October Allergy Observations (Chat thread) - Page 6

[lil_miss_understood]

Shannon I kept wondering what would happen on the mastitis front while I pregnant if I got it. I hope you feel better soon.

[crunchy_mama]

whoMe- when I have had the start of mastitis myself I have had good luck w/ vit C, garlic and massaging the breast, especially the duct, while showering or just in warm water if you can and encouraging as much nursing as possible. I hope you get it taken care of before it becomes too much of an issue.

speaking of liver- so I *try* to be an intuitive eater and found my recent cravings very interesting. Today I made chicken liver(farm fresh-grassfed-helped butcher myself ) pate- I made it in a liverwurst style with so many different spices now I cannot remember them all- cardamom, allspice, pepper, celtic sea salt, nutmeg, coriander, chives- a bit of cooking wine- cooked w/ carmelized onions and added in some grassfed tallow for the fat. MMMMMM!!! delicious!!!

Then I topped it with some farm fresh eggs and put it on top of some homemade nut crackers- made w/ a blend of brazils- almonds-sunflowers and pecans- with some rosemary and chopped figs.

Tell me that doesn't sound good Looking up all those things I can see I am getting a pretty darn good amount of iron- didn't even realize figs were high in iron and a great dose of B vitamins as well!

Now, I want to take a nap though as I have been cooking and cleaning all day- as I am supposed to have company!

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by crunchy_mama

whoMe- when I have had the start of mastitis myself I have had good luck w/ vit C, garlic and massaging the breast, especially the duct, while showering or just in warm water if you can and encouraging as much nursing as possible. I hope you get it taken care of before it becomes too much of an issue.

speaking of liver- so I *try* to be an intuitive eater and found my recent cravings very interesting. Today I made chicken liver(farm fresh-grassfed-helped butcher myself ) pate- I made it in a liverwurst style with so many different spices now I cannot remember them all- cardamom, allspice, pepper, celtic sea salt, nutmeg, coriander, chives- a bit of cooking wine- cooked w/ carmelized onions and added in some grassfed tallow for the fat. MMMMMM!!! delicious!!!

Then I topped it with some farm fresh eggs and put it on top of some homemade nut crackers- made w/ a blend of brazils- almonds-sunflowers and pecans- with some rosemary and chopped figs.

Tell me that doesn't sound good Looking up all those things I can see I am getting a pretty darn good amount of iron- didn't even realize figs were high in iron and a great dose of B vitamins as well!

Now, I want to take a nap though as I have been cooking and cleaning all day- as I am supposed to have company!

That sounds awesome. Will you come cook for me? And slaughter my chicken?

[Theloose]

Originally Posted by crunchy_mama

speaking of liver- so I *try* to be an intuitive eater and found my recent cravings very interesting. Today I made chicken liver(farm fresh-grassfed-helped butcher myself ) pate- I made it in a liverwurst style with so many different spices now I cannot remember them all- cardamom, allspice, pepper, celtic sea salt, nutmeg, coriander, chives- a bit of cooking wine- cooked w/ carmelized onions and added in some grassfed tallow for the fat. MMMMMM!!! delicious!!!

Seriously, share? I've never had or made liverwurst, but I know what I want to try with the liver in my fridge...

[ASusan]

Please come cook for me, Crunchy Mama!

(or at least make Christmas gift packages I can order. Like Hickory Farms, but not. )

[crunchy_mama]

OH, I am so terrible with exact amounts for recipes- I am a little of that- a little of this- does it smell good- does it look good kind of cook.

Here is a very, very rough guesstimate! And traditionally liverwurst is a boiled like liver sausage, but I just used the seasonings to make it into pate.

1/2 lb chicken livers
1/3 chopped onion
1 1/2 t celtic sea salt
1 t pepper
1/4 t marjoram
1/4 t allspice
1 t sugar
1 t white cooking wine
1/4 t mace
1 cardam pod or 1/4 t ground cardamom
1/2 t coriander
hefty sprinkle of ground cloves
light sprinkle of nutmeg
2-4 T tallow(although I think bacon fat would be better or just coco oil or any other good fat)
1 tsp chopped chives

Saute the onions until nice and carmelized then add your livers and cook until no longer pink. Mix with your spices- I fresh ground as I have my mom's grinder right now, but preground would be usual for me. Mixed the liver and onions w/ spices until nice and creamy(food processor works well for this) then mix in your wine and your melted oil - or butter of course if you can do it.

I thought it was absolutely scrumptious topped with chopped hardboiled eggs- a lot of times pate recipes have the eggs in the pate itself, but I think I like it better as a topping.

