Chat: April 18th to 25th - Page 9

[neveryoumindthere]

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/hsh/1132202591.html
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/hsh/1133725441.html
http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/wan/1089824609.html

[WuWei]

That second listing is funny.

And I want an Excalibur dehydrator too.


Pat, in fantasy land. I'll go check Craig's list some more! But, we'd need a bigger kitchen for all of these gadgets and we don't have the counter space. So, I have my MIL's 30-year old Oster blender which 'works' fine.

[menomena]

Originally Posted by WuWei

And I want an Excalibur dehydrator too.

seriously! a girl can dream.

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by menomena

seriously! a girl can dream.

Well you girls are gonna be so jealous. I have this dehydrator:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c...1&kwtid=248582

on sale here:

http://www.kitchengadgetry.com/kitch...hannelid=FROOG

lives in the basement.

[WuWei]

Wow, (with envy) and Wow! at the price. That is a great price.

(I'd like a basement too. LOL) I generally don't have such a long 'wish list'. I need to get outside and plant the garden. Focus on what I do have, with gratitude. :

Pat

[menomena]

Originally Posted by chlobo

Well you girls are gonna be so jealous. I have this dehydrator:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c...1&kwtid=248582

on sale here:

http://www.kitchengadgetry.com/kitch...hannelid=FROOG

lives in the basement.

dude! DUDE! can *I* come live in your basement, too, then?

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by chlobo

Do you guys think this is weird?

Adam's homeopath rxed his second remedy. She asked that I let her know how it was going after a week. I did. Basically, things were pretty much the same as before. No major shifts. I didn't hear anything back so I just assumed she wanted me to carry on because I know these things can take some time and since things weren't worse I just thought that was what we were supposed to do.

Anyhow, yesterday, about a week and a half later, I got a new remedy for Adam in the mail. No instructions or anything. Just the remedy with the dosage on the label. I sent her an email yesterday asking what I should do but I haven't heard back.

Isn't that odd? I am dismayed that she doesn't communicate better.

Not only odd but annoying as well. I wouldn't start the next one until I communicated directly with her. And explain that you didn't stop the other one since she hadn't told you to. I would actually talk and ask to speak directly to her.

DD2 painted the basement (6 quarts of paint in rainbow colors that were supposed to be for her room) and herself while I was reconciling my bank account. I've just scrubbed for an hour. She just decided to put herself to bed for a nap. I'm resting my back for a few minutes before I go back down to scrub some more (also got it on the beautiful wood floor down there in the finished portion, and the doorknob, and little orange footprints leading to the foyer...). On the bright side, I guess I don't have to paint her room anymore!

[lil_miss_understood]

I'm thinking I might make this when I have a reason to do.

[menomena]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

I'm thinking I might make this when I have a reason to do.

i love you.

[kjbrown92]

My mother has a dehydrator and she did a lot last summer. I wasn't really impressed with the results. But I'm going to be canning a lot more this summer I think. I made some good safe refrigerator pickles the other day (DS and DD2 didn't like them so I get them all).

[changingseasons]

Originally Posted by menomena

CS - that's the egg rxn we get - no skin, but TANTRUMS and flipping out and refusing naps. Duck eggs seem to be okay for us, but the co-op only has them sometimes. I'm sorry.

Good to know it's not just us. DD slept a grand total of 20 minutes yesterday. : And she has been stuck to me (or screaming and tantruming) since.we.woke.up this morning. We definitely will not be having eggs today.

I remembered you talking about the duck eggs, and I think I might go on the hunt for some. Maybe those will work out better for us too.

Originally Posted by neveryoumindthere

A few ppl mentioned the swelling looked more like an allergic reaction. It got worse in the morning every day. I went in to see a TCM doctor on Sunday and she said the same, that it was not my kidneys and it just so happend all 3 things happened at the same time (pimple, swelling and blood/uti)
Since I hadn't considered it might be an allergic rxn until then, I hadn't thought to look at what I was eating especialy since I'm not being very adventurous with my food beyond what I can eat. BUT, I did take l-glutamine powder the night b4 I woke up with massive swelling and for the next couple nights..so it would go down by the end of the day then I'd take the l-glutamine sometime at night then wake up horribly swollen again.

