Subj : Re: Toofies
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Mon Feb 24 2025 06:25:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> Best thing about being kept overnight at the hospital was ordering a
DD> ftuit plate with each meal. Grapes, sliced green skin apples, can
DD> teloups and pineapple wedges.
RH> So much better than the days when it was "this is what we cooked, eat
RH> it or leave it", with a small amount cooked with no salt for those on
RH> low sodium diets.
DD> If I know I'm going to be in hospital I bring my own salt & pepper.
DD> Sodium does not affect my blood pressure - contrary to conventional
DD> medical thought. But try orfering a tasty meal when the kitchen has
DD> been instructed that you are on cardiac, diabetic and renal diets.
DD> Talk about severely limited lists pf choices.
RH> When I was first diagnosed with hypertension, we tried a low/no sodium
RH> diet, found out it didn't affect the b/p at all. Switched back to our
RH> usual low sodium diet. We think the high b/p was brought on by round
RH> the clock use of albuterol (on doctor's orders) during one nasty case
RH> of bronchitis/atalectasis. Even cutting back on the albuterol didn't
RH> lower it so I've been on meds for it ever since.
Albuterol is my "rescue" inhaler. I do Advaier (fluticasone/salmeter) 2
"puffs" per usage, twice a daay. It has helped me considerably since I
now seldom need to pick up the "rescue" guy.
DD> My friend and fellow chilli-cook George runs the commissary at HSHS
DD> St. John's But the grub is better at Memorial Hospital. George has
RH> to DD> stick to what the Mackeralm Snapper sister will allow. Bv)=
RH> Some years ago I spent the night in a local (Raleigh) hospital. As part
RH> of the check in, they gave me a meal card, listing all the choices
RH> (individually) for the day. You had to phone in your order. I wasn't
RH> feeling too great so I asked for a bowl of yogurt with granola for
RH> supper--got told I had to order more food. I didn't really want to
RH> order something I knew I wouldn't eat, told them so, so ended up
RH> getting a couple of packs of crackers--that ended up going home with
RH> me.
DD> Memorial lets one order as much or as little as wished. Thursday
DD> evening I opted for a nice chicken salad in wheat bread and a bowl of
DD> Jewish Penecillin.
RH> Sounds good to me.
This last trip I had something I've never tried before - but6, which I
will certainly seek out in the "real world" .... cod almondine.
RH> We made mango sorbet (no milk) once for a 3 year old that had such a
RH> dairy allergy that he'd never had ice cream. You should have seen his
RH> face light up when he was given a dish of "ice cream" that he could
RH> eat. Gave his parents the recipe.
DD> Just came home from a couple of days in hospital after doing a face
DD> plant on the way to the loo or relieve my bladder. My brother saud I
DD> looked as if I had gone 10 reounds with George Foreman in boxer mode
DD> not grill mode.
DD> They tested me for stroke, cardiac, etc. and finally settled on having
DD> too much CO2 in my blood gasses. Now I have to get used to sleeping
DD> with a Bi-Pap machine.
RH> That's going to be fun. I use O2 only when sleeping; if I have to get
RH> up during the night, the canula comes off until I'm back in bed.
Actually it's not nearly as much a PITA as I had feared. And I get up less
during the night. As a guy I can make do with a 'workaround' urinal and don't
have to make the treek across the house. My O2 hose is long enough to get to
anywhaere indoors without removing it. But the BiPap has me on a six-foot
leash. Bv)=
DD> Title: Dave's Pork-U-Swine Sandwich - Mark II
DD> Categories: Pork, Vegetables, Cheese, Breads
DD> Yield: 2 Servings
RH> Looks good enough to pig out on, tho I don't know if I'd put the cheese
RH> on mine.
I like the cheese. And it helps to glue the two pork patties together.
This recipe will soon be converted from "Archives"to "Kitchen"
2 c Slivered almonds
3 tb Olive oil; divided
4 Cod filets; 6 - 8 oz ea
1 c Almond flour
4 lg Eggs
Salt & pepper
In a small cast iron pan, heat 1 TB olive oil over
medium-high. Add almonds. Saute 6-7 minutes until golden
brown. Then set aside.
Meanwhile, heat 1 TB olive oil in a large skillet over
medium-high (depending on the size of your fish, you may
need two pans)
Place flour on a large plate. In a separate shallow
dish, whisk eggs lightly. Pat both sides of a piece of
fish in the flour. Then dip in the egg mixture. Place
fish in the pan. Repeat with other pieces of fish.
Allow fish to cook until browned on one side (about 4
minutes). NOTE: It is key to err on the side of
overcooking. Nothing kills this recipe like flipping the
fish too soon and losing your coating in the pan!!
Add additional oil to the pan and flip fish, cooking for
another 4-5 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately
topped with almonds.
Recipe from: The Taste of Gloucester; A Fisherman's Wife
Cooks - Written and complied by The Fishermen's Wives of
Gloucester + The Cape Ann League of Women Voters
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