"No messing ta da" is the first line of the chapter, and it's the first of many that follow it. It's also the first time that we get to hear the narrator's response to the question of whether or not he eats too much. He says he usually eats more than this, and that he's glad to be back at his old stomping grounds. He tells us that he eats just as much as he did when he was young, and he says that he ate just like he did as a kid. He also says that if he were a young man, he would