So...whats for dinner?
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Oh but she was and thought the same thing. Imagine somewhere they might be a delicacy like smaller mountain oysters.
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hahahahaha - same sentence stopped me in my tracks. I was wondering why you'd want that in a salad!!
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Nancy,
Was just seeing on the weather channel that you are getting some pretty severe flooding! Hope you are safe where you are!
Same goes for the New Englanders. Looks like some pretty significant rain expected! Stay safe!0 -
Dangit - just lost my post...
deb - so sorry to hear that your dad has so little time left. We played my mom's favorite music for her - I know she could hear it and us when we talked to her because she had the appropriate facial expressions even though her eyes were closed.
carberry - so sorry about your doggie - I have been through that too, and it is so hard to let them go. So heartbreaking when you are dealing with other difficult things simultaneously.
I agree - Susan needs her own cooking show - I would be a loyal follower!
Dinner last night was a hot dog at the Buccaneers game in the rain. My DH lost his cell phone (Gov't issued - work phone!) before the game started. DD called him at some point - a lady answered, so she got her contact info, and she said come pick it up. The game was not over until about 11pm and he does the stadium pirate flags so we stay until the game ends, the lady went home when it started raining - so we are running around finding her house and didn't get home until after midnight! Thank goodness she was an honest person with integrity or he would have had to file an investigative report this morning with his command since there are non-classified, but militarily sensitive, emails on the phone - although password protected. Also discovered that when we switched cars to take DD to get her tonsils out a couple of weeks ago (my car is a two-seat sports car) he crushed my portable Garmin navigation system moving the seat back. We were going to use it to find the phone lady's house - NOT! He left this morning at 6am for S. Carolina - his 82 year-old mom just had surgery to put a new part in her faulty knee replacement, and his 88 year-old dad is having a spinal pain med injection this afternoon. His sisters have covered the situation but the one there now has to go back to work on Mon., so he went up. He is supposed to be in Miami next Friday to help an old friend with residual issues from throat and prostate cancer rads issues, so I won't be seeing him until next weekend. Sheesh!
Thinking of all of you every day.
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Wow, there's a lot going on here!
Debbie, I am so so sorry about your dad. My dad will be 87 this month and I can't help but feel like we/re on borrowed time, although he's doing pretty well right now all things considered. I'm glad you can spend some time with yours and I know he is too.
Deb, it's good to know that things are better for you. Hope every day gets a little easier.
Carrie, I'm so sorry for your loss too. Pets leave such a big hole in your heart. Our dogs died 3 years ago and I still can't bring myself to bury their ashes. They are both in a wooden box that DH made for their toys. I think about them every day.
Seaside, thanks for thinking of me. We're not anywhere near the immediate flooding (thankfully). In fact, although the forecast called for it, we haven't even had much rain the past few days.
I definitely want to be in the audience (one of the select few who gets to taste the stuff) for Susan's cooking show, but what I really would like is to be a fly on her kitchen wall!
Here's a bright spot, my mamm yesterday was all clear. Hip hip hooray!! Next scanxiety is blood work and meeting with the new mo next week.
Boy, the tomato crop is really rolling in now, forcing me into action. But I have to decide what action. Roasting is definitely in order and I probably should do it while temps are on the cooler side. There's always sauce, of course. Oh well, I'll think about that tomorrow. The cucumbers are well behaved and produce only two a day for picking. That's easily managed since they're not pickling cukes. I eat one by myself daily. The zucchini, not so much. It's time to start looking for unlocked cars on parking lots. We picked a mountain of beans green beans, many of them bigger than I like. They'll probably end up as a good ole southern style cooked to death in in some kind of pork fat dish with some ham and cornbread. Awesome.
Tonight is grilled pork steaks, caprese salad and the last of the sweet corn. I scored a good deal on some baby back ribs at Costco yesterday so I'll get a chance to try the pressure cooker method again when my house guests are here.
I know I missed someone. I love reading about all the meals you all have prepared (yours too Bedo lol). I have a question for you Carol, how do you decide which of your cookbooks in your vast collection to take in your motorhome? I know you don't have room for all of them
To anybody I missed (((hugs)))
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Almost forgot, a little worried about Michelle
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LOL on the goat balls guys. I reread what I wrote and I see where you got that! LOL Yes GOAT CHEESE, not small mountain oysters! Besides, I live in Wisconsin- its Cheese all the time! LOL
Auntie Nance, glad your not flooded and Hooray for the clear Mammo!
