first things I'll eat when I get back!

I made my preliminary grocery shopping list today, of the first things I want when I get back to Florida.
First on my list was rye Trisuits with cheese melted on them!    Then coconut shrimp...    And a big roast beef done the way my granny used to make it!
I have really missed my traditional foods!

what are the firstthings you go for when you go "home"

I go to the A&W drive in for a rootbeer and real burger!

Usually, it's my favorite restaurant foods there:

IHOP -- the international omelet with side of harvest grain-n-nut pancakes
Carrabas -- either chicken parm or Rigatoni Campagnolo
Red Lobster -- the cheese biscuits!
Tex-Mex food I don't have to cook myself -- even Taco Bell counts
In Tampa Bay -- New York-Italian style pizza from the little local restaurant near where my friends live
If I ever get back to Kansas City -- Gates BBQ or the Smokestack in Martin City, also Mannys

Otherwise -- I miss American desserts, graham crackers, hmmmm - I'm sure there are other things as well.

In Canada, I always, I go for poutine - which is a Canadian thing (french fries, cheese curds and gravy)

Otherwise, red twizzlers (not redvines), mexican food, and yes, a good burger and crispy fries. 

mexican food!!!!
peanut butter twix
taco bell nachos
salsa verde from trader joes
very green protein drink from trader joes...or odwalla...i'd drink a gallon of either at this point!!
lots and lots of shrimp from red lobster
a proper steak...from outback or cattleman's
did i mention mexican food already???  

Red Lobster -- the cheese biscuits!

Have you ever tried the pillsbury cheddar garlic biscuits you buy in the frozen section, they are almost as good!!

Oh well I wasn't even including which restaurants my poor housemates back there are going to be forced to take me to in the weeks after my return! 

Chilis
Steak n'Shake
Red Lobster (YES! to the cheese biscuits!)
our fave tiny Thai joints
Molly Goodheads near Dunedin for conch fritters!

Out for breakfast
Mexican food
Veggie sushi
Fancy-pants pizzas

La Teresita on Columbus Drive in Tampa (Cuban food served at a lunch counter)

how could i forgot the cheesy biscuits at red lobster!!  shame on me!!

and chili's...yes...i love their queso dip!!  

i'd also like to add:

baskin robbins and/or cold stone (yes...i know they are scattered around in UK...but no where near me!!)

oooh  oooh... a pizza from Pizza Hut!   we have them here in Leicester but it's just not the same!

I also forgot, a Mandarin Chicken Salad from Wendys!

and an extra crispy 2 piece (breast and thigh) meal from KFC w/biscuit, mashed potatoes and cole slaw!

Thing is...I've been here so long & hubby has got me eating so much healthier foods...all the things I loved there no longer taste as good as I remember them tasting -- plus I don't have as big an appetite as I once did.  I get there, eat something & then feel slightly disappointed either at the taste or that I can't finish it...turn to DH & say "What have you done to me?!  I'm no longer 'me'." :\\\'(  _{I am such a freak.}

Thing is...I've been here so long & hubby has got me eating so much healthier foods...all the things I loved there no longer taste as good as I remember them tasting -- plus I don't have as big an appetite as I once did.  I get there, eat something & then feel slightly disappointed either at the taste or that I can't finish it...turn to DH & say "What have you done to me?!  I'm no longer 'me'." :\\\'(  _{I am such a freak.}

Oh no!  You are so normal.. and the food you eat now is real food... big big difference.

Boy up4tea that's a lot of stuff to miss for not being here too long!

Thing is...I've been here so long & hubby has got me eating so much healthier foods...all the things I loved there no longer taste as good as I remember them tasting -- plus I don't have as big an appetite as I once did.  I get there, eat something & then feel slightly disappointed either at the taste or that I can't finish it...turn to DH & say "What have you done to me?!  I'm no longer 'me'." :\\\'(  _{I am such a freak.}

I totally relate.  We made a deliberate effort to change our eating habits when we moved here.  It works, I guess. I've lost about 10 pounds (that and stress, I can't figure out which is the cause!)

I would love to go to Islands in San Diego for a mushroom burger.  And rubios.  They would be my first stops.

well food has always been an important part of my life...partly due to my upbringing I guess

it is not to say that I do not like the food here, because there is so much I am going to miss when I am gone!

and btw, don't get me wrong, I am not normally a dining out kind of person...and I have been on a reduced carb diet for about 2 and a half weeks now, eating mostly natural foods/fresh produce!

I just suddenly was overcome by cravings for things I have left behind!