and faster to go the packaged route. And the packaged stuff usually has a buttload of vitamins in it.

One huge problem with packaged stuff is that it tends to be low on fiber. So you have to do without, or possibly resort to some sort of artificial supplement like Metamucil. Well guess what? I just checked, and South Beach Diet bars have 5 grams of fiber, each!

Unfortunately, I didn't know that until after I ate three. And I had oatmeal for breakfast. It's shaping up to be a long night.

I decided to make scones for the Super Bowl. I realize this is a bizarre item for a heterosexual man to take to a barbecue, but I make really, really great scones, and we're going to need something to eat until the smoked things are done. And instead of regular old BBQ beans, which are pretty great in and of themselves, I decided to make BBQ beans and franks, using fried slices of smoked sausage. As man food goes, this stuff is hard to top. It's greasy, it's heavy, it's spicy and sweet, and it makes you fart like a wildebeest. And even though I'm using sausages, I'm going to put bacon on top of it.

If you don't have my BBQ bean recipe, I pity you. I think it's posted here, if you use the search thing.