"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Just as I was thinking about getting something out to eat, Neil decided that the kitchen sink wasn't draining very well, so took the pipes under the sinks out. Right enough, they weren't draining because there was a lot of gunge in them. He's now putting the whole lot back together so in a while I'll have access to the kitchen again. That has decided what I'll eat. It has to be quick and easy so ... sardines on RyVita. Puts my carb intake up for the day, but BG is down to 4.8 at the moment, so I can take it.

Evening @lindisfel and welcome to this thread for diabetic foodies who like to chat.
It's good to see you here.

Bacon and eggs for breakfast. That should b e enough to keep me going all day and I'm uncertain about the rest of the day - the event I was going to yesterday was put off to today because someone was sick. She might not have recovered today, so it might just not happen at all. If it doesn't, I'll have food here. If it does, I'll have to be careful what I eat while there, so may have very little, or just tea. My bacon and egg should see me alright.

Neil bought himself a middle of the range soya milk machine a few months ago but it has been causing problems recently and yesterday just stopped working at all and he had to salvage what he could using a pan on the stove and a blender. It worked but produced half the amount he would normally get from the same quantity of soya beans. So annoying. I don't know if it is still under guarantee. Top of the range machines come in at over £1000, so I don't think he'll be trying to upgrade from his middle of the range but does he want another one that might give up as quickly as this one?

Evening all, good day in the garden today but needed frequent rests. I pickled some eggs in apple cider vinegar, looking forward to having one tomorrow.

Breakfast 12.30pm
3 small chicken thighs
200g coleslaw

4pm
Pork crackling
Greek yogurt with cream

I don't know what to have for tea! I need to have something now or it'll be too late. I think I'll have some olives, cheese and pork crackling as I'm not especially hungry.

Antje77 said:

The mechanic has temporarily solved the problem with the car by removing the brake shoe and have me promise to get it fixed ASAP.

My usual car fixing place is in Harlingen, almost 30 km (about 18 miles) away. Which means I need someone to come along in their car and bring me back, and the other way around when it's fixed. I can find someone without issue, I'm sure.
But I just got an offer from a friend who lives in Harlingen. He has an electric scooter (about 30 mph), and I can borrow it!
Which means I'll save someone driving a total of 120 km, I'll have a means of transport until my car is fixed, and I'll have great fun with the electric scooter!
I'll send you a picture from my roadtrip tomorrow!

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Completely forgot to post yesterday, road trip on scooter never happened.
The mechanic felt so sorry for me having to drive an hour on a scooter in the pouring rain, he did everything to fix my car on the same day.
Which left me with 3 hours to spare and an electric scooter under my bum, the rain cleared up quickly and I had great fun!

Both back wheels were fitted with new brake shoes, cost me only 135 euros, I love my mechanics!

OH WELL, LET'S DO ANOTHER TRIGGER WARNING, DON'T READ IF YOU'RE NOT UP TO READING ABOUT LOSING PARENTS TODAY. (In this case 27 years ago, nothing fresh.)

And here's the post I came here to post today before I discovered yesterday's loose end.

Early june is always a time for reminiscing and remembering the ones I loved and lost.
Yesterday would have been my mum's 71st birthday, so like every year since 1997, I bought her some peonies.



In '97, the peonies were her 44th birthday gift. She drowned in a sailing accident in a very sudden storm when I was 20 on the 7th of june, three days after her birthday. She was found the next day, and on a whim I brought the birthday peonies when we went to identify her.
Nice people there and it was a nice place, not cold or impersonal at all, although her hair had been done much to tight, and of course she was naked because of her wet clothes.
Ruffling her hair solved the first problem, draping the peonies all over her the second , and we spent a long time there getting used to the idea of her not being alive anymore.

Apparently suddenly having a body covered in peonies posed a bit of a dilemma for the workers at the funeral parlor after we left, with the coolers being too cold for flowers.
They gracefully solved the issue by turning them into a bouquet again, and that's how my mum came to be cremated a week later with a bunch of rather wilted peonies as the main bouquet on her coffin, even though there was a sea of fresh flowers all around it.
(In the Netherlands, the law says the dead have to be buried/cremated within 6 working days after dying, I understand it's very different in the UK, which I find fascinating.)

Anyway, this is why I've bought peonies on the 4th of june for 27 years, and why I gave the peonies back to the water on the 7th, most years accompanied by a swim and a beer shared between myself and my mum.