Now bear in mind I am a crazy pregnant women with various cravings- so who knows how a normal person would like it

Oh, and I can come and cook for you ladies and you can come and do my dishes

And today was a cooking rockstar days, others meh we make it through. You know how it is with cooking experiments, sometimes they totally rock and sometimes well not so much! Dh was totally not impressed by the pate, but then again he don't even like me to cook liver while he is in the house! I have yet to convert him to it's wonderfulness! I am just impressed enough I got him to eat green peppers last week(only have 10 yrs of converting his poor taste buds!)

[kjbrown92]

Jacqueline: You've got your hands full. I wish I lived closer (or vice versa) so I could help you out.

Originally Posted by BonnieNova

Just got a call back from Namaste foods. The xanthan gum is a derivative of rice.
Awesome!! That means I could get it for DD2 (DS still can't have it because of the cane sugar, though he recently got rice back, so maybe someday... Is the xanthan gum in all their mixes from rice? Maybe I'll look at some of their other mixes... I have to make sugar cookies for Halloween party at DD2's school...

Originally Posted by whoMe

I just got back from my physical with the midwife, and I'm showing signs of fighting infection. So either I might be getting sick, or else my tooth is getting infected (the dentist said yesterday afternoon that it didn't look infected) or my midwife found what felt like a plugged duct - so potentially the beginning of mastitis. I'm making drops of milk at this point, so we weren't sure what to do about it, because all the recommendations assume you're not pregnant and 99% of lecithin supps are soy. So I'm supposed to rest. Last night, dd was up for HOURS. And I think I reacted to my dinner last night, which means no leftovers for lunch. Did I mention that I'm EXHAUSTED?
okay, pity party over. sigh.

Exhaustion goes with mastitis. I remember it well. I felt like I was run over by a truck.

Went to the osteopath today for DS. Of course he came home and had to poop. I swear that CST gets things moving for him! But the doctor ordered a stool test from Genova that tests for like everything: pH, occult blood, bacteriology, yeast, bile acid, pancreatic elastase, Calprotectin, Eosinophil Protein X, parasites, E. coli, Helicobacter pylori, clostridium difficile EIA, chymotrypsin, fecal fats, SCFA Distribution. I don't know what most of those mean, so after the kids go to sleep, I'm going to have to start looking things up. And he's also sending him for a Vitamin D check before I start supplementing him with the Carlson drops I got (because I asked how much I should be giving him).

[mamafish9]

Originally Posted by JacquelineR

i like sorghum, deb. can't you use it in blender pancakes?

I have 5lbs that are yours, pm me your addy . I read not to sprout sorghum because it has a compound that can turn into cyanide - which freaked me into never soaking it either.

Originally Posted by BonnieNova

I saw the xanthan gum on the ingredients list too, but since the package said "made in a dedicated facility free of corn", I *chose* to believe the xanthan was made from something else.

It is non-corn, says so on their site.

OK, we're a week into our raw cow dairy trial (right now, DS is drinking raw cow kefir mixed 1/2 with straight raw milk, and I'm still dairy free). We saw symptoms by this point last trial, so I'm getting cautiously hopeful. I'll run it another few days as is, then I'll try drinking kefir and see what happens.

[mtn.mama]

woohoo! good luck on the raw cow dairy! i'm going downstairs to get my cheese notes and i'll send them via pm shortly...

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by mamafish9

I have 5lbs that are yours, pm me your addy . I read not to sprout sorghum because it has a compound that can turn into cyanide - which freaked me into never soaking it either.

OK, we're a week into our raw cow dairy trial (right now, DS is drinking raw cow kefir mixed 1/2 with straight raw milk, and I'm still dairy free). We saw symptoms by this point last trial, so I'm getting cautiously hopeful. I'll run it another few days as is, then I'll try drinking kefir and see what happens.

i read the same thing but forgot until you just mentioned it again.

[lil_miss_understood]

Kathy,
you know i you. you're so selfless and kind. i'm so glad you're in my life.

[crunchy_mama]

I meant to say earlier JR that I hope you take it easy on yourself- you got a lot going on- thank goodness for the freezer cooking, but if you happen to run out I would be getting some frozen meals or whatever- you got too much going on- And I totally emphathize with the tandem nursing- I nursed Luke until Lily was 1 or so I think and it was all I could take then- emotionally it just got too hard. This time I weaned Lily at around 25 months about 3 months into my pregnancy because I just couldn't stand the thought of tandeming again and wanted some "me" time, as selfish as that may be- it is what it is. I didn't think I would be one to wean them myself and certainly at not such a relatively young age and I feel twinges of guilt every now and again. Anyway, all that to say I admire those that keep with it, you are a better woman than I am! You need to give yourself credit for that selfless act!

[Theloose]

dd fell asleep at 4:30. I think she could be out for the night, but she's going to get hungry and want to get up around 3 or so... What do you DO with an exhausted toddler who can't fall asleep for a nap until it's too late cause her body chemistry is off? Keep her up and grumpy? Let her fall asleep of her own accord, in hopes that she'll start doing it earlier and earlier and eventually at a reasonable time? And just let dh deal with the nightwakings?

