So...whats for dinner?
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I also like fried chicken but never cook anything other than the oven variety which is a poor substitute.
Special, Somehow I don't mind dealing with fierce mammals (bears, mountain lions, bobcats, foxes, wolves, coyotes) but I run the other way from reptiles including gators, copperheads. rattlers and cottonmouths. I still like turnips in spite of eating them so often but now I buy the white/purple varieties rather than the rutabagas (big with yellow flesh) we had in Scotland. Along with silage and draff (brewery spent grain) they were winter feed for the cattle so I would just take one from the pile on the farm where the cottage we rented was.
Minus, Is there dill in the chicken salad you like so much? I add tarragon, chives and dill to mine when I make it.
Illimae, Thanks for the chicken bomb recipe.
Tonight's dinner was baked salmon, spanakorizo (Greek rice with spinach) and zucchini.
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DH made meatloaf, mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts, it all tastes wonderful.
Tomorrow will be leftovers.
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Boiled potatoes, zucchini and goat chops. Thought I should make them while DH can still chew. Sigh.
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Wallycat, After the infection cleared I could chew on my non-surgery side and did so for over a year. Implants were not an option (not enough bone left) but they were able to put in a bridge using a wisdom tooth that was saved. It would mean more traveling but having reconstruction done at a dental school with the latest techniques is an option (and sometimes cheaper.) I hope the stars align and as much bone as possible is saved.
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I have eaten rutabagas. Once I sliced my hand open while peeling and dicing a rutabaga. A trip to the ER, a scar. So I avoid them. The turnips we eat are the ones with the purple and white skin. They're sweet and I always eat a piece or two raw as I cut them into large dice. Once I had turnip mash at a fancy luncheon. But I just boil the turnips until tender, drain and season with butter, s & p.
Maggie, I must have missed the post when you mentioned having jaw surgery.
My chest MRI is this afternoon. I'm not nervous about the procedure but am nervous about what it might reveal. Ruptured implants. Then the new decision. Removal and new implants or no new implants.
Thinking about you and your dh with deep concern, Wally.
Dinner may be the easy thing, pasta out of the freezer.
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Carole - good luck with the breast MRI. Uncomfortable for sure, but at least you'll have the facts before decision time. Fingers crossed.
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minus - I was curious about the dill chicken salad and found a copycat recipe. I will prob make it soon as we both love chicken salad, of almost any kind. Does this seem the same as what you have had?
Edited to add: I just saw a FB post by Chicken Salad Chick and it doesn't seem like the above recipe is the same, right?
carole - good luck at the MRI - I am always uncomfortable laying face down, but where I go is a breast only imaging center so they have it down to a science as far as making you as comfortable as possible and being efficient. I will say that my several implant replacement surgeries were pretty quick and I recovered easily. The typical restrictions, but I didn't need any Rx pain meds, Tylenol worked fine for me. I just stayed quiet (hard for me, lol!) and rested and was feeling decent in a couple of weeks. I tend to process anesthetic slowly and it usually takes a week for every hour under for me to feel right again, but my exchange type surgeries have been the easiest as far as that goes.
maggie - I don't want to deal with any of the things on your list, but I like seeing the mammals from afar. I am okay with rodents (DH is definitely not…), but I am not a fan of reptiles! I probably live in the wrong state… DD had a pet boa constrictor from middle school to college. Not long after we moved to this house I left for work (on Christmas Day - hospital job) and DH and DD were cleaning the snake tank, leaving it outside to dry. They got side-tracked with DH's new gift of an MP3 player and lost the snake! I got this message while at work, and when I got home I collected my cat and left until the snake was found, which took several days. Fortunately DD's beau was in Europe for the holidays and she was taking care of his pets so I had somewhere to go. The snake was under the dishwasher - he had only gone about four feet from the bar stool he was left sitting on. DD has killed several large venomous snakes in the 17 years we have lived here - which she doesn't really like to do - but they were too close to people and homes. When we lived in Virginia there was some weird abundance of cane break rattlesnakes and I once had to run over one with my car in my driveway. Kids were playing in the street, so that seemed like the only way to safely eliminate the threat.
I made a very large frittata last night and used the spinach, baby bella mushrooms, an orange pepper, and cheddar and parm. I had 1/4 of a cream cheese brick, so I threw that in as well. I used my large cast iron so it took 8 eggs. DH is set for a while! Not sure what dinner will be but I didn't make the ravioli last night, so maybe that.
