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Skriven 2008-07-08 13:06:29 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Kommentar till text 10186 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: summer gardens in ny [1]
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Hi Janis,
JK> > I know what you mean on the allergy bit. I've also got asthma so my
JK> Don't blame you. Not worth the risk for someone in your position - it
JK> can be downright dangerous. We've got a lot of asthma in our family
JK> - My mom has it, my daughter had it until she was about 12.. my
JK> sister's kids have it as well. Certainly no fun :(
My brothers had trouble with hay fever when younger but my asthma and
allergy problems weren't diagnosed until I was in my mid 30s. Meanwhile,
my parents kept (and still have) cats and dogs--just what I don't need
but have enjoyed having around.
JK> > But, they get plenty of attention whenever I visit a place that has
JK> That can be a good fix :)
Yes, so your dogs my get some attention. (G)
>> :(, and my blood pressure was down to 97/60.. no wonder I was so darn
JK> > No fun; my drugs tend to have the opposite effect on the blood
JK> pressure.
JK> That's not great either.. no wonder you don't like coffee.. that would
I just don't like the taste. But, if I were having an asthma attack &
couldn't get my regular meds, a cup of strong coffee would back it off a
bit. I've never tested that but it is medically proven. I have tested
the chocolate/asthma interplay--when I was having a flare up some years
ago, I was craving chocolate all the time. A visit to the doctor
confirmed a flare up and that the craving for chocolate was my body
needing something like theophyline--chocolate has theobromines, which
are related.
JK> up it as well. I've been drinking a lot of coffee to get my
JK> bloodpressure up a
JK> little..helps some.. at least I'm not as dizzy as I was. It'll
JK> probably take a few more weeks to get that drug out of my system ...
Hopefully the worst will be out of your system by the end of the month.
>> ===Panetone===
>> We like baking this in coffee tins, decorated as gift boxes :)
JK> > Now that looks good! I keep seeing them in places like Fresh Market
JK> > around Christmas and want to buy but Steve keeps talking me out of
JK> it. I > may give this a try, tweaking it to whole wheat flour and so
JK> It's a good sweet bread - I've never made it with whole wheat though.
JK> If you do make it, let me know how it comes out.. :)
I will-don't know if I'll try it this fall or not; depends on how
ambitious I am and how my health is.
JK> > I think I'd be going nuts if I had to have an IV diet--if I had my
JK> Didn't work for her, sadly enough.. They found a tumor in her upper
JK> digestive tract, but thankfully it was encapsulated and hadn't spread
JK> anywhere else. I believe she'll be going to rehabilitation (again) in
JK> a few days. But at least we know now what the problem was..
It's good to hear that the problem was found, and rather quickly. I read
on another message that she's not having chemo but will she have
radiation? That doesn't have as many nasty side effects; the biggest
one I've been fighting is fatigue. The last 3 weeks or so of the
radiation I had this spring I had some skin irritation but that cleared
up fast once the radiation ended.
>> Hopefully off them while you can still enjoy your time off them!
JK> > I'm not holding my breath but it would be nice............
JK> I'm sure.. moving to somewhere the allergens aren't works for a short
JK> while, but it catches up with you.. That's what happened to me at
To some extent, it does help. But, I've lived in the south east before
so I'd ben exposed to a lot of the allergens before we oved to Savannah.
It's the same as if we do go back to the south west; having lved there
before, my body will pick up quicker on the allergens.
JK> least, in Kentucky.. the firt year we were in Louisville, all my
JK> allergies to outdoors things were 'gone'.. by the second year, they
JK> were back :(
You probably enjoyed that first year. (G)
JK> vanilla which > I didn't appreciate as much as a kid. I'd (still)
JK> rather have a good
JK> > chocolate but a really good vanilla is acceptable.
JK> Chocolate is great - rocky-road is good too.. Cherry vanilla is also
JK> great haha Butter pecan.. Ah, I guess I like a bunch of them :)
Chocolate, peppermint, chocolate, strawberry, chocolate,......... notice
a trend?
>> My dad was always like that.. he always hired men to do work that
>> needed to be done... So unlike Ron. Ron isn't afraid to tackle any
>> job, pretty much.
JK> > My dad did quite a bit, including building a house with no carpenter
JK> finished off in > winter of 69-70. Mom & Dad are still living in it
JK> but it's not really > designed for older folks with physical
JK> challenges. They re-did the
JK> > kitchen 30 years ago but never put in a dishwasher. That would be my
JK> #1 > priority. (G)
JK> When the kids were little, I think my 1st priority was a clothes
JK> washer and dryer .. but by the time I had the two of them, and MS,
JK> yep, that dishwasher became #1 :)
I was thinking about with the remodel job that they would have put a
dishwasher in. But, Mom didn't want to give up one of her cabinets so
it was a no go. By then, 4 of the 5 were out of the house and she didn't
think it to be a neccessity. Even with just 2 people I consider it to
be needed.
>> Well, I like thai and korean food when it's hot, but flavorful :) A
>> dish with just tons of red pepper flakes doesn't do it for me (g)
JK> > Same here. If I can control the amount of heat that goes into it, I
JK> like > it better.
JK> Yes, in Louisville the korean chef would always come out to the table
JK> and ask how hot we'd like the food - I miss that :) This korean
Nice!
JK> restaurant is great in Binghamton, but I don't remember anyone asking
JK> about how hot we wanted the meals.
We were asked at the little place we went to a couple of months ago.
But in HI we always went to little hole in the wall places that do a
good volume of business, mostly take out, and have the sides pre done.
The meat is always cooked fresh but the sides are rather generic and
kept in a steam table. Not always high class eating but you got a lot
for your money and it was good.
>> Well my lettuce was so great this year.. It actually had heads on it..
>> tasted incredibly good too :) The peas are about ready for a
JK> > Sounds like your garden is beginning to do better.
JK> Yes, though not sure how the tomatoes will fare.. the plants have
JK> flowers so that's good.. but I haven't seen any tomatoes yet.. sad :(
In time. I think my dad's tomatoes are just beginning to set fruit. The
cherry tree has gone bonkers in production this year tho.
JK> > Are you freezing peas
JK> > or just eating them as they come ripe?
JK> Both.. :) I plant them very heavy and get a great crop usually.. so I
JK> freeze the bulk of them, but always have some in the Frige for salads,
JK> or for stir fry. Sugar snaps are good after they've been frozen, but
JK> are no where near as good as they are right off the vine.
But, at least it beats supermarket "freshness". (G)
JK> >My dad never planted peas until
JK> > I was out of the house but does now. Our girls used to like eating
JK> them > fresh off the plant whenever they visited.
JK> Yes, my grandchildren LOVE eating them off the vines :) They usually
JK> love grabbing broccolli too.. After the main head of broccolli is cut
JK> off, the plant continues making florets pretty much all summer.. so
JK> there is always broccolli florets out there for them to swipe as well
We had rhubarb in the early days of the garden, yellow wax beans later
on as "nibbles".
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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