"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

[Annb]

Kept my BG fairly stable yesterday by picking at (unsuitable) little bits and pieces when BG started to slip. Not what I would have wanted to do and not very enjoyable food either. Didn't actually manage to get any of my own. 2nd day in a row when I spent longer than normal on my feet, for which I am paying now. Still, it was good to see everyone. Rather a lot of children though and so noisy! I've never been any good with children, other than my own, and tend to stand back to avoid upsetting them. (Grouchy old biddy!) There was one charming little Pakistani child though (about 2, I suppose), who insisted on bring me his toys to play with.

Must do something about food today. Eggs and bacon I suppose for a first meal, probably fairly soon.

2nd meal will probably be some pork ragout out of the freezer.

Hope you had a good night in your tent Antje. Took the boys camping at a nearby beach about 50 years ago and swore that that would be the last time I would go camping. And it was. It was so cold.

 

[shelley262]

Wonderful busy happy family weekend. Family times are for me the best times in life and especially when we can manage to successfully support our eldest disabled son to have a few hours with us - a rare event. He's also got a bad skin infection at the moment so it was touch and go and had to be a short time but lovely that we did it.
I cooked and prepared lots of foods ahead so we could go with the flow especially as we had family from Wales staying with us over two nights. Biggest food hit was a wonderful outdoor organic reared ham joint that I slow cooked and now is all eaten - I used the last leftover bits in a frittata this evening! Although all family home safe home now we are still eating leftovers including lots of cheese and will be tomorrow too! Makes the hard work preparing well worth it.
Off out to water garden in a bit Summer seems to have arrived almost overnight! We've gone from almost -do we need the heating on- to the news talking about heat health alert warnings!

 

[MrsA2]

B: 2 scrambled eggs with ham.
Spent the day trying to do 3 sewing jobs, not my forte and my sewing machine has a mind of its own. Completed 2 of the jobs, will have to resort to hand sewing the last as it's very fine fabric.
L: was pate rolled in lettuce leaves. A small ice cream and a slice hm peanut butter cake.
D: was more ham rolled around coleslaw. Greek fullfat yoghurt with home grown raspberries and alpine strawberries
Later lc hot chocolate.
Had a headache for 2 whole days , now a sore throat too.

 

[LivingLightly]

B: 2 scrambled eggs with ham.
Spent the day trying to do 3 sewing jobs, not my forte and my sewing machine has a mind of its own. Completed 2 of the jobs, will have to resort to hand sewing the last as it's very fine fabric.
L: was pate rolled in lettuce leaves. A small ice cream and a slice hm peanut butter cake.
D: was more ham rolled around coleslaw. Greek fullfat yoghurt with home grown raspberries and alpine strawberries
Later lc hot chocolate.
Had a headache for 2 whole days , now a sore throat too.

Needlework is not my strong point either @MrsA2. Could your headache be due to eye strain?
That said, a concomitant sore throat may point to a virus infection.

 

[MommaE]

Wonderful busy happy family weekend. Family times are for me the best times in life and especially when we can manage to successfully support our eldest disabled son to have a few hours with us - a rare event. He's also got a bad skin infection at the moment so it was touch and go and had to be a short time but lovely that we did it.
I cooked and prepared lots of foods ahead so we could go with the flow especially as we had family from Wales staying with us over two nights. Biggest food hit was a wonderful outdoor organic reared ham joint that I slow cooked and now is all eaten - I used the last leftover bits in a frittata this evening! Although all family home safe home now we are still eating leftovers including lots of cheese and will be tomorrow too! Makes the hard work preparing well worth it.
Off out to water garden in a bit Summer seems to have arrived almost overnight! We've gone from almost -do we need the heating on- to the news talking about heat health alert warnings!

i so agree with “ family times being the best times in life” whether it’s actually related family or as is the case with us, supplemented by people we have chosen to be “ family.” We often have “family dinner” with people who aren’t in the slightest related to us but wonderful close friends. Made more precious when all of our adult children have chosen to continue the relationships. I do feel very fortunate and grateful to have that.

 

[shelley262]

i so agree with “ family times being the best times in life” whether it’s actually related family or as is the case with us, supplemented by people we have chosen to be “ family.” We often have “family dinner” with people who aren’t in the slightest related to us but wonderful close friends. Made more precious when all of our adult children have chosen to continue the relationships. I do feel very fortunate and grateful to have that.

Agree with your family definition it's a way I see our family too.

