Text 3098, 150 rader
Skriven 2013-08-02 08:29:26 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 3077 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Mayo
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Hi Ruth,

>> > What's the "shelf life" of home made mayo? Maybe I should make it
>> again; > I did it years ago.

>> Well, if it's refridgerated promptly I would think it would last 5
>> days or so.. though I've kept it longer and not had any problems.

> OK, sometimes we go thru a lot, quickly; other time it'll take a month
> or more to use a jar.

Yep, same here (g).

>> Most sites I looked at today say the same, though I would think it
>> would get used up faster than that if you're making it for salads,
>> etc.

> Salads, or lots of sandwiches. (G)

True.. We go through a bit of it generally, probably like you do (g).

>> see family members there again as well.  I'll probably bring a cake
>> (gluten-free) and a fresh fish salad.  Seems everyone is on diets
>> these days so fish should be low-carb enough for everyone. :)  The
>> cake being made with Almond flour will be low carb as well.

> Hope you have fun. Rachel is going to make a salad with salmon tonight
> for supper. Fish is basically no carb except for what's put on it (if
> fruit or sugar is used, they're higher carb than veggies) so you should
> be OK.

Yep.. and as long as those with fish allergies only eat the other foods
(g)..This week I was reading about a young girl, maybe early teens (12 or 13 I
think).. she was at a children's camp and in the dark, took a bite of some
cakes offered to the kids.. She spit it out immediately and said, 'There's
peanutbutter in this!' 6 hours later the poor little girl died of anaphylactic
shock.. More shocking that none of the counselors kept an epipen with them :(
Serious peanut allergies sure seem to be on the rise these days.  Strangely
that is one of the few allergies that doesn't affect my daughter.  So, I'll
make sure to label that salad FISH so no one is caught unaware.

>> myself all the time. > Nine and a half months after the diagnosis I
>> went off insulin and I've > lost about 30 pounds. I still stick my
>> finger once or twice a day and

>> Good to keep an eye on it, for sure.

> I have to; I don't want to crash like I did last year. The pancreas just
> got overloaded with carbs.

Most definitely.. Mom always had to do it as well, just to make sure.

>> touch at such a gathering, but I'd figure it's like my daughter's
>> allergies in that she knows exactly what she can handle, and what she
>> cannot.

> Exactly! I know what's low carb (most veggies, dairy, meat) that I can
> have a good amount of. The higher carb things like fruits, grains/grain
> products, sweets, sauces I'll go easy on or avoid, especially if that
> meal is at the end of the day.

That's the way to do it, for sure.  At this picnic, I think the bulk of the
foods were prepared and eaten at what one would consider early... though at
times it seemed we ate all day :) :)  I did make some hamburgers one night
since we'd eaten much earlier and I figured people would be hungry.

>> I've used all brown-rice macaroni, and Bionaturae's GF macaroni
>> (combination of rice flour and other gf flours), and it happens with
>> both type products. When I warm leftover gf macaroni in casserole type
>> dishes, I put a small amount of water in the bottom of the bowl or
>> dish (say for an individual serving). That takes care of the problem
>> for that type food.. for salads like macaroni salad though, that idea
>> would not work obviously (g).

> OK, we don't have the gluten issues so I don't buy GF producs. As is,
> we've cut way back on the amount of pasta we eat so that's not a major
> source of carbs for us. Donated some to a food drive last week, just to
> get it out of the pantry (yes, it was still within "use by" dates).

That's a neat thing to do.  I'm sure it was appreciated.

>> We avoid apple products here since that's a bad one for my daughter..

> OK, I didn't know that was one of her allergy issues. I'll have to try
> tuna with pineapple.

Truely the only vegetables she can eat are green beans, carrots, celery,
broccoli, squash of all types, cauliflower, no peas, no eggplant, no tomatoes,
no peppers, no apples, no peaches, no nectarines, no blueberries, no
stawberries.. At one point she had to put all her No-Nos on a spreadsheet since
people kept asking her 'can you eat this at our gathering?' :)  I think I
mentioned to you a while back that when her allergies hit at about 18mos. old,
I had to reintroduce all foods to determine what she was allergic to.

>> My MIL first used pineapple in her macaroni salad years ago, and it
>> was so good. I also love to add pineapple to coleslaw.. it seems a
>> natural since it's sweet.

> My MIL taught me how to make cole slaw with pineapple; it's our favorite
> form of cole slaw. I use stevia now in the dressing instead of the sugar
> I used to use & we haven't noticed any difference in taste.

Ours as well :)

>> > I'll use stevia, not sugar.

>> Stevia is an interesting ingredient.  Mom used it quite a bit before
>> she died since she was also diabetic.  She also was able to manage her
>> diabetes before she died so that she didn't have to take insulin
>> injections.

> I went off injections at the end of March. It took a bit of adjusting to
> stevia instead of sugar but it was a big help to get the blood sugars
> under control.

I can believe that.. that and watching fruit, starches and carbs..

>> > I imagine it would work well with the canned chicken (chicken fish,
>> as > our girls called it) as well.

>> I'd use chicken leg meat for that.. though typically over here fried
>> chicken and other chicken meals go fast (g).

> "Real" chicken would work well too, if I had it on hand. That's where
> keeping some cooked on hand would be good.

Yes, true.  If not for my son hating chicken (and most meats generally) I'd
probably keep a bit more of it cooked and ready (g).

>> This is my MIL's Coleslaw recipe:
>> ===Coleslaw===
[...]

> Very similar to my MIL's but we don't use onions and do add a bit of
> sugar or stevia. I don't measure anything, just sort of eyeball amounts

Coleslaw is very forgiving in that respect I think :)

> and we use pineapple chunks (rings, cut up) instead of crushed most of
> the time. Instead of vinegar I use pineapple juice. Guess we'll have to
> try it with some onion. (G)

Sounds neat.. I'll have to try it with pineapple juice instead of vinegar.


Take care,
Janis

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