The only reason I ever do turkey is for all of the goodies afterwards like Turkey Pie, Turkey and noodles, and my personal favorite, Kentucky Hot Brown.   Non of those are weight conscious dishes!! My kids don't give a damn about all the side dishes but Karen and I love dressings of all sorts, and all of the other things. MEANING......We get fat eating turkey and the kids opt for a PBJ!!!

So this year we're having 4 days of seafood which started with a dose of Oyster stew, moved on to shrimp and mussels (in white wine with garlic,scallions, and tarragon) and then to a calssic Surf and Turf with Lobster and Rib-Eyes, and ending with a mass of monstrous scallops in brown butter.

While all this might not be completely dietary, it beats the snot out of previous years. I NEED to lose about 30 pounds which are a real health problem and Karen has lost 120 pounds sinces last January's gastric by-pass....so this makes sense to us!!

Spaw