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Roast beef dinner at mom’s nursing home was better than I expected.
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@1948CWB
Mom's nursing home is great, although she complains that the food is not to her taste. She was previously being monitored for dementia by a geriatric psychiatrist, and that practice had a list of nursing homes they recommended. It was really great to get the practice's shortlist of good nursing homes in the area.2 -
My local fishery has some of the best wild Salmon I could ask for..
Made for pre work with broccoli and a matcha, watercress smoothie.
Taking leftovers to go!
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Dinner with mom at the nursing home. MFP places pictures in random order.
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »My local fishery has some of the best wild Salmon I could ask for..
Made for pre work with broccoli and a matcha, watercress smoothie.
Taking leftovers to go!
Good-looking piece of salmon ...
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Dinner with mom at the nursing home. MFP places pictures in random order.
Your mom's facility seems to have a reasonable menu. At 70yo myself, I've heard of many places where that isn't the case. With you being in the UK and she in Canada, that's one less worry for you. I can empathize your situation, as one of my daughters is over 500mi away in Canada (Ottawa), one close. "Good luck" doesn't feel the most accurate way to wish you well in this process, but words fail me right now.
When I have multiple photos to post, I usually do it from my laptop, where I am able to manually select and insert the photo where I wish. Here and on FB, I've been thinking more about sequencing to tell the story better.
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Back from our weekend event. Had some baked chicken left over to use up from the sheet pan dinner I posted the other day, and I buzzed that into some chicken salad for lunch. That being a little heavy, I picked a chickpea dish from the YT channel, "Spain on a Fork" ... skillet canned chickpeas with garlic and parsley. I added some diced red bell pepper for color, and also adapted a tzatziki-like sauce dolloped on top for a little pizzazz. "Tzatziki-like" because I had regular yogurt, not Greek, on hand. I recommend "Spain on a Fork" as a source of fairly easy, mostly-vegan dishes from Spanish cuisine.
https://youtu.be/cDpK_EZpIJ4
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »My local fishery has some of the best wild Salmon I could ask for..
I'm a big fan of ocean run Chinook, but I feel like I shouldn't eat it anymore because they are so imperiled. I bought a box of Alaskan Sockeye from a "community supported fishery" a while back, so I've been working my way through that. I for sure don't eat Atlantic salmon or any other farmed salmon. There's been some advances in aquaculture, and they are growing some farmed salmon far inland, like in Idaho. I might consider eating that, but... I don't know.
I have been reading about Coho making it up into areas they haven't been seen in decades. There's also more habitat that's been opened up lately by removing dams. Maybe I can feel good about eating salmon again soon, especially Coho.
That tail piece of yours looks kind of like Coho and kind of like Sockeye. I think of Sockeye as being more red, but Coho is a little fatter.
I took a fillet out of the deep freeze yesterday and put it in the freezer over the fridge. Maybe in a couple days I'll cut it open, cut it in half, vacuum seal half to put back in the freezer, and bake the other half. It's sure tasty and chock full of good fatty acids.
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »My local fishery has some of the best wild Salmon I could ask for..
I'm a big fan of ocean run Chinook, but I feel like I shouldn't eat it anymore because they are so imperiled. I bought a box of Alaskan Sockeye from a "community supported fishery" a while back, so I've been working my way through that. I for sure don't eat Atlantic salmon or any other farmed salmon. There's been some advances in aquaculture, and they are growing some farmed salmon far inland, like in Idaho. I might consider eating that, but... I don't know.
I have been reading about Coho making it up into areas they haven't been seen in decades. There's also more habitat that's been opened up lately by removing dams. Maybe I can feel good about eating salmon again soon, especially Coho.
That tail piece of yours looks kind of like Coho and kind of like Sockeye. I think of Sockeye as being more red, but Coho is a little fatter.
I took a fillet out of the deep freeze yesterday and put it in the freezer over the fridge. Maybe in a couple days I'll cut it open, cut it in half, vacuum seal half to put back in the freezer, and bake the other half. It's sure tasty and chock full of good fatty acids.
