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Cynthia G

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  1. Ronnie, I've been doing the lowcarb way of eating since 1997 extremely consistently (have to... it controls my diabetes perfectly). One thing that provides endless variety is stir-fry. Make a nice stir-fry sauce and keep it in the fridge in a pourable container (dry sherry, soy sauce, grated ginger, garlic, a little splenda) and vary your lowcarb vegetables and meats. I chop up things on the weekend, store in containers in the fridge, and then just throw them in a hot wok during the week when I get home. Another of my fave things is to take the ingredients for lasagna, minus the pasta of course, and layer them in oven-proof individual size casseroles, topped with mozzarella cheese. Bake until hot throughout and golden. You get all the lasagna flavor with very few carbs. Turnips make a great alternative to potatoes in stews, soups, and other comfort foods. Practically indistinguishable. 5 grams of net effective carbs in 1 cup which is maybe a bit more than I use for an entire 6 quart crockpot of stew. I also have several good lowcarb cookbooks. I'll list the best of them if you're interested. I tend to go with fresh whole foods that are of themselves lowcarb and not lowcarb substitutes for high carb things.
  2. A colleague/friend gave me a can of this just today. He swore it tastes like cream soda, which I love. He was soooooooo wrong! I found it impossible to drink. Way too.... I dunno, sweet? cloying? Just icky! I never touch Pepsi, but I drink Diet Coke from the fountain at work. I love Diet Vernor's or diet cream soda.
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    my chicken stock

    I try not to hold most things like stock, meats, etc, more than a week in the fridge. I'd probaby throw it out.
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    Celery

    Celery is an essential ingredient in jalapeno cheese soup. Yum!
  5. Read just last week that Winston Churchill's parrot is still alive. You could invite him too.
  6. As an exhibiting artist (and former pro photographer), I agree with you, Andy. It is interesting.
  7. My brother made me a wonderful one from maple. It's still beautiful and in use 15 years later. I've never had a problem with it dulling knives either (some of my friends seem to have a problem with that).
  8. Fifi, I have the old style 6 qt oval (with grape leaves and small clusters of grapes around the bottom), with a glass lid and I have never had the spitting problem. I hope they resolve this for you!
  9. Very nice article, Andy. Thanks.
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    Paw paw

    The version my family (western Pennsylvania) knew did not include the Hawaii reference. Interesting. I love folk songs.
  11. Night 1: Robert Frost, Timothy O'Sullivan, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Leo Kottke Night 2: Tatanka Tyotanka (Sitting Bull), Billie Holliday, David Sedaris, Doyne Farmer
  12. Oh gosh, yes, Mudpuppie. If Monsanto says they are only working for Good it must be true! They wouldn't....... lie to us, now would they? (Me, cynical? Perhaps.....)
  13. I tend to like Pinot Noir or a big Zin with hot/spicy foods. Which I eat a lot of here in New Mexico.
  14. Ah! The challenge beckons you. Now that I can understand! Thanks!
  15. ... allow my husband to decide that since the gas grill is still on we'll pre-cook the bacon for breakfast. On the roofed back porch. On high. No, that wasn't the thing that turned him into an ex-husband a year later.....
  16. Mudpuppie, why would you want to cook something so flavorless when there are so many other options out there? (This is a serious question... I really want to know!)
  17. Damn! You mean I'm supposed to not eat an entire cheesecake by myself?
  18. I'm not sure that someone who has already admitted to not liking something is a good judge of whether it is "adequately prepared" or not.
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