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Skriven 2013-08-10 13:46:28 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 3341 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Ruth,

>> > I know I won't try it; I don't like peanut butter. (G)

>> I love peanut butter and often steal a swipe when passing by the
>> container Lol

> So that's why you have to keep it as a standing item on the gorcery
> list! Your secret is out! (G)

hahaha :)  Nah, my swipes are a spoonful, that's about it (g).. I think my son
and Ron do enough of it in to make it a standing item on the list though :)

>>>OTOH, Steve likes >> > peanut butter and often does a peanut butter &
>>>banana sandwich, with

>> I believe you or he mentioned this before, and it sounds interesting
>> at least :)  I like eating peanut butter on celery, never tried it
>> with banana though :)

> He'll do it as a wrap sometimes instead of a sandwich--depends on which
> he's in the mood for or the bread on hand situation.

Wraps are good generally.. I found a number of them that were non-gluten and
safe for me, but not my grandboys or daughter.. they put corn flour in them so
I use them just for me sometimes.


>> I've seen a number of diabetic recipes that use splenda and gelatin
>> for thickening.. I always wondered when I'd see these recipes if a
>> slice of apple skin (where the pectin is located) could be substituted
>> for the gelatin and still be considered "safe" for diabetics.  Now the
>> jam/jellies I made in Windsor were made with concord grapes from our
>> grape trellis.. no lack of pectin there (g).. the splenda might work
>> well with my old recipes as well.

> It's worth a try. I'm just checking the carb count on what I eat,
> measuring out a portion or partial portion to get the amount of carbs I
> can have at that meal. A little bit of sweetness goes a longer way now
> than it used to.

I'm sure.  I think it was about 20 years ago that Ron and I stopped putting any
sugar in our coffee.. before that we used to drink coffee "light and sweet"..
the thought of that now feels ick :)  Certainly the dairy would get to me now,
and the extra sweetness.. Back then though we were probably only buying coffee
ground, like Chock Full o'Nuts coffee which contained so much non-coffee I
think, it's no wonder we were killing it with milk and sugar (g).


>> Sure, no problem there.  It's just a frame with lattice attached,
>> really. Hopefully next year we can accomplish that.  I'd love it.

> Always a good amount to do to make a place yours once you move in. We've
> done it so many times in the past..................

Yes, same here.  It used to be the first place I'd be painting and working on
small additions, etc. would be the kitchen.  Just to make it more ours :) We're
getting there with this kitchen with the added cupboards I mentioned.. I'm
thinking of moving the kitchen table out and just using the dining room table
once Ron gets those butcher-block counters finished up.  Maybe a few more along
that wall would be helpful, we'll see.

>> > Do you have a big yard like you did in Windsor?

>> This property in Slaterville Springs is in total closer to 1/2 acre,
>> so the dogs have a smaller area to destroy in their fenced-in area
>> (grin)..  I can't remember how many feet we had the fencing company
>> include for the dogs here, but it is substantially smaller than what
>> the dogs had in Windsor.  They don't seem to mind much (grin).  It
>> goes along the length of the house out to our garage.. The rest of the
>> yard is dog free (yay! (g)).

> As long as they have running room I don't think the dogs will be too
> "put out" by the reduction in space. It also helps you; you don't have
> as far to look for them when they're outside.

True.. :)  Ron had the fencing company install a 6 ft. fence that the dogs
can't (or at least won't) jump over.  That's a foot higher than the fencing in
Windsor had.  He also had them make the gates here wide enough for his riding
mower, which is a lot better than what we had in Windsor because the only mower
he could use in Windsor was regular lawn mower push type.. granted there's less
to mow here, but on extremely hot days, just buzzing the dog area with the
riding mower is a lot better :)

>> so he did the most amazing things with plants here.. every month of
>> the spring/summer (so far (g)), there has been some section of the
>> back yard in bloom with incredible colors.. one section of the yard
>> after the other :)  Luckily, the section along the side of the house
>> were we fenced in the dogs did not include any of those beautiful
>> flowering plants :)

> Nice! Did he plant a kitchen garden as well?

Just a small patch where he planted some Italian tomatoes.  I'll use that patch
for some herbs and tomatoes next year.

>> haha I'm also a lover of ketchup on meatloaf (g).. Ron is not :)

> Steve eats it on a lot more thngs than I do, difference in the way he
> was brought up. We'll grab a jar of home made chili sauce sometimes as a
> ketchup sub; it's a recipe my mom used to make. Her version had
> basically no heat so I've zinged it up, more to our tastes now. It's
> back in NC so I can't post it right now, sorry.

Understand :)  Well if you get a chance to post it that would be great.

>> Hmm.. interesting that there is a low-carb ketchup.  What do the
>> others put in their ketchup I wonder?  Too much sugar possibly?  I

> Sugar is the main culprit for adding carbs; IIRC, this doesn't have any
> form of sugar in it. A regular ketchup has 5 grams of carbs per
> tablespoon (or 2, I forget which), this has only 2 grams of carbs.

That's neat.  Sugar content would be controllable just as your hot chili sauce
is if you grabbed some tomato paste and made your own.

>> often made my own with little sugar, but generally we buy non-HFCS
>> ketchup from the health food store or Wegmans.

> That's what I started doing as soon as one became available.

Yes, it's good that the industry has made that option available.. who needs
hfcs.. (g).

>> Yeah, it seems as I mentioned, allergies have increased quite a bit in
>> recent years.

> Also, allergy awareness and treatment of them.

I think in a family like mine, allergy awareness was there for quite a bit..
possibly because Mom was a nurse and had many allergies herself.

>> I'm due for my yearly blood test/checkup next week with our GP.. so
>> I'm going to have to stop munching on all those chocolate candies that
>> Dale brought to the picnic hahaha..

> He gave us some when we stopped by before the picnic; they are good!
> (But not that good for you, as with any candy.)

Exactly :)

Take care,
Janis

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