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Skriven 2008-01-30 12:02:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1481 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> 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>.

 JK> > For sure!  Steve is also a strong advocate against my prolonged use
 JK> of > it also.

 JK> Yep.. Ron is the same way.. It's good to have some backup <g>..  in
 JK> other words, someone who sees the same thing you do when you're taking
 JK> something like that.

Yes, and sometimes they see things that you might not pick up on. I was
having major problems with it, more than I was aware of, but Steve saw
some and let the doctors know.

 JK> > Had another blood check today; they did the analysis right
 JK> > away and gave us a print out.  Everything is OK, if on the low side
 JK> of > the normal range.

 JK> That is good news.. Glad things are progressing positively :)

So am I!  My energy level has stayed decent so far; I've had a bit of
nausea a couple of times but we're wondering if that could have come
from other sources. We've barely touched the meals I made and put in the
freezer last November and December in anticipation of problems.  But,
I've still got a stretch to go and we may dig deeply into them before
it's all over.


 JK> >  Doctor figures I'll finish treatments in early March;

 JK> That's good news!  I don't remember how long my son had to receive his
 JK> treatment, but I do remember being relieved when it was over and
 JK> things were getting back to normal around here for him <smile>... but
 JK> really, it's hard when you're kids get sick with anything.

I know; you want to be there for them but realise that they are adults
and you can't baby them.  Rachel called last week; her family has had a
touch of flu and strep--I'm here doing this and can't go out to make
chicken soup for them. I can't also go up to take care of my parents.


 JK> > we're going to treat ourselves to a Mannheim Steamroller concert on
 JK> the > 7th of March.

 JK> That's really neat! I hope you have a great time!

We should; a friend in Berlin introduced us to their music about 16
years ago. I think I've got all of their Christmas CDs.

>> 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"

 JK> > We used it more when our 2 girls were at home; I made a lot of their
 JK> > school lunches.

 JK> I remember Ron and the kids here really enjoying homemade bread for
 JK> lunches as well :)  Kind of spoiled them all <bg>

Yes, but did your kids go on a "we want white bread" spell?  Our girls
did, first in their early school years, then a bit in high school.  What
"cured" them the first time was after we packed out for going to
Germany, we had to buy school breakfasts and lunches for a few days.
After severaldaysof eating the white bread, they decided they liked the
whole wheat better.  Getting out on their own after high school made
them realise they liked whole wheat bread better--when they did't have
me around to make it.  Rachel's husband was a hard convert but he's
coming around.

>> 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,

 JK> > Nice that you could do that for him.  We didn't have the allergy
 JK> > problem; we just prefer whole wheat bread. (G)

 JK> hehe :)  Understand :)  Back then though, it wasn't allergies that
 JK> demanded it.. corn wasn't so apparent in our diet then like it is
 JK> _now_. I think Ominvore's Dillema put a date of around the mid-1980's
 JK> when corn started getting pushed in this country, but I'd have to

I'm going to have to get me a copy of that book. (G) We had various ones
influence our decision, IIRC, "The Supermarket Handbook" (I'm pretty
sure that was the name of it.), "More With Less" and "The Deaf Smith
County Cookbook" were all early influences, with a bit from "Laurel's
Kitchen" as well.

 JK> check <grin>.  For us at the time, the kids were little, and costing a
 JK> bunch, and Ron and I hadn't started working as
 JK> programmers/designers yet.. Work was just plain hard to find where we
 JK> were living.. Ron did find work as a manager in the hospital field,
 JK> but it's not what he went to school for <grin>.

When we got married, Steve was working building fiberglass pleasure
boats.  When Rachel was a year old (4 years into our marriage), he was
laid off. He then got a job working for the Marine Corps Exchange, non
appropriated funds (bare minimum wage) and we found out that Deborah was
on the way.  He was also pastoring a small church (very minimal income),
on the volunteer fire department and going to school two nights a week
for his associate's degree. About a year after the church closed and we
lost that income is when he decided to go into the Army; we were losing
money every month keeping up with normal expenses.

>> Ronzoni's latest entry? Anyway, I have tried whole grain pasta from a

 JK> > I've seen the ads (corny) but not bought any.  Have you tried the
 JK> > Jerusalem artichoke pastas?

 JK> Yes, not much selection though from what I remember.  I thought it was
 JK> interesting that someone had done that though :)  Between Wegman's and
 JK> DowntoEarth, you can find a good selection of different types of pasta
 JK> though, so that's good.

Yes, I've seen rice pasta and other kinds as well, at the various
natural food stores. We don't have Wegman's but a couple of the grocery
stores have a fair selection of natural foods--better selection than
what we would have thought.  Even the commissary is carrying some
organic products and whole grain pasta--big change from when we first
went in.

>> 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

 JK> > You mean raw or turbinado sugar?  We buy that too; all my jam making
 JK> > last summer was done with it. I think it added just a hint of a
 JK> molasses > (a nice nuance) to some of them.

 JK> Hmm.. have to remember the name ... sucranot I think?  It's very
 JK> molasses tasting, and good.  It's really the only one that Eoin can
 JK> tolerate.

OK, I'm not familiar with that. But if it's all Eoin can tolerate, then
that's what's needed.  Now that he's over a year old, has Lauren tried
honey with him?

>> 20's now, knowing what we "know", I'd be doing the same <g>.

 JK> > Our problem then was the cash flow.  We did do as much as we could
 JK> with > whole grains but didn't have the extra money to buy a mill.
 JK> Instead I'd > buy 25 or 50 pound sacks of (usually) Arrowhead Mills
 JK> flour and other > whole grains in smaller quantities.

 JK> I sure understand that. :)

Been there, done that, no tee shirt? (G)

>> Wow.. both wrists?  that sounds SO painful :(  I had to give up

 JK> > It was but I had external fixitures instead of casts. That gave me
 JK> some > use of my hands. That was in 1992; in 93 the right wrist was
 JK> > reconstructed followed by the left one in 94. I've got plates and
 JK> screws > in both of them now, as well as my left elbow.

 JK> That's amazing to hear, really.  You've been through a bit there :(

Yes, but I'm still living and breathing. Beats the alternative. (G)

 JK> > sisters in law asked how long I kneaded it.  My answer was "until it
 JK> > feels right".  She then asked if I did it by the clock (5-10 minutes
 JK> is > the usual reccommendation); I told her that I don't watch the
 JK> clock
 JK> > because the right "feel" varies from batch to batch, depending on
 JK> the > temperature, humidity, etc.  She had been doing the clock watch
 JK> thing > and having inconsistant results; I think she was amazed that I
 JK> could
 JK> > tell by feel if the dough had been kneaded enough.

 JK> I'm the same way as you.. I go by the feel of the dough and don't
 JK> watch the clock.. even after I got my kitchenaid, I'd run it for what
 JK> the manual said since it's a shorter time than the flour packages
 JK> state, then  I'd take it out, give it a push to get a sense of the
 JK> "feel" of it, and go from there <grin>.

I tried it a few times with the Oster bu was never happy with the dough
hooks.  They implied no need to knead more but I always had to so I told
Steve it was just as easy to do it all from scratch to start with.


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

 JK> > Very much so!  I made a pizza the other night. The sauce was hot
 JK> since


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