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Maggie, initial dentist comment was infection from molar to molar, so I worry his whole lower jaw is in play. I know they have great prosthetics these days so I guess I will just watch and see and be as I can be for him and there, by him.
I sleep through all MRIs (I was one of the first guinea pigs when they were making MRI machines when I worked at GE). It is always waiting for the results that is unnerving. And in my case most times I get in there, the machine breaks down. UGH…then I just lay there and lay there till they figure it out or discharge me because they can't fix it. The breast one was 2-1/2 hours, waiting for a technician.
I'm making vegetarian nachos tonight. Tomorrow will be the leftover goat chops. We need a trip to Sequim to stock up on soft food at costco and walmart. Our thermostat broke down again so someone is coming tomorrow…not convenient but no one asks, LOL.
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wally - I def can't sleep in an MRI - too claustrophobic. I envy your ability to snooze through it! The breast ones I have done had a mirror at the front and a fan, so at least you could kind of think you are not inside. My worst one was a bi-lateral hip and lumbar - two hours in the machine, with a short break - done due to sudden onset and worsening hip pain. I thought I was ok as I went to my happy place - the beach at the Fairmont Southampton in Bermuda, low beach chair just at the water's edge so the waves came to my feet, drink with umbrella, eyes closed, late afternoon, lol! Surprisingly I had nightmares that night, which is unusual for me. The good news was that I did not have bone mets or avascular necrosis, but did have trochanteric bursitis, stress tears in the gluteus medius, confirmed my long time disc degeneration at L3/4, but added L5, and bone spur at T12 - which was mostly due to oldness. I'll take it. Did 6 months of fairly intensive PT, but was then fixed with the hip pain. Hoping for the best for your DH - when I had the bone death upper left side of my mouth I was sure that I had osteonecrosis, but it was confined to that area and due to a really old crown. I had a very slow process to an implant, but after that suffered a cave-in of the gum above it. So far I have had an implantoplasty, and may require more in the future. That area doesn't look normal, but it is way in the back so nobody sees it but me. The screw for the implant is secure and all looks well on the imaging. It is a weird situation - and unfortunately, the implantoplasty is not covered by my otherwise very good dental insurance.
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Back home from the imaging center. The MRI technician was very nice and I survived with moderate discomfort. The last one was almost 15 years ago. I don't remember any discomfort from that one, just a lot of noise. The noise factor seems to be about the same. I was amazed at the banging and clanging in a modern machine. Facing down with a view through a little tunnel, I didn't experience any claustrophobia.
DH has the wisdom tooth that is causing his jaw pain removed tomorrow under anesthetic so I will go with him and drive us home.
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Carole, You have a sharp mind! My jaw surgery led to my bc diagnosis so I wasn't on this site then. When the mandible biopsy showed no bone cancer or osteonecrosis but was positive for osteomyelitis my oral surgeon was adamant that I had some type of cancer since the two usually occur together. I had a mammogram callback two and a half years prior but clear scans afterward. My 3.2 cm tumor was in the same location as the original architectural distortion but didn't show. I don't know of anyone else whose bc was diagnosed by an oral surgeon. Wally knows the story from another thread. I'm glad the MRI went well. Hopefully your DH's tooth extraction will be uneventful and heal quickly.
Special, In Alabama I ran over a copperhead with the car for the same reason. In most places we lived there was someone who collected live poisonous snakes to sell their venom. Rattlesnakes loved one of our sheds in Arkansas so that guy became a regular visitor. Frittatas are one of my favorite foods since they can be eaten hot or cold for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Wally, I don't mind MRIs either. Once the LINAC I was assigned to for radiation was down and I volunteered to have my treatment in a combined MRI/LINAC machine that was used for research. Most everyone else refused since it was totally closed but I didn't want another long drive added to my schedule. Stocking up on soft foods is a good idea. I had to wait over a year to get a temporary bridge and the permanent one was just completed in December, my three years from extraction Christmas present. A new 3D digital scanner was used to make it. I hope the thermostat is an easy fix.
Dinner tonight was stuffed peppers, the traditional ones with ground beef, rice and tomato sauce.
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Special - I'm absolutely no help with the base (sauce) but I know theirs didn't have grapes & I don't think it had almonds. It's seasonal so you can only get it for a month or two in the summer. Your fritatta sounds delicious. I had avocado with tuna salad.
Wally - wow, sleeping through an MRI. There are only two times in my life when I've ever taken a Xanax - MRI and Nuclear PET/CT. I just can't hold still enough.
