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Skriven 2012-08-28 21:45:57 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 28802 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Tasting
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Hi Nancy,


 RH> My parents have a bunch saved up to add to water to make "gravy" when
 RH> they don't have any other flavored liquid to put on the dog's food. I
 RH> think the packets are years old tho; I thought about tossing them out

 NB> Given how salty they are, is that all that good for the dog?

No, but the dog has enough other health issues that it doesn't matter.
He doesn't get the flavor packets that often because there's usually
potato water, meat juice, gravy or something else to put on his food.

 NB>  NB>> I particularly like the oriental
 NB>  NB>> seasoning, as it adds a nice touch to things like my congee...

 RH> I'm not that overly fond of one flavor over another; they all taste
 RH> very similar--salty--IMO.

 NB> The oriental has ginger, amongst other things, which does tend to
 NB> mitigate the salty to some extent... and, as I've said before, I use
 NB> it a lot more sparingly than designed...

 RH> I was rather surprised when I looked at the labelling a couple of
 RH> weeks ago; I'd forgotten how bad they were in the salt department. And
 RH> who eats only half a packet of them at a time?

 NB> I'm a little suprised at your surprise, as you remember quite well how
 NB> overly salty they taste...  (G)  I have known people to use two

Surprised at how high the figures were--the % of a daily diet. I knew
they were salty, I'd not paid that close attention to the numbers. Now
that I'm carb checking, I'm looking closer at other numbers as well.

 NB> packets of noodles for only one packet of seasoning, which is almost
 NB> like eating half a packet salt-wise...  The ramen noodles also pack a
 NB> fairly high
 NB> fat content, which surprised me, way back when, when I checked out
 NB> things.

They're fried, some companies bake them but those are harder to find.


 NB> I... :)  NB>> Someday I may get back into making my own stocks, but it
 NB> isn't
 NB>  NB>> happening right now... :)

 RH> I understand, and there may be a time when I go for the convenience of
 RH> a boughten one. My MIL buys, instead of making, her meat balls now --
 RH> shocking!  (G)

 NB> The time/energy/convenience equation does shift over time... It's good
 NB> to have options... :)   Lately I've been seriously considering boiling
 NB> up some asparagus stock... I've got lots of ends tucked away in the
 NB> freezer, and the price of asparagus is way high so I'm loath to buy it
 NB> fresh at the moment, and I'm needing an asperagan fix...  (G)


Go for it some time when you've got a bit of extra time. Do it some
evening when you're home if you are out during the day. Do it in the
crock pot if you want to do it during the day. Do it overnight in the
crock pot as far as that goes. (G)

 RH> Talked to my dad a few minutes ago. Update on Mom is that once a day
 RH> (and not on week ends) she's walking, with a walker, to the nurses
 RH> station and back. As I understand, it's almost right outside her door
 RH> (across the hall) so it's not much.

 NB> It's not much, but it's more than we thought she was doing, so that's
 NB> at least a good thing.  Any walking is better than none.  :)

 RH> He said that he was walking several times a day from the start.

 NB> Different bodies heal differently...

As, we suspect, different breaks, knowing what one of our friends went
thru.


 RH> Anyway, he and my brother are going to set up an appointment with
 RH> the doctor so they can find out what's what.

 NB> That's a very good thing.  Did you happen to get the doctor's name
 NB> when you talked to your dad...?

No, but will check the hospital web site. (G)


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