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Skriven 2013-09-05 22:59:53 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: rye/pumpernickle
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 09-01-13 19:56 <=-

 RH>> I'm going to pop them into my pressure cooker so they'll be available
 RH>> without a search when I need them. (G)
 NB>> Good thinking...  :)   Do you only use your pressure cooker for
 NB>> canning, then...?   I grew up using it as a regular mode of cookery,
 NB>> haven't used it now for ages, for either cookery or canning...  :)

 RH> Most of the time I use it, it's for canning. I have used it when I
 RH> need a pot of that size or as a pressure cooker, to cook down pumpkin
 RH> quickly for freezing. I can get it cooked and peeled easily with a
 RH> pressure cooker. I probably ought to try it for "regular" cooking some
 RH> time; if I do, I'll give you a report.

The pressure cooker was used regularly in my family growing up... liver
and onions, beef stew, various veggies/potatoes...  When I got married
and moved out of the house, one of my sisters gave me a pressure cooker
as a wedding present, so that "you can still cook liver"...!  I thanked
her, but little did she know I never intended to cook liver in a
pressure cooker again EVER!  I had long before decided that it was
already properly cooked at the "sear it on both sides" step, before the
"put it and the rest of the flour mixture and the onions in the cooker"
step...  :)  

 RH>> Yes, we've accepted that. Talked to Dad the other night; not much of
 RH>> anything different with either him or Mom.
 NB>> At least nothing's changing for the worse... he's hanging in ok,
 NB>> then...?

 RH> According to my brother, both parents are declining. Dad has some
 RH> health issues that he hasn't really discussed with his doctor; Mom is
 RH> still slipping downward. We asked Dad if the care facility had ever
 RH> done a follow up EKG on Mom after her 2nd incident; he was unclear in
 RH> his answer. He has an evaluation/progress report time coming up with
 RH> them some time this month, hopefully my brother will be able to attend
 RH> and get a firm idea of what the true picture is.

Good thing your brother is there.  Hope he is there at the meeting,
sounds like he needs to be asking the questions your dad forgets about,
and listening for the answers that might also be forgotten otherwise. 
And it sounds like your brother should be going with dad to his doctor
appointments, to make sure that everything gets paid attention to...
Declining is unfortunately a fact of life pretty much when one gets to a
certain age... but at least some things can be helped with...

ttyl           neb

... The funniest sounding food of all: Kumquats.

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