Breakfast: Kathie cooked the last of the bacon and I <s>boiled</s> fried two eggs in the hot grease. We were out of bread so I could not make toast and I didn't want to take the time to fry potatoes. Later, I had a third egg; I also have a couple of cups of coffee.
Snack: a chunk of dark chocolate and more coffee
Lunch: We went to the Knights of Columbus OctoberFest. There, I had:
- brat $2.50
- sauerkraut 50¢
- very large turkey leg $5.00
- potatoe casserole $2.50
- 2 cans of Diet Pepsi @ $1/can
We skipped the desert.
The brat and kraut were good as was the turkey leg (I ate part and Kathie finished it off when I was de-watering in the men's room) not too bad. The potatoe casserole was incredibly salty, probably an incentive for diners to drink a lot of beer...
Speaking of beer, they had a lot of "light" beer and only two brands that I would have considered almost true OctoberFest beers. Actually, they really didn't have any beers that could be considered "OctoberFest Beers" (i.e. no pumpkin beers or special autumn beers). Kathie declined to buy any and since I had to come to work a couple of hours after the OctoberFest, I had no intention of drinking anything alcoholic...
The entertainment consisted of an accordion player, a keyboard player (electronic organ) and drummer. The music was very well performed and they did a nice selection of songs. It would have been nice to have been able to stay longer.
Dinner: the left over beef and (alas) pork stew from last night, with a 12 oz bottle of "Kroger HomeStyle Beef Gravy" added to maybe salvage the flavour...
This "Beef Gravy" improved the flavour.
I also had a couple of chocolate chip cookies. They were marked down from 75¢ to 50¢ and I suspect they may have been getting a bit long in the tooth. However, the pull date was 15 Jan 13 so I guess they were just surplus inventory or stuff my coworkers were not buying...
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