And when would be a good time to trial more kefir? I should put this in one of my threads, but I don't know which one anymore. Being pg really does mess with the brain... I don't have high hopes of attaining baseline, since that depends on cal/mag/folate/Mo status, and the chances of exhausted me getting them all into her at once are low. If she reacts to dairy, either it's not obvious (never actually had a clear fail) or else it's a skin rash. The rash happened the night after trying an ounce of raw goat kefir, from gluten supplemented goats. I now have access to raw A2 cow dairy that is 100% grassfed. You buy it by the half gallon, and kefir grains are easy to come by here. I can't get my priorities sorted out to figure out what to do...

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by crunchy_mama

I meant to say earlier JR that I hope you take it easy on yourself- you got a lot going on- thank goodness for the freezer cooking, but if you happen to run out I would be getting some frozen meals or whatever- you got too much going on- And I totally emphathize with the tandem nursing- I nursed Luke until Lily was 1 or so I think and it was all I could take then- emotionally it just got too hard. This time I weaned Lily at around 25 months about 3 months into my pregnancy because I just couldn't stand the thought of tandeming again and wanted some "me" time, as selfish as that may be- it is what it is. I didn't think I would be one to wean them myself and certainly at not such a relatively young age and I feel twinges of guilt every now and again. Anyway, all that to say I admire those that keep with it, you are a better woman than I am! You need to give yourself credit for that selfless act!

If worse comes to worse, I have frozen Amy's pizzas and a couple of frozen Amy's entrees in the freezer... I think I'm okay though. I have: 4 meals worth of spaghetti sauce, 1 dirty rice, 1 chili, 1 sloppy joes, 2 meat loaves, a ham, a roast, a chicken (none of the last 3 are cooked but that's what my crock pot's for ), hamburgers... I think I'm missing something. I might get to the point where I'll have to start my freezer stash over again but hey.. That's part of the REASON for a freezer stash, no?

[FireWithin]

We got a chest freezer two weeks ago. Last weekend I got 20 lbs of ground pork, 25 pounds of ground turkey and a crazy amount of chicken bits for broth making (all at really great prices). And lots of pork for making bacon.

I am soooooo sick of ground meat right now. I processed the majority of the ground meat into breakfast and italian bulk sausage, mini meatballs and meatloaves. now all I can think is ick. hopefully it will be appealing soon, since we have so much of it.

All of my H1N1 symptoms seem to be gone, but my appetite hasn't come back and starting Sunday I have felt progressively ickier in the stomach. I'm not sure what to do about that except for sipping my broth.

My oldest's homeschooling center's teacher has pink eye along with a couple of her kids. I kind of feel like a chicken keeping him home tomorrow, I just don't want to deal with all of the hygiene necessary for getting rid of pink eye.

My oldest is having a lot of pain in his teeth again. There is not decay. I believe that it is from overcrowding. His nine year molars are developing (he's six), and I think one of them is pushing on his back molar. I need to get him into CST. I think this will be the final push for me. It is just so expensive. I called insurance and explained the situation, but no-go. It is just so stupid. I think CST would really help and will prevent future problems, but insurance doesn't think preventatively.

I'm sorry it is so difficult for you JR.

It a conundrum Whome - how to get a cranky toddler back into a more sane sleeping schedule. Does she have one pink cheek and one white cheek? if so, try some chamomilla (sp?) remedy.

[chlobo]

Wow Amy. Lots going on.

Where did you get all your meat?

[mtn.mama]

M2S, probiotics?

Carren, did the package I sent you ever arrive? I talked to my rolfer about a referral for you... he doesn't know anyone in your area, but recommended going to the rolfing website and using their search engine to find a practitioner. Then query the practitioners to make sure they have adequate education/continuing education... that they are advanced and with experience, etc.

[FireWithin]

I have no probiotics going on except for some sad looking pickles and carrots.
I need to get some water kefir going again.
Thanks for the suggestion Lisa.

[chlobo]

Originally Posted by mtn.mama

M2S, probiotics?

Carren, did the package I sent you ever arrive? I talked to my rolfer about a referral for you... he doesn't know anyone in your area, but recommended going to the rolfing website and using their search engine to find a practitioner. Then query the practitioners to make sure they have adequate education/continuing education... that they are advanced and with experience, etc.

Hi Lisa,

I did get it. Sorry for not letting you know sooner. I haven't tried it yet. Not sure what I'm waiting for.

Last I looked at the rolfing website there were no US practitioners listed but thanks for asking.

[FireWithin]

Carren - I go to two places in Quincy. I'm embarrased to say that it was factory farmed meat - 99 cents a pound for ground turkey, 79 cents a pound for chicken breasts, 1.79 a pound for watch-them-grind-it pork. My ideas is the savings I make here will allow best quality eggs and other meats.