So...whats for dinner?

I was just thinking    In order to keep it easier for Apple and her family to read everyone's good wishes, why don't we post them all in this thread:

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topic/798177?page=4#idx_96

Yes, it's a Stage IV forum, but no one objects to well wishes and supportive notes being posted by anyone. 

DH told me ahead of time that Notre Dame would be no match for the Crimson Tide.  Apparently the SEC is the powerhouse conference.  I'm wondering if LSU fans weren't rooting for ND!  No way could they root for AL.  I really like the AL coach who also coached for LSU.  All this said, I'm not a college football fan.  Prefer to watch the gladiators, aka NFL.  It's such a brutal sport and yet so graceful in the slow motion replays.

Susan, it's wonderful to see your post.  Hope you continue to get stronger.

Michelle, thanks so much for the info on Apple.  I will follow your suggestion.

Chabba, the walleye was delicious.  And it was caught very close to ND.  Our friends live in Eden, SD, which is close to Sisseton, up in the northeast corner of SD.  They make shopping trips to Fargo, about an hour and a half drive.  When we visited these friends this summer, they gave us frozen walleye and we gave them frozen Louisiana shrimp that I had headed and put into packages myself.  The shrimp were fresh off a shrimp boat. 

Last night I got a biga or bread starter out of the freezer.  It was made months ago before we went away for the summer.  This morning it is bubbling so the yeast is alive.  I also got flour out of the freezer so later on I'll make some artisan bread.  The ingredients are so simple.  Starter, yeast, water, flour and, depending on the recipe, salt.  The Tuscan recipes don't call for salt since salt was too expensive way back when.

I must get moving.  It's almost 10 am and I'm still in my robe.  Lazybones me.  DH exercised at the Y and is off to play tennis. 

Sending prayers and positive energy to Apple.

Saw the movie Django today..Quentin Tarantano's usual...blood and guts, plus lots of swearing.  Could have been made in two hours...not three.

Last night was steak and potatoes with red velvet cupcakes for dessert, while watching Bama beat ND!  Tonight will be leftover sliced pork loin over cornbread stuffing with gravy, green beans and a salad.

Hi everyone!  Debbie and Michelle, enjoy your trip!!  I am so jealous, soak up some sun and fun for me. 

Susan, I'm glad to see you back too.  Hope you'll be feeling like your normal self soon.

Boy, Laurie, you sure are getting hit with bugs!  Hope you feel better.  You too Carrie.  I have been really lucky, knock on wood.

Everyone's dinners sound good, but you're all going to be jealous of mine tonigt.  Today is the actual 50th b-day and DH is cooking lobster tails and baked potatoes and a salad, and some carrot cake after.  I have been thinking about it since Sunday when we bought the lobster tails.  It's been quite a while since I've had lobster, it should be good!

And Kaara, I think you got that wrong.  You meant to say Bama beat ND , didn't you?

Enjoy the rest of the day everyone.  And Michelle, thanks again for the link to post to Apple.  I think that was a great idea.

Bedo, are you sure you didn't have several Blue Moons before writing that post?  LOL.  Thanks for making me smile.

Kay, enjoy that delicious birthday dinner.  It sounds wonderful.

The house smells like fresh-baked bread.  Besides bread and butter, dinner will be linguine with marinara sauce w/ Italian sausage and a green salad with romaine, tomato, cucumber, avocado and blue cheese.  Sweet onion on dh's salad and a few kalamata olives on mine. 

I read all the posts on the forum about Apple's absence from bc.org.  It was heartwarming to learn how many friends she has made.  I so hope she gets better.

Laurie, sure hope the meds do the trick.   

Kaara, good to hear from you.  Your meals sound good.

Eric, when you use your chicken pot, will you cook a hen, fryer, capon, or cornish hens? 

Have been busy all day, and it has been fun catching up to these posts. Clever ladies!



Bedo, I had the same thought as Carole...And be careful with that flue! We had a flue fire many years ago in our NH place...very scary....my bad for building too big a fire when we arrived late on a frigid cold night many years ago and we were lucky that the Newfound volunteer fire department got out of their beds faster than my DH and sons to extinguish it....a wonderful virus laden woman leading the group!



Yes, ND succumbed to an NFL level Bama team. WOW! MY DH warned me about that. I feel badly for the young Irish, but am still glad I was one of the first women students to ever set foot on that wonderful campus. At least I was able to go to bed before the brutal end since I had an early doc appt today.



So my PC, who I really like, never alluded to my avoidance of her since the hospitalization, yet is referring me to a cardiologist to get that concern out of the way. We both loved the fact that for the first time in about 18 years I was not seeing her for bronchitis at this same time.....might have to do with the fact that I am not working in my old germ factory!



