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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Well my protein and fat packed picnic yesterday did keep me full all night, though was ready for breakfast today :)

08:30 Yoghurt strawberries and seeds
10:00 nut bar
Loads of errands in different places, but all accomplished, even getting my migraine meds which I had been told was in nationwide shortage. Very pleased.
Dancing
13:30 2 egg wraps filled with a mash of avocado and stilton and mayo. A mini ice cream.
Social cuppa with friends, both t2 with other health conditions. Both really confused as to what to eat.
D: the inside of a quiche (hubby has the pastry as well as his portion) green beans and cabbage. 3 sliced strawberries with yoghurt, cream and grated 85% chocolate

Bg seems to be behaving much better than previous 2-3 weeks... but for no apparent reason. Diabetes keeps you on your toes
 
maglil55 said:
I used the there - here, a place, their - heir, belonging to, the explain the difference to eldest grandson. The other one - they're, I told him just to remember "attack of the apostrophes." It's a contraction of they are.

You're correct, though. It's a nightmare language.
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Yet in some ways @maglil55 and @Annb, English is easier than most European languages in being relatively uninflected. I'll leave it there or I won't sleep tonight mulling this over!
 
Breakfast: Smoked haddock omelette.
2nd meal will be chicken tagine out of the freezer.

It appears that whatever is wrong with me (I have my suspicions but no diagnosis yet - tests underway) causes me to lose energy after a while so it makes sense to do as much as possible in the mornings when energy levels are higher. So main meal at breakfast if possible and food prep for the rest of the day to be done asap. Have to try to organise myself for that.
 
Antje77 said:
Six ducklings left (we lost one every day), but THEY'RE WALKING!!!!! :happy:
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Hug for losing some of the ducklings, but winner that six are still surviving and walking. We've found ducklings very difficult to raise, and domestic ducks can be awful mothers. Chickens are better at mothering their young - or even at mothering the young of other birds, if you can kid them that they are theirs.
 
Stretched break fast until 10 today. Had 2 slices liv life toasted with butter and marmite.
Then a trip into town for a few errands and tried new Italian deli. Not sure it will be financially viable long so took advantage and bought 3 different pecorino cheeses. I've been trying to track down one I had in Milan about 10 years ago . Hubby bought 2 cannoli !
So lunch was the three cheeses side by side.
Pecorino Sardo was softer and milder, pecorino Toscana more mature, and nearest of all to what I remember was pecorino Gorzano from allamatirce ( forgive the spelling I'm doing this from memory ) was most mature and drier. Had the crystal texture that denotes a mature cheese. This was my favourite (but all very nice) and very close to what I remember from years ago which was dry and served shaved like parmesan but paler and tastier.
Will repeat taste tests tomorrow (it's a hard job but someone has to do it :p )

Off to local pub tonight for sea shanty singing. Set meal is fish and chips but I've phoned ahead to ask for green veg instead of the chips. Fingers crossed it happens.
 
MrsA2 said:
Stretched break fast until 10 today. Had 2 slices liv life toasted with butter and marmite.
Then a trip into town for a few errands and tried new Italian deli. Not sure it will be financially viable long so took advantage and bought 3 different pecorino cheeses. I've been trying to track down one I had in Milan about 10 years ago . Hubby bought 2 cannoli !
So lunch was the three cheeses side by side.
Pecorino Sardo was softer and milder, pecorino Toscana more mature, and nearest of all to what I remember was pecorino Gorzano from allamatirce ( forgive the spelling I'm doing this from memory ) was most mature and drier. Had the crystal texture that denotes a mature cheese. This was my favourite (but all very nice) and very close to what I remember from years ago which was dry and served shaved like parmesan but paler and tastier.
Will repeat taste tests tomorrow (it's a hard job but someone has to do it :p )

Off to local pub tonight for sea shanty singing. Set meal is fish and chips but I've phoned ahead to ask for green veg instead of the chips. Fingers crossed it happens.
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Well done ringing ahead to organise green vegetables swap for chips - hope it all goes well. Enjoy the sea shanty singing.
 
MrsA2 said:
Stretched break fast until 10 today. Had 2 slices liv life toasted with butter and marmite.
Then a trip into town for a few errands and tried new Italian deli. Not sure it will be financially viable long so took advantage and bought 3 different pecorino cheeses. I've been trying to track down one I had in Milan about 10 years ago . Hubby bought 2 cannoli !
So lunch was the three cheeses side by side.
Pecorino Sardo was softer and milder, pecorino Toscana more mature, and nearest of all to what I remember was pecorino Gorzano from allamatirce ( forgive the spelling I'm doing this from memory ) was most mature and drier. Had the crystal texture that denotes a mature cheese. This was my favourite (but all very nice) and very close to what I remember from years ago which was dry and served shaved like parmesan but paler and tastier.
Will repeat taste tests tomorrow (it's a hard job but someone has to do it :p )

Off to local pub tonight for sea shanty singing. Set meal is fish and chips but I've phoned ahead to ask for green veg instead of the chips. Fingers crossed it happens.
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Wow! @MrsA2. What a heavenly selection of cheeses.

