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Skriven 2008-05-22 14:20:53 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 7521 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: picnic cookware                                          [1]
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Hi Janis,

>> getting some swimming therapy that she especially loves, because it

 JK> > Good to hear that.  My dad had to have his gall bladder out last
 JK> year > about this time. They ended up doing surgery over 2 days and he
 JK> still > had a lot of problems afterward.

 JK> I'm sorry to hear about that, it must have been a very rough time for

It was--he had that, a bladder blockage and then prostate surgery pretty
much back to back (late April to end of July).  Several months worth of
recovery after all that and then more surgery in January as they found
they'd not gotten all of the gall stones.


 JK> him. Things are better now I hope as far as fatty foods go, at least
 JK> in general? or does he just avoid them altogether?

He's doing OK, as far as we can tell.  We'll be visiting them for a few
days before the picnic & can get a better picture of his health. Mom
doesn't fry too much stuff--hasn't for the past some odd years but their
diets could still use a major revamp.  Too much white stuff & sweets.


 JK> did, > before Dad did. It's not a fun thing but having the laproscopic
 JK> > proceedure is so much easier than the "big cut".

 JK> It does make the recovery period much shorter, but for the elderly it
 JK> is still major surgery no matter how you "cut" it .. :(  But I am glad
 JK> that Mom didn't have to have normal surgery.

(G) The laproscopic is the "normal" surgery for the gall bladder these
days. I know what you mean.  The recovery time for the laproscopic is
shorter but the patient still has to be careful not to overdo. I got
"chewed out" for coming to Sunday School and church 5 days after my
surgery.


>> ol' doc was joking with Dad.. Dad was a surgeon in his own right :) He
>> was a Medic trained in the Navy on the Quincy in WWII.. xx will tell

 JK> > My dad was Navy, Pacific theater during WWII.  I've gathered, from
 JK> his > stories, the food was really bad when the supply ships couldn't
 JK> get to > them.

 JK> Yes, heard that somewhat as well, and it makes sense. Dad never talked
 JK> about the food too much.. I guess it was that bad haha.. not worth

My dad's least favorite time was in mid December 1944 to early January,
1945.  They had 3 weeks of meals alternating between spam and canned
corned beef. Even Christmas dinner was one or the other.


 JK> talking about so much perhaps? He sang some funny songs about it
 JK> though ;)  He talked about the war alot though.. My Mom has a CD he
 JK> recorded before he died, of his experiences on the Quincy when it
 JK> sank.. She's going to send it to me and I can't wait to get it. What a
 JK> nightmare that must have been.

Very much so! My dad wrote up his memoirs 5 years ago, at Rachel's
prodding.  He also edited a booklet written by one of his commanders;
we've got copies of both.

>> a darn cold summer.. never warmed up enough.. I didn't believe it was
>> possible!

 JK> > Believe it.  Be glad you're not in the mountains.  The river
 JK> probably > helps moderate the temerature to some extent, doesn't it?

 JK> Sure, a river will always do that somewhat.. it did that quite a bit
 JK> in Lousiville (the Ohio made Louiville so humid as well).. but here,

As does the ocean. I miss the trade winds of HI that kept the humidity
at a reasonable level.

 JK> Susquehanna is not as large :) Neither is the Chenango.. at least
 JK> where they are near us.. :) But Windsor is in this little valley.. The
 JK> Susquehanna runs right past us, down the hill from our house.  We

Thought so.

 JK> escape most of the really
 JK> 'bad' snow storms in the region but rarely escape  the cold fronts the
 JK> region experiences.. well, I don't think this year anyone  in the
 JK> eastern part of the US has escaped them :( But for all my complaining,

We had some colder than usual weather both this past April and last year
in April.  Global warming?

 JK> I went outside yesterday and took a look at my garden beds to see how
 JK> they made it through last night's "frost" we were warned about (I
 JK> decided not to  cover anything up..). The lettuce is doing great, the
 JK> Peas are abundant and growing all over, the broccolli is also doing
 JK> great and so is the cabbage :) so that's ok :) All I need is warm day
 JK> which should be in a few days to get the tomatoes in and I'm set..

Sounds good. I'm not sure how much my dad has put in.  I think he was
holding back a bit on the lettuce so that he could get the tomato and
bacon in so all would come ripe at the same time. (G)

 JK> then throw in a few more seeds when I feel like it :) No sign of the
 JK> beets sprouting yet, but that's ok.. they'll make it eventually ...

Yes, then you'll have all the fun of putting stuff up.

 JK> > Yes, it is very easy. But, we know that when a piece comes
 JK> > "preseasoned", we still have to do some seasoning work.  We bought a

 JK> I've never bought one that was pre-seasoned.. all of mine had to
 JK> seasoned. I don't think I've even seen one that was preseasoned :)
 JK> Then again, it could be when I bought the cast iron set I have.. it
 JK> was maybe 12 years ago..

They say the item is pre seasoned but in reality, it's not. It has just
a thin coating of oil and, since you're supposed to wash it up in soapy
water before using the first time, that's gone. The only way to get cast
iron seasoned is over time.


 JK> > fridge/freezer space. Generally she has her fridge so full of odds

 JK> Sounds like my Mom's fridge in the old days :) Must be the eternal
 JK> "mom's fridge" :) :) I gave up keeping leftovers long ago.. unless I
 JK> know I'm going to use them in something, that is.  I've gotten quite

Planned overs vs recycles?


 JK> good at figuring out how much to cook for the two of us in general.
 JK> And then if I do keep something, it gets used right away, and only

I'll keep stuff for a bit but generally have a plan use it. Sometimes I
will cook extra, with plans for using it in another way in a day or two.


 JK> once, so to speak. I hate the idea of using leftovers "twice" but that
 JK> rarely happens if at all. This weekend I made Pasta e Piseed (Pasta
 JK> and Peas) for my daughter and her family, and kept the two cups of
 JK> sauce leftover.. Ron and I had Italian Sausage and Onions last night
 JK> and I kept the one sausage leftover as well ... today for lunch, we
 JK> had Tortellini with that lonely sausage sliced up in the Pasta e
 JK> Piseed sauce, over the tortelini.. was great :)

Good way to use up odds and ends.

 JK> ===Pasta e Piseed  (Pasta and Peas)===

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