Day 228 - that was a bad choice!

i don't consider our family to be "foodies".  although we like food and try to be very aware about what we are putting into our bodies i don't think we are snobby about it.  well, not too snobby anyway. 

tonight we made a pit-stop on our way to chicago at Quaker Steak & Lube for dinner.  it was late, i had a horrible migraine, we were hungry and caleb asks every time we drive by this particular exit if we can stop and eat there because he watched an episode about the place on diners, drive-in and dives once.  we ordered our meals - got our drinks - some crazy lady made lilly a balloon animal and then our food arrived.  caleb (if you know him - you know he will eat anything) took one bite of his wings and said, "huh? i don't like that" then took another bite and said, "i REALLY don't like that".  i never thought i would hear those words come out of his mouth, especially in reference to wings.

as i started eating my wings - i kept thinking, "wow - these really don't have any flavor" and "wow, there is a lot of meat on these wings - i wonder how many hormones i'm ingesting by eating these things".  i looked at dave who was muscling through his chicken sandwich and luke taking apart his hamburger and examining it (i'm fairly certain he was convinced it wasn't actually meat).  as i turned back to caleb i noticed he hadn't eaten any more of his wings - i asked him if i could try them.  he offered on to me - i took a bit and immediately started to gag and spit it out in a napkin.  to say it was awful would be an understatement.  i'm fairly certain it was the worst food i have ever put in my mouth. 

you would think french fries would be a safe bet.  we ordered a basket of fries to share between us.  they came with, what i found out was, a beer cheese sauce.  it looked and tasted more like a floury sludge - gross.  the only one who came away feeling ok with what they ordered was lilly, who ordered a salad.

needless to say we won't be going back EVER.