Interesting. I've had weird reactions to supplements too, and it took me a while to figure out what they were from. I'm glad you figured it out! And that they're giving you a refund- that's very cool.

Originally Posted by WuWei

CS. how is baby's remedy, when due again?


Pat

Well... he switched her from medh to apis a few weeks ago (because of the ana reaction I guess), but I don't feel like it's doing anything. So I'm going to ask him if I can switch her back to the medh, because it seemed to be working, at least initially. Maybe we need to go to the higher dose or something.

Originally Posted by chlobo

Anyhow, yesterday, about a week and a half later, I got a new remedy for Adam in the mail. No instructions or anything. Just the remedy with the dosage on the label. I sent her an email yesterday asking what I should do but I haven't heard back.

Yes- that is weird. And would annoy me. But my homeopath is pretty similar- he's not so good with the instructions. But at least he tells me if he's mailing me something.

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

I'm thinking I might make this when I have a reason to do.

Very cool.

Hey, speaking of dehydrators... could I (if I had one) make lamb jerky? I've never heard of, or seen, jerky from lamb. I wonder why not? Seeing as how it's our only meat, it would be nice to have a grab-and-go snack.

And related to that- I'm suddenly panicking (after a few days of sunshine) about how to transition to summer foods. I cook 3 meals a day. All of our food is hot. I don't think I can handle doing that all summer!!

What are some veggies that a toddler (with 1/2 a molar) could eat raw? I need some better raw food ideas for us.

[FireWithin]

CS- only with the help of supps can DS eat egg yolk. I got lax before and after the move. At dinner he ate one egg yolk and his face immediately got blotchy. I also got itchy. He can't do whites.
I really hope you can find a solution for yourself.

[kjbrown92]

Originally Posted by changingseasons

Hey, speaking of dehydrators... could I (if I had one) make lamb jerky? I've never heard of, or seen, jerky from lamb. I wonder why not? Seeing as how it's our only meat, it would be nice to have a grab-and-go snack.

And related to that- I'm suddenly panicking (after a few days of sunshine) about how to transition to summer foods. I cook 3 meals a day. All of our food is hot. I don't think I can handle doing that all summer!!

What are some veggies that a toddler (with 1/2 a molar) could eat raw? I need some better raw food ideas for us.

Have you seen this one? http://www.virginialamb.com/products.html
You'd have to call and ask for ingredients though.

Can you do beets? If you have a safe vinegar, you could make pickled beets. And if you have cucumbers, you can make pickles with same vinegar. What are your foods? Maybe we could figure out a new combination?

[tanyalynn]

Chlobo, if you haven't done it already, you need to find the old posts from PB on making cookies in a dehydrator. I think it's basically fruit, spices, maybe nuts, all processed together and then dehydrated instead of baked, so it can be all raw, and like a treat, but a) grain-free, and b) healthy enough to not feel guilty over. I'm going to try some baked versions that I've seen recipes for, since I want this grain-free thing to work for all of us. That looks like a rocking dehydrator, once we're more settled, I'm going to seriously consider a dehydrator. Be nice for nuts/seeds too, but for now, I am happy roasting my pumpkin seeds. They are tasty.

Pat--for better or worse, you inspired me. The vitamix was still available, I asked DH to stop by on his way back to work after lunch (he comes home almost every day). So, I am going to think of cooling smoothies, I think I'm actually going to start with watermelon and mint (need ideas for other stuff), I think both would be good for DH. In a TCM sense, he has damp heat stuff going on, and a) Houston summer is not a good time for that, but b) I think he's feeling enough better (relatively speaking) that I can try new stuff. I've been feeding him kimchee every day, and so far he says he doesn't feel worse, so yay! So I need to figure out cooling, drying foods (that are good blended).

