My NROL Experience - Page 51 - JP Fitness Forums

tcoy777 · 01-28-2008, 05:58 PM

Beer, Food, Video games, music... the good things in life.

fengshway · 01-28-2008, 07:31 PM

nice workout tom! and the details are interesting, a true renaissance man. I especially enjoy hearing about the food things, and I might decide to dabble in some historical cooking myself---that sounds fun! I have heard of gingerbread recipes that are centuries old.

gregl515 · 01-28-2008, 07:59 PM

Stopped in to check up on your workouts and you're hitting every beer pub in PA! I miss Thai food.

Lost Dog · 01-28-2008, 08:11 PM

I just miss food.

stingo · 01-28-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tcoy777

Beer, Food, Video games, music... the good things in life.

Yes, among other things... Didn't want to drone on as I'd typed in quite a bit already.

stingo · 01-28-2008, 08:43 PM

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nice workout tom! and the details are interesting, a true renaissance man. I especially enjoy hearing about the food things, and I might decide to dabble in some historical cooking myself---that sounds fun! I have heard of gingerbread recipes that are centuries old.

My all time favorite restaurant is the City Tavern in Philadelphia - given my love of history and good food it's a no brainer. Of all the times I've been there I've yet to have a bad meal. One of my favorite dishes (included in their cookbook) is Salmon Corncakes (mmm salmon corncakes...). The beer is provided by Yards Brewing (also a Philadelphia fixture) - and made from recipes known to or used by the founding fathers. They're modernized for our tastes of course, but they are basically the same recipe.

Which brings me around to Dogfishhead Brewery and Distillery in DE... They make some interesting beers, the Midas Touch and Chateau Jiahu are probably some of the most unique. The former was made from chemical analysis of drinking vessels found in an ancient Babylonian (I believe) tomb. The latter was made from a recipe described on Neolithic pottery. Both are excellent (and no doubt modernized for current taste) and well worth seeking out.

As for historical cooking - one of my favorite sites to peruse is Gode Cookery - for the aspiring medieval gourmand/cook.

Think that's it for now...

stingo · 01-28-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by gregl515

Stopped in to check up on your workouts and you're hitting every beer pub in PA! I miss Thai food.

We've lots here that's for sure. The closest one to me is about a half hour to an hour drive. Beer bars though are quite a bit closer thankfully. One of the reasons I got into cooking was to prepare to make the jump into brewing. (Back in colonial times, women were the brewers as it was considered part of the sustenance of the house.)

stingo · 01-28-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lost Dog

I just miss food.

I've not been - but I aim to get back on track by making my own food again.

Lost Dog · 01-28-2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by stingo

I've not been - but I aim to get back on track by making my own food again.

I can honestly say that I'm forced to deprive myself of a lot of my favorite foods. I know I CAN eat them and lose fat, but I just get tired of craving what I know is in the kitchen.

Although, last night I cooked for hours making food for the week. 3 types of frittatas, meatloaf, the ugliest terrine (the pressed kind) imaginable, and a variety of vegetables.

I'm tempted to buy that medieval cookbook, however. Do you have it? Is it carb heavy? I'd still get it, unless it's just a carb fest.

DanceDiva · 01-28-2008, 09:11 PM

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Hmm I seem to have droned on here a bit - as it's probably wayyy more than you wanted to know. Having said that I think I'll end here, with a thank you for asking.

I enjoyed reading this. I fell in love at 12 with painting when I went here.

I'm having too much fun thinking about the types of art I enjoy. Wouldn't have thought I'd be going there when I came onto the forum this evening.

stingo · 01-28-2008, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Lost Dog

I can honestly say that I'm forced to deprive myself of a lot of my favorite foods. I know I CAN eat them and lose fat, but I just get tired of craving what I know is in the kitchen.

Although, last night I cooked for hours making food for the week. 3 types of frittatas, meatloaf, the ugliest terrine (the pressed kind) imaginable, and a variety of vegetables.

I'm tempted to buy that medieval cookbook, however. Do you have it? Is it carb heavy? I'd still get it, unless it's just a carb fest.

No I don't - if you read the site though they should have recipes for you to try without having to purchase the cookbook right off the bat. (Almond milk comes to mind...)

stingo · 01-28-2008, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DanceDiva

I enjoyed reading this. I fell in love at 12 with painting when I went here.

I'm having too much fun thinking about the types of art I enjoy. Wouldn't have thought I'd be going there when I came onto the forum this evening.

Dang, I'm jealous lol - Dali's a favorite of mine (a poster of his Christ of St. John of the Cross hangs on one of my walls). Though I did get to see the big Dali exhibition (last year?) at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and that was great, except for whatever reason they didn't have Persistence of Memory... but it seemed like they had everything else...

The most recent exhibition I went to was the Renoir exhibition again at the Philly Museum of Art. I love going there as I always learn something new, and they know how to manage the crowd. The Renoir was about his landscapes that he painted - interesting juxtaposition along various themes in his work - a few paintings of people relaxing on a Sunday afternoon, various cityscapes etc. And as I've mentioned earlier, next up is Frida Kahlo.

ToniL · 01-28-2008, 10:42 PM

Hey Tom,

Drone on dude!!! I live vicariously through your posts so thank you for sharing!

Toni

kfisherx · 01-29-2008, 12:43 AM

Yeah Tom I am loving it too. Keep it up and more of it.

All this working out talk all the time is boring anyway.

stingo · 01-29-2008, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ToniL

Hey Tom,

Drone on dude!!! I live vicariously through your posts so thank you for sharing!

Toni

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Originally Posted by kfisherx

Yeah Tom I am loving it too. Keep it up and more of it.

All this working out talk all the time is boring anyway.

Thanks

- in that spirit, new food porn posted to Kitchen Adventures (Pasta e Fagioli)

fengshway · 01-29-2008, 04:47 AM

wow, will check out that cookbook.

gosh, lost dog. I admire anyone who can pursue fitness and health goals and avoid their favorite foods, I just have chosen not too. I work them in periodically. If getting much leaner means no chocolate, red wine, thai food, the list goes on, then I don't mind being the size I am now. right now, I have no health problems, take no medicines at all, can do any sport that I want to, I feel great! no doubt, 20 more pounds would take me down a few sizes and up a few speed groups in my marathon program. but no way would I give up my favorite foods entirely for that. of course, if I could live in tosca reno's body for a day, maybe that would convince me, lol