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Skriven 2010-12-04 23:00:38 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 4413 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: weighty topics 817
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 01 Dec 10  03:51:00 <=-

 ML>> However my sugar is high (in the diabetic
 NB>> Not so good.

 ML> Nope. The doc didn't seem too concerned, though.

That, at least, is reassuring... mostly... ;)
 
 NB>> Life is a balancing act, I am more and more convinced.  Exactly what
 NB>> the balance needs to be about varies from person to person...
 ML> My best seems to be long hours of activity (maybe 15-20 at a time)
 ML> followed by a long slump (maybe 10-12 hours). Maintaining the
 ML> regular 8-8-8 bores me horribly. And when I eat the normal diet,
 ML> I get sick, invariably.

As you seem to have a handle on what your balance should be... now the
trick obviously is to achieve it... ;)

 NB>> adding things like cinnamon and bitter melon for the blood sugar, and
 NB>> lots of oatmeal for the cholesterol...  ;) 
 ML> I ate three oatmeal cookies the other day, does that count?

If they were like the below recipe, yes for the oats, and partial credit
for the cinnamon... probably the sugars part wouldn't hurt too much...

 ML> maybe I left just in time, before the damage was done. Or
 ML> maybe not.

Sometimes we never really know what the tipping point ends up being.  Or
where things become nonreversible... 

 ML> Title: Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies
 ML> Categories: Cookies, Kooknet, Cyberealm
 ML> Yield: 36 cookies
 ML> 1 1/2 c  Sifted all-purpose flour
 ML> 1 ts Soda
 ML> 1 ts Salt
 ML> 1 1/2 ts Cinnamon
 ML> 1/2 ts Nutmeg
 ML> 3/4 c  Shortening; soft
 ML> 1/2 c  Granulated sugar
 ML> 1 c  Brown sugar, firmly packed
 ML> 2    Eggs
 ML> 1/4 c  Milk
 ML> 3 c  Quaker Oats, uncooked
 ML> -- (quick or old-fashioned)
 ML> 1 c  Raisins
 ML> Sift together flour, soda, salt and spices into bowl.  Add
 ML> shortening, sugars, eggs and milk.  Beat until smooth, about 2
 ML> minutes.  Stir in oats and raisins.  Chill dough about 1 hour.
 ML> Roll out on lightly floured board or canvas to 1/4-inch thickness.
 ML> Cut with floured 3-inch round cutter.  Place on greased cooky
 ML> sheets; sprinkle lightly with sugar.  Bake in preheated moderate oven
 ML> (375 degrees F.) 12 to 15 minutes.
 ML> Source: Our Favorites for family and friends Reprinted with
 ML> permission from The Quaker Oats Company Electronic format courtesy
 ML> of Karen Mintzias

Pretty standard recipe.  :)  After I'd played with essentially this same
recipe, I ended up with something maybe a little more healthful yet...
but even so, this isn't all that bad for you.  My final version was
nuggets rather than flat cookies... ;)

Oatmeal Nuggets

3/4 c shortening, 1/2 c honey, 1/4 c molasses, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla
beat together until creamy.

1 1/2 c whole wheat flour, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp
cinnamon, 1/3 tsp nutmeg, 1/3 tsp ginger  mixed together, then added to
creamed mixture and blended well.

3 c uncooked oats, 2 c raisins, optional 1/4 - 3/4 c wheat germ  stirred
into mixture.  Let sit for 15 minutes to 1/2 hour.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated 350
degree F oven, 10 -12 minutes.  Makes about 5 dozen.

mine... circa 1980

ttyl    neb

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