However, it being so long ago, early june has more and more become a time to remember all the ones I've loved and lost, so today was the perfect day to use Goonergal's plate again to remember her and enjoy some fond memories.

I'm sorry, there are more greens on that plate than is proper in memory of Goonergal, and more carbs as well (Aldi's fish fillet á la bordelaise is 8 grams of carbs a portion, according to the package), but I quite like our lost ones sometimes being closer to mind, even if it hurts as well.

jpscloud said:

Evening all, good day in the garden today but needed frequent rests. I pickled some eggs in apple cider vinegar, looking forward to having one tomorrow.

Breakfast 12.30pm
3 small chicken thighs
200g coleslaw

4pm
Pork crackling
Greek yogurt with cream

I don't know what to have for tea! I need to have something now or it'll be too late. I think I'll have some olives, cheese and pork crackling as I'm not especially hungry.

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Sounds like a good day - will be interested to hear what your eggs in ACV taste like

@Antje77 Gosh I miss Goonergal so much and remember you bargaining with her to have one of her little fishes plate.
Your mum's accidental death sounds very traumatic and tragic but lovely that you remember her at the time of her birthday and death. Flowers in season are a special way to remember and peonies are magnificent flowers - beautiful, precious and fleeting like life itself.

Antje77 said:

Completely forgot to post yesterday, road trip on scooter never happened.
The mechanic felt so sorry for me having to drive an hour on a scooter in the pouring rain, he did everything to fix my car on the same day.
Which left me with 3 hours to spare and an electric scooter under my bum, the rain cleared up quickly and I had great fun!

Both back wheels were fitted with new brake shoes, cost me only 135 euros, I love my mechanics!

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Pleased to hear your car got fixed

Bit hectic with jobs today but a reasonably good day food wise
Breakfast kefir then fried a few mushrooms with one slice of bacon and egg
Lunch cheese and LC crackers followed by a few strawberries and yoghurt
Dinner Bolognese with some low carb pasta and parmesan shavings on top. Also kept half of the Bolognese in fridge to have a chilli con carne tomorrow as will be out most of day.

shelley262 said:

Gosh I miss Goonergal so much and remember you bargaining with her to have one of her little fishes plate.

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Thanks to covid, the bargainaing took years instead of mere weeks, it was such fun!
Originally, I was to visit the UK (and get thet plate) in april 2020, but it took until Oct 2022 until we finally met and exchanged the plate for Dutch mayonnaise.
She gave me and a friend a wonderful tour around London: I saw squirrels and even a fox, I bought a T-shirt at the 0 meridian, drove the cable cars over the Thames, sat in the front of the <whatsitcalled - the underground that goes above ground> with Goonergal pretending we were the drivers, and had blisters for a week after because her long walks during covid made her think that 18,000 steps are peanuts to any fat couch potato.

She was an amazing person, and I'm very happy to have known her, if only a little.
I wish she was still around.

Antje77 said:

Early june is always a time for reminiscing and remembering the ones I loved and lost.
Yesterday would have been my mum's 71st birthday, so like every year since 1997, I bought her some peonies.

In '97, the peonies were her 44th birthday gift. She drowned in a sailing accident in a very sudden storm when I was 20 on the 7th of june, three days after her birthday. She was found the next day, and on a whim I brought the birthday peonies when we went to identify her.
Nice people there and it was a nice place, not cold or impersonal at all, although her hair had been done much to tight, and of course she was naked because of her wet clothes.
Ruffling her hair solved the first problem, draping the peonies all over her the second , and we spent a long time there getting used to the idea of her not being alive anymore.

Apparently suddenly having a body covered in peonies posed a bit of a dilemma for the workers at the funeral parlor after we left, with the coolers being too cold for flowers.
They gracefully solved the issue by turning them into a bouquet again, and that's how my mum came to be cremated a week later with a bunch of rather wilted peonies as the main bouquet on her coffin, even though there was a sea of fresh flowers all around it.
(In the Netherlands, the law says the dead have to be buried/cremated within 6 working days after dying, I understand it's very different in the UK, which I find fascinating.)

Anyway, this is why I've bought peonies on the 4th of june for 27 years, and why I gave the peonies back to the water on the 7th, most years accompanied by a swim and a beer shared between myself and my mum.

However, it being so long ago, early june has more and more become a time to remember all the ones I've loved and lost, so today was the perfect day to use Goonergal's plate again to remember her and enjoy some fond memories.

I'm sorry, there are more greens on that plate than is proper in memory of Goonergal, and more carbs as well (Aldi's fish fillet á la bordelaise is 8 grams of carbs a portion, according to the package), but I quite like our lost ones sometimes being closer to mind, even if it hurts as well.

