WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2017

becca sending and positive thoughts to you and DH. Hope the procedure gives him relief and is home asap.

Super warm Sunday here, I will take advantage and get some yard work done, kitchen needs cleaning and then of course, meal prep for the week. Going to be a busy one! I will make instant pot yogurt again, hard boiled eggs and already have bone broth for the week. Will get to the gym and have a great walk with bff catching up on everything is always fun the miles go by without even noticing.

Beth that is a really excellent price for the IP. Ive got the mini 3qt and that is the price I paid for it!

Take care everyone. NYKAREN

Lenora (and Machka ) - I could write a book about "Indian" food as it is a passion of mine, but I will try and condense it.
'Curry' is an Anglo-Indian word, adapted to mean spicy food in the days of empire. It is a rough translation of a small part of true "Indian" cookery. In western tradition it refers to a blend of spices, often combined as a shortcut to using them separately. I haven't used "curry" since the 60s!!!! I buy the individual spices and combine them for each dish in differing amounts. If I am in the mood I roast whole spices and grind them myself, but I'm normally too lazy. When I do that the flavour is sooooooooooooo much better.
There is no such thing as "Indian" food. Every part of India, which is huge, has its own tradition and preferred spices. They vary hugely. The food we British eat in our ubiquitous Indian restaurants is not authentic and has never been near India. It is a degraded version of Bangladeshi food, because it was first cooked by immigrants from that area. I haven't been to an "Indian" restaurant in years. If I have to I have fish or vegetarian. There are a few restaurants that do authentic food, often vegetarian, but only in big cities.
"Tandoori" refers to the superheated oven in which the food is cooked after marinating in yoghurt and spices. The oven is clay and goes up to 600 °. You lower the food into it and it is a very skilled job! "Nan" - a puffy bread, is made by throwing the dough onto the tandoori walls. Of course, at home I can't do this, so when I make fish or chicken kebabs I superheat my grill (broiler) to obtain the charred effect. It's also good on a bbq. Normally I make my own mix from my spices, but this time I used a ready made powder and it wasn't as good. I probably didn't use enough. "Tandoori marsala" and other saucy dishes don't exist in India, they are a corruption to suit western tastes. Yuk!
I don't eat ready made food very often, but I do keep a jar of Korma paste, for occasions when I'm in a rush. It seems to suit dahl, (lentils).
I make my own Paneer (pressed curd cheese). My own yoghurt. I sprout my own beans for a spicy "Ussal" dish. I love a paneer, spinach and red pepper spicy dish I make regularly. I make excellent saag dishes (spinach) with chicken or lamb. Sometimes I add some red lentils as a thickener. If I could only eat one cuisine for the rest of my life I would choose "Indian" for its variety and tastiness. Chilli is not required and many areas hardly use it. Others use a lot of it. The best thing about it is that you can make a few left over bits of veg and a spoonful of red lentils taste divine. The ultimate money saver.

Sorry if that's more information than you needed or wanted.

Michele - I always serve my food at times convenient for me. They know when it is. If they don't show up I leave them some means to make themselves breakfast, lunch etc. I do put back dinner a bit because I know we eat at a most unsophisticated time, 6.15, so I would push it back to around 7pm. That is still early for some folks, I know, but I get starving!!! Sometimes i serve nibbles in the living room with drinks as an alternative to a starter course so I'mnot too hungry. As far as the food goes I am generous with what goes on the table, but I only take a tiny bit of it. I don't eat dessert, carbs or lots of sauce. Just because it's on the table doesn't mean I have to eat it. :noway: I much prefer it if guests don't stay too long as we love our own routines, but I try to cook food they love. I would cook one night and go out to a restaurant the next. I don't like people staying more than two nights and run out of patience.
We often leave people to sort themselves out in the mornings because we are busy exercising. The only times we don't do this is when the grandchildren are staying.

