On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:37:01 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >On the other hand, it's a pain trying to find a restaurant if one's circle >includes people who won't eat seafood, people who won't eat meat, people >on the Atkins diet, people allergic to beef or peanuts or ..., people who >won't eat anything cold or weird or processed or ... As an Atkins person, I'd have to say too many of my fellow Atkins followers need to chill out. He says repeatedly you don't have to count every single carb. If you go over one day, fine, go under for a few. If you go out to a restaurant, have fun, then go back to your normal eating style when you get home. I'm a gastronaut when I go out. I'll try anything twice, if it won't kill me. You never know when you're going to run across something neat. I have never understood fussy eaters. Folks with allergies I just feel sorry for. -- laz I am the Dread Pirate Roberts #23546. Ask me about franchise opportunities!