I used to be able to buy Pecorino Sardo from Sardinia and Pecorino Romano also made on the Italian island of Sardinia at a local deli. Sadly, the shop changed hands and the Italian cheeses disappeared soon afterwards.
 
LivingLightly said:
Six are walking! Well, that's remarkable @Antje77. Perhaps WE should all be on brewer's yeast!
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Should you want to try it, buy at a farmers supply store, much cheaper than at a health store!

The same goes for sunflower kernels. About 10 times as cheap if there's a picture of a bird on the package, tastes just the same.
 
LivingLightly said:
Yet in some ways @maglil55 and @Annb, English is easier than most European languages in being relatively uninflected. I'll leave it there or I won't sleep tonight mulling this over!
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Relatively uninflected, yes, I agree. But this only means that older texts in English are much easier to read than texts from the same era in for instance Dutch. I can read (if I give it my best and with google or a better dictionary than I own at my side) Shakespeare in the original version, no way I can read Dutch things from that time.

Still, your language is ridiculous, as proven by this Dutchman over a hundred years ago.
I dare you to read it out loud: https://chateauview.com/pronunciation/
 
Antje77 said:
Relatively uninflected, yes, I agree. But this only means that older texts in English are much easier to read than texts from the same era in for instance Dutch. I can read (if I give it my best and with google or a better dictionary than I own at my side) Shakespeare in the original version, no way I can read Dutch things from that time.

Still, your language is ridiculous, as proven by this Dutchman over a hundred years ago.
I dare you to read it out loud: https://chateauview.com/pronunciation/
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A wonderful poem @Antje77 making the point superbly well that the English language is not phonetic.
There are rules to its pronunciation, but so many exceptions to the rules that they may not be terribly helpful!

The writer has a fabulous command of English. Thank you for sharing.
 
Antje77 said:
Relatively uninflected, yes, I agree. But this only means that older texts in English are much easier to read than texts from the same era in for instance Dutch. I can read (if I give it my best and with google or a better dictionary than I own at my side) Shakespeare in the original version, no way I can read Dutch things from that time.

Still, your language is ridiculous, as proven by this Dutchman over a hundred years ago.
I dare you to read it out loud: https://chateauview.com/pronunciation/
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Brilliant poem, Antje.

The tagine didn't look so good so I had bacon and eggs again for breakfast.

Have to do something with a piece of smoked haddock that I cooked yesterday morning before it goes the same way as the tagine. That will be the basis of my 2nd meal today.
 
A very quiet domestic day today.
Some gardening.
Some chatting with neighbours while doing the front garden. 2 of our elderly neighbours (different families) are on end of life care so there's a subdued air about the place.

Broke fast at 13:30 with some good ham, 3 seedy crackers with pate and some fennel salad and olives
( The special cheeses will have to wait as others are on use by date)
An afternoon nap
Dinner was a lamb and mint burger on lettuce with hm tzatiki, then yoghurt with chopped crystallised ginger in. (Will be difficult to resist now I opened the packet )
A Scotch on a rock.
 
LivingLightly said:
A wonderful poem @Antje77 making the point superbly well that the English language is not phonetic.
There are rules for its pronunciation, but so many exceptions to the rules that they may not be terribly helpful!

The writer has a fabulous command of English.
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For a non-native speaker, that wants some doing, IMO @Antje77. English has borrowed extensively from other languages; a situation that has resulted in a uniquely rich vocabulary.

Once again, thank you for sharing @Antje77.
 
Friday 30 August - managed to take myself in the car to the fish hut. I was lucky enough to get parked right outside. Got some fresh lemon sole for the dinner later.

B. TAG and Benecol dairy free.

L. A bit crustless quiche

D. 2 pan-fried lemon sole with santini tomatoes, parsley, and lemon. 2 fresh figs.

Usual half day Friday. Transporting boys but getting shopping was necessary. Lemon sole was still simple, but it has taste!

Saturday 31 August. I'd put together an order for delivery today, but I took a trip to the butcher's as well. Thankfully, I got parked outside again. The heat is out of my toe now, and the swelling is subsiding. It's just a horrible colour (and still a bit sore)

B. TAG and Benecol dairy free. Bit of crustless quiche

L. On return from the butcher's, a SRSLY sandwich with roast pork from the butcher's.

D. Butcher's cold cuts, slice each of ham, roast pork, roast beef. Santini tomatoes, coleslaw and coronation chicken. Scoop of Halo Top with raspberries. Still no alcohol.
 
Mention of butchers reminds me of the other day, when in a second hand book shop the father of a10 year old had found an old joke book and they were having fun reading them out loud. However it all went quiet when one joke had the a punch line about a butcher weighing sausages. The boy did not know that butchers handled meat, and that sausages could be bought to order and wrapped. He only knew supermarket meat in plastic containers. And he seemed a bright chap, just not part of his world. :(
 
A small bit of pecorino sardo before a walk. Boy, it was hot early.
Lunch was a slice of the decent ham, 4 seedy crackers , 2 with pate and 2 with blue cheese . A mini ice cream
An afternoon in the shady bits of the garden, sometimes pottering /weeding, sometimes reading, sometimes napping.
Dinner was roast chicken with a medley of fennel, green beans and courgettes, the latter 2 from the garden. Coffee ice cream
 
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