Text 19262, 95 rader
Skriven 2014-11-09 01:02:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: hospitals 242
=====================
 ML> It was supposed to have been tossed in gravy, but of that
 ML> there was none. About 3 oz, it actually tasted beefy and
 ML> satisfied my immediate need for meat. The veg were mashed
 ML> together; they actually tasted like squash and potato,
 ML> and the butter helped a whole lot.
 NB> In retrospect, maybe you should have also had the foresight to order
 NB> some of their specialty turkey gravy... but maybe the veggies provided
 NB> enough moisture for the meat...  :)

In retrospect I should have ordered extra salt, butter, and
gravy with every meal. One strange omission from my sheet was
that there was no salt substitute listed. And then they
persisted in giving me IV potassium.

 ML> Tilapia on the other hand should never have been on a
 ML> soft diet - its texture was akin to cardboard. Though the
 ML> aroma was, shall we say, offputting, its flavor was mild
 ML> enough for me to imagine the back taste of the cesspools
 ML> in which the fish had lived its life.
 NB> I noted that they grilled it...  maybe poaching it would have kept it
 NB> softer...?

They applied enough heat to make construction material out
of it. Poaching it in anything short of concrete would have
kept it softer.

 I've had tilapia... it isn't my favorite fish, but Wegmans
 NB> does have a few ways of fixing it that aren't too offputting... had
 NB> them on taste trial, and tasted Richard's from a $6 meal a couple
 NB> times... I suspect they've got a source other than the usual
 NB> cesspools... 

Yes - just because the fish grow well in cesspools doesn't
mean that they have to be grown there. I am guessing that
the Shipps' objection is that you have no way of really
knowing where they came from. If you have sufficient faith
in the Wegman family (or Whole Foods, or whomever), perhaps
you can eat these things.
==
 DS>> Will you be free to travel now?
 ML> Activity as tolerated, says the discharge sheet.
 NB> With the expectation that one would be sensible, no doubt... ;)

Oh, of course. They wouldn't make that same mistake that
they did with the first discharge, Activity: No Restrictions
- but to be fair it wasn't any activity on my part that
landed me back in the joint.

 DS>> I read that your trip to OZ got killed,
 ML> Or at least stunned. I'm looking more at summer '15
 ML> to use whatever residual value my tickets have.
 NB> Hope it works out... :)

As do I.

 ML> Fort Walton Beach in mid-December, then Singapore
 ML> in January. I will say without expecting any cavil
 ML> or contradiction that I will make the Singapore
 ML> trip if I am conscious, even if I have to run out
 ML> of gas there permanently. 
 NB> Those at least do allow for a little time to convelesce.. and make
 NB> sure that things are working properly innardly...

There will be a couple shorter trips - to Washington
and back, for example, that will test things out.

 ML> Ian's in May is up in the
 ML> air, as the quality of medical care in the hinterlands
 ML> of even the most developed countries is dubious.
 NB> Maybe by then everything will have settled properly and things not be
 NB> quite so edgy...  :)

Or maybe the offending member will be removed by then.

 ML> M's note - in Madras, beef and beef products would be rare, so
 ML> for some authenticity substitute lamb, mutton, goat, perhaps
 ML> even pork.
 NB> Goat or lamb would seem appropriate... :)

Or chicken, I forgot to add (it being off my radar).
Or vodka -

Madras
cat: booze
servings: 1

highball glass, filled with ice
1 oz vodka
1/2 fill with cranberry juice
1/2 fill with orange juice

http://viminal.me.psu.edu/~nari/html/ctailszero.html
___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5
 * Origin: Check Out Doc's QWK Mail  Via Web BBS > DocsPlace.org  (1:123/140)