SpecialK, so glad your DH got his phone back. that was some excitement! LOl My sister is also recovering from knee surgery to correct a bad replacement. Hmm, sounds fishy
So many many issues with all of us now, so still praying. Please add my brother Mel, to your lists. He just had a pacemaker placed to go with the valve he had replaced a year ago. He lives in Catedral City. He just got out of intensive care this morning. Thanks
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Thinking good thoughts for your brother, Moonflower
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moon - wishing for the best for your bro! My MIL's replacement is a DePuy, which is currently being sued for some of their devices, but her lot number is not among the ones in the current class action. Of course, if they get enough complaints they will add more lot numbers. Her replacement was only done a few years ago, and she has been having issues for about a year with it. A piece of the part had broken off and was causing trouble. She had an overnight stay and this surgery was done with sedation and a spinal, so not too bad, but she is 82! We too are glad about the phone, although getting it back was a wacky series of events! I was not sure what we were going to do - I guess he would have had to get a pay-as-you-go phone to take with him, since being on the road without a phone is not a great idea! He was lucky!
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I guess we are all in that age bracket where our parents are starting to deteriorate and we are seeing things happen to other aging family members or friends. So not ready or prepared for this to happen.
I was thinking that I need to check out the pickling cukes and get going on some pickles. Not sure where I will carve out some time to do this...but sure love the dill pickles.
I counted today and came up with 7 roadside stands or farmers markets all on my path to and from work. No shortage of finding some great homegrown produce. Lots of Amish countryside.
I feel like chicken piccatta or chicken french...hmmmm gotta go call my hubby and make a date.
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Thank you, Moonflwr, for a good laugh! Doesn't it feel good to laugh?
Nance, I'm estranged from my cookbooks during the summer! I bring a large notebook with print-outs of recipes and this year I brought the Fix It and Forget It Cookbook for the slow cooker. I read through it and get some ideas.
Last summer I went to a 2nd hand store and found some cookbooks to read. A couple of times lately I've watched a cook called Julie Taboulie on a pbs channel. She cooks Lebanese food. On the last show she made a couple of popular Arabic dessert foods that were completely different from anything I've ever eaten. Given the opportunity, I would sample both.
I, too, would watch Susan's cooking show. I'm amazed that someone makes their own Italian sausage and smokes their own salmon, etc. etc.
Tomorrow morning is Farmers' Mkts. in Park Rapids. I want to go early in hopes of finding tomatoes. They should finally be coming in up here in MN.
Today we went to Logging Days and watched chain-saw scultors at work. Tomorrow their benches and statues will be auctioned off. Last year we were hoping to buy a bench with a carved horse design but it went for a high price, like everything else. Eagles and bears are popular subject matter. The artists use various kinds of saws and sanders and a variety of decoration techniques, too. It's much more sophisticated than just picking up a chainsaw!
Thinking of everyone dealing with health challenges.
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For dinner, more left over pizza and refridgerator pickles. Tomorrow I'm making Laurie's orzo salad again, it's become a staple.
For dessert candy. Candy Crush Saga. And for late night snack too. Thank you sooooo much Deb for getting me started on that! I needed another excuse not to be productive, lol! I'm really bad at it, never having read the rules.
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Dill pickles don't take any time to make at all. Well, not active time. You just make the brine, let it cool, wash the pickles and set aside together. It is up to the cucumbers to do all the work. You just get to reap the rewards.
Dinner tonight is a pico de gallo and feta cheese omlette with some crusty French bread. The bagels came out well, and we each had one with some of the salmon for lunch. I tried a new brine for the salmon this time and it isn't perfect. It was a dry brine, and I think the sugar::salt ratio was just off. But I like the dry brine idea, so will continue to refine this ratio.
Farmer's market in the morning. Who knows what we will find!
*susan*
p.s. I couldn't possibly be on one of those amateur cooking competitions. They all have silly time restrictions. I make good food; not quick food.
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Susan - do your own webcast! We are all going to watch it!
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I'm worred too, have not seen any posts from her daughter.
