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Skriven 2015-06-09 10:08:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: Peppers
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 06-18-15  20:47 <=-

 NB>> Getting kudzu under control would be nice, though... ;)

 RH> Control, yes, but total eradication, no. I understand it's used for
 RH> a lot of things over in Japan, including a thickening agen like
 RH> cornstarch.

Lots of things have some use...  :)  Mint can take over things, too, if
left uncontrolled...  ;)
 
 NB>>> Quite true... one of the joys of picnicking... :)
 RH>> Especially smaller ones.
 NB>> The largest one I was at was the first one at Janis's, in Windsor...

 RH> That was the second one we went to, the first being the year before in
 RH> MD. Time, distance and finances kept us from previous ones.
 
And that was the first one I ever got to...  it being the first one that
came on my radar... thanks to Carol talking it up in the MEMORIES
echo...  :)

 RH>> Good! Are the doctor appointments convenient enough that you can take
 RH>> her to lunch before or afterward as well?
 NB>> Hardly.  She lives about 45 minutes away from me, her appointments are
 NB>> closer to where I live... so I kill a good part of the day for just a
 NB>> single appointment... Plus, she's not interested anymore in eating
 NB>> out. Except for staying for the church dinners, she just eats at
 NB>> home.... part of it is that she doesn't eat a whole lot anymore, and
 NB>> she takes a long time to do that... generally has her "big" meal of
 NB>> the day early to mid afternoon... so she'll probably eat when she gets
 NB>> home from the appointment tomorrow...  :)

 RH> Dad wasn't eating much at home any more, unless I was cooking. Even
 RH> then, he'd not have that much and take so much longer than he used to,
 RH> to eat it. 

Some of that is that their stomachs do get smaller with age... and the
sense of taste diminishes... and then the teeth and jaws just don't work
as well as they used to... 

 RH> I think his appetite has perked up some now in the nursing
 RH> home from what he's indicated. He said some of the excursions they can
 RH> go on, are trips to McDonald's but I don't think he's signed up for
 RH> any of those. Good way to get out, but not that great a meal.

It helps if it's something they really enjoy eating...  I used to take
my neighbor out to Boston Market to get her to eat more... it usually
worked a charm...  :)  And we always noticed that Mommy would eat more
when we took them to Olde Country Buffet... dunno if that would work as
well nowadays, though...

ttyl       neb

... If you stomp gripes, do you get whine?

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