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So sad to lose your mum that way, and so young. But lovely to remember her with beautiful peonies. You speak of her with such affection. She must have been a charming and lovely mum.

I'm sure Goonergal wouldn't disapprove of your meal. It looks delicious.

LivingLightly said:

Pity thatt the Tynjetaler is not availabe here. There's something alluring about a cheese with holes.

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Happy to bring you some late september, provided you'll pick it up close to the Harwich ferry.
Which will give you the perfect opportunity to indulge in a keto lunch or coffee and cake at Keto Bite UK in nearby Frinton as well. (https://www.facebook.com/ketobiteuk)

I love cheese with holes (who doesn't love eating bacteria farts?), and this Tynjetaler is the holey cheese I like best!

2 eggs before double dancing... but I felt very tired and didn't finished the second class. Felt migraine starting
A quick Sainsburys shop in the way home
Tucked into some smoked mackerel for lunch BUT shock horror I'd picked a packet by price not noticing it was "sweet cured" in demerara sugar. Tasted foul even when smothered with lemon juice and black pepper. Carb count was OK, but not to my taste.
Had 4 large strawberries then fell into a deep sleep for 2 hours . Classic sign of migraine for me.
Then got distracted doing finance stuff and nearly missed dinner. Ended up with cheese, a radish and a bit of cucumber. Later some cold salmon and mayo. Later some nuts. Later still, still hungry so another strawberry with seeds and yoghurt.
Wondering if today's migraine was due to yesterday's food? Really wish I could see patterns and causes.

Written yesterday but didn't post for soem reason

Wonderful memories posts @Antje77

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<whatsitcalled - the underground that goes above ground>

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I think you mean the Docklands Light Railway

Do you have actual dates for your trip here? I'm thinking I could take you up on meeting in Frinton, if you'd like

Mixed day here.
Woken early to help an elderly neighbour with an even more elderly neighbour who got rushed into hospital . Luckily the ambulance arrived very quickly.

Then lunch with a couple of oldies of our own, one with medical issues and one with memory issues

Then some lc baking as my freezer was bare.

Then a call from my GP about my cholesterol and lipid results. Bit surprised as nothing much has changed but apparently I've always had high levels, not that they bothered telling me before. I thought it was "normal for me" Now I have much research to do. Probably will arrange private scans and tests.

Then off to a village meeting where a glass leapt out of the cupboard at me, luckily I had quick reflexes and ducked!!

Hoping I'll get to sleep tonight, too much going on for my little brain

Did stick to lc though
Yoghurt, seeds and strawberry and livlife toast
Cheese ham omelette and salad
Forgot all about dinner so had some of my lc baking about 9 pm.

I was Intrigued by the provincial specialty cheese with holes that you mentioned on the other thread @Antje77. (You'll have gathered I'm a bit of a cheese junkie). Unfortunately, Tynjetaler is probably not available here in the UK, as you say.

Well, I've hatched a plot and may be able to get my hands on some Tynjetaler, though not immediately, so watch this space!

MrsA2 said:

I think you mean the Docklands Light Railway

Do you have actual dates for your trip here? I'm thinking I could take you up on meeting in Frinton, if you'd like

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I'd love to meet you @MrsA2 !

No definite dates so far, except I'll be camping in Ixtworth on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd of Oct, and I'll be in Liverpool on the 5th.
I want to spend my first night after taking the day ferry here: https://www.facebook.com/BrokhowseWeeley/ . They're lovely people with a wonderful campsite, I stayed there two years ago.

I think I want to stay for 12 days or such, but I haven't bought my ferry tickets yet, so I'm still flexible, will buy tickets very soon though.
So it would need to be the very tail end of September, the 1st/2nd of october, or close to two weeks later on my way back when I'll likely want to visit that same campsite again.

Time for a PM I think, but not today, I should be going to bed.

LivingLightly said:

I was Intrigued by the provincial specialty cheese with holes that you mentioned on the other thread @Antje77. (You'll have gathered I'm a bit of a cheese junkie). Unfortunately, Tynjetaler is probably not available here in the UK, as you say.

Well, I've hatched a plot and may be able to get my hands on some Tynjetaler, though not immediately, so watch this space!

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I hatched a plot for you as well 45 minutes ago, so one way or another I trust you'll get your hands on this cheese! https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-parallel-chat.177870/post-2704907

Cheese junkies unite!