Tuesday, March 21, 2006

St. Patrick's Day Glutton

Today is St. Patrick's day and also my fourth trip to Baltimore (6th, 9th, 10th, and now 11th grade). I knew from the start that these two happenings, as being merged into one, would create a mass bubble in my gastro-intestinal tract. I had actually planned in advance, however, what I would be having...I had planned breakfast at least a week in advance and dinner the night before. Because the day just HAD to be EXTRA special, I decided to stifle my craving for the "Shamrock Shake" that McDonald's offers around St. Patrick's Day until the actual day, seeing as how it is tradition to stop there for breakfast on the day from Williamsport to Baltimore (4.5hrs, on a good day, in a large tour bus). Then was the easy question answered of what shall compliment this Shamrock Shake - a Bacon Egg and Cheesse McGriddle was, of course, a given. I'm positive this number of calories would make any cancerian patient require an extra tank of oxygen and a new pair of depends. Dinner would be fairly healthy containing every food group - a 1.5lb gourmet burrito from the mexican restaurant, Chipotle. This place has also become tradition to visit since there is not one in the entire State of Pennsylvania, which is oddly depressing (depressed because of the absence of burritos...get it?). This burrito, which is more perfect than the left testicle of God, contains more meat than a home-grown Nebraskan pig, more lettuce than your grandmother's protein shake, more sour cream and guacamole than water in the ocean, and more types of deliciously amazing salsas than exist in your local Sheetz. Try this on for size:

  • 18" Flour Tortilla
  • Carnitas (Pork)
  • Cilantro-Lime Rice
  • Black Beans
  • Fajita Vegetables (Roasted Green and Red Bell Peppers and Onions)
  • Roasted Chili-Corn Salsa (Mild)
  • Tomatillo Red-Chili Salsa (Hott)
  • Pico de Gallo
  • Romaine Lettuce
  • Guacamole
  • Sour Cream

If just reading that ingredients list doesn't make your mouth salivate with Mexicano goodness...I can't imagine what a reclusive life one would lead.

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