Forking Tasty

Finally… A Burger With Wine

Diabetic Blood Sugar Count
Pre-meal: 83 | Post-meal (1 hour): 131 | Insulin: 5 Units

I am home for only a few months and I like to see as many of my friends and family as I can before I ship off. I went to go visit my cousins out in Long Island with my mom. It’s been about a year and a half since I had been there and was really excited to see them, meet their chocolate lab (Bella) and see what they have done to their house.

Mom was treating for lunch that day so we were thinking of where to eat before we left the house. There were a lot of choices but my cousin mentioned her favorite burger place in Port Jefferson. Even though I had a burger the night before at BLT Burger my mind was set. If it’s my cousin’s favorite then I had to try it.

Moms Rock

Yesterday was dedicated to Mom’s all over the country. If your mom is anything like ours, she has a lot to do with what, how and when you cook. I guess you could say she shaped our cooking passion. Along with our Grandma, our mom encouraged us to explore food. She made us get dirty in the kitchen helping out when we wanted, and didn’t want to, with mundane and monumental tasks. For that I thank her.

We spent Mother’s day at my Aunt’s house. The house consisted of my parents, my aunt and uncle, Matt, Kel, Brian and Christine (my cousins). We decided it would be a hodge podge of food and we would eat in a sort of rolling method. Of course part of the deal was that the mom’s were to stay out of the kitchen but that proved to be impossible.

It rolled like this:

Olives
fried cheese w/cranberry sauce
cheese plate and crackers
hunnus and pita chips
shrimp cocktail
scallops
baked cheese with apricot
hot wings
pork chops
apricot chicken
bbq chicken
eggplant parmesan
celery root orange salad
romaine strawberry salad
grilled vegetables
orzo salad
coffee
homemade rocky road ice cream

Ohh yeah, and we put down about 8 bottles of wine during all that. In the end, Mom’s had a good time and so did the rest of us. THANKS AGAIN MOM FOR ALL THE COOKING LOVE OVER THE YEARS! I hope all the other mom’s out there had as special a day as we did.