Text 4522, 74 rader
Skriven 2013-09-10 21:14:22 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 4472 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: rye/pumpernickle
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Hi Nancy,


 NB>  NB>> The pressure cooker was used regularly in my family growing
 NB> up...  NB>> liver and onions, beef stew, various veggies/potatoes...

 RH> My mom never used a pressure cooker for anything but canning. Funny
 RH> thing tho, she usually gave a small (6 qt or so) cooker as wedding
 RH> presents to my various cousins.

 NB> It can be a handy item in the kitchen...  potentially, anyway... ;)

That's why I've hung on to my 8 qt cooker.


 RH> Liver was always with bacon (one slice each), in the frying pan, a
 RH> bit more than a quick sear (think almost shoe leather).

 NB> That's probably even worse than pressure cooked... at least the
 NB> pressure helped to moisten things...

That's the way my folks like their meats done tho.


 RH> Beef stew was done in the dutch oven, on the stove top,
 RH> and always served over bread (as an extender).

 NB> Our beef stew was stew beef, carrots, potatoes, canned tomatoes, and
 NB> various spices/herbs like onions, parsley, salt/pepper, bay leaf...
 NB> more potatoes, carrots and/or water were the usual extenders for us...
 NB> We'd often have bread to soak up the juices, though...

My mom made her beef stew with just meat, a (small) onion, and lots of
potatoes & carrots with s&p the only seasoning. I'll use tomatoes,
celery, carrots, potatoes, meat, onion (a big one), a fresh branch of
rosemary, s&p, other veggies as I have on hand............and serve with
home made biscuits on the side.

 NB>  NB>> And it sounds like your brother should be going with dad to his
 NB> doctor  NB>> appointments, to make sure that everything gets paid
 NB> attention to...  NB>> Declining is unfortunately a fact of life pretty
 NB> much when one gets to  NB>> a certain age... but at least some things
 NB> can be helped with...

 RH> My brother and youngest sister have been at a number of meetings with
 RH> various people. It's been a help for us; we usually get one report
 RH> from Dad and another (more detailed) from my brother keeping us up to
 RH> date on things. Doctor's visits are harder because my brother is still
 RH> working and can't always go with dad; usually his helper goes but I've
 RH> a feeling he doesn't discuss everything in front of her.

 NB> Your brother might have to schedule doctor appointments for when he is
 NB> available to go with your dad...  unless the helper can be that
 NB> advocate instead... it does take some trust to open up in front of
 NB> others,
 NB> though.  Whoever goes might have to bring up some things with the
 NB> doctor, in any case... I found that to be increasingly the case with
 NB> the people I was taking... and somewhat with my mom, now...

I think it's more that Dad isn't comfortable talking to the doctor about
some of his problems. He's of the generation where things like that
aren't discussed, even with a doctor.


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Ruth
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