Carole - my PS has already told me that it will be easy to use the same scars & slip in new implants when & if I need them. Hope the test shows nothing wrong with your implants so you can move on & forget about it.
I'll add my continuing tooth saga. I had a top tooth right next to the front break off in March 2023, Extraction & wound healing well so hardware installed (abutment) to prep for implant. For what ever reason - likely due to osteoporosis & Prolia - the bone is still not healing as tight as the periodontist wants before installing an implant. So now I have to get a "provisional" implant. Appointment on the 16th to discuss the process & why. I already understand if I get a "real" implant too soon the entire apparatus could pull out of my jaw. This "provisional" thing is supposed to 'exercise' the bone & encourage it to grow. UGH. After 10 months with no tooth, I've learned not to chew on that side anyway.
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Sun is out for our excursion to the oral surgeon's today. I think spring is probably here. I'm getting alerts on pollen. Today is supposed to be in the 70's.
Last night's pasta meal was as good as it usually is. Italian sausage, Raos, thawed linguine, grated romano. A slice of home made whole grain bread with butter. A dark chocolate Heavenly Hash candy egg for dessert. It's that time of year for Elmer's Easter candy.
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maggie - interesting about the venom collector. When DD was at the end of elementary school there was a requirement for community service hours. She told me she wanted to do something with horses, which I thought might be a challenge to find. She had been riding for a while at that point. I remembered I had read an article in Southern Living about a therapeutic riding program at the Marion Scott DuPont equine hospital in Leesburg, VA, we lived in Fairfax County, VA at that point. They used escorts on each side of the horses when used for therapy. When I called they said they had plenty of escorts, but needed "sitters" for the newborn foals that were hospitalized. We did that for several years during foal season - it was a great experience. DH and I both went with her and participated, and it was a great learning experience for all of us. During our time there they had a group of horses that were used for manufacturing anti-venom - they "immunize" the horses by injecting them with venom and then drawing their blood. Super interesting. One of DD's best friends here in Tampa, a big football player, was bitten by an Eastern Diamondback while getting into his car - it was underneath and struck him in the lower leg. He was rushed to the ER, but he had started to lose vision before he even got there because the snake happened to hit a vein when he bit. He spent weeks in ICU and took many, many doses of anti-venom and almost lost his leg! Fortunately he fully recovered! We occasionally get Pygmy Rattlesnakes in our pool enclosure and surrounding yard. The local zoo here always needs them so DD has a connection that will come and get them. Once one was picked up by a guy on a motorcycle, and he put the plastic box with the snake in his saddlebag. Lol! Sounds like we both have too many snake stories!
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Last night was chicken pasta alfredo and kale salad from Costco. Both not DH faves but he actually picked the pasta dish. He will not eat creamy anything usually, but sometimes those dishes are easier on my gut than red sauces and heavier meats that he likes. Compromise.
It's going to be rainy, windy and warm this weekend so tonight before that comes in we are going to a local beach for seafood.
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I hope everyone's "epic sagas" with the oral surgeons/dentists go well.
Back in the day, when I was single, I was on the lookout for "unique girls". :-) Mickey was going to be a small town doctor. Sharon was a naval officer, nuclear engineer and jumped out of perfectly good airplanes.
Somewhere I have a picture of a western diamondback rattlesnake that was looking in through the sliding glass door. I think the poor boy (?) was hot and wanted in to cool off. I saw it through door, went outside through a different door, got the picture and then, from about 10 feet away, tossed sand on it until it "moved along".
The only thing that I don't like about an MRI is all the banging, clanging, and thumping. It's not that I find it unnerving. Instead it's just that it's loud. The closed in part doesn't bother me at all
The past few nights of our dinners have been using up the leftovers—spaghetti with homemade meat sauce, fish tacos, rice and beans, and baked chicken.
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Special, The anti-venom horses are fascinating. In AL one of our horses was bitten in the belly by a copperhead (the dead snake was in his stall.) While he had a swollen wound he never developed any neurological symptoms. The vet said he had probably developed resistance from a previous bite.
We got home late from a cataract surgery consult for DH so he had the leftover stuffed pepper for dinner and I made myself a veggie and cheese omelet.
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Tonight was my first attempt at chicken fried chicken. It looked okay but was ultimately a failure but I know what to improve on next time. The potatoes and carrots were good and DH’s cream gravy is always perfect.
