being a super fattie

Ok so this happened roughly a week ago, on August 5th. It was the boy's little sis's 21st, so she wanted to go to an Irish pub for lunch (i thought she would get beer at the pub, but instead went with the fruity drinks). But the pub had some great irish dishes, such as shepherd's pie, bangers and mash, fish n chips, lamb stew, plenty of duck dishes. btw, the pub is O'Lordan's in Westminster, MD http://www.olordansirishpub.com/ So I got the shepherd's pie, and a shandy (harp's and magners)

I know this picture sucks, but it was soooo good. The potatoes were so moist and creamy. But the potatoes on the top that are a little brown had a great "french fry" taste to them. The brown stuff circling the potatoes is the meat filling peeking out! That part had become a little crispy/charred and the taste was amazing. I think I enjoyed the burnt bits better! But the center was very hearty. The beef was in a wonderful thick gravy, not sloopy at all. And the pieces of carrots and peas were small, which i personally like...sometimes chunky is a weird texture for me. The filling also had a sweet taste too which went well with the hearty meat flavor... i wanna assume they used something along the lines of cinnamon to add it (i like to add a pinch to my marinara, its really good.) O and my shandy was nice and light. I had been here before for drinks only and was really excited to go for food finally! I will definitely go here again for lunch, they have a Irish Dip sandwich with sliced lamb that I want to try!

LATER THAT DAY.....

My friend invited me to go to the 4-H festival that evening, since I had never been. I was not the extracurricular type in school, and I think there is some religion tied in...But this festival was pretty awesome. There was a barn where you could pet hundreds of sheep and pigs and goats, as well as some cows. I loved the sheep. So cute to hear them "baaa". Besides the animals, there were art projects made by kids 18 and under, and then senior citizens. Photographs, clothes, knitting, painting and even garbage can decorating! Pretty cool.

(That's me with the black hair)

So besides the cool crafts and animals, there was food! There was a gyro stand, lemonade, ice cream, and because its maryland, there was a pit meat stand. They had pit turkey, beef, and pork. Since I had eaten earlier, I just had a giant pickle. I LOVE PICKLES! and for a dollar, why not? But the best thing we had, and we had eyed it up from the beginning was the stand that had deep fried oreos!!! i had them about 12 years ago and wanted to give it another go. My friend, not pictured, has a voracious appetite and wanted to join me in this.

The stand gave us 5, and between 2 people its uneven. But that was solved with a bite each into the 5th one! Ok, so they were pretty friggin' awesome. Now the only crunchy part is the batter on the outside. the inside (cookies and cream) is super creamy. the cookie is in no way soggy, just creamy. and added with the cream of the center...heaven! We also put some powdered sugar on top (my friend got it on her shirt)which added some extra sweetness. you would think that they are overtly sweet, but no. i have always found oreos to not be too sweet due to the chocolate cookie (i hated oreos until about 6 years ago) so the treat was the right balance of sweet and kind of savory. but still amazing! if i could eat a lot of still be super skinny, like my hungry friend (pictured right), i'd eat these more. but no, just not in the cards (i am also unemployed at the moment due to moving, so i'm pretty lazy right now!) There is a restaurant by me that also does twinkies and snickers deep fried. maybe i'll try it. i'm just working on getting the boy to try deep fried pickle chips (soooo good!).