Wednesday Weigh In

Well, I think Wednesday Weigh In has a better ring to it than Tuesday Weigh In. There's that alliteration thing going on.

257 this morning. Down two for the week, which means up 3 in the last two days since I had been down five. It's not good. I just cannot hang around in the 250s for the next six months before bumping up to the sixties.

Meanwhile yesterday we ate lunch by walking around Epcot's World Showcase for the second time at the Food and Wine Festival. Yesterday's menu started at Brazil with the grilled mahi mahi with rice in coconut lime sauce and a special alcoholic drink called Lebron Caipirinha, a frozen drink that reminded me of a margarita. Lebron is a brand of cachaca, which is fermented sugar cane that seems a bit tequila-like. It was YUMMY! Mark had a Cabernet from Argentina with his fish. Then we walked to Norway and had the BEST rice pudding ever. It was not sweet or full of cinnamon like most. It was very thick with rice, not sweet, and topped with fresh strawberries. Mark and I really enjoyed it.

Our next stop was South Africa. We were really looking forward to the Bunny Chow. It was a wonderful vegetarian curry inside a little bread bowl. Just scrumptious. Mark had his with a Chardonnay.

Right next door was the Cheese pavilion near Germany where we ordered the cheese platter. It had three pieces of cheese and three crackers. They were all delicious. I ordered a Riesling to go with it, and Mark had the wine pairing recommendation of a pinot noir. Just across the way was the German pavilion starring a fantastic warm apple strudel with Werther's caramel sauce all over it. My plate accidentally included a Mickey head in caramel. LOL!! How appropriate. Wait, maybe Mark's plate was the accident and mine was normal. Maybe they are supposed to get a Mickey head and Mark's was defective! Who knows? Maybe we should get it again today and find out!

After shopping in several pavilions, we were making our way around France when we heard my name being called. Ha! We were surprised to run into Angel, Marlene, and Maggie. Angel is our nail and hair person, and Marlene and Maggie are the receptionists at the salon. How cool!! They said that this was their first time walking around the Food and Wine Festival together. They said it would NOT be their last time!! That was so much fun to run into people we know.

As we went around the lake, we decided to buy the Irish cheese platter again. It was excellent the first time, but I ate it very hurriedly because it was pouring rain and I was talking on the phone to Evey at the same time. I really wanted to taste those cheeses again, and they were worth it.

Finally, we stopped at Greece again to enjoy the griddled cheese, and Mark also had the special white wine pairing with it again. He really enjoyed that white wine, which is odd for him. Mostly he only likes reds. The first time we had the griddled cheese we thought it was on bread. Again, it was pouring rain and we ate it very quickly. This time it was sunny, so we sat on a bench to savor it. There's no bread. It's just a big slab of cheese that is cooked on a griddle so it's crusty on the bottom, warm but not runny on top. It's topped with chopped pistachios and drizzled with honey. We have never had anything like it! So delicious.

Summing up, Mark had FOUR glasses of wine yesterday: Cabernet, pinot noir, chardonnay, and something white and Greek. I can't remember the name of that one because it was odd and is only just now coming to the U.S. We had never heard of it before. I had a Riesling and a frozen Brazilian concoction. This was lunch for the two of us and it came to $73. I guess that's not too bad considering all the alcohol. On Sunday, which was also our lunch, we only spent $57.25. I'm sure we have spent that much for lunch for two in some restaurants when tax and tip are added in.

Today we are going back for the third time. I still have some shopping to accomplish in two or three pavilions. We are really cleaning up all of our holiday shopping at Epcot this year. I have not shopped in real stores for so many years that I had forgotten how hard it is to walk around carrying packages! LOL!! Online shopping is so much easier! Point, click, and it shows up at the door. Not this year. Most of my shopping is all being done these days at Epcot. Mark and I are having a lot of fun going in all the shops and trying to pick out just the right thing for our family and friends.

As for food today, we will eat Greek griddled cheese bread for a third time! I wouldn't mind the Canadian salmon again either. I still have some frozen drinks, a Godiva chocolate liqueur iced coffee, and a few moscatos to drink. We didn't try the cheese fondue with sourdough yet, either. Mark plans to eat the poke, a raw tuna dish from Hawaii. We actually both had it at the luau in Maui in March of 2010. I didn't like it then, so I don't plan to try it today. Also, Mark doesn't want to miss the cannoli in Italy, so that's on today's agenda as well.

Well, this surely explains why I weigh 257 today.