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Skriven 2013-05-27 16:27:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av JANIS KRACHT
Ärende: Re: Hard Boiled Eggs
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-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 05-26-13  00:59 <=-

 > Something about the appeal of having fresh eggs regularly.. balanced,
 > though, by the thought of regular maintenance of said hens and
 > henhouse...  ;)
 JK> And all the woes when critters get in it (g)

Well, yes....  ;)
 
 >  Living within city limits, it wouldn't even be an option for me.

 JK> Funny thing is I hate living in the sticks.. but darn it I keep
 JK> finding myself in that environment. Ha :)  I mean I thought living in
 JK> Windsor was the pits ... until we moved here .. Oh well.. 

I'm somewhat torn... I'd not mind living in a more rural setting, but
I'm not really into the sort of driving that my sister (who did take
that route, and lives 40 minutes away from here) has to do...  There's
good and bad in both, to my mind.  :)

 JK> "the city" (ouch) is just 10 minutes away thank goodness ... and I
 JK> use "the city" loosely here given what I grew up with.. :) Anyway,
 JK> enjoy the fact that the city is there for you. :) 

I hear you.  :)  Actually Rochester is a nice compromise, for being in
city life... most of the advantages of The City (NYC), but much more
compact, and not nearly so populous...  I lived for 6 years, growing up,
in Willow Grove, an outer suburb (small town) of Philly, before we moved
here... The advantages of downtown Philly were only a walk away from our
house here, on the edge of the city limits... and our city neighborhood
wasn't that much different from our neighborhood in the smaller town. 
Now I'm on the other side of town, but the same pretty much applies.

 JK> You can always find a farm with eggs, I'd bet. 

Or a Wegmans...  (G)   Actually, there /are/ farms not that far out from
where I am, so I could, if I wanted to put out the effort get fresh eggs
not that far from home...  :)

 >> Yeah, that would be what I would try.. Unfortunately I'd bet Ron would
 >> not want to have anything to do with it Lol
 > So then you'd need to cast a little farther... the grandboys,
 > perhaps...?  ;)

 JK> Lol.. I don't think so.. too many variables there for sure.. I laugh
 JK> at the thought since the oldest is going off to college in Aug/Sept..

They grow up SO fast...!

 JK> and #2 looks like he's 13, but he's only just 10 (height)...and well,
 JK> then there's the baby.. he's just little guy just 7.  I think I was
 JK> right in giving up on the idea :)
 
Oh, probably...  :)  But those two are about the right age to think it a
fun thing to learn... ;)

 > At church for Mother's Day, the men and young adults put on the monthly
 > dinner.  Richard was to bring dinner rolls, and decided, since we have a
 > number of gluten-intolerants in our congregation, to bring gluten-free
 > bread.  After consultation with a couple of those affected,

 JK> Ah very cool, and so important.  I think about my so allergic
 JK> daughter.. gluten is out, but so is corn.. so any corn products have to
 JK> be removed from the picture.  Now I know that everyone who has gluten
 JK> problems are not necessarily like that,but that's why it's great that
 JK> you folks talked to them about it first. I was totally unimpressed with
 JK> Wegman's non-gluten ronies that are made with corn corn corn.. won't
 JK> work here :( 

She really is very allergic... but it really isn't surprising that
someone with a gluten allergy might also end up with one to corn, since
that is another fairly common allergy.  You'd think that Weggies might
at least have some non-gluten non-corn stuff... but I guess that could
get into having too much for the shelf space...  My mom tries to avoid
most corn stuff, although she isn't totally consistent there, but at
least she doesn't have the gluten issues...

 > he ended up
 > getting a loaf of Glutino's Fiber Bread from Wegmans frozen natural

 JK> hehe.. Glutino is a company I often buy for me.  I don't have the
 JK> violent reactions my daughter does to corn and simple things like
 JK> cornstarch or the derivatives of corn that find their way into food...
 JK> at least I _think_ (G).  I can't give her any Glutino cookies, or
 JK> whatever I grab off the shelf. As a matter of fact the only things
 JK> starch wise I can keep here for her only are pure rice products, or
 JK> rice and tapioca, or rice an arrowroot, you get the idea.

She is a special case... :)   We've been given feedback from our friends
at church that Glutino is a good company, good products...  :)  But of
course, one still has to pay attention to the ingredients, especially
when there are multiple allergies, like she has...  :)
 
 > it was quite good, with a nice bread texture.  :)

 JK> We buy UDI's bread in the freezer section for me... just more like
 JK> bread to me without the grainy texture of Rudi's bread ('nother
 JK> company). 

When one has to be careful of ingredients, one checks out carefully the
alternatives...  ;)  It's always nice to be able to find viable
substitutes... :)
 
 > So off to church it
 > went.  Gluten-free and lactose-free, it was quite popular and there was
 > nothing left afterwards...  He used the microwave at church to heat it
 > before putting it out.

 JK> How cool :) :)  I bet those people who were in need of gluten-free
 JK> foods were in heaven :)

Apparently it hit the spot for some people in need of lactose-free as
well...  Richard remarked that it went faster than he was anticipating,
and then we overheard someone talking about needing lactose-free, who
also had grabbed some.
 
 > We have one family where the father and two of
 > the kids are quite gluten-intolerant, the one little girl was quite
 > pleased to be able to eat bread with the meal...  :)

 JK> It's something that is insane to people who are gluten-intolerant...
 JK> like my daughter's EX would make dinner and she would say to him,
 JK> "there's nothing I can eat here..".  sad...
 
(You meant are NOT g-i, right?)  I think one has to have allergies or
intolerances themselves to really pay attention to what is in stuff...
or at least have their consciousness raised by having it be part of
their regular thinking...

 > Lately there have been a number of gluten-free options at our church
 > dinners, from casseroles to soups to desserts... not all cooked by those
 > normally affected... A nice, broadening experience for the whole
 > church... and I think of you at the sight quite often...  :)

 JK> Hey, that's really neat :)  I would bet those folks who can't eat "the
 JK> norm" are more than happy to not worry :)

It started out with them making stuff they could eat, but I'm sure that
they are glad that others are paying attention, too.  With all the
different intolerances at our church, often there are lists of
ingredients listed and placed next to the dish... or at least a notice
of "gluten-free", "lactose-free", etc...  :)

ttyl       neb

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