 

[sueh21]

Morning all, hope everyone doing well. Enjoyed a lovely few days pottering in the garden, eating salads and catching up on my to read pile. More of the same this week with a day in London to see Kiss me Kate on Thursday. Diabetic annual review due in a couple of weeks,had an appointment through for my eye check up next week, next step will be to spend several hours of my life on phone to get a Hba1c test at docs, wish me luck

 

[shelley262]

Morning all, hope everyone doing well. Enjoyed a lovely few days pottering in the garden, eating salads and catching up on my to read pile. More of the same this week with a day in London to see Kiss me Kate on Thursday. Diabetic annual review due in a couple of weeks,had an appointment through for my eye check up next week, next step will be to spend several hours of my life on phone to get a Hba1c test at docs, wish me luck

Good luck getting your tests booked. I find these days at my GP it's easier to go into the surgery to sort - they always need to give me a sample pot too for the urine tests so sorts out both !

 

[sueh21]

Good luck getting your tests booked. I find these days at my GP it's easier to go into the surgery to sort - they always need to give me a sample pot too for the urine tests so sorts out both !

That’s a good idea, might try that, very much depends which receptionist is on duty, they don’t like patients cluttering up the place at ours!

 

[jpscloud]

Hi all, been busy in the garden but I'm very slow these days. Glad to be alive, but slow!

Yesterday I had 3 small chicken thighs at about midday, then tomato, olives, feta and egg mayonnaise later.

I had a small serving of pasta with a dribble of truffle oil for tea followed by greek yogurt and a bit of cream. Pasta has been calling my name, darnit - but blood sugar stayed below 7 so the medications are doing their job.

Today I had 3 slices of bacon and 3 scrambled eggs again about midday, then pork puffs with cream cheese and chicken liver pate. I then fell prey to some chocolate that had been hiding under some papers by my computer. It was just a few squares though not a lot.

I'm not hungry and need to make a decision about tea. If I don't eat anything, I might end up hungry at midnight, but if I do eat something it might make me over full and uncomfortable (ozempic does this but it doesn't always work with me). I may have a very small amount of pasta again.

Hope everyone is well! @shelley262 you're spot on with that comment about the weather - I literally had the heating on a couple of days ago, and now have a fan on full blast and have to come in from the garden to cool down!

 

[shelley262]

Had a bit of a lazy day today as have been hectic of late. Had lots of annoying but vital admin to do - so as I had an indoors day in mind I ended up sat at my PC for too long. Good though to get it done. We made some family plans at the weekend for some birthday ideas including concert tickets for birthday presents so got all those booked which was more of a fun admin thing. Tickets pricey so a dent in the bank balance but it's wonderful to have fun things in the diary. Also got up to date on the pesky routine admin stuff and at long last managed to source a tube of betnovate cream for the son we care for - he's really in need of it but taken three weeks from having prescription issued to getting a chemist with any! I know others have issues with chemist supplies and I'm sure not having it when needed three weeks ago probably led to his nasty skin infection and antibiotics needed! Unfortunately though found it too late to drive and collect it -so an early start tomorrow, don't want it allocated to anyone else!
@jpscloud the ozempic sounds like it requires careful management to avoid unpleasant side effects. Are you growing mint as if so you could infuse some with hot water and then when cool keep in your new fridge to chill for regular sipping or do the same with some ginger root if you have any both work well for me for unpleasant digestive symptoms.

 

[jpscloud]

Had a bit of a lazy day today as have been hectic of late. Had lots of annoying but vital admin to do - so as I had an indoors day in mind I ended up sat at my PC for too long. Good though to get it done. We made some family plans at the weekend for some birthday ideas including concert tickets for birthday presents so got all those booked which was more of a fun admin thing. Tickets pricey so a dent in the bank balance but it's wonderful to have fun things in the diary. Also got up to date on the pesky routine admin stuff and at long last managed to source a tube of betnovate cream for the son we care for - he's really in need of it but taken three weeks from having prescription issued to getting a chemist with any! I know others have issues with chemist supplies and I'm sure not having it when needed three weeks ago probably led to his nasty skin infection and antibiotics needed! Unfortunately though found it too late to drive and collect it -so an early start tomorrow, don't want it allocated to anyone else!
@jpscloud the ozempic sounds like it requires careful management to avoid unpleasant side effects. Are you growing mint as if so you could infuse some with hot water and then when cool keep in your new fridge to chill for regular sipping or do the same with some ginger root if you have any both work well for me for unpleasant digestive symptoms.