(((Debbie)))
I lost my Dad June 13, 2012 and my husband 5/29/2013. My Dad was 84, husband 61. It is heart breaking.
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Prayers for all in pain.
My brother is out of intensive care. He's really not doing badly for haveing full blown AIDS for over 25 years.
Tomorrow for supper with some of the Wisconsin Board ladies we are having Salmon my husband caught in Lake Michigan yesterday evening. Shame we couldnt cook it tonight, but we want to share it tomorrow! LOL
He says thell be very sweet, hes caught a lot this year! LOL
Much love
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Susan- Happy Anniversary. Sorry your DH forgot but I was thinking how could he get anything better in a restaurant! Granted I never tried your food but have made some of your recipes that were delicious but not from scratch either! I agree with the others you should have your own cooking show!
Laurie- Maybe once your MIL gets used to the idea of what has happened to her she will come talk to you when she is ready. I remember when I was first DX I did not want to talk to anyone it took awhile before I could tell the family.
Carrie- I meant to mention your dad on my last post, sorry I didn't I remember he had lung cancer I am so sorry, please keep us updated. Sad about your fur baby! They are just like family
Oh my gosh Moon I thought the same thing, was wondering if there were 2 per plate ha I am so sorry about your brother. I hope he pulls through this you are all in my prayers.
Lacey- I like the road control to, but I have to be more careful lately I have been using that middle finger a little to much, DH tells me stop it, I am the one who will have to fight these people not you ha!
Seaside- Had to giggle at your not being able to do the treadmill without the DA show on. Sad story on your fur baby too, glad he was there for you when you needed him. ;-(
Specialk- Thanks for reminding me, I had asked my dad a couple of weeks ago what his favorite song was, (he sang so many) he told me unchained melodies which I was surprised about, must of been his and my moms song when she was alive, but the next day when I called him he said he thought about it some more and said his favorite was Green Green grass of home. I meant to go get the CD of it and forgot so tomorrow I will go get it. Thanks!
Nancy- Yay on the clear mammo!!
Carole- I have been to those chain saw competetions a long time ago, they are very artistic, they also do a lot with the beautiful redwood trees here and make georgous stuff from that but very expensive.
Bedo-LOL on the candy crush you and deb are addicted to, I was addicted to bubbles mania- I had to quit playing it because that is all I would see when I closed my eyes was all these different colored bubbles.
Deb- I remember when you lost your dad, I was so heart broken for you, and now your Dear Husband You too have been through so much. I think about you a lot and just know your are always in my prayers.
((((Michelle)))
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deb,
I think we all send you our heartfelt thoughts. You have had a very difficult year; more difficult than some could manage.
*susan*
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Deb, both your dad and your dh, especially your dh, were too young to go. This has been a hard year for you.
Susan, if it's any consolation my dh forgot our anniversary, July 12th. But then I did, too! We were sitting at an open air concert with a really good bluegrass band and they announced that it was the anniversary of a couple in the crowd. DH and I looked at each other and he checked his cellphone for the date. Sure enough, July 12th! I'm not a person tuned in to dates.
Beautiful slicing tomatoes at one of the two farmers' mkts for $1 each. I bought 4. Also a quart box of small yellow tomatoes. 4 cucumbers, yellow snap beans, new potatoes, onion, multigrain bread, cookies, marmelade jam.
Tonight's dinner will be grilled ribeyes, boiled new potatoes in the jackets with real butter and a salad with tomato and cucumber and avocade and blue cheese.
Lunch today was a hot fudge sundae with French silk pie ice cream at Minnesoda in Park Rapids.
It's a gorgeous day here in northern MN.
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Carole, that's my kind of lunch ;-)
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Hi Everyone!
I just checked in to see if there were any updates on Michelle. I know it's been quite some time since she has been on here and I hadn't seen an update from her daughter yet.
Meanwhile, I was reading all the posts on this page. Eric, I want to try what your daughter made. That sounds delicious.