It's a pity about the Chinook. I had a great vacations with relatives up at La Push in 1968 and 1970, and caught one of my own, fishing offshore with my uncle. At that time, they were relatively plentiful, and the major concern was overfishing by the Russians who were basically just vacuuming them up out of the ocean. Now there's of course multiple threats and their population is tanking.
That exposure to the ocean up there, caused me to change my prospective major (I was an HS soph at that point in '70) to marine sciences.
We live at the Jersey Shore. Salmon is plentifully available but of course 90% is farmed. I can't recall the last time I saw Chinook offered. I think it was us that had the conversation earlier this year about Johnny's in Tacoma?
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We still see both ocean-run Chinook and Columbia Chinook in the fish market routinely. We also see farmed Atlantic salmon, and I think some actually does come from Idaho. I think they are raising sturgeon too - at least for caviar.
Washington State recently (a couple years ago) banned net-pen fish farming. There were issues with some of the fish escaping and potentially breeding with native fish. The farmed fish are Atlantic salmon. Other issues were spread of disease to native fish and pollution from the excess food and waste.
Many years ago, rockfish harvest was banned in Oregon. It was expected their population would rebound, but it was expected to take a long time. Surprise - they came back much sooner than expected, and the fishery is now managed more sustainably. I want to go diving and shoot some for myself. Our Dungeness crab fishery is well managed as well, as is our pink shrimp fishery.
Now I want some fish....
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@mtaratoot @mjbnj0001
It’s wild king salmon from New Zealand!
I’m a big fish eater and just unhappy about so much of the farmed fish. So I choose wild.. this local fishery.. always gets super fresh never frozen fish..
I wish it was less expensive.. however.
I keep looking for wild Alaskan salmon and Copper River Salmon to support US fisheries.. on the east coast.. I don’t see it often - I have to special order it.
Kinda bizarre that I can get wild Salmon from New Zealand easier than Alaska? Am I crazy?
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »@mtaratoot @mjbnj0001
Kinda bizarre that I can get wild Salmon from New Zealand easier than Alaska? Am I crazy?
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LOL ... but I can imagine there's probably a steady armada of flights carrying lamb chops, seafood and kiwis. More than Alaska. Especially to the distribution markets in NYC.1 -
SafariGalNYC wrote: »@mtaratoot @mjbnj0001
It’s wild king salmon from New Zealand!
I’m a big fish eater and just unhappy about so much of the farmed fish. So I choose wild.. this local fishery.. always gets super fresh never frozen fish..
I wish it was less expensive.. however.
I keep looking for wild Alaskan salmon and Copper River Salmon to support US fisheries.. on the east coast.. I don’t see it often - I have to special order it.
Kinda bizarre that I can get wild Salmon from New Zealand easier than Alaska? Am I crazy?
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For those that don't know:
King = Chinook
Coho = Silver
If you want to get Alaska Sockeye on the east coast, and if you're interested in supporting a family owned cooperative, you might check out Iliamna Fish Company. You buy a share before fishing season. You have to pay for at least half. They go get the fish, flash freeze it and vacuum bag it, and bring it to pick-up locations. They deliver to New York City (and nearby), Philadelphia PA, Bethesda MD, and Massachusetts.
I ordered from them twice. The first time, three of us split two shares. The next time I bought a whole share. I won't do it again; it doesn't make sense for me. If I lived on the east coast, I might do it. Splitting a share with a friend or two means you don't have more than you can deal with. I keep mine in a deep freeze and pull out one fillet every now and then. I wish I had purchased the smaller portions. It is a little more expensive, but I only cook for one, so I have to open them up, cut them while frozen, then vacuum seal one half and put back in the freezer and let the other thaw to cook.
I don't find the quality any higher than what I can buy in my local fish market, and I often find better prices. Also, I can just buy how much I want that day and not have to worry that an extended power outage will ruin my entire box o' fish.
