Text 32898, 109 rader
Skriven 2013-01-21 20:41:03 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 32846 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
Ärende: Like pulling teeth
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Hi Dave,

 RH> had to have another molar taken out some years ago and it hurt almost
 RH> as bad as when the 4 were taken. Of course being older, my threshold of

 DD> Which hurts more? Your first sentence is a bit ambiguous. I've not had

 RH> I've never had a root canal so don't know how bad they hurt. Having the
 RH> 4 wisdom teeth out at once hurt quite a bit.

 DD> OK. That clears the mists away from that.

Good, it was rather foggy here for a few days last week. Some of it
might have drifted into my computer.


 DD> a root canal. But, a few years ago I had two molars and three
 DD> bicuspids yanked in one go. It really wasn't bad ... Novocaine is a
 DD> wonderful thing. Yes it is.   Bv)=

 RH> Part of the problem is, I've got a small mouth so the dentist or oral
 RH> surgeon really has to do some fancy maneuvering to get at the back
 RH> teeth (which are the only ones I've had pulled). Also, having to keep
 RH> it open for the time needed to do the extraction makes it hurt. About
 RH> the only thing I want to food wise is to just have something to drink
 RH> to wash down pain killers after a session like that.

 DD> I've been told I have a "big mouth". But, that had more to do with
 DD> that someone didn't like what I was saying. I think mine is average.
 DD> The trip to the Oral Surgeon to get the five extractions done resulted
 DD> in the "corners" of my mouth (where the upper and lower lip join)
 DD> getting minor, but annoying, tears - which made drinking lemonade and
 DD> grapefruit juice problematic.

I've had that happen as well. Even orange juice hurts for a few days so
I just have to tough it out. I've not had any orange juice in almost 6
months tho so there was no problem with my last dental visit. No
fillings needed either.


 DD>       Title: Roast Lemon Chicken w/Shallots & Potatoes
 DD>  Categories: Poultry, Citrus, Potatoes, Vegetables
 DD>       Yield: 7 servings

 RH> This looks good, and relatively easy--another good one to move from
 RH> your archives to your kitchen files. Looks like leftovers would freeze
 RH> well too. I might give it a try when I get caught up with other things
 RH> that need attention after being gone for a month.

 DD> It's also Kosher for Passover - the problem with me moving it from
 DD> "archives" to the "kitchen" side is the size of the recipe ... I would
 DD> have to have company over or be cooking at my brother's or something.
 DD> Being single I don't do big recipes very often. Although the pot of
 DD> chicken soup I whomped up used both my six quart and my 1.5 quart
 DD> crock pots. And several Zip-Loc freezer containers. Which sort-of
 DD> takes up most of the remaining space in my freezer until I eat it down
 DD> to clear space.

OK, so make it for your brother & his family some time when they come
over and stash left overs in your freezer. You should have some room by
then. We're clearing more and more room in both of our freezers--don't
want to have a lot of food on hand if we are moving somewhere relatively
soon.

 DD> As it was I was re-arranging things to fit the freezer packs into the
 DD> nooks and crannies when I found a pound or so of slice yellow cheese
 DD> (round slices from Humphrey's deli counter) wrapped in Saran wrap. I
 DD> think from the taste it was either Colby or Longhorn ... but, it had
 DD> been adversely affected by the long spell in the freezer and was dried
 DD> out and very crumbly.

 DD> So, with nothing much to lose I tried an experiment - I put the wad of
 DD> slices into a microwave-safe bowl and nuked it for 30 seconds at a
 DD> time until it sort of flowed back together and exuded some oil. Then I
 DD> stirred it up and recombined the oil and nuked it a couple more 30
 DD> second sessions.

 DD> All of a sudden a thought hit me like a bolt out of the blue. I had
 DD> about a third of a bottle of Cholula hot sauce in the cupboard ... and
 DD> I was out of pepper jack cheese. So, while the cheese was still
 DD> plastic I stirred the hot sauce into it and nuked it again for a final
 DD> 30 seconds and put it in the refrigerator with a lid - to firm up.

 DD> That evening I got the box of Walgreen's fake Ritz crackers and gave
 DD> it a try. Niiiiiiiiice. Bit of up-front bite on the tip of the tongue.
 DD> Then a few minutes later a nice glow at the back of the mouth and top
 DD> of the throat. I think it's a keeper and I may make a try at making my
 DD> own "pepper cheese" using a mild Cheddar and some fine diced chilies
 DD> that I have frozen to break down the cell structure so that they are
 DD> not crunchy bits in the cheese.

Sounds good. Cheese is usually kept in a drawer in our fridge so there's
little chance of losing track of it.

Our church's annual Super Bowl chili cook off is coming up in a couple
of weeks. I took home the trophy last year, been mulling over ideas for
this year's pot. It'll be a competition style again but not quite sure
what meat besides beef will go into it.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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