"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

[Pipp]

See?

Oops I meant “see off” which means, either chase them away, or deter them , or maybe give them “ a jolly good hiding” . (Jolly good hiding dies not mean play a game of seek and hide. It means a fight, that is quite fierce. The loser getting the hiding. ( being beaten).
Don’t fancy those squirrel recipes. At all. Like eating a rat.

 

[jpscloud]

Would geese see of squirrels?

Geese will see off anything! But the squirrels can probably outrun them and get away up a tree.

 

[Pipp]

Geese will see off anything! But the squirrels can probably outrun them and get away up a tree.

You would be supplied with plenty of manure, too.

 

[MommaE]

I do encourage hedgehogs, there's always water for them and two hog houses, one at each end of the garden. There's always a fair bit of healthy hedgie poo around the garden so I must be doing something right! Sadly they don't get the caterpillars because I grow my vegetables in pots and raised beds - due to the local cats who had a meeting and voted my garden the best toilet (I have to do a daily poo patrol) so I daren't grow things in the ground.

Something I've noticed this year for the first time is snail shells with half-eaten snails still in them. I discovered it is beetles eating them, which is a real bonus. I do seem to have less snails now, but either the beetles don't go for slugs or the slugs are just too prolific for them to make a difference.

Your garden sounds quite the menagerie

 

[MommaE]

Indian runner ducks could be the answer!
And they make any garden so much more fun to spend time in.

Unlike our Canada geese which just give you dirty looks if you dare go near wherever they feel entitled to be.

 

[Annb]

You would be supplied with plenty of manure, too.

Yes, Ducks make an awful mess in a garden, but they are fascinating to watch. We used to keep Muscovy ducks and the drake was very protective of his harem, standing his ground against dogs or cats to give his girls time to get away. Eventually, the mess was too much to bear and we gave them away to someone who wasn't bothered. In a different environment, they would have been fine.

Unlike our Canada geese which just give you dirty looks if you dare go near wherever they feel entitled to be.

Our elderly neighbour had to fight off his geese when they managed to trap him in an underground structure.
Even though he was the one who fed them, they were very aggressive towards him. But then, cockerals can be pretty aggressive too - and dangerous with their sharp spurs.

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: defrosted avocado on some Jacob's crackers (21g carb). I found this pack of commercially frozen avocado, which I had totally forgotten about. Defrosted it but there's far too much for me to eat alone. I hope Neil will help out there. Not that I really liked it - very mushy and a slight bitter taste. Shan't buy that again.

2nd meal will be the rest of the chicken from yesterday. It wasn't on shredded Brussels sprouts after all. I definitely saw some of those in the freezer, but seem to have pulled out a tub of saurkraut instead. It was OK along with the chicken though, so no problem.

I'm going to make me a chocolate and raspberry birthday cake for tomorrow - just in case anyone comes in. I can always take a slice for the nurse who will be doing my leg bandaging. That will be my birthday celebration - getting the bandages renewed on my legs. What fun! Shan't be eating the cake, of course. I'll send some home with Alistair for his family to share.

 

[shelley262]

Breakfast: defrosted avocado on some Jacob's crackers (21g carb). I found this pack of commercially frozen avocado, which I had totally forgotten about. Defrosted it but there's far too much for me to eat alone. I hope Neil will help out there. Not that I really liked it - very mushy and a slight bitter taste. Shan't buy that again.

2nd meal will be the rest of the chicken from yesterday. It wasn't on shredded Brussels sprouts after all. I definitely saw some of those in the freezer, but seem to have pulled out a tub of saurkraut instead. It was OK along with the chicken though, so no problem.

I'm going to make me a chocolate and raspberry birthday cake for tomorrow - just in case anyone comes in. I can always take a slice for the nurse who will be doing my leg bandaging. That will be my birthday celebration - getting the bandages renewed on my legs. What fun! Shan't be eating the cake, of course. I'll send some home with Alistair for his family to share.

Happy Birthday @Annb for tomorrow I will be thinking of you. I bought an M and S Colin the Caterpillar cake to celebrate my zero birthday with my family they love it but I'm not tempted at all - so was the perfect solution I had a few strawberries and clotted cream instead. Maybe some berries for you? Hope you have a few treats to celebrate your zero birthday and have a healthy content day.