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For those that don't know:
King = Chinook
Coho = Silver
If you want to get Alaska Sockeye on the east coast, and if you're interested in supporting a family owned cooperative, you might check out Iliamna Fish Company. You buy a share before fishing season. You have to pay for at least half. They go get the fish, flash freeze it and vacuum bag it, and bring it to pick-up locations. They deliver to New York City (and nearby), Philadelphia PA, Bethesda MD, and Massachusetts.
I ordered from them twice. The first time, three of us split two shares. The next time I bought a whole share. I won't do it again; it doesn't make sense for me. If I lived on the east coast, I might do it. Splitting a share with a friend or two means you don't have more than you can deal with. I keep mine in a deep freeze and pull out one fillet every now and then. I wish I had purchased the smaller portions. It is a little more expensive, but I only cook for one, so I have to open them up, cut them while frozen, then vacuum seal one half and put back in the freezer and let the other thaw to cook.
I don't find the quality any higher than what I can buy in my local fish market, and I often find better prices. Also, I can just buy how much I want that day and not have to worry that an extended power outage will ruin my entire box o' fish.
interesting. will bookmark this info.
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@mtaratoot @SafariGalNYC
Grocery day this afternoon. Local supermarket had sockeye, $14.99/lb. Looked a little beat up. I passed on it. All other salmon was Atlantic (farmed).1 -
@SafariGalNYC - yes, it is crazy to get fish from other country easier. Glad to see your shares here again - they all look delish.
--- i do wish healthier foods were more affordable and readily available... and particularly local. Our major grocers have contracts that often exclude local fresh peak in-season produce. I appreciate the farmers markets, but do wish it were readily available in the groceries.3 -
Tonight's (Tuesday) dinner: baked tzatziki-marinated chicken breast, roast veg and steamed green beans. Tzatziki was fresh-made as "garnish" for yesterday's dinner. In truth, I should call it, as yesterday, "tzatziki-like," as all I had on hand was regular yogurt, not Greek. Still have a bit left to use as veggie dip.
1. As served.
2. Ready to bake. At this point, the roast veg had had a 12-13 min head start.
3. Done baking.
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »@mtaratoot @mjbnj0001
Kinda bizarre that I can get wild Salmon from New Zealand easier than Alaska? Am I crazy?
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LOL ... but I can imagine there's probably a steady armada of flights carrying lamb chops, seafood and kiwis. More than Alaska. Especially to the distribution markets in NYC.
@mjbnj0001 Happy to report - yes we do get nice international armadas here in NYC haha
I can get food from pretty much any country.. just lacking in Alaskan fish. lol
@mtaratoot - will check out that supplier!! Love to hear your thoughts on Copper River Salmon too!
@Adventurista - 👋 happy to be back! Thanks 😊
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SafariGalNYC wrote: »@mtaratoot - will check out that supplier!! Love to hear your thoughts on Copper River Salmon too!
We get Copper River Sockeye seasonally. Dark red color. Quite tasty. I think it's still a sustainable fishery - for now. I worry about what our species is doing to the rest of the species we share this rock with.
One of the things I didn't like about the supplier is that I think they shipped a little less than I paid for. I weighed each package of fish, and the total weight was very close to what I had ordered. However, that included the packaging. The packaging isn't super heavy, but when you add it all up, I paid a premium price for plastic bags. I wasn't too keen on that, and even though it was a purchase direct from the boat (nobody else profited), it was more expensive than I can get from my fish market. Fish at my fish market is sold from the boat to a company that sells to the fish market who sells to me. There is a profit at each step. One would think that buying directly from the boat would get some kind of discount for eliminating the other two folks who earn on the purchase, but that's not the case. Plus, they hold the money I spent for months until they go fishing. They advertise that if they do better than expected, they can give some of the money back to pass the savings along. The years I ordered were good years for fishing, but I never got anything back.
I won't order form them again, but I can get the fish locally. If you can't, it might be worth working with them. I do think they are good stewards of the fishery and the ocean in general, so that's a good thing.