OK, that's more than enough from me! Becca - good wishes for the op.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Lenora (and Machka ) - I could write a book about "Indian" food as it is a passion of mine, but I will try and condense it.
'Curry' is an Anglo-Indian word, adapted to mean spicy food in the days of empire. It is a rough translation of a small part of true "Indian" cookery. In western tradition it refers to a blend of spices, often combined as a shortcut to using them separately. I haven't used "curry" since the 60s!!!! I buy the individual spices and combine them for each dish in differing amounts. If I am in the mood I roast whole spices and grind them myself, but I'm normally too lazy. When I do that the flavour is sooooooooooooo much better.
There is no such thing as "Indian" food. Every part of India, which is huge, has its own tradition and preferred spices. They vary hugely. The food we British eat in our ubiquitous Indian restaurants is not authentic and has never been near India. It is a degraded version of Bangladeshi food, because it was first cooked by immigrants from that area. I haven't been to an "Indian" restaurant in years. If I have to I have fish or vegetarian. There are a few restaurants that do authentic food, often vegetarian, but only in big cities.
"Tandoori" refers to the superheated oven in which the food is cooked after marinating in yoghurt and spices. The oven is clay and goes up to 600 °. You lower the food into it and it is a very skilled job! "Nan" - a puffy bread, is made by throwing the dough onto the tandoori walls. Of course, at home I can't do this, so when I make fish or chicken kebabs I superheat my grill (broiler) to obtain the charred effect. It's also good on a bbq. Normally I make my own mix from my spices, but this time I used a ready made powder and it wasn't as good. I probably didn't use enough. "Tandoori marsala" and other saucy dishes don't exist in India, they are a corruption to suit western tastes. Yuk!
I don't eat ready made food very often, but I do keep a jar of Korma paste, for occasions when I'm in a rush. It seems to suit dahl, (lentils).
I make my own Paneer (pressed curd cheese). My own yoghurt. I sprout my own beans for a spicy "Ussal" dish. I love a paneer, spinach and red pepper spicy dish I make regularly. I make excellent saag dishes (spinach) with chicken or lamb. Sometimes I add some red lentils as a thickener. If I could only eat one cuisine for the rest of my life I would choose "Indian" for its variety and tastiness. Chilli is not required and many areas hardly use it. Others use a lot of it. The best thing about it is that you can make a few left over bits of veg and a spoonful of red lentils taste divine. The ultimate money saver.

Sorry if that's more information than you needed or wanted.

Yes, I was going to add that the word "curry" often refers to the dish of food. My friend, Silpa, from south India (Kerala region) told me that at her university, at lunch, the students she hung out with would each bring a curry and they'd share them. They'd be all sorts of different foods, with or without the mix of spices we think of as curry.

She also told me that south India cuisine is traditionally very hot. We've got a Kerala take-away in our neighbourhood run by a family also from south India. For their many customers from India, they no doubt serve up the hot dishes, but they've come to recognise us, and they make ours mild.

I am still quite new to it all, and am learning what the words mean.

And just last year I made saag paneer in my slow cooker!! I bought the paneer, but made the rest ... it was actually really good!
https://www.slenderkitchen.com/recipe/sunday-slow-cooker-saag-paneer


As for favourite cuisines ... for me, I'd put "Mexican" at the top (that's long been a favourite of mine), but "Indian" would come in second, I think. And as I said, I'm new to "Indian" food ... ate some for the first time in 2002, and have only been eating it relatively regularly in the last 5 or 6 years!!


M in Oz

Busy week ahead ... and I should be in bed!


But it is only 1:35 am, and I am trying to wrap up the last bit of studying for yet another test ... the last one in the course. The only thing after that is the final in early November.

And here is another online spice company to look at: https://www.penzeys.com although it looks like the prices on https://www.penderys.com are better.

OMG! Can Joaquin get any cuter?

Karen in Virginia

Its 8am, husband just called. Just tests being done etc, and night doctor yesterday stated it could be something else that is making him jaundice. He is in good spirits. I slept awful last night. He said he has a small room with an up right chair, so no sense me coming there because there would be no place I could sleep. So he will just keep me informed.
I am taking a long shower and scrub this freaky hair of mine.
All shall be well, and all manner of things will be exceedingly well. (That's what I'm telling my brain anyways!)

