And besides, you get a good, pre-sliced meal!
The dry, delicate and intensely porky, freshly sliced meat at Jody Williams and Rita Sodi's joint restaurant is what I remember after multiple meals there, despite the serious competition provided by fresh pasta with shaved white truffles and The Svizzerina.
To make this salad into a full meal, add sliced, grilled chicken, shrimp, or even sliced, seared ahi tuna on top after portioning.
Sliced orange completes the meal.
Appetizers and grilled meats and seafood are eaten wrapped in lettuce with herbs and sliced vegetables, and the meal practically always includes a salad platter of soft lettuces mixed with other vegetables and herbs, like coriander, cucumbers, mint, basil, scallions and bean sprouts.
"I remember getting through an awful lot of sliced bread and ready meals," he says.
Discerning diners push through the crowded anteroom, chock-full of jams and mustards and French cheeses, past counters where jamón serrano is thinly sliced and picnic-ready meals are prepared, and head to a spiral staircase in the back.
A burrito made with a tortilla, refried beans and cheese or a mini-pizza made with an English muffin, tomatoes, cheese and sliced salami are nutritious meals that can be made ahead of time and popped in the microwave oven.
At roadside eateries, many have stopped serving the traditional meal accompaniment of sliced onions.
Add small carbohydrate snacks between meals, such as sliced fruits and vegetables.
Some crews opt for the space-equivalent of an Earth Christmas meal and tuck into sliced turkey, reconstituted potatoes and processed vegetables.
