I noticed I was spending a significant amount of money on food, and we’re not talking groceries here.  My best estimate is that over the past few months I’ve spent over a quarter of my paychecks on eating out at various restaurants around town.

With the rising cost for mostly everything, I opted to work on changing my current eating habits.  Starting this pay period, I’ve resolved to give up eating out.  No restaurants and no delivery if I’m paying for it (I will not turn down an offer to go out for food of course).  I’ve made only one exception to the rule, which is the Kalamazoo Ribfest that’s going on this weekend.

We’ll see how my resolution holds in this coming week.

Some of you may remember last year when the FDA issued a recall of Castleberry’s Hot Dog Chili Sauce due to several individuals contracting food posioning from the sauce.  Well, the other week I was in the grocery store shopping when I found out that they had started selling the hot dog chili sauce again, much to my delight.  I myself love chili dogs, typically I have chili dogs once every other week, and I especially loved to have my hot dogs with Castleberry’s Chili sauce (I blame my dad for getting me addicted to the brand).  For the past year I’ve had to substitute Castleberry’s with Hormel, Value Time, and others, but none of them really fulfilled the expectations that Castleberry delivered.

So, Castleberry, now that your back on the market, do us a favor, and keep your equipment properly maintained, so we don’t have to go another whole year without your delicious hot dog chili sauce.