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Skriven 2008-01-27 02:48:08 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 1271 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Ruth!

Boy how crazy it's been the last two days :) I was hoping for one those
weekends where you think, geez there must be something to do <grin> .
>>> really happy with too much in the way of whole-grains..
>> > It's something you have to work in to.

>> I dunno.. been trying for years.  Some things just tear up my guts
>> something wicked.. probably from all the blasted meds I've been on
>> over the years.. Prednisone was the worst of them - I was on it long
>> term too at least for couple of years.. Doesn't stop me from trying
>> anything though :)  I just pay for it later haha

> I understand; I was on prednisone for almost a year (2000) and it did
> some not so nice things to my system.  I kept up with the whole grain
> diet tho.  Since then I've only taken it in short bursts (5-10 days)
> whenever I've had a really bad case of bronchitis.  Didn't get any this
> time, just antibiotics from my primary care doctor.

Yeah, it's definitely in the "nasty" but unknown "how" nasty category.. til you
take it for a long time. <g> Then you swear, no matter what, you'll only take
it for like a week <grin>.

>>> flour.. but the mixer->oven method isn't as 'sensitive' it seems.
>> > OK, we just go with the machine 99% of the time.

When my daughter and her boys and hubby were living here, yeah, I used the
bread machine a lot more.. It was great to have a loaf of "safe" bread for Eoin
(her 4 year old, pronounced Owen .. it's gaelic <g>) in a couple of hours
because of his food allergies.  For the two of us, it's not so critical given
my guts <grin>. I do buy pasta that's partially whole grain and  partially
semolina though.. I think it's Ronzoni's latest entry? Anyway, I have tried
whole grain pasta from a number of factories and my guts rebelled most
definitely until this combination.  My daughter's family are vegetarians,
mostly because, like Lauren, my daughter, he's allergic to most everything on
earth that most people eat. All they eat is whole grain, milled from home like
you. She even only buys weird sugar <bg>.  I guess if I was in my 20's now,
knowing what we "know", I'd be doing the same <g>.

>> If we'd had good bread makers when I had my smaller mixer I probably
>> would have done the same.. They weren't as nice as they are now though

> I never thought I'd want one when they first came out; a few years
> later, I broke both wrists.  Steve likes whole wheat bread and kneading
> it hurts so he got me a machine.  I do miss the kneading from time to
> time but not the pain afterward.

Wow.. both wrists?  that sounds SO painful :(  I had to give up kneading dough
by hand when I was maybe 24 or so.. I can do it for a little while, but not
long enough :(

>>> When I use the oven, I normally use a brick-insert, made by

>> > I've seen pictures of them; we took the cheater's way out.  We have
>> half > dozen unglazed quarry tiles on the bottom rack of our oven. (G)

>> Yes, that's how I did it as well for a long time.  There are benefites
>> to both.. you don't mind taking out the tiles since you just stack
>> them up and remove them, the heathkit insert is a little more of a job
>> to remove if you don't want to use it that day.  I normally just leave
>> it in the oven, but for delicate baking, like angel food cake, etc. I

> In our situation, we prefer the convenience of having something easily
> removable.  Helps when it comes time to pack out for moving. (G)  Maybe
> when we evntually settle down, we can go with a proper insert thing.

Yes, I can see how with your situation it would be better to use the tiles.
They do work great...

>> > Steve had about 2 fish on each slice of pizza--way overdone!

>> Oh, and he complained??? Lol :)  If there weren't at least 2 on my
>> pizza slice I'd complain to the management and demand more !!! <laugh>

> He wasn't raised with them, nor was I.  Our girls were young at the time
> (about 7 & 5) & but at the stage where they knew what they liked on
> their pizza.  Anchovies were not popular.  I've had a few from time to
> time, usually one at a time, but sort of watch out for them now as
> they're high in salt.

I just asked Ron how someone could not like anchovies, and he said, I dunno,
it's a mystery to me (I think NOT <g>).. he really hates them :) To me, they
are so normal :)

>>> > There is an Italian store in Rochester. (G) What about Binghamton?

>>> I haven't been able to find one.. but there are some in Scranton PA
>>> where my family is from, that's an hour away. I could have missed some
>>> little shops in the neighborhoods.

>> > Check the phone books. (G)

>> I did.. I don't see any :( not listed as such, at least..

> I'm not sure if there is one in Savannah or not. There doesn't seem to
> be that great an Italian population as compared to some other ethnic
> groups (Irish).

We have somewhat of an Italian population here..  but this kills me.. I know my
Grandmother's northern Italian family lives here in Binghamton.  They are here
"someplace".. One of my second cousins even works at Binghamton University as a
dean of physics or something :) They came to our house maybe once (it's very
weird being half-northern Italian and half-sicilian).. but maybe one day I'll
contact some of them :) Would be very neat :)

>> =======Risotto with Broiled Chicken and Sausage ===
>> This looks complicated, but it's not, really :) It isn't classic
>> Risotto by any means, either <grin>

> Michael made a nice one at the last picnic.

Ah .. I love a good risotto :)

>  We were going to have a
> rice taste off but ended up with just his risotto and me cooking a rice
> cooker potful of a rice blend.  Both went well with everything else
> served and there wasn't a lot of rice for Gail to find stowage for
> afterward. (G)

Sounds like such a neat Cooking echo picnic :)  I hope this one is as good to
read about :)

Take care,
Janis

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