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Skriven 2013-06-03 11:25:42 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
Ärende: Re: Hard Boiled Eggs
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Hi Nancy,

>> Funny thing is I hate living in the sticks.. but darn it I keep
>> finding myself in that environment. Ha :)  I mean I thought living in
>> 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.  :)

Very true :)  The convenience of living in a city also comes with it's
drawbacks.   When I was younger, my dream was to live in Manhatten around
Greenwich Village ... back then, that's where all the "good stuff" was going on
(smile).

>> use "the city" loosely here given what I grew up with.. :) Anyway,
>> 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 think the only time I've been to Rochester was for a computer conference that
Ron and I attended many years ago.. work related, so we weren't quite free to
ramble much.. I think we got out for a pizza though Lol.. that was good
:)

>  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.

Where is your "pond" in relation to Rochester?  It sounds like a great place as
well :)

>> 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...  :)

We're looking forward to the farmer's markets starting up in the area shortly.
If I'm not mistaken, this coming weekend will be the first of them.  We're
hoping the fellow who previously sold duck eggs will bring a bunch of those :)
I know the cholesterol count on those guys is pretty high, but they're so huge
and SO good :)  Nice for a once in a while treat :)


>> So then you'd need to cast a little farther... the grandboys,
>> perhaps...?  ;)

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

> They grow up SO fast...!

Yeah I know!  Not fair at all!!!!  I can still remember when my daughter had
him when we were living in Louisville.  He cracked me up the other day.. he was
over here helping Ron with some things and he said, "I keep telling my friends
'really I'm a Kentuckian, not a NYer'" hahaha.. well he was born there and
lived there for about 7 years :)  It just sounded so funny to me... but he's
right :)

>> and #2 looks like he's 13, but he's only just 10 (height)...and well,
>> then there's the baby.. he's just little guy just 7. I think I was
>> 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... ;)

eek :)  Can only imagine what it would be like if they decided to demonstrate
the technique at a school 'show and tell' hehehe  :)

>> problems are not necessarily like that,but that's why it's great that
>> you folks talked to them about it first. I was totally unimpressed with
>> Wegman's non-gluten ronies that are made with corn corn corn.. won't
>> 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.

Yes, I guess I don't normally think of it as being so common since it doesn't
really bother me.. not the way it does my daughter.

>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...

They do.. One of the other options for pasta (there are a few options for
non-gluten ronies) is to get macaroni made with all brown rice.  My cousin who
has Crohn's disease (severe gluten allery) tried those and thought they were
horrid.  Well, they are if they're not prepared correctly.. or if you let them
sit even for a while hehe.. I use them here when I know my daughter is coming
for a macaroni or spaghetti dinner.  The sauce you use with them can be as
important as the preparation sometimes :)

For Ron and I, I use Bionaturae's gluten-free pasta and always have a ton of it
on hand here.  It's made with potato starch, tapioca starch and rice flour. The
potato starch they use in that is a no-no for my daughter, but at least I can
use it when just her boys eat over.  It's the closest thing to gluten macaroni
that I've tried (and I've tried a LOT of them (G)).

>> at least I _think_ (G).  I can't give her any Glutino cookies, or
>> whatever I grab off the shelf. As a matter of fact the only things
>> starch wise I can keep here for her only are pure rice products, or
>> rice and tapioca, or rice an arrowroot, you get the idea.

> She is a special case... :)

Yep.. certainly.

>  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...  :)

Yep, and constantly as well.. I've seen ingredients change in all of them from
time to time.. :)

> 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... :)

These days, I'm kind of glad that we do.  So many foods or prepared foods at
least seem to be nothing but trouble :)

>> nothing left afterwards...  He used the microwave at church to heat it
>> before putting it out.

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

Good thing it was there.  :)  I can understand why it went fast at your
gathering :)

>> like my daughter's EX would make dinner and she would say to him,
>> "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...

I think at the time he'd just make whatever he felt like.. with no concerns at
all as to what she could or could not eat...  Even though he knew that at least
two of the boys also had some problems, though not as severe as she had. Oh
well.. I'm sure attitudes like he had didn't help the relationship.


> 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...  :)

Very neat :)

Take care,
Janis

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