Jun 20, 2022 08:49AM goldie0827 wrote:

Wallycat, corn on the cob with poached eggs?

Illimae, would love the creamy brussel sprouts recipe please. They look so yummy! Wishing you all the best on your next treatment and keeping that nausea away.

Took me 45 minutes to drive my 6 mile dirt road, which usually takes 25. The bowels were obstructed. Scar tissue had grown around the bowels and twisting them. Also part of the bowel had adhered to my abdominal wall. Emergency surgery, NG tube down my nose, throat and into the stomach. You should have seen what was coming out of there! I will leave there, since this is a food thread! Incision about 8". Surgeon said I could come back in 2 weeks, that means staples will have been in for 3 weeks. I'm thinking that is way too long! Dinner was a tuna fish sandwich and some chips.

Jun 20, 2022 11:20AM - edited Jun 20, 2022 11:23AM by minustwo

Wally - interesting question about tuna. I was raised in CA. Have lived in Utah, New Mexico & Texas. I've stayed with friends or family in all of the Western states - including long stretches in Hawaii. When talking about sandwiches, my Mom usually said tuna fish. Salad might be tuna salad or tuna fish salad. But of course if you're going to have a lovely tuna steak, it's just tuna. I love word use questions.

Edited to add, perhaps it has something to do with whether it is fresh fish or canned tuna?

Jun 20, 2022 08:15PM minustwo wrote:

Love it Eric - LOL.

102 degrees so no cooking. Dinner was a serving of a 2 avocado guacamole with Rotel Tomatoes & Chilies since I didn't have any fresh tomatoes. I still added a large dollop of Mrs. Renfro's Green Chili Salsa. On the side - 1/2 a cup of leftover fried rice. Served with HEB Deli Rosemary Crackers and the last of a Yellowtail wine (not to be dignified with a name & should have been poured it down the sink). Desert was two of Mrs.Tate's Buttercrunch Cookies. If you haven't tried Mrs.Tate's cookies yet, they are delicious. My BFF swears by the coconut. But VERY expensive so take your credit card.

Goldie- so glad you are home & starting to recover. What a long, unexpected episode. I trust you are treating yourself gently !!!!!

Jazzy - I hope you're just changing positions and not changing employers?? As we head towards retirement, major changes are NOT fun.

Jun 20, 2022 11:07PM eric95us wrote:

Spanish word for the fruit of a prickly pear cactus.

Jun 21, 2022 02:27AM chisandy wrote:

I always thought "tuna fish" referred to tuna salad sandwiches; when used in tapas, vitello tonnato, salade Niçoise, pan bagnat or pissaladière, even canned tuna is referred to as just "tuna." And the fresh stuff? Around these parts, it's "ahi," whether seared, tartare, poke or carpaccio. And Eric, in Boston as well as Brooklyn, "tuna" is the other component, besides "amplifyah." in a "receivah."

Last night I made Caesar salad (not grilled), and a grilled grass-fed bison Polish sausage (back in Brooklyn, we called them "specials") on a keto bun with sauerkraut and kosher-deli mustard--working my way through a jar of Ba-Tamp-Te. Then Bob brought home wings (fried "naked" with sauce on the side) with celery sticks & ranch.

Brunch today (after 3pm, since I left the house at 10 sans breakfast or coffee and my podiatrist appt. out in the near-boonies took forever) was a fried egg, and one slice each of bacon & low-carb/hi-fiber toast. Tonight I skillet-blistered shishito peppers, then made a charcuterie plate with country paté, jamòn Iberico (a gift from the kids), very ripe Brie, and 10-yr-old cheddar. Followed it up with some more wings & celery. Speaking of veg., I harvested my first tomato--a large cherry that had ripened to orange, so I rescued it from the squirrels. It's ripening on the sill.