My updates are this: I was able to get on Metformin from my PCP, now will have the task of telling my Onc what I've done. I think it'll be okay. We have a unique relationship, and he has referred to me before as a trouble maker. <grin> That was only because he tried to get a certain test done for me, and the hospital wouldn't assist him, so he personally spent half a day arguing with the hospital and then took it upon himself to request my slides and get them to the lab, and package them up himself. This was over a year ago when we were checking (for the 4th time) to see if I really was TNBC. The test was new and so the hospital didn't have a contract yet with GenOptix. The Metformin helps by keeping circulating insulin cells low. I have perfect cholesterol and normal blood sugar (although at the high end of normal), but my PCP willingly said it could only prove helpful, not hurtful. I have started it with no problems, but went with brand. I also finally turned myself in for my much avoided and delayed pap smear. I had been a violator for so long on this, that they have changed some things up quite a bit with this checkup. All the results came out normal. Of course, 3 days before the papsmear, I spotted. I didn't understand, as I haven't had a period in 18 months. I didn't know if I should keep the appointment or cancel it. I decided to go to it, as I really wanted to get on Metformin, but was concerned if it would give a false positive, and I knew of course, that if something is wrong, I should find out now. The doc said everything looked great, but he speculated probably just something having to do with the body after chemo/chemopause, etc. I marked the date and will see if anything happens next month. Frankly I was enjoying no periods.
)I'm a Candy Crush Addict. I'm on level 67. I don't feel like I play too much, but when I hold the phone, I hold it a certain way, as I worry about exposure to anything bad from it. And now I have a strange stiffness in my right hand, and it kind of snaps in and out of place now. I should hold the phone normally I think.
It is hard to lose pets. We leave a light on each night for our beloved pet that we lost three years ago. Each night we flip the light that sits on the window sill. I wanted to make sure he always knew where we were and that we were thinking of him. We never miss a night.
I also play Words with Strangers. So far no friends on there, only strangers. LOL
)SpecialK - Oh gosh, I have had the post disappear so often! If it's a long post, I will use the copy feature to get it saved to my mouse, just in case of a submittal problem. That has kept my post safe on several occassions where something did not transmit through!
Tonight for dinner will not be anything exciting. A bunch of veggies steamed. My hubby has to work tonight. I am leaving for the gym now - I've procrastinated all day on this. Candy Crush is to blame for part of it.
But now I'm penalized and don't have any turns left for over 30 minutes so this is a great time to go. heh Hope this post finds you all doing well and enjoying your weekend.
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Susan - tell me how you like the dry brine. We tried it a couple times, but thought it made the fish too dry by leaching out the moisture, so went back to wet. We've smoked our own salmon for years (hubby is quite the fisherman). What kind of smoker do you have? We had a Big Chief, but pretty much wore it out. I'd like to get one that I can adjust the temperature on, so I don't have to finish the fish in the oven.
Last night for dinner I made hamburger stroganoff and roasted green beans. Today I'm trying a recipe I found in Saveur for a Cuban dish called Roja Viejo. I'll make spanish rice to go with it.
Hubby is leaving on a relatively short fishing trip tomorrow, so I'm hoping he'll take some food with him. There's way too much for just me in the fridge!
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Back home again. I am glad I did it despite the pouring rain all day Friday. My friend who was supposed to join me on Friday with her kids cancelled- for good reason RAIN! Me and the boys made the best of it and swam in the rain, went to the playground in our bathing suits and they had a water fight and collected rain rain water in buckets off the awning. The rest of the weekend was beautiful and we had a great time. They behaved really well and in the end I was proud of myself for doing the weekend solo. DH joined us late Saturday afternoon.
While I gave the boys a bath DH threw dinner together. He sauteed zucchini, onion and green pepper along with left over balsamic chicken from the weekend and loaded it into a pita pocket with a little mayo. It was very good. We are all tired from the weekend, but everything is unpacked and the laundry is done etc.
Hope everyone is well, hugs to all.
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Inspired by make sure it was your Gyn who knew about the spotting, he/she might want to get an ultra sound just to be super super sure. You crack me up, you are so Bad! lol
Good for you laurie, I nominate you "Fun Mom of the year"
Hugs to you Deb, I made your recipe from your facebook with yellow and green squash, squash blossoms, mint, and cherry tomatoes, from my garden with pasta and pecorino cheese. My daughter loved it and ate two big bowls, with red pepper flakes (her addition, she adds them to everything). It's from Martha stewart
http://www.marthastewart.com/856113/pasta-tomatoes-squashes-and-blossoms
My DD is working on my AK license, renewal, as it is 10,000 pages long and she is a good girl.