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Dinner with mom at the nursing home.
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Dinner with mom at the nursing home. MFP places pictures in random order.
Your mom's facility seems to have a reasonable menu. At 70yo myself, I've heard of many places where that isn't the case. With you being in the UK and she in Canada, that's one less worry for you. I can empathize your situation, as one of my daughters is over 500mi away in Canada (Ottawa), one close. "Good luck" doesn't feel the most accurate way to wish you well in this process, but words fail me right now.
When I have multiple photos to post, I usually do it from my laptop, where I am able to manually select and insert the photo where I wish. Here and on FB, I've been thinking more about sequencing to tell the story better.
Mom's retirement home is a pretty good organization. I would advise anyone with aging parents to ask at geriatric centres in hospitals for their list of recommended homes.
I have learned a thing or two about caring for aging parents especially if you live far away.
1. Before they get really old ensure one of the kids becomes joint holder of a chequing account. If anyone ends up in hospital you can still take care of incidental bills. There are no tax consequences as there is no interest earned on chequing accounts. Also sort out wills and power of attorney (one is for medical decisions and the other for financial). The lawyer drawing these up has to be able to declare your parent of sound mind. You might need POA becauses of diseases like dementia and alzheimers, but just getting into a car accident can render someone comatose and unable to make decisions for themselves.
2. When you parents need carers in the house, install some surveillance cameras. i discovered later rather than sooner that one of my mom's carers was a bit of a bully. Nothing really abusive, but threats like "If you don't finish all your breakfast I'll withhold your medication."
3. When you need to move them into a home (I had to when mom could no longer remember whether or not she had taken her medication) keep hiring a favourite carer to visit a couple of times a week and do things that nursing home staff aren't there to do. This includes taking them for walks in the park, shopping trips, art galleries, beauticians, or reading to them. This also takes pressure off kids to visit several times a week.
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Lovely advice @acpgee - particularly love the last one, have never seen it mentioned before, but a wonderful idea.
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Mom's retirement home is a pretty good organization. I would advise anyone with aging parents to ask at geriatric centres in hospitals for their list of recommended homes.
I have learned a thing or two about caring for aging parents especially if you live far away.
1. Before they get really old ensure one of the kids becomes joint holder of a chequing account. If anyone ends up in hospital you can still take care of incidental bills. There are no tax consequences as there is no interest earned on chequing accounts. Also sort out wills and power of attorney (one is for medical decisions and the other for financial). The lawyer drawing these up has to be able to declare your parent of sound mind. You might need POA becauses of diseases like dementia and alzheimers, but just getting into a car accident can render someone comatose and unable to make decisions for themselves.
2. When you parents need carers in the house, install some surveillance cameras. i discovered later rather than sooner that one of my mom's carers was a bit of a bully. Nothing really abusive, but threats like "If you don't finish all your breakfast I'll withhold your medication."
3. When you need to move them into a home (I had to when mom could no longer remember whether or not she had taken her medication) keep hiring a favourite carer to visit a couple of times a week and do things that nursing home staff aren't there to do. This includes taking them for walks in the park, shopping trips, art galleries, beauticians, or reading to them. This also takes pressure off kids to visit several times a week.
Good advice, thanks. #1 done, #2/#3 future items and good cautionary notes.
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Made a dinner salad tonight to use up yesterday's posted baked tzatziki chicken. No surprises or excitement there.
However ...
Spare tzatziki was in the fridge next to the homemade catsup I made a while back (to use directly as a condiment and a base for homemade Catalina dressing). It's getting on to about 2 weeks since I made it, and I said to myself, "I'd better find a way to use that up pretty soon while it's still good." Boom! Mental lightbulb went off: I thought to mix them for a savory yogurt dressing.