[lil_miss_understood]

You should be able to, CS (make lamb jerky). I'm not sure what you'd do for flavoring though, unless you made a really strong salt brine and added some pepper maybe? (Can you have pepper?) You can make jerky in the oven too, although I've never done it because I understand it can be pretty messy. My dad did it once when I was a kid (I remember because my mom slept on the couch for like a week afterwards).
What I'd really love to have eventually is a smoke house (no, I'm not old school... I have no desire to own a spring house either... ).

[lil_miss_understood]

Last I knew, CS was vinegar-less. She could do fermented beets, I guess, but I find them gross.
Tanya, in one of these chat threads, I'm pretty sure that PB posted her green lemonade recipe.

[kortner]

I got my vita-mix on craigslist for $90. It's the stainless steel commercial maxi-4000 version. I have to mix smoothies in the mud room because the noise scares the babe. I think the newer ones are quieter. I must have attracted it though because I looked on a whim and happened to be the first to call the guy (he had 6 other people phone him that day).

I also think I remember PB saying she did juice at first b/c her gut couldn't handle the fiber but *now* she does the vita-mix for just about everything.

Eggs - I am wondering on this - maybe the reaction we've been having is to what the chickens are fed? Soy? I guess I am just hoping that eggs could be back in our lives if we had them from lovely pastured bug-eating hens.

I have totally been lusting after a dehydrator - especially for making jerky. They have fairly cheap ones at target and such. 40-70 bucks I think, depending. But yuck, all that plastic. (eta: I AM jealous, chlobo! that looks incredible!)

ellasmama - I have never felt a complain-y vibe from you at all. If anything I am awed by your lack thereof and awesome sense of humor! Sorry you are sick.

We're sick too. All of us congested and sore throats and such. I'm actually grateful we've all got it, otherwise I would be worried I've been adding too many supp.s or something (pascalite, biotin, chlorophyll). Lucky that DH got it too.

I don't think my remedy is doing anything either.

This is getting rambly, I know, but I want to share. I went out and *bought* spring water yesterday to make that flower essence - hopefully to make many. It was so beautiful - I even took pictures. And then I stepped in it.

I also got a gigantic jar for kefir. I hope it isn't too unwieldy, but I'm actually thinking it could make things a LOT easier. It holds 4 gallons.

[changingseasons]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

Have you seen this one? http://www.virginialamb.com/products.html
You'd have to call and ask for ingredients though.

Can you do beets? If you have a safe vinegar, you could make pickled beets. And if you have cucumbers, you can make pickles with same vinegar. What are your foods? Maybe we could figure out a new combination?

Hmmm... were you looking at the lamb sticks? Those only come in flavors, and it says they have preservatives added... so I'm just going to guess they're a no.

Current foods- lamb, buckwheat (I tried to go paleo and failed... I was starving to death), palm shortening, blueberries, grapes, zucchini, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes seem ok on an occasional basis... I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

Last I knew, CS was vinegar-less. She could do fermented beets, I guess, but I find them gross.
Tanya, in one of these chat threads, I'm pretty sure that PB posted her green lemonade recipe.

Nope, no vinegars. I have made the NT fermented beets, but they are way too salty... not too bad other than that. Why don't you like them JR?

[menomena]

Originally Posted by kjbrown92

Can you do beets? If you have a safe vinegar, you could make pickled beets. And if you have cucumbers, you can make pickles with same vinegar. What are your foods? Maybe we could figure out a new combination?

Instead of vinegar, you can Lacto-ferment them. You know, just water and salt. i have to mix my fermented beets in with my sauerkraut, but i'm working on lowering the ratio until i have just beets. i'm thinking i made mine too salty... i used the wild fermentation "recipe" instead of sally fallon's, but i don't know that i had the amount of beets i thought i had.

also, we've made buffalo jerky before; i don't know why you couldn't make lamb jerky? you could also try little (like, tsp sized) lamb meat balls? grab 'n' go?

okay, i think i need to win some sort of TF medal here... I made buffalo heart kebobs (antichuchos from NT) last night and.... we loved them!! : lily specifically asked for some for lunch today.

[WuWei]

Originally Posted by kortner

I got my vita-mix on craigslist for $90. It's the stainless steel commercial maxi-4000 version.

You could knock me over with a feather.


Pat