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Skriven 2009-02-12 17:29:46 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20718 av Carol Shenkenberger (27260.cooks)
Ärende: Cooking habits                                           [1]
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Hi Carol,


 >  CS> to keeping handy.  Just no fresh fruit or veggies (canned and frozen
 >  CS> both).

 > Those long months at sea where you would stock up the family before
 > leaving still holding an influence?  We did the main trip Friday
 > afternoon and went back Saturday afternoon for some more fresh produce.

 CS> Yup, I actually have food probably for another month if we wanna go
 CS> all canned and frozen.  I need fresh stuff though.

We do now but I didn't before last week end. I'm gradually using up all
my canned & frozen stuff.

 >  CS> Thats good.  He's a bit young to be gone still that long if it can be
 >  CS> avoided.
 CS>  >
 > That's how we felt.  We're also appreciating the fact that Rachel is
 > being a stay at home mom this school year.  She's making noises about
 > going back to teaching next year but Sarah will have almost a full year
 > of mom time if she does.

 CS> Things are a bit harder now so sometimes that's not all that much of
 CS> an option.  Be easy on her if so.

We will; they bought a house last year just before the market went
really bad so houses around them are selling for lots less.


 >  CS> Hehehe everyone has a pig-out day now and again!
 CS>  >
 > I know but from what she described, I thought they had friends over to
 > watch the game. No, all the stuff she made was just for them.  But,
 > they're working it off at the gym. (G)

 CS> LOL!  Don and i do that at times.  Tonight was a simple meal but based
 CS> on that chicken you hear me and Janis talking about.  I added about
 CS> cup cooked chicken to an 'arroz pollo' (rice mix, mexican style) box.

Last night was Zaxby's for us. I had an appointment in town at 4:15,
didn't get in until much later (left the office about 6).  Grabbed the
fast food because it was on the way to church & we were still late.
Tonight will be gyros and salad.  BTW, the anemia/high platelet problem
seems to be in part, due to the way we eat. We don't do the white,
proccessed cereals, breads, rice (all vitamin & mineral enriched) and go
light on the red meats.  There's probably more but that's the
oncologist's first thoughts.

 >  CS> sideline to the momma-milk for another month or so.  I was letting
 >  CS> Charlotte investigate a bit of solids by that age with no problems.

 > Rachel was too but Deborah wasn't interested at all until about 9
 > months.

 CS> At 9 months, Charlotte was chasing the cats (running, not walking).
 CS> She didnt really take to solids much til about 9 months.  They were
 CS> 'interesting mouth bits' til then.

Nine months is a good starting age for solids. I've seen so many young
moms with little baggies of Cheerios for kids about that age.

 CS> All kids are different and Charlotte was slow to roll over (by a few
 CS> weeks, not radical), crawled maybe 1 week, then stood up and ran.  She
 CS> was slow to crawl having instead adapted to 'rolling in one direction
 CS> to catch the cats' very very well.  Once that didnt work, I guess
 CS> crawling didnt give that much advantage so she stood up and within a
 CS> week was running them ragged all over the house.

Yes, Rachel walked at just short of a year. If she fell, she was happy
to crawl some more before getting up again. OTOH, Deborah walked at
about 13 months.  If she fell, she was right back up on her feet and
running thru the house again.  We didn't have any pets at the time
either girl started walkimg so chasing them was not an incentive option.

 > I do too but can't do that for a food pantry.  It has to be commercially
 > canned (or boxed).  We used up the last can of Campbell's tomato soup
 > that we'll ever buy the other day. They have a new line out now,
 > Campbell's V-8, in aseptic boxes & no HFCS.  We've tried the tomato and
 > golden butternut squash, both pretty good.  We haven't tried the cream
 > of broccoli yet but there's a box on our shelf, waiting to be tried.

 CS> Well, we have a church we fix food for fairly oten and they do not
 CS> require that but they are probably simpler. No state support, just
 CS> local stuff.

This is stuff given away for home use, not a soup kitchen type thing. I
think the city has our church's name on a list of where to go for food
bank help.


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Ruth
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