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Post by Joxcenia on Jan 29, 2005 17:11:21 GMT -6
The "song" thread gave me the idea of starting a thread where members tell what they've been eating. So, what did you eat today?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 29, 2005 17:15:09 GMT -6
Ok so ewww....I brush thank you very much so hopefully nothing is stuck in my teeth.
Let's see....had fajitas for breakfast....pretty damn good.
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Post by ilb on Jan 29, 2005 17:43:10 GMT -6
chicken strips and spinach nuggets
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Post by Joxcenia on Jan 29, 2005 17:47:31 GMT -6
I don't believe I've ever heard of "spinach nuggets"... I don't eat spinach anyways.
I had homemade potato soup, crackers, and an RC cola.
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Post by ilb on Jan 29, 2005 17:49:01 GMT -6
they r pretty good... in the organic section at wall mart...
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Post by Ann Thrax on Jan 29, 2005 18:15:36 GMT -6
I'm just munching on a packet of pickled onion flavour Space Raiders...yummy!!!!!!!!!! ;D
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Post by chackattack81 on Jan 29, 2005 19:01:08 GMT -6
Hope I don't have food stuck in my teeth guys.....it's past midnight here....I MAY turn into a GREMLIN!!!!...ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!
...k....someone call a Doctor...I think I may have snapped ;D
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Post by Phalon on Jan 29, 2005 22:51:14 GMT -6
After cross-country skiing today, soup sounded good. I didn't have the homemade stuff, (ooo, that sounds good, Joxie), but only a can of tomato. I plopped a huge glob of sour cream in and added some shredded cheddar. I will find any excuse to eat sour cream.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 30, 2005 0:12:58 GMT -6
In my opinion you never need an excuse to eat sour cream....just grap a spoon and a little salt...you are good to go.
As for dinner. Lemon Chicken and roasted veggies.....damn good.
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Post by xengab on Jan 30, 2005 7:12:17 GMT -6
Today for lunch I had roast pork,roast potatoes,baby corn,peas,carrots,sage and onion stuffing and apple sauce.We ate out at the pub,so no washing up.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 30, 2005 11:17:31 GMT -6
Mom made breakfast again this moring....I just love it when she cooks.....
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Post by rsine69 on Jan 30, 2005 11:42:10 GMT -6
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Post by Joxcenia on Jan 30, 2005 14:48:01 GMT -6
Actually, I was looking to expand my dinner menus. Thought maybe I could find some ideas on what to try, that I've never had before. I tried the