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Skriven 2008-07-12 13:19:27 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10356 av Carol Shenkenberger (16602.cooks)
Ärende: Feet dont fail me now!
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Hi Carol,

 >  CS> I am not much into fried rice due to the fats (cholestrol issues in my

 > I only use a couple of tablespoons or so of oil when I do my fried rice.
 > And that's for a full size wok--basically to get the meat and onion
 > cooking. Currently I use canola oil but have used peanut oil in the

 CS> Not bad at all there, but my dietary shift took such meals out except
 CS> for the rare side-trip.

I'm surprised that even that small amount of oil is too much. I have
heard of water stir frying but haven't tried it myself.

 >  CS> white best for regular eating though.  Lets try a proper brown and see
 >  CS> if it shifts. Dont get mad at me if it dont!

 > No, I won't get mad at you.  We've used brown rice for so long that we
 > are used to the taste & texture. You are just starting to use it so I
 > expect you not to like everything the first time it's made with brown

 CS> It's a real winner in crockpot soups.  White rice falls apart under
 CS> the longer cooking and i dont always want 'rice porridge'.

Sounds like you're on the road to giving it a chance.


 CS> I'm eyeballing an old recipe I never MM'd with lentils, split peas
 CS> (just a handful) and a sliver or so of fat-back.  It gets onions, bell
 CS> peppers, tomatoes, and I think some brown basmati would be a hit.

Definately use the brown rice here. Combined with the lentils and split
peas, you wouldn't even need the fat back for protein unless you wanted
the flavor.

 CS> Spicing is curry powder and black pepper.  I'd always done it with
 CS> canned tomatoes but i have so many ripe ones, I plan to try that.

Sounds good, just skin the tomatoes first if you want. I'd probably do
so as the tomato skin doesn't disintegrate in cooking that well.


 >  CS> there and flowers all over the cucumber plant.

 > Your garden is doing quite well. Our neighbors pulled up the pumpkin
 > plants but did plant some watermelon seeds in replacement.  I think the

 CS> Well next year we need to rethink the containers a bit.  They are too
 CS> close and now the cucumbers all along the ground are getting on things

First year is always the "let's see how this will work" year.  You learn
from it for the next year. (G)

 CS> they shouldnt such as the tomatoes that fell over due to not enough
 CS> stakes.

Should have used the cages.(G)


 CS> Man, fresh cucumbers from my own yard are so good!  The tomatoes are
 CS> very meaty vice juicy and *great* eating.  Starting to get more than
 CS> we can eat. I think you said I can freeze them as they are til I have
 CS> enough to can?  I am almost at that stage with more arriving than we
 CS> can eat.

Yes, skin them & pack into freezer boxes. (I'll be bringing you a couple
dozen or so of them.) Well packed, you shouldn't need any extra water,
salt, etc in with them.


 >  > it didn't stay that way all day.

 >  CS> Rats.  Probably like me, doenst stay that way so enjoy with it is.

 > I know, and I do.  The problem is, even every day tasks can bring on the
 > pain.  But, by knowing it's there, I know I'm still living. (G)

 CS> Same here.  My back has been on very good behavior but i know it's
 CS> just a spate of good times and mostly because I shifted to no longer
 CS> do things that bother it.

That's a big help! They know how valuable you are so don't want you laid
up with back problems.

 CS> Oh, OT but useful.  In the last 2 months before Steve retires, have
 CS> him bump his SGLI to max allowed.  Reason is later, he will not be

I'm pretty sure it's at that already.


 CS> allowed to get VGLI higher than his amount at retirement.  Don's

Which we may not opt for.


 CS> limited to 50,000 and the rate is not bad for his age group (cant find
 CS> better).  33$ and change a month. Goes up as you get older but not
 CS> radically and cheaper than outside insurance at same age group.  You
 CS> do not have to later keep that same higher amount and can drop it down
 CS> if you want, but you cant ever raise it above the amount at
 CS> retirement.

Good to think about but we've got a fair amount of "outside" insurance.
We had some before Steve went into the Army and added more over the
years. I'm now uninsurable but Steve isn't.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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