I love buffets. Not because I eat a lot – in fact, I am incapable of eating a whole lot in one sitting. But the great thing about buffets, is that you can eat whatever you want. There’s no entree, 2 sides and a roll rule. There’s no salad first, dessert last rule. The only rule is get a clean plate every time around. And THAT’s a rule I can follow.
The other morning, I found myself at Shoney’s for breakfast. Intrigued by the promise of a buffet on the menu, my husband snuck over to check it out while the waitress was getting our drinks. He reported back that it had everything: biscuits, gravy, sausage, bacon, potatoes. When he couldn’t give me details on the fruit and cold cereal selection, I had to make my own not-so-covert run. I didn’t see any cereal (one of my four basic food groups), but there were enough other tasty food items to satisfy my needs, so we signed up for two buffets when our drinks arrived.
And so it was, on my second plate, that my husband stopped mid-sentence and asked, “Is that a pickle?!” I had to concede that it was, in fact, a half-eaten pickle I was holding in my hand. He then proceeded to tell me that red jello, pickles, cucumber slices, cinnamon apples and french toast sticks was not a good breakfast. I agreed, and said it was a good thing I had a strawberry shortcake and potatoes on my first go round …