That sounds like a good idea - I had some lovely pineapple mint but it was in a pot for several years - I don't grow mint in the ground - it was severely potbound after being repotted into a larger size pot each year, and the roots were like iron, so I didn't try to save it this time, I thought I'd just buy another small pot. Haven't bought it yet but I'm putting that on the list! I love pineapple mint and I do really like ginger tea too. I have some ginger in the freezer.

Ozempic is a strange one with me. I don't have very bad side effects, just sometimes uncomfortably full and the odd occasion of needing a lie down a day after the dose. Often I have no effects at all, not even a reduction in appetite, which is why I thought I might as well stop taking it - I didn't need it while carnivore, appetite was very well controlled, it but sprang back when I fell off the wagon. Managing medications in general is such a tightrope walk if you want to do low carb but can't be consistent. Never mind, I do feel very glad to be alive at the moment and grateful for the assistance the medications give me when I am not able to regulate my diet.

I hope your son's skin infection clears up quickly now, it can be so miserable - I don't know what's going on with pharmacies at the moment, ever since the pandemic it's been a lottery to get prescriptions!

 

[shelley262]

That sounds like a good idea - I had some lovely pineapple mint but it was in a pot for several years - I don't grow mint in the ground - it was severely potbound after being repotted into a larger size pot each year, and the roots were like iron, so I didn't try to save it this time, I thought I'd just buy another small pot. Haven't bought it yet but I'm putting that on the list! I love pineapple mint and I do really like ginger tea too. I have some ginger in the freezer.

Ozempic is a strange one with me. I don't have very bad side effects, just sometimes uncomfortably full and the odd occasion of needing a lie down a day after the dose. Often I have no effects at all, not even a reduction in appetite, which is why I thought I might as well stop taking it - I didn't need it while carnivore, appetite was very well controlled, it but sprang back when I fell off the wagon. Managing medications in general is such a tightrope walk if you want to do low carb but can't be consistent. Never mind, I do feel very glad to be alive at the moment and grateful for the assistance the medications give me when I am not able to regulate my diet.

I hope your son's skin infection clears up quickly now, it can be so miserable - I don't know what's going on with pharmacies at the moment, ever since the pandemic it's been a lottery to get prescriptions!

Thank you we've had the issue mainly with his epilepsy and asthma meds this one was a new one for us. I
Forgot to put what I ate on my previous post!
Breakfast had kefir then bacon and egg
Lunch some left over frittata with kimchi plus to my great delight I harvested my first few raspberries today and enjoyed them with a spoon of hm yoghurt
Dinner LC pizza topped with leftovers and eaten with salad. Then LC brownie with my decaffeinated coffee.

 

[MrsA2]

Thank you all for the kind wishes. Whatever bug it was passed through very quickly. I take a large dose of vitamin c everyday so maybe that did the trick.
I couldn't sleep however and finally realised I was very hungry so got up at 3 am and had cheese and pate and nuts and a cup of tea.

Today was a bit more normal
B: cold chicken
Exercise class
L: 2 beefburgers on spring greens with kimchi and coleslaw. Very cabbagey, unintentionally!!!
D: had an 6:30 meeting so a little nuts and cheese before and cheese and hm lc mango parfait after.

 

[Antje77]

Btw in North America, they would probably describe the seafood as shrimps. Here in the UK we call those prawns; shrimps are somewhat smaller and have their own distinctive flavour. I often serve prawns and brown shrimps in the same seafood salad. They taste quite different from each other, even when unadorned with dressing.

Taking your reply to the parallel chat because as usual, it's at least as much about language as it is about food.

In Dutch, I think all types of edible crustaceans from the sea smaller than crabs and lobsters can be generally referred to as 'garnalen' (with the exception of barnacles, but they're not usually eaten here).
The larger varieties are usually called scampi, but calling them 'grote (large) garnalen' isn't unusual either.

Our local garnalen are the small 'grey' ones (grijze garnalen), and I'm assuming those are your brown shrimps? We share the same sea after all.
They are sold peeled (mostly chemically peeled in countries like Turkey and Poland) in our supermarket and very expensive because of all the flying back and forth. Much more flavour than their cheaper and pinker cousins, like the prawns I had today. But buy them directly from the ship (need some luck for that) or from the 'visafslag' (where the fishermen go to sell their fish but individuals can buy on certain days), spend a patient hour or two on peeling the little *******, and you'll have the tastiest shrimps ever!

The texture and flavour of grey and pink shrimp/prawns are incomparable, good to know that the English have different words for them.