Love Becca

Rye - You will never be able to recreate a tandoor oven, but you should easily be able to approximate a Chicken Tikka. That is what I cooked last night. It was so tasty and next time I will add a bit more powder. The real tandoori Nans are a pillow of loveliness, but in Britain we can buy reasonable ones to heat up. I am low carb so I don't do that. Onion bhaji is easy to make, but requires deep frying, or at least a deep frying pan. Very, very high in calories! It is made with gram flour (garbanzos). A thing of light loveliness in the right hands and a soggy mess in the wrong ones.
I love gram flour and sometimes use it to make a sweetcorn fritter which I shallow fry. Fabulous starter! It is served with a very hot and spicy green chilli, pistachio and cilantro sauce.
I get all my spices from Amazon. In the UK it is very much cheaper than the tiny jars in shops. Don't know what the prices would be in the US. I buy a lot of pulses, oils, rice, pepper and dried beans that way as well. I'm lucky to have a utility room to store stuff in. :laugh: It hurts me now to pay shop prices for small quantities.
I use a Masala Daba to decant my big packets of spices into. It is a round stainless steel box with two lids and seven internal containers. Of course, I have many more than seven, but those are the most used. I got it from Amazon after watching it used on Utube by Uvashri Pitri, who has written a very simple Indian cookbook for the Instant Pot. The book is a best seller! Her videos are easily available on Utube. The recipes are simplified a bit, but I use her Ussal one for the sprouted beans, but with much less salt!!

I have been to Mexico City, where I lived with a family for a month, and I recently went to the Yucatan Peninsula for two weeks. Loved the food, but I never saw a taco. :laugh: Lots of fresh juices, clean, fresh food and not always especially spicy. Our Mexican restaurants in the UK are more TexMex. Mexico has its regional food, much like India. Very different in different regions.

Having duck legs tonight roasted in a Korean paste. Potatoes in the same pan for DH. Carrot and rutabaga mash for me and broccoli.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

Wendy: Thank you for the link to the horse training site. I've bookmarked it so that I can find it again and I'll read it directly after I finish greeting my friends here.

Allie: I am delighted to read your happy posts. :flowerforyou:

Pip: Thanks for the advice and help regarding Labs. My friend would prefer a rescue lab and doesn't insist on purebred, either. I doubt she'll put any energy into finding a dog for the next while. Her DH has been diagnosed with cancer and is getting palliative care at home. He's had a number of blood transfusions and may have more. Friends and family have been coming for visits.

Suebdew in TX: I am so sorry to hear about the poison ivy. I hope it heals quickly. You've sure been busy getting things taken care of at home. :flowerforyou:

Barbie: You are so right about physical and mental challenges dealing with Arrow. I am learning more than I ever expected. I doubt I'll be getting my own horse training show on TV in the foreseeable future, but I am stumbling along and he is getting needed attention. As with children, he'd rather have attention for being naughty than no attention at all. :ohwell:

Janetr: Your ornaments are glorious. I'd love to see photos of a step by step creation.

Michele: Happy Anniversary! :bigsmile:

Evelyn: This is the first home we've lived in that was new. We had loads of issues to deal with and the developer kept coming back for a couple of years as we discovered a new challenge. After all of that, we found that they'd taken shortcuts that were structural problems. The most recent was a second story deck that wasn't water-tight and we had to resurface. That was two years ago. DH & I did it ourselves. The deck and windows were originally constructed with the "newest and best" products. Those products failed over time. The builders didn't cause those problems, their suppliers did. We had to step up and pay for replacements of windows and did the resurface on the upper deck ourselves. :ohwell:

(((Sharon in Lethbridge)))

Becca: Sending good thoughts and prayers for your DH and for you.

KJLaMore: Joaquin is he cutest little guy with a huge personality. Someone is a very good photographer! :bigsmile:

Rita: The sunset photo is amazing & the sky is gorgeous.


Last night we had a Halloweentown celebration put together by Marni, the actress who played to oldest sister in the movies. It was supposed to be a tribute to Debbie Reynolds. They told stories about how nice she was, but that was about it for the "tribute." The crowd was enormous and many people travelled a long way to be here. Our Mayor made an appearance and welcomed the actors and the crowd. He was the most riveting person on the stage in my opinion. (Long hair & tie-dye shirt. Lots of energy and stage presence as he welcomed the crowd.) I hope that local businesses had a good amount of sales.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

My mother had a favorite saying: "Everyone is strange except me and thee, and sometimes I wonder about thee."

Katla – I consider my DH and sons to be very responsible hunters and gun owners:
1) Never shoot at something you cannot fully see;
2) Only point a gun at something you INTEND to kill;
3) Always check a gun is empty even if the person handing it to you had already gone through the process before giving it to you;
4) Never put a loaded gun in a vehicle;
5) Clean your gun when finished with it; and,
6) Have a healthy respect for ‘any’ gun.
My weight loss has done nothing to my pre-diabetes condition nor has it done anything with the numbers of my cholesterol either. I think I have a healthy diet and I exercise most days.

