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This is a restaurant in and English speaking country/ region?

Would these be considered good deals? I’d like to try SV out but don’t want to invest a ton.

The thing is, we need to stop somewhere directly within a route from Palo Alto to the Sacramento area. We went to Napa last spring and are going to Sonoma this spring. I’m not hugely focused on vineyard/ winery visits as I’d imagine that week of thanksgiving will impact visiting hours. I’m looking for a town with some solid wines/ wine tastings/ rooms and good restaurants. Am I on the wrong track with Lodi?

Hot dogs made of random pork products, Taylor Ham and canned corn beef hash.

I don’t care what they do. Sometimes I want their dog food tacos and those Cinnabon bites. Those things are so so good.

Those grits! 💕

I like McDonalds when I’m PMSing. Wasn’t there a thread about that? But if I want a fast food burger I lean towards 5 Guys first then Smashburger.

I’d think wonton wrappers would be too thin in a lasagna.

Both. I don’t eat organ meat at all. Includes foie but that’s both a taste and emotional issue for me.

As an owner of a golden retriever I am confident I wouldn’t never ever eat dog meat. Ever.

I will not eat veal. My father, who has heart issues and is allergic to poultry eats a lot of veal. I don’t eat lamb. Ironically if I had to pick a meat to live off it would be pork. I would never entertain the concept of eating horse. I’d rather starve to death than eat dog.

@robirdstx you’re a woman after my own heart! My mouth is still sore. 🙄 I ate half a piece of pizza and a mozzarella stick.

Oh dear. Today’s visit wasn’t too bad but I will need some type of gum surgery in the near future that will require sutures and a 10 DAY RECOVERY. Maybe I’ll lose a solid 10lbs? I’m thinking mashed potatoes and pudding. Softly scrambled eggs and chicken broth. For 10 (likely more I am a huge wimp) freaking days.

@Jacksoup thanks— I will consider both locations. I just... don’t want to go right from Palo Alto to my inlaws and sit around for days. I’d rather spend a couple of days exploring any area en route. My inlaws are Stanford fans, my husband played in the marching band at Cal. I’m a totally east coast girl but love experiencing the great agricultural areas of CA. On many levels. 😆

@Margaret Pilgrim if your dental team is in the SF bay area I could definitely visit twice annually. I do see my dentist 4 times a year. I am diligent about that and had a very traumatic experience with my pediatric dentist. I just have shit luck and I grind my jaw, you name it I’ve done it. I don’t like scotch; I actually avoid liquors. I may have to make an exception and mix some vodka with V8 or La Croix. I can get by easily on very little food (although I’m eating nachos right now because... I still can!) so even bouillon cubes in mugs can make a decent dinner for me. It’s not just the scaling, it’s the novacain that goes with it plus holding my child sized jaw open for over an hour that makes food difficult. I have a hand blender that works well but probably won’t have the energy to be in the kitchen. Maybe I’ll get a Panera bread bowl delivered depending on what soup they have tomorrow. Thanks for all the advice and well wishes!

What type of anti inflammatory? I want to go in asking as many questions as possible.

I’m sorry to be reviving this topic again. I have the *worst* oral luck. Ok maybe not the worst but it’s pretty bad. I’ve had two sets of braces and a handful of root canals plus a abscessed tooth that required an ora surgeon to remove it, then put a screw in my jaw and then the implant. 🙄 all of that to say, I’m getting my gums scaled tomorrow and I’m terrified as usual. I really should have made a lasagna today because I could gum it room temp but I didn’t. And plus, it’s *hot* here. I love and have gazpacho on hand but worry that the acid will make my soon to be even more sore gums worse. So I guess I can fall back on the newly labeled “soy sauce” top ramen or maybe a lightly grilled cheese on soft white bread? Any other suggestions? What’s worked for you in the past? I know better than to use straws or to wear anything very cold or hot. I wish my dentist could give me a wine IV along with Novocain and nitrous!

My husband and I will be in CA in November. We’re going out the weekend prior to Thanksgiving for the Big Game in Palo Alto (go Bears) and then will make our way to the Sacramento area to have thanksgiving with the inlaws. Some preliminary research shows Lodi would be a nice place to spend a couple days. It seems like there’s a lot of wineries, focusing on Zinfandel and good restaurants, etc. Would anyone from CA recommend this as a nice stop off before going to the in laws? Any recommendations for hotels and restaurants and what to do? Thanks in advance!

When we go away the pup goes to the kennel. I kind of hate it despite her having a private room with her own tv and her room is sound proof. She’s a “people” dog not a Dog’s dog. On topic, we will likely go back to SF and Danko for my 40th next March and also rent a home in Sonoma or Napa.

Agreed. I was (gritting my teeth to admit this) in the voluntary psychiatric ward for a week at my local (major) hospital this past winter. The food was actually good. And I had little to no appetite but it was served warm and we could order “off menu” if we chose to. Meals were served on heavy plastic plates that I believe had a heating element in them. Silverware, given the circumstances was plastic and had to be disposed of in a separate bag to be counted. But the food was good. I’m so glad you have people bringing you in actual, real, edible food @Anna N

@Kim Shook the newly labeled “soy sauce” top ramen is my favorite. Full of sodium and msg it’s comfort food to me. So weird it took them forever to become PC!

Cheese fondue in the electric fondue pot. The only cooking I did was to heat up Wegmans ham slices to get a bit of caramelization. Zucchini, cauliflower, mushrooms and bread.

Ooo, where?

Details about dinner? Is the corn decent now?