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gardengumpy, I am not convinced by THIS dry brine. Too much sugar, not enough salt. I am willing to try it one more time, and then back to my wet brine. I smoke on an [start laughing now] Emeril 5-in-one smoker in the house. It is actually pretty darn effective for small batches of fish. I don't do any meats inside and instead let my husband use a smoker box on his charcoal grill outside. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a dedicated smoker, but that isn't going to happen.
Last night was our anniversary dinner, as declared by me. We grilled a prime tenderloin steak [yes, just one] outside. Inside I made a rainbowchard gratin, steamed corn, steamed green beans, and sliced tomatoes. During the afternoon I had prepped a pate brisee, 2 batches of pizza/calzone dough, made the ricotta cheese, and made a fresh tomato sauce. Husband smoked the cured pork belly.
Lunch was TA DA!!! BLT's.... with our own tomatoes, mayo and bacon. Sadly, the bread and lettuce were purchased, but no matter. It was delicious. Tonight, I made some calzones with some of the pizza dough, stuffed with a 4-cheese filling and a tiny bit of sausage served with the tomato sauce. Tomorrow night will be a leek-mustard tart from "Around my French Table" which I am still investigating.
The kid needs a car and tomorrow we are going to face those slimey car salesmen. Ugh. And I sincerely hope that none of you are married to a car salesman, and if you are, I aplogize for my response to this career choice. :-)
*susan*
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Susan, we are on the same food page (that is actually hysterical to say given our vastly different talent levels!)... But we did have beef tenderloin, steamed corn, and grilled summer squash and zucchini last night....and today (tonight actually) had BLTs with, admittedly, all bought ingredients. The one thing I thought we'd like is the bacon we bought from the guy a few miles up the mountain road where DH gets his fresh eggs. Well, I was horrified at how salty the bacon was, and ended up needing to use the leftover Boar's Head pieces for my sandwich. I made a fresh corn, black bean, and tomato salsa to have with our sandwiches.
Laurie, kudos to you, fun and brave mom of the year! Glad it worked out so well!
Was happy to see the Facebook pic of Michelle being pampered with a mani/pedi.
So many gentle hugs and caring thoughts being sent to you, Michelle.
Late last night DH and I decided to check out the meteor showers from his convertible in our beach pkg lot where there are no lights. I am happy to find a meaningful purpose for his car...I never ride in it, so this made him very happy! In years past we used to go out on the lake with our close friends to see those beautiful shooting stars, but it is so unbelievably cold here at night now, that is not an sensible option. I spotted five shooters...DH none, so we will trek back there tonight after watching Breaking Bad to try our luck at seeing some more. Up country fun!
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lacey - thanks for the news about Michelle being pampered. Those of us who don't use Facebook really appreciate any updates.
Michelle - thinking of you.
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Tonight was garlic lemon grilled whole chicken (spatchcocked and dry brined) on the new grill. The old one kept trying to blow dh's face off. Sides were pappardelle with parmesan and butter, baby peas, and cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers in a vinaigrette. A dearth of fresh peaches forced me to make a peach cobbler for dessert.
It was all good.
Laurie, you are definitely wonder woman!0 -
Bedo, thanks for the suggestion! The spotting also came with a bit of the typical period symptoms and now not a thing going on, just like a period. I told my Onc about this on Monday when I dropped off the results of the labs, and he said it was normal this amount of time out. I did recently have a pelvic u/s and transvaginal u/s as I had a bit of right leg swelling and they wanted to rule out a blood clot. All was normal. I posted the question on these forums, and several other women had a 'false start' like mine that never amounted to a steady period.
Today I decided to make vegetable lasagna, so that complicated Mondays can finally be uncomplicated. I really feel like we finally have things running smoothly everywhere else, and now need to get Mondays under control.
I made it with organic whole wheat noodles, organic marinara sauce and organic veggies, low fat ricotta and low fat mozzarella. The veggies I used were: broccoli, yellow squash, zucchini, orange and red bell peppers and spinach. It was really yummy! Whole wheat baguette. Tomorrow night I will add a salad. I don't know how anyone can gain weight on lasagna. It take a long time to prepare, lots of dishes get used, and lots of cleaning up!
Looking forward to uncomplicated Monday.0