Becca – {{{{{HGUS}}}}} and prayer for you DH and you (and even the 3 sons). Hope things get much, much better real soon.

Sharon – Have you called A.A. and asked if they have a local group for ‘families of alcoholics’? Friend of mine went through it; and, her husband refused to admit he had a drinking problem which made he get physically abusive to her. It gave her the strength to get out; and, not be always the victim.

We’ll never buy a home that is being built unless we get to it while the foundation is being built or if we design and built it ourselves (like we did this one). While this one has a few things about it that I don’t particularly care for; the one we picked out as it was being framed up gave us the biggest headache because the builder and HOW people did not do the drain tiles that should have been done around it at all. So we were still ‘in court over it’ when we sold it to move back to Albany. IF my Daddy had not been an attorney, we would have never won the case and made them correct the issue before the new owners took possession of it. I have a friend that the builder did not put rebar in the foundation, so they won their case against them; he had to pay off the house and also pay them. They won’t ever be able to sell it; it will either need to be torn down (or they could rent it out) and sell the lot for someone else to build on.

My Windows World windows are being replaced tomorrow. I can hardly believe it. Of course, I will believe it when they get here to do it, too. I have decided that ‘if’ there is another ‘excuse’ I am going to give them a ‘firm deadline’ by which they HAVE to replace them or else I will write a letter to ‘every BBB in every town’ south of a line from Columbus, through Macon, and over to Augusta to tell them of my complaint against them’. The installer called me the other week (week before last) and scheduled for it to start tomorrow. YEAH!!!!!

Michele – Happy Anniversary!!!!!

KJ - Joaquin is a doll!!!!

Rita – I guess my opinion that ‘no woman should think she needs a man to complete her’ is something that got instilled in me early in my life. My parents had a good and loving marriage and Mother and Daddy were both very well educated and therefore each had a career. But, they always made sure that the 3 of us had someone to come home to when we got home from school. Since Mother was a teacher herself, she came home about 30 minutes later than we did. After her wreck, she wasn’t able to clean or stand to cook many meals; so the woman who had been hired when she worked stayed with them and was with them when I went off to school. I think the only thing that upset me was that she passed away and my Mother did not tell me for a long time. She was more demonstrative to me than my own Mother was. But, by the time she passed away we had worked through that.

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts – Whether together or independently should be teaching both of them how to treat the other, at a young age; putting them together and giving each of them the same things that each individual association gives to their boys/girls would probably help in a lot of ways. Boys could learn things like cooking and cleaning and taking care of babies; and the girls can do whatever it requires to be an Eagle Scout. Eagle Scout does not say ‘Men Eagle Scout’ … so why not combine the two and let girls and boys join the “Scouts.” The girls could do whatever is required to become an Eagle Scout, maybe it should also require each sex to go through things that are ‘normally’ female related in doing so; merge the best of each.

But each group ought to have the ‘right’ to be segregated if that is what they choose to do; because of certain subject matters that might be discussed. If they are combined, then would they need both a male and female leader? I would think so, it would become somewhat of a ‘family’. But, even then, girls are still kept separately. You certainly would not put both in a cabin off at camp without 24/7 supervision. When I was in Brownie/Girl Scouts and went to came; the cabins were for the girls only and the leaders were in a cabin to themselves in the middle of 3 or 4 cabins of girls. On the first Saturday night we were there (it was a 2-week session) the boys from the Boy Scout troops’ camp was right across the river (as a crow flies) and they got invited to a dance we put on. I enjoyed camp; and, I thought it was so far away; but, actually it was in the next county. My parents took us on a long ride around the county so we would not think they could ‘easily’ come get us for being ‘homesick’. I got pneumonia one year and my aunt in Macon had to come pick me up because my parents were down in FL at a funeral. What I remember was my temperature was so high that they put me in an ice bath. I think that is one reason I hate anything on me that is cold. Only, when I have a bad headache will I put a cool rag to my forehead.

Well – No cooking for me for Thanksgiving Day! Jenn’s mother is going to come out and cook; all I have to do is bring something! Yeah! Yeah, because it doesn’t look like I am going to have a new dishwasher anytime soon. I am writing out my “Dreamer’s List” … much like a “Bucket List” … I think I have to put it up at #1, with the porch now being #2.

Lenora

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