 

[jpscloud]

Breakfast: defrosted avocado on some Jacob's crackers (21g carb). I found this pack of commercially frozen avocado, which I had totally forgotten about. Defrosted it but there's far too much for me to eat alone. I hope Neil will help out there. Not that I really liked it - very mushy and a slight bitter taste. Shan't buy that again.

2nd meal will be the rest of the chicken from yesterday. It wasn't on shredded Brussels sprouts after all. I definitely saw some of those in the freezer, but seem to have pulled out a tub of saurkraut instead. It was OK along with the chicken though, so no problem.

I'm going to make me a chocolate and raspberry birthday cake for tomorrow - just in case anyone comes in. I can always take a slice for the nurse who will be doing my leg bandaging. That will be my birthday celebration - getting the bandages renewed on my legs. What fun! Shan't be eating the cake, of course. I'll send some home with Alistair for his family to share.

Happy birthday for tomorrow in case I don't "see" you on here!

I had 2 scrambled eggs and a crumpet for breakfast, then for lunch an unwisely chosen small bowl of cornflakes. I shouldn't even have them in the house but there we are. Impact on BG wasn't too bad really, just a couple of points and it went down fairly quickly as I was moving around a lot. I've been hiding from the heat indoors with several fans on the go, and managed to freeze a few batches of runner and French beans.

Dinner will be resistant starch tomato rice (more tomato than rice) with fried courgette and cheese. I seem to be deeply into cheese at the moment! On the topic of the dangers of reheated rice, I always cool rice quickly in the fridge, and when it's reheated I get it hotter than the surface of the sun.

I must get some cauliflower to have instead though - my version of cauliflower rice is just smashed up cooked cauli, I can't be doing with grating it.

 

[Annb]

Happy Birthday @Annb for tomorrow I will be thinking of you. I bought an M and S Colin the Caterpillar cake to celebrate my zero birthday with my family they love it but I'm not tempted at all - so was the perfect solution I had a few strawberries and clotted cream instead. Maybe some berries for you? Hope you have a few treats to celebrate your zero birthday and have a healthy content day.

Happy birthday for tomorrow in case I don't "see" you on here!

I had 2 scrambled eggs and a crumpet for breakfast, then for lunch an unwisely chosen small bowl of cornflakes. I shouldn't even have them in the house but there we are. Impact on BG wasn't too bad really, just a couple of points and it went down fairly quickly as I was moving around a lot. I've been hiding from the heat indoors with several fans on the go, and managed to freeze a few batches of runner and French beans.

Dinner will be resistant starch tomato rice (more tomato than rice) with fried courgette and cheese. I seem to be deeply into cheese at the moment! On the topic of the dangers of reheated rice, I always cool rice quickly in the fridge, and when it's reheated I get it hotter than the surface of the sun.

I must get some cauliflower to have instead though - my version of cauliflower rice is just smashed up cooked cauli, I can't be doing with grating it.

Many thanks, both of you. I can't believe I have been on this earth for 80 years. That's old! But I'm not old. Someone has parked an extra 60 years onto me somehow. I have a friend who is a month younger than me. Last week she said "The big one coming up.." but I can't see that - it's only one day more than 79. And 79 is a nonsense anyway - my mind assures me, although my body begs to differ sometimes. However, I look at my friend and she actually looks old. Maybe I look old to her.

Chocolate and raspberry cream cake anyone?

 

[Zhnyaka]

Many thanks, both of you. I can't believe I have been on this earth for 80 years. That's old! But I'm not old. Someone has parked an extra 60 years onto me somehow. I have a friend who is a month younger than me. Last week she said "The big one coming up.." but I can't see that - it's only one day more than 79. And 79 is a nonsense anyway - my mind assures me, although my body begs to differ sometimes. However, I look at my friend and she actually looks old. Maybe I look old to her.

I was told today that I'm acting like I'm 60, so you can consider that one of your 30 years has been added to me
At 80, you already have enough grown-up children to take care of themselves, so you can afford everything you denied yourself when you were young. Have fun tomorrow!