 

[Antje77]

After my short lived career as a gully sucker, my next adventure awaits tomorrow!
I got a call from the job agency this afternoon to ask if I'd be willing to take on a job for two short days: 9:30 - 12:00 tomorrow, 8:30 - 12:00 the day after.
I'm not even sure what the job is in Dutch, something to do with putting plastic on or taking plastic off a large heap of, erm, something? Something to feed cattle I think? Maybe grass?
Not a chance I can translate something I don't even know in my own language, I'll let you know tomorrow!

Let's hope that whatever it is, it's doable with a not really functioning left arm. The right arm with the angry tendon is all back to normal, thankfully, but the left one seems to be getting worse depending on the type of thing I want it to do.
We'll see, and I'll try to remember to make an appointment with my GP to have a look at it, those physio exercises aren't making a difference yet.

 

[LivingLightly]

Taking your reply to the parallel chat because as usual, it's at least as much about language as it is about food.

In Dutch, I think all types of edible crustaceans from the sea smaller than crabs and lobsters can be generally referred to as 'garnalen' (with the exception of barnacles, but they're not usually eaten here).
The larger varieties are usually called scampi, but calling them 'grote (large) garnalen' isn't unusual either.

Our local garnalen are the small 'grey' ones (grijze garnalen), and I'm assuming those are your brown shrimps? We share the same sea after all.
They are sold peeled (mostly chemically peeled in countries like Turkey and Poland) in our supermarket and very expensive because of all the flying back and forth. Much more flavour than their cheaper and pinker cousins, like the prawns I had today. But buy them directly from the ship (need some luck for that) or from the 'visafslag' (where the fishermen go to sell their fish but individuals can buy on certain days), spend a patient hour or two on peeling the little *******, and you'll have the tastiest shrimps ever!

The texture and flavour of grey and pink shrimp/prawns are incomparable, good to know that the English have different words for them.

How interesting! @Antje77. Agree it's definitely worth spending an hour or so peeling the little perishers. Here, brown shrimps are readily available on the coast, but not so easy to come by inland. You can buy them ready cooked and peeled from supermarkets of course, but those have lost much of their flavour. IMO.

 

[Antje77]

Agree it's definitely worth spending an hour or so peeling the little perishers.

Ah, perishers, so much more sophisticated linguistically than my asterisks! (Yes, I typed them as asterisks, I know which words are in the filter.)

Craving shrimps now, it has been a long time since I've bought and peeled them.

 

[MommaE]

Taking your reply to the parallel chat because as usual, it's at least as much about language as it is about food.

In Dutch, I think all types of edible crustaceans from the sea smaller than crabs and lobsters can be generally referred to as 'garnalen' (with the exception of barnacles, but they're not usually eaten here).
The larger varieties are usually called scampi, but calling them 'grote (large) garnalen' isn't unusual either.

Our local garnalen are the small 'grey' ones (grijze garnalen), and I'm assuming those are your brown shrimps? We share the same sea after all.
They are sold peeled (mostly chemically peeled in countries like Turkey and Poland) in our supermarket and very expensive because of all the flying back and forth. Much more flavour than their cheaper and pinker cousins, like the prawns I had today. But buy them directly from the ship (need some luck for that) or from the 'visafslag' (where the fishermen go to sell their fish but individuals can buy on certain days), spend a patient hour or two on peeling the little *******, and you'll have the tastiest shrimps ever!

The texture and flavour of grey and pink shrimp/prawns are incomparable, good to know that the English have different words for them.

Coming from BC I feel obliged to give a shout out to our BC Spot Prawns. A champion of the crustaceans.

 

[shelley262]

After my short lived career as a gully sucker, my next adventure awaits tomorrow!
I got a call from the job agency this afternoon to ask if I'd be willing to take on a job for two short days: 9:30 - 12:00 tomorrow, 8:30 - 12:00 the day after.
I'm not even sure what the job is in Dutch, something to do with putting plastic on or taking plastic off a large heap of, erm, something? Something to feed cattle I think? Maybe grass?
Not a chance I can translate something I don't even know in my own language, I'll let you know tomorrow!

Let's hope that whatever it is, it's doable with a not really functioning left arm. The right arm with the angry tendon is all back to normal, thankfully, but the left one seems to be getting worse depending on the type of thing I want it to do.
We'll see, and I'll try to remember to make an appointment with my GP to have a look at it, those physio exercises aren't making a difference yet.

Hope job goes well and that your pesky arm tendons don't object too much. Think the grass to feed cattle is called hay in UK when fresh and dry but silage when rotted down or fermented under plastic usually for feed. I'm happy to be corrected though ........