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Skriven 2009-04-11 22:08:23 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22927 av PETER COGGON (1:123/140)
Ärende: recipes [1/2]
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Hi Peter,

 PC>    Well..I did it....deleted my reply, so here I go again.,

No, it wasn't deleted, just sent before you were finished writing. Been
there, done that.

 RH> Sounds like it was not a fun time. I got off light compared to you.

 PC>  No, not fun, but Ruth,  there is always someone who has it harder
 PC> then you, or I.   And if we can help, then I am all for it.

One nice thing about the echo is that if a special dietary need is
requested, lots of folks jump in with help.  Or, if you want a recipe
for a specific dish you may get varients from a number of us--ranging
from easy to do to 1001 steps.  That's part of the fun of this place.


 PC>  As for recipes, and while I see a lot that temp me here, if I try
 PC> they must be engineered to suit my condition.   Visitors see how I
 PC> cook, and my wife trys to make things as I need them, and everyone
 PC> else...well they can had the salt and stuff...as my only thing
 PC> seems to be pepper at this stage...next year...they might have
 PC> me on the pole..if you know what I mean.

We can send what we think will help.  Feel free to adapt as neccessary
and repost your version.


 PC>  Jamiaca, being on an Island, as you well know, is an interesting
 PC> sight.  Rich Porpoerty with lawns, and all...look great..then one
 PC> comes to the propertry line and it is like night and day.

 PC> Poor people living in cardboard boxes, and wooden crates with
 PC> metal siding for a roof.

The latter sounds like parts of Mexico.  I've been to some of the
"better" parts of a couple of border towns; Steve did a mission trip
further down into the country and saw some of the extreme poverty. But,
he got to taste shark on that trip, if I recall.  (The trip was in 2001,
before we went to Hawaii.)


 PC> Of course some of these houses for the rich  folk, are built
 PC> like forts to withstand the storms, with metal protection
 PC> with a flip of a switch that comes down to seal the windows
 PC> and doors.

Good idea; something like that should be required in parts of the USA as
well.


 RH> I've never been to Jamacia and would probably look at it with a
 RH> different eye than the average tourist.

 PC> Go with open eyes, and ears..and be safe.  Really

If I get a chance to go, it will be with eyes and ears open, and with
caution.


 RH> Sounds good; we all enjoy reading new recipes.

 PC> Got her, and she is okay with doing it, but only when she has
 PC> the chance...which means very rare.

 RH> Such fun and joy! (G)

 PC> Despite all in my life,  I am happy, if you can imagine this.

Yes, I can very well imagine.  I wouldn't trade my life for anyone
else's.


 RH> I see.  It can be very frustrating, can't it?

 PC> Well I have my comments, and I am not afraid to debate with them
 PC> medications.  Why have some pill do this, when he does , this and
 PC> that and makes my life that more miserable.    I have my thoughts
 PC> on why they do this, but .....

I've had some of the same discussions.  I mentioned a newish drug to my
pulmonologist in HI; we thought it might help my asthma.  It turned out
that I'm allergic to it so I discontinued it fast.  He understood; his
first thought afterward was to try a lower dosage but then rethought and
agreed that I just not use it.


 RH> Same as Steve never saw me on anything but cross country skis, not

 PC> worse of it.   On the farm, I did cross-country to check fields
 PC> when we got surprise snow...and I liked it, even climbing fences with
 PC> skiis.   Got'em all talking about that hahahahaha.

Now that must have been an interesting sight!


 RH> I try to look for at least a bit of a bright spot. Even a real
 RH> "downer" has one or two.  Besides, I have other ways to keep going.

 PC> Yes... agreed.   It will never be beaten, just perhaps conditions that
 PC> help it happen.   Remove the cause, and you reduce it, but beaten NO.

I read something soon after my diagnosis that you should consider
yourself a survivor as soon as you get a diagnosis.  It helps give you
the mental attitude that "I'm gonna beat this thing". One way or
another, it won't get the best of me


 RH> It sounds like she would fit in quite well here.  At last year's
 RH> picnic, Michael brought some different chocolates, including some with
 RH> hot pepper and one with bacon in them.

 PC> OH no...you remind me of ice-cream pizza in Brasil.  That got me off
 PC> them for many years, until I made hospital approved pizza.

Sounds interesting.  I heard on Fox News today that there's a bacon
flavored dental floss on the market.  Some of the folks here ought to
track it down and give a report.


 RH> Why am I not surprised? (G)

 PC> Because what you have written about steve, does remind me of my life
 PC> with Maria.

He has been very supportive of me and my medical issues.  He also spoils
me rotten sometimes. (g0


 I may not understand Portuguese, or get it...I was
 PC> useless in school with languages, but somehow we have survived all...

I survived Latin in high school and German in college. (G)


 PC> oops ran over ...see you on the next page  :)

OK

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