Re: why i don't eat out much/happy ending-long sorry

[Guest guest]

Hey Eileen,

My H took me out for our anniversary and I asked for steak on a clean pan, but

the sides tasted " smoky " like there was something on the grill and they cooked

it on it.

So I cut off the sides and ate the middle too.

You're not the only one!!

PJ

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> just had to share- I recently ate out for my 1st time after 2 years 4 months

scd(minus disney on intro) so... i was invited to a party that was last night

and thought i feel good enough and i know what to say etc so i'll go -i called

weeks in advance and was excited for strip steak and steamed spinach - packed my

own dessert and for the heck of it some extra food, just in case of whatever -

as i always do and off i went

> well..... i arrive- start mentioning my situation to one of the owners of the

place , she seems in the dark, checks with the chefs who basically kick her out

as it's Sat night blah blah blah -long story short i'm made feel like a freak

for what i can/cannot eat-so I say I brought my own food in case, i'll just eat

this BUT.. she feels bad and says she'll just do the steak - can't clean the

grill with water, can just scrub with brush etc -and " the flames are so intense

it will kill all germs " blah blah blah (yeah- not so worried about the germs!!)

anyway.....

> so i'm waiting and i'm tiny, but always hungry, i eat a lot etc so i have to

start picking at my back up food then they start serving the people - not to be

a pain i wait till the line is almost done to ask and sure enough they haven't

started the steak!!!!!!! and i like med-well so she's a bit annoyed at that as

it will take longer and they've already made me wait - well thank God for my

emergency food so .... the steak arrived and looked awesome but i'd decided to

scrape the outer parts to be safe then i decide to remove the entire both sides

and my nephew is drooling over the fact that i got steak (see now everyone wants

SCD!! LOL) but he ate the outsides and I enjoyed the insides no problems so far

- but the owner walked over and goes " what did you do to the steak - cut off

the outsides??? " now I'm usually a big mouth but felt like here she is doing me

a favor and I got caught doing something wrong - it made it awkward but I'm

safe today and that's all the matters and my family and hubby said it's none of

her business what you do with it favor or not - and they're right

> fast forward to the happy ending ...as i'm stuffing my face with cheescake,

yog, cooked berries and pecan butter all together in a container -not only does

everyone want to know what it is that looks so good but 2 people said " I want

that, i want to be on your diet!!!! " and asked for recipes and complemented past

scd desserts I've made so GO SCD!!!!!!

> eileen

> sorry so long - had to share

>

[Guest guest]

Wow, that restaurant staff really messed up on the customer service, eh? I have

found some really lovely, accommodating servers/owners/managers, so I hope your

next experience is less alienating and more " normal. "

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> just had to share- I recently ate out for my 1st time after 2 years 4 months

scd(minus disney on intro) so... i was invited to a party that was last night

and thought i feel good enough and i know what to say etc so i'll go -i called

weeks in advance and was excited for strip steak and steamed spinach - packed my

own dessert and for the heck of it some extra food, just in case of whatever -

as i always do and off i went

> well..... i arrive- start mentioning my situation to one of the owners of the

place , she seems in the dark, checks with the chefs who basically kick her out

as it's Sat night blah blah blah -long story short i'm made feel like a freak

for what i can/cannot eat-so I say I brought my own food in case, i'll just eat

this BUT.. she feels bad and says she'll just do the steak - can't clean the

grill with water, can just scrub with brush etc -and " the flames are so intense

it will kill all germs " blah blah blah (yeah- not so worried about the germs!!)

anyway.....

> so i'm waiting and i'm tiny, but always hungry, i eat a lot etc so i have to

start picking at my back up food then they start serving the people - not to be

a pain i wait till the line is almost done to ask and sure enough they haven't

started the steak!!!!!!! and i like med-well so she's a bit annoyed at that as

it will take longer and they've already made me wait - well thank God for my

emergency food so .... the steak arrived and looked awesome but i'd decided to

scrape the outer parts to be safe then i decide to remove the entire both sides

and my nephew is drooling over the fact that i got steak (see now everyone wants

SCD!! LOL) but he ate the outsides and I enjoyed the insides no problems so far

- but the owner walked over and goes " what did you do to the steak - cut off

the outsides??? " now I'm usually a big mouth but felt like here she is doing me

a favor and I got caught doing something wrong - it made it awkward but I'm

safe today and that's all the matters and my family and hubby said it's none of

her business what you do with it favor or not - and they're right

> fast forward to the happy ending ...as i'm stuffing my face with cheescake,

yog, cooked berries and pecan butter all together in a container -not only does

everyone want to know what it is that looks so good but 2 people said " I want

that, i want to be on your diet!!!! " and asked for recipes and complemented past

scd desserts I've made so GO SCD!!!!!!

> eileen

> sorry so long - had to share

>

[Guest guest]

One of the food critics for our newspaper was thrown out of a restaurant for sending her steak back ;-).  He probably didn't know who she was and he came barreling out demanding why she would send it back--kept the article but recently reformatted my computer so I don't have it.  Amazing how the ego thing gets in the way.  It's a good thing you brought your own food ;-).

 

Debbie 41 cd

[Guest guest]

Stories like these are the reason I've decided carrying my own food is going to

have to be the answer for me this time. I tried to just " do my best " in

restaurants and at parties the last time I tried SCD and it *does not work* to

do it that way! I ordered a gift card for the Container Store with my rewards

from my favorite credit card and I can't wait to go buy some nice containers and

a cute insulated bag to carry all my fancy SCD food around in. :-)

" -long story short i'm made feel like a freak for what i can/cannot eat- now

I'm usually a big mouth but felt like here she is doing me a favor and I got

caught doing something wrong - it made it awkward "

[Guest guest]

It's really bad behavior by the staff there.

