Text 10715, 147 rader
Skriven 2008-07-17 20:35:02 av Carol Shenkenberger (16967.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 10620 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Feet dont fail me now!
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 >  CS> It';s more a matter of saving them 'fats' up for where it matters.
 >  CS> It's not an issue for the picnic but a long term thing. There used to
 > 
 > I understand.  Some foods are easy to eat low fat but others, I'd rather
 > have a fuller fat version.

Same here.  We may not match just where we both use fats, but the concept is
the same.

 >  CS> be an echo called 'low-fat' and i moderated it for a time.
 > 
 > I never got into that one.

It was fun but I had a problem with the occasional yahoo who would pick apart
a recipe and say 'but that's 40% calories from fat' not noticing that the
overall dish was very low and the few fats were olive oil and such.  Air
popped popcorn for example with a spritz of olive oil and 'butter buds'.


 >  >  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> Oh we are there!  Just in selected ways, such as crockpotting.  I'm
 > 
 > You are much further along than a lot of people. Most don't want to make
 > a conversion or do so at a snail's pace. (G)

Hey, it's easy. I swap foods easily now and a good thing finds it's way fast
into my home.  Part and parcel of having moved overseas where perforce one
has to find new things for old favs not available.

 >  CS> not gona be getting 20lb bags of brown anytime soon if ever, but used
 >  CS> up most of a 5 lb one in the crockpot already.
 > 
 > We buy it in bulk at the natural foods store--around 5 pounds or so at a
 > time. Most of it goes in the freezer with a rice cooker portion or two
 > in the fridge.

I first freeze all rice then after that, move it to airtight keepers.  Before
I did that, we had lots of bug problems.

 >  >  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, be
 > 
 >  > 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> Flavor there, not much fatback added.
 > 
 > OTOH, it has enough other flavors for us, that I'd eliminate the fat
 > back.

For me, it's dried beans that normally get no meat or fats at all.  Just a
heavy spicing hand.  Lentils though seem to need a little fatback so I'll add
1/4 cup or so cubed bits to the 5 litre pot.

 >  >  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.
 >  CS>  >
 >  > 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> I noticed but my family seems to regard this as normal roughage and
 > 
 > OK, fine with me.

I am now officially indunuated with tomatoes.  Cropping 5-6 a day.  

 >  >  CS> Well next year we need to rethink the containers a bit.  They are to
 >  >  CS> close and now the cucumbers all along the ground are getting on thin
 >  CS>  >
 >  > First year is always the "let's see how this will work" year.  You learn
 >  > from it for the next year. (G)
 > 
 >  CS> True!
 > 
 > So many things you learn better from hind sight; some are easier to
 > apply "life's lessons" to. (G)

Mostly we need to position the containers better.  We have them too close to
the cucumbers so the vines make it hard to get at the other stuff.

 >  >  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> Most shifts were at home.  Work here, didnt cause a problem.
 > 
 > Good. Just be cautious with what you do at home so you don't throw the
 > back out again. Don't be afraid to ask for help; doing it yourself is a
 > fast way to an injury some times.

Very true, so today when we did some of the work on the house after I got
home, Charlotte got drafted.  It wasnt much but we laid out the outdoor
carpet in the sunroom and the screened porch.  The sunroom portion was cut
generous so has possibly 2ft of extra but that's good as they didnt have just
the right size so once we trim that off, we have the bits to cover the spots
at the door where it's not quite wide enough by some 4 inches.  JUst lay the
excess under that spot and will look good enough.  No cutting just yet
though.  Once you lay it down, it needs to 'settle' as it spreads just a tad.

The screened porch portion (a standard green grass looking bit) was cut about
4 inches shorter than the porch but we checked and we mis-measured.  It's
actually a good thing as we had build a shelf in there and now we dont have
to move it.  We left a cut over section bare as we have other 'mud trapping'
devices along that spot.

 >  >  CS> allowed to get VGLI higher than his amount at retirement.  Don's
 >  CS>  >
 >  > Which we may not opt for.
 > 
 >  CS> May not, but the option is closed later to go higher.  Rates may
 >  CS> change on you  which is what happened with Don.  Had we known this in
 >  CS> time, he'd be
 >  CS> insurable for more at a reasonable rate.  VGLI keeps dropping it's
 >  CS> rates. Imagine that.
 > 
 > Don was out at a younger age than Steve will be; we may decide we don't
 > want the VGLI based on what we'd have to pay for it at his age of
 > retirement.

True but here's how it works.  He raises his SGLI to max 1-2 months before 
retirement.  Then at retirement, he _selects_ what portion of that he wants
to use for VGLI.  It need not be the same amount, can be lower.  Just can
never be *higher*.  Don is now older than Steve and can't find insurance for
a smoker at this rate for 50,000$ nor will it get better as he gets older. 
Rates go up as you get older with VGLI but not as fast or high as other
places.  The next best rates are the 1$ a day sort for 10,000$ which is about
what VGLI is costing.

Just keep it in mind.  It's an option that you may never want to use, but if
not shifted before retirement, can not be changed after it to cover more than
current.  I know for me, I will bump my SGLI to max allowed just before
retirement then drop back to 400,000$ with VGLI.  I never went with the 'pay
for x years and covered for life' stuff when I should have and nearing 50
now, cant get better for me.
           xxcarol

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