Which I did. I added a bit more yogurt, more herbs and garlic to boost the amount of tzatziki, then mixed in enough of the catsup for about 2:1 yogurt to catsup. The result was quite flavorable and the mix was harmonious. In retrospect, this should have been obvious, but I was leaping off a cliff here, not knowing where the landing was. I don't know what to name it, except "good." I loaded up the salad with it, and, since I know all the ingredients, it's pretty healthy, too. There's the possibility to do a whole spectrum of variatons.
Afterwards, I checked the internet, and found out I'm not such a pioneer or crazy person. Lots of folks are mixing catsup with yogurt for dressings and dips. So here's my posting when I wasn't expecting to have one today.
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Mom's retirement home is a pretty good organization. I would advise anyone with aging parents to ask at geriatric centres in hospitals for their list of recommended homes.
I have learned a thing or two about caring for aging parents especially if you live far away.
1. Before they get really old ensure one of the kids becomes joint holder of a chequing account. If anyone ends up in hospital you can still take care of incidental bills. There are no tax consequences as there is no interest earned on chequing accounts. Also sort out wills and power of attorney (one is for medical decisions and the other for financial). The lawyer drawing these up has to be able to declare your parent of sound mind. You might need POA becauses of diseases like dementia and alzheimers, but just getting into a car accident can render someone comatose and unable to make decisions for themselves.
2. When you parents need carers in the house, install some surveillance cameras. i discovered later rather than sooner that one of my mom's carers was a bit of a bully. Nothing really abusive, but threats like "If you don't finish all your breakfast I'll withhold your medication."
3. When you need to move them into a home (I had to when mom could no longer remember whether or not she had taken her medication) keep hiring a favourite carer to visit a couple of times a week and do things that nursing home staff aren't there to do. This includes taking them for walks in the park, shopping trips, art galleries, beauticians, or reading to them. This also takes pressure off kids to visit several times a week.
Good advice, thanks. #1 done, #2/#3 future items and good cautionary notes.
Getting the power of attorney done on time is important. I have a cousin who didn't do that. Her dad now has dementia so no lawyer will draw up power of attorney papers in his current state. Dad owns a lot of real estate. Just getting the permission to sell a second home to fund his care requires months to get court orders.
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Mom's retirement home is a pretty good organization. I would advise anyone with aging parents to ask at geriatric centres in hospitals for their list of recommended homes.
I have learned a thing or two about caring for aging parents especially if you live far away.
1. Before they get really old ensure one of the kids becomes joint holder of a chequing account. If anyone ends up in hospital you can still take care of incidental bills. There are no tax consequences as there is no interest earned on chequing accounts. Also sort out wills and power of attorney (one is for medical decisions and the other for financial). The lawyer drawing these up has to be able to declare your parent of sound mind. You might need POA becauses of diseases like dementia and alzheimers, but just getting into a car accident can render someone comatose and unable to make decisions for themselves.
2. When you parents need carers in the house, install some surveillance cameras. i discovered later rather than sooner that one of my mom's carers was a bit of a bully. Nothing really abusive, but threats like "If you don't finish all your breakfast I'll withhold your medication."
3. When you need to move them into a home (I had to when mom could no longer remember whether or not she had taken her medication) keep hiring a favourite carer to visit a couple of times a week and do things that nursing home staff aren't there to do. This includes taking them for walks in the park, shopping trips, art galleries, beauticians, or reading to them. This also takes pressure off kids to visit several times a week.
Good advice, thanks. #1 done, #2/#3 future items and good cautionary notes.
Getting the power of attorney done on time is important. I have a cousin who didn't do that. Her dad now has dementia so no lawyer will draw up power of attorney papers in his current state. Dad owns a lot of real estate. Just getting the permission to sell a second home to fund his care requires months to get court orders.
people think the "... being of sound mind ..." is just a null-meaning traditional clause. they get a rude awakening sometimes.
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Dinner with mom at the nursing home. Courses in reverse order.
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I didn't eat THIS one tonight, but some time soon unless I give it away. It's about a half pound.
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Wowsers!0
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Last dinner in mom’s retirement home.
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