After that appt., I decided to head to one of my favorite produce stores, and went crazy buying just that! I got this red swiss chard (first time purchase)that looked so appealing, then had to figure out what to do with it aside from using it in smoothies since I have plenty of other veggies for that. I found a great eggplant lasagna with chard in the ricotta filling recipe that was light and delightful. Unfortunately, I totally forgot that DH had a dinner meeting tonight so would not be home to enjoy it....so assembled it and will cook it tomorrow evening. Made a small portion for myself to test it out. Yum!



Michelle, I'm with you on the frustration of people not taking their jobs seriously! And so inconsiderate!



Thanks for the info on how to communicate our support to Apple!



Has anyone seen this hysterical Betty White show ? I'm off to watch it.....

Michelle, I think we overlapped posts. Here's hoping you can get the nausea in check!



And Kay, a big HB! You remind me of my Philly days when we ate lobster tails...rarely hear of them here....but they are so good.

Yes, Tazzy, that's the show. I only know it because last week I kept hearing DH laughing hysterically and discovered why. I wonder if my DSs would find it as amusing?!



By the way, I recall people mentioning the Fitbit device which we asked DS1 to give us for Christmas....sounded like a neat thing. Well, I have yet to open mine, but DH used his...for two days until it stopped working. He has been trying for days to contact the company, and the farthest he has gotten is to hear a message that the company does not take direct calls, which is why I suppose there is no number displayed anywhere on their packaging. He is not amused after the long search....and we'll see if he hears back from them tomorrow....unless they are related to Michelle' caulker!! We are trying to decide if we should open mine since they say there are no returns unless the package is in it's unopened shape. Great!



Oh Michelle, Bob went to dinner at Via Moda tonight...said it was great....was that where you and Rick went a while ago?

LOL Carole, I think you have bedo's number. Bedo, you really crack me up. You should be a comedian!



Lacey, what is a fitbit? How disappointing! Hope they send DH a new one. I share your sorrow about ND and Bama.



Dinner was delish! I wish I turned 50 every day. Thanks to all for the birthday wishes.

Debbie  Sounds like a blast!  fun to watch all the weirdos! ha ha

Laurie Thinking my ears may be infected also with this cold, but I also think I just have so much fluid in there that I cant get out. antibiotic working for all other symptoms but not the dang ears. Went to Lowes yesterday to get some paint for chair re-do project and I saw a sales lady walking towards me and I could see that her mouth was moving, but couldnt hear a thing she was saying,,ha ha  so I just assumed she was asking if she could help me find anything, so that was how I answered  "no thanks"  hope it was appropriate.

Kay mmmm on the lobster  what a treat!

Bedo Funny stories.  If you put your phone on vibrate..you will definitely know that you are sitting on it...LOL

Eric  I am also guessing there is a chicken getting ready to go in that pan?

Last night was general tso chicken stir fry.  fried the chicken pieces after dredging in cornstarch as directed in my new "The chew Cookbook" but found they were tough...any thoughts on that?

Cornstarch by itself doesn't do much to chicken at all! The method is called velveting [so you can google other ratios.] They will all look something like this:

1 egg white
1 T Chinese rice wine
1 t kosher salt
1 T corn starch (flour)

This should be enough for about a pound of chicken. You will also find mixtures with a bit of sesame oil, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce [both light and dark], etc. There are so many wonderful Chinese cookbooks, I probably wouldn't use the Chew as a source for that continent.

*susan*

Oh Nancy that is on the list for DD and I to do one weekend shortly. Irving area towards Dallas has some big Asian markets. Ft. Worth for all its cosmopolitan wantings to be doesn't have one. But what can you say about a city that bills itself as "Cowtown". Also very glad to see you back Susan.

So here I am at chemo and I have been diagnosed with "anticipatory nausea"...yeah, it's a real thing although I think it sort of indicates it's psychosomatic.  When I think back to my pregnancy days, it's all too familiar.  I don't think it's in anticipation of treatment (unless my mind is really playing tricks on me) because there's nothing here that sets me off.  In any case, I now have almost all the meds I got when I did DD AC/T.  The only thing they couldn't give me is the wonder drug Emend.  Apparently the insurance companies think you don't need it with weekly carbo.  I hope they are right.

I had Campbell's Chicken Rice soup for lunch...haven't eaten that in years! It tasted really good, which was a pleasant surprise.  And DH has gone to get his lunch and is bringing me back some chocolate ice cream.  I've lost 5 pounds in the past two weeks so a little ice cream will do me some good!

LeeA - I have tried those bands and they don't work for me.  I tried them on a cruise and after 30 minutes I went for the patch.  I like egg drop soup, I could add some Minute Rice to it and it would probably be perfect.  And I make smoothies with Greek yogurt, a little orange juice, and a few frozen blueberries and raspberries.  Unfortunately, that's not fool-proof for my nausea problem.  Are the gin-gin candies made with ginger?  That's supposed to work for some people so if I run across some, I'll pick up a package.  We don't have a World Market in the area, maybe I'll see one in Florida while we're there.  This nausea took me by surprise because I really didn't have any problems with DD AC/T.  Hopefully IV Aloxi works better than a couple of Zofran.