Blown Out

Food & Drink

Aaaaargh.  Thanksgiving, schmanksgiving;  when it comes to extended gluttony (at least in our family), nothing begins to compare with the Three Days Of Christmas.

Christmas Eve “snacks” (if you can call a long dining room table FULL of finger foods and a huge charcuterie board “snacks”, plus of course booze);  Christmas morning brunch (full English plus cinnamon rolls, and mimosas);  and then the pièce de résistance, the Boxing Day Roast Beast, with enough wine to drown a walrus.

I don’t want to see any food until at least tomorrow, and not even a sniff of booze until New Year’s Eve.

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  2. Pardon me for asking, but does eating/drinking like that trigger a gout flare-up?

    I enquire because I had my first ever gout flare-up last spring, triggered (I thought maybe) by intake of shrimp, roast beast, smoked trout (homemade), and significant quantities of red wine. I know that dietary intake does not in-and-of-itself cause gout (the body’s failure to remove uric acid is far more genetic in origin) but I still remember the pain caused by an empty bedsheet gently falling on my toe and would prefer not to repeat it.

    Haven’t had another flare-up since (knocks on side of head in lieu of wood) but I’d guess eating like that for three days in a row just might do it.

    1. Had my first gout attack a few years ago. Didn’t know what it was until Dr. did the blood work. (walking around all day followed up by helping a friend polish off a case of beer didn’t help).

      Based on what he told me it was most likely the shrimp and alcohol that triggered your attack.

      Since then I’ve quit drinking alcohol, and I never cared for seafood anyway.

      He gave me a scrip for Prednisone that knocks down an attack pretty quickly and I keep it stocked ready to deploy at the first signs of an attack.

  3. At a recent family dinner, my daughter mentioned the phrase “charcuterie board,” and I asked her what it meant. After describing the contents of a typical board, she added: “It’s Lunchables for grown-ups.”

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