You're paying for the food - they're not doing you a favor - you called and made

arrangements ahead of time that they agreed to - and the staff,

unprofessionally,

did not transmit said information to the correct people. I hate when that

happens,

by the bye.

And as for the owner coming by and complaining about how you were eating

the food - huh? She should have just kept her opinion to herself and not taken

it personally.

But at least you ate out, and are fine and will do so again - hopefully next

time

it will work out more comfortably - at a different restaurant?

Mara

> just had to share- I recently ate out for my 1st time after 2 years 4 months

scd(minus disney on intro) so... i was invited to a party that was last night

and thought i feel good enough and i know what to say etc so i'll go -i called

weeks in advance and was excited for strip steak and steamed spinach - packed my

own dessert and for the heck of it some extra food, just in case of whatever -

as i always do and off i went

> well..... i arrive- start mentioning my situation to one of the owners of the

place , she seems in the dark, checks with the chefs who basically kick her out

as it's Sat night blah blah blah -long story short i'm made feel like a freak

for what i can/cannot eat-so I say I brought my own food in case, i'll just eat

this BUT.. she feels bad and says she'll just do the steak - can't clean the

grill with water, can just scrub with brush etc -and " the flames are so intense

it will kill all germs " blah blah blah (yeah- not so worried about the germs!!)

anyway.....

> so i'm waiting and i'm tiny, but always hungry, i eat a lot etc so i have to

start picking at my back up food then they start serving the people - not to be

a pain i wait till the line is almost done to ask and sure enough they haven't

started the steak!!!!!!! and i like med-well so she's a bit annoyed at that as

it will take longer and they've already made me wait - well thank God for my

emergency food so .... the steak arrived and looked awesome but i'd decided to

scrape the outer parts to be safe then i decide to remove the entire both sides

and my nephew is drooling over the fact that i got steak (see now everyone wants

SCD!! LOL) but he ate the outsides and I enjoyed the insides no problems so far

- but the owner walked over and goes " what did you do to the steak - cut off

the outsides??? " now I'm usually a big mouth but felt like here she is doing me

a favor and I got caught doing something wrong - it made it awkward but I'm

safe today and that's all the matters and m!

> y family and hubby said it's none of her business what you do with it favor or

not - and they're right

> fast forward to the happy ending ...as i'm stuffing my face with cheescake,

yog, cooked berries and pecan butter all together in a container -not only does

everyone want to know what it is that looks so good but 2 people said " I want

that, i want to be on your diet!!!! " and asked for recipes and complemented past

scd desserts I've made so GO SCD!!!!!!

> eileen

> sorry so long - had to share

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[Guest guest]

thanks all - knew you'd understand :-) it was free and that's why it was more

awkward -if I'd paid - OH the scene that I would have caused - AND if anyone is

floating up the Hudson river - DONT stop at the restaurant on the water at the

Haverstraw Marina - especially on a busy night - lovely as it looks -not worth

it LOL - but I'm not sick at least :-)

eileen

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> > just had to share- I recently ate out for my 1st time after 2 years 4 months

scd(minus disney on intro) so... i was invited to a party that was last night

and thought i feel good enough and i know what to say etc so i'll go -i called

weeks in advance and was excited for strip steak and steamed spinach - packed my

own dessert and for the heck of it some extra food, just in case of whatever -

as i always do and off i went

> > well..... i arrive- start mentioning my situation to one of the owners of

the place , she seems in the dark, checks with the chefs who basically kick her

out as it's Sat night blah blah blah -long story short i'm made feel like a

freak for what i can/cannot eat-so I say I brought my own food in case, i'll

just eat this BUT.. she feels bad and says she'll just do the steak - can't

clean the grill with water, can just scrub with brush etc -and " the flames are

so intense it will kill all germs " blah blah blah (yeah- not so worried about

the germs!!) anyway.....

> > so i'm waiting and i'm tiny, but always hungry, i eat a lot etc so i have to

start picking at my back up food then they start serving the people - not to be

a pain i wait till the line is almost done to ask and sure enough they haven't

started the steak!!!!!!! and i like med-well so she's a bit annoyed at that as

it will take longer and they've already made me wait - well thank God for my

emergency food so .... the steak arrived and looked awesome but i'd decided to

scrape the outer parts to be safe then i decide to remove the entire both sides

and my nephew is drooling over the fact that i got steak (see now everyone wants

SCD!! LOL) but he ate the outsides and I enjoyed the insides no problems so far

- but the owner walked over and goes " what did you do to the steak - cut off

the outsides??? " now I'm usually a big mouth but felt like here she is doing me

a favor and I got caught doing something wrong - it made it awkward but I'm

safe today and that's all the matters and m!

> > y family and hubby said it's none of her business what you do with it favor

or not - and they're right

> > fast forward to the happy ending ...as i'm stuffing my face with cheescake,

yog, cooked berries and pecan butter all together in a container -not only does

everyone want to know what it is that looks so good but 2 people said " I want

that, i want to be on your diet!!!! " and asked for recipes and complemented past

scd desserts I've made so GO SCD!!!!!!

> > eileen

> > sorry so long - had to share

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