Text 32452, 125 rader
Skriven 2013-01-09 18:44:07 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 32410 av Nancy Backus (62590.cooking)
Ärende: Hurry
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 NB> Wise choice.  Even when it is a meds interaction, it's better to check
 NB> things out to be sure... especially when there's cause for other
 NB> concern.

 DD>> together. BINGO! Something in the Prilosec was kicking up the Zestril
 DD>> (BP med) to notches unknown. So, on his recommendation I now take the
 DD>> Prilosec at night - and haven't had a problem since.
 NB>> Good catch.  Often the ones fresh out of school are good that way.
 NB>> Meds interactions can be sneaky...  ;0

 DD> Yeah, and you know, I usually, when prescribed a new med go to Web.MD,
 DD> drugs.com and healthtools.aarp.org and look for potential problems. I
 DD> didn't  this time and it bit me on the arse.

 NB> Sometimes not all the possible interactions are known at the beginning.
 NB> Which was the new med...?  But your list seems pretty thorough... :)

The Prilosec generic. MY primary croaker doesn't think I have gallstones - but
an ulcer. Me, I dunno. I'm just the guy who has the pain quit abruptly when I
have an episode ... like something passing and relieving the pressure causing
the pain. And the episodes are irregular enough that were it really an ulcer,
given my dietary choices ......

Anyway since I have switched the ingestion of the capsule to a bedtime thing it
has not messed with my BP. And it cleared up a sporadic irregularity problem I
have battled for several years. I don't *know* that the new med did the trick
on that ... but, the timing is spot-on.
 
 DD>> The only problem I had with the ER was that they don't feed and it had
 DD>> been a  long time since breakfast. They also squawked about even giving
 DD>> me water until they asked the main ER croaker.
 NB>> Yeah... they can't do anything without "orders" from the attending...
 NB>> and they generally don't give anything by mouth just in case you might
 NB>> need emergency procedures or surgery...

 DD> I didn't want a beer or a burger ... just a small, cold, cup of water.
 DD> I really  wasn't much interested in food until just before they turned
 DD> me loose.

 NB> Even ice chips generally need special permission...  Good thing you
 NB> weren't after a beer or burger, those aren't generally stocked in ERs..
 NB> but they might have some crackers around, or jello... or sugar packets,
 NB> for a diabetic low-sugar reaction...  ;)

Well, I can live off the fat of the land for calories. But, dang, I do get a
bad case of cotton mouth after a bit. Especially if I have been wrung out by
the Lasix.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Homemade Tonic Water
 Categories: Beverages, Herbs, Citrus
      Yield: 2 Cups
 
    1/8 c  Powdered cinchona bark
           Zest & juice of one orange
           Zest & juice of one lemon
           Zest & juice of one lime
    1/2 ts Allspice berries
    1/2 ts Cardamom pods
      2 c  Water
        pn Salt
  1 1/2 c  Agave syrup
           Seltzer water
 
  Put the water in a pot on high heat. Add all of fruit and
  herbs.
  
  When it comes to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and let it cook
  for about 20 minutes.
  
  Let it cool. Strain it through a paper coffee filter. (This
  takes a long time, but if you don't use the paper filter, a
  lot of the cinchona powder will stay in, and you don't want
  to get a mouthful of it; it's incredibly bitter.)
  
  Add water to bring the volume back up to two cups.
  
  You've now got the basic concentrate for tonic water. You
  can either mix the agave in now, or you can do it when you
  make a glass of tonic. It's less work to just add the syrup
  now, but the concentrate will keep longer if you don't. I
  don't mix them.
  
  To make the tonic, mix together two tablespoons of
  concentrate (more if you like it extra bitter), and about 1
  1/2 tablespoons of agave syrup. Then add one cup of seltzer
  water.
  
  You can use a basic sugar syrup instead of the agave; the
  standard bar mix simple syrup substitutes with roughly the
  same quantity. But I think that the agave is better. Agave
  has a slightly different mouthfeel than cane sugar, and I
  think that it sweetens and smooths out the tonic without
  cutting too much of the bitterness. Cane sugar to me either
  doesn't taste sweet enough, or kills the edge of the tonic.
  
  To make a killer rum & tonic, take a nice light rum or cachaca
  (Cachaca is a Brazilian liquor made from sugar cane juice,
  rather than from molasses; it tastes like a mild rum with a
  bit of grassiness), and mix it, 1 part rum to 3 parts tonic,
  and serve over ice.
  
  The one problem with this recipe is that Cinchona bark is
  kind of hard to find. The most common source of it is flaky
  herbal medicine stores. But some of the really large online
  spice shops have it. I bought a bunch from a place called
  "Tenzing Momo". They definitely qualify as "flaky herbal
  medicine store", but they also carry a really good selection
  of cooking herbs and spices. Cinchona is sold by the ounce;
  one ounce is about 1/4 cup.
  
  Posted by: Mark C. Chu-Carroll
  
  From: http://scienceblogs.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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