by laura beth

Kenny and I fasted like weenies during Lent. Yet we fasted all the same, a first for us. For Kenny, the no-In-N-Out- burgers was tough, for me, the no-cream-cheese-jalepeno-poppers. Here's the line up of our indulgences post-Pascha:

(This is more exciting for Kenny than me...)

Pascha celebration middle-of-the-night-meal: meatballs, fried chicken, ham, lamb, pulled pork sandwiches, carne asada, bratwurst, mac-n-cheese, and chocolate fountain for desert (I really didn't eat half of those things, but Kenny did).

Dinner later that day: Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles with friends Drew, Jared, and Will.



Lunch on Monday: In-N-Out burgers. I don't usually partake in the ground beef. But in the spirit of things...
Dinner on Monday: La Palma Chicken Pot Pie shop. Best value comfort food ever. Lunches run $5 for a delicious gravy-smothered pot pie filled with tender chunks of chicken (not cubed), a cup of chicken noodle soup, AND your choice of fries, mashed, salad, or slaw, AND a roll. Dinner is the same, except you get the potato choice AND the salad choice, PLUS a slice of fruit pie for $6.75 !! I had boysenberry. They do have other items on the menu, but we didn't even look them over.



A little more about the Chicken Pie Shop: It opened in 1955, and apparently has the same carpet (according to our waitress) and decor. I kind of love that about it. The clientele consists of more or less the same crowd that has been coming here for years-the "regulars" that keep the place in business. The food is not amazing, but it is good. And filling. And cheap. And the chicken pies really do have a homemade flavor. The chicken looks like it was just pulled off the bone. I recommend it to the non-snobbish, which should encompass everyone reading this, since I don't really have any snobby friends.

So our shrunken little stomachs have once more expanded to "normal" (XL) size, and we are fat and happy. Fasting does wonders to renew one's excitement for food.