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I'm still using up avocados but went vegetarian instead of adding shrimp. I had some left over Raos so I added a lot of sour cream to make "rosa" sauce. I had some left over mushrooms & tossed those in. Then chunk cut an avocado & tossed that in. Served over orecchitte. Different but OK. I ate all the avocado out of the dish before I was finished & have leftover sauce & pasta w/mushrooms. I'll likely toss in some spinach later this weekend to resuscitate it again. I re-discovered that "little ears" are not my favorite - probably because I'm staging them wrong.
Busy weekend. A lovely chamber orchestra concert down town tomorrow night & the lady going with me will drive!!! Sunday my grand-niece is coming over to pull a wagon & sell Girl Scout cookies in my neighborhood (we don't have any girl scouts right now) and then we'll go to dinner at Govinda's vegetarian restaurant - only Sunday is an all vegan day which makes my nephew happy for his B-Day.
Thinking of you Carole as you wait for your MRI report. And thinking of you Wally as you wait for you DH's dental plan.
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The MRI report was good and not so good. No disease and a ruptured right implant. Now I need to learn if the implant has to be removed for health reasons. I didn't know it was ruptured and would have gone on as usual if I hadn't decided it was time for a check up.
DH is doing very well. We both had large chocolate shakes from Sonic yesterday afternoon. He didn't consume all of his and had some gumbo for dinner. I did consume mine and wasn't hungry for dinner.
Where is Sandy? I hope all is well with her and she's too busy to post.
Awaiting a report from Wally about her dh.
Dinner will probably be his and hers leftovers.
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Carole, I'm sorry about the rupture and having to make decisions. I hate having to make decisions.
We had leftover goat chops. No idea what tonight will be since I don't want to have leftovers.
We are heading to seattle tomorrow and staying till Wed morning, possibly longer. DH will have the massive surgery on Monday morning. There's a shuttle to take us to the surgical place, so one less thing to
try to find. I had plans to shop and stock up and pack and do laundry, but the thermostat on our heat pump gave out, AGAIN. A crew came out and spent from 10am till after 2:30, under the crawl space, drilling holes
in the wall, trying to find a "bad" wire and replace it. UGH…always happens when you least need distractions/irritation like this.1 -
Carole and Wally (in particular, right now) you are in my thoughts with these particular issues right now. Hugs.
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Carole, I like the "his and hers leftovers." I'm sorry that you have to make that tough decision. Maybe the PS will have some helpful advice. I’m glad your DH is doing well post extraction.
Wally, The shuttle is a good sign that the surgical center is on top of things. Hopefully that bodes well for the surgical outcome.
Minus, No Girl Scout cookies in my neighborhood this year. I miss them but really shouldn't be eating any.
Dinner tonight was ground beef/sausage meatballs in Raos with spaghetti for DH.
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Carole - hope the PS is useful but I believe what someone said on another thread is true - if it's saline, no problem; if it's silicone it needs to come out. Darn girl - who needs these decisions at our age.
Wally - we'll be waiting to hear about the surgery and hope it will not be the worst case scenario.
Today's meal was a tuna sandwich on toasted Rosemary-Olive Oil bread. I went to a gorgeous Baroque orchestra concert tonight. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, etc. Music still ringing in my head. Still not raining so we may be OK for GS cookies.
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Thanks, ladies. I feel out of my depths…I'm usually able to "fix" stuff and even guide the oncologists, but dental/osteo stuff, no-can-do. I feel helpless, weepy, scared, blah, blah. My heart just aches that he's been through so much and as minus said…who needs to deal with crap like this in their 80s…my dear, sweet, DH.
I used the last of our frozen burgers from costco (this brand is awful) and doctored it up…salsa and melted cheese (which really made a difference). Pork and beans and green beans for sides.
I have zero idea what the next several days will be for food…
Again, appreciate all the good vibes from you, gals.
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"in your pocket" Wally and Carole.
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I made spinach lasagna tonight, which I haven’t made in a couple years due to not having the oven installed until recently. DH loved it, unfortunately between chemo and allergies, I couldn’t taste it very well. Leftovers tomorrow.
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Illimae, It’s too bad your taste buds are off since the lasagna looks delicious.
Wally, Sending healing vibes for you and your DH.
Dinner tonight was chicken with creamy pesto sauce.
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Sending love, prayers and good vibes to those needing them now.
Dinner tonight was crockpot sloppy joes from scratch and Brussels sprouts for me, more Sloppies for DH. Served them over some good Rye bread from the farmers market.
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Supportive vibes for Wally and her dh.
All the meals sound delicious. The spinach lasagna looks wonderful. I know I would love it.
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