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Eating the cheese??? Oh I don't think so. Not even before the race. We've done this a few times at PyroBlazers.

Speak of the devil, I JUST made these cookies for a friend's birthday (and I made them *before* looking at this post). They were a big hit! My only complaint is that I wish the recipe didn't call for non-natural peanut butter.

I can answer for the previous poster and say that yes, the recipe is correct - no flour needed. I have made this recipe myself many times, and it is really the best (and easiest) PB cookie recipe ever!

Why go to all that trouble? IMHO, the best pb cookie recipe in the universe is this one that you can stir up in about 5 seconds!
Easiest Bestest PB Cookies
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
pinch baking soda
splash vanilla
Mix well until nice and smooth. Scoop cookies with small scoop and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment or sprayed with nonstick spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-10 minutes until golden brown. Cool until they don't burn your tongue and serve with a lovely glass of cold milk. Pure heaven.

this recipe rocks, it is my go-to peanut butter cookie recipe.

if you want to make it decadent, smoosh a mini reeses peanut butter cup in the middle of each cookie before putting them in the oven. i brought some in to work recently and my coworkers went bonkers over them.

but that added peanut butter cup makes this fall even more on the vice side. heh.

If they were so sure you didn't like the food, surely they should have offered you your money back?!? The food is yours, who were they to tell you no.

@huneybumper.........that's outrageous! I hope you called for the manager or the owner.

I prefer the large portions because extra meals make the high price for the meal more worth it on my budget. I can justify the price when I know I'll get at least 2 meals and won't have to cook. I never have a problem reheating or reworking the ingredients into another tasty meal. The hardest part is resisting the urge to eat my leftovers as a bedtime snack.

I don't know if most restaurants that people eat at on a day-to-day basis would be willing to serve small plates this way. It's rare to see places that even offer half portions. I'd go for it, though! Eating half or selectively is another good tactic, boxing up a portion of your meal as soon as it hits the table so you're not tempted to eat everything on your plate.

Many people have been focusing on eating half, but another tactic that can be useful with hugely-portioned meals is to change the components of the dish you eat most of. For example, as a vegetarian, my only option is often pasta with marinara or something similar. I'll eat some of the pasta, usually less than half, and virtually all the vegetable sauce. Then I'll take home the leftover pasta and either resauce it or incorporate it in a pasta frittata. Anyway, my point is, almost any calorie-dense ingredient can be stretched out further than any relatively low-calorie ingredient. And doing so makes for more healthy meals.

You know, I have never left a restaurant complaining that they didn't serve me enough food. More often than not, I leave with a doggie bag in hand a distended belly. I would much prefer to have a tiny appetizer, an itty-bitty salad, and a small entree - hey, that leaves room for dessert. Besides, when I'm served too much food, I go from saying, "Wow - this tastes incredible!" to "Dang, I never want to see this again,."

I have an acquaintance in Manhattan who almost never cooks and eats out in restaurants regularly yet manages to keep the weight off and still have frozen meals in the freezer to thaw and heat up for those times when she doesn't want to go out. Her secret? When dining out she religiously - no matter what the item and what size the portion is - cuts her entree and side dish in half when it arrives at the table. The leftover 50% gets wrapped and taken home then straight into the freezer in appropriate packaging.

I think a restaurant that offered the option of being served a portion 1/2 the size for 1/3 less $$ would find it to be a successful program.

My friends told me I needed a hobby. I can't wait to tell them I've taken up cheese racing.

Heavens to murgatroid - who would put that plastic goop into their delicate pie hole? It's exactly like watching peeps explode in the microwave - all in good fun. Are you sure it wouldn't ruin the grill grate Erin? It would be hilarious fun for the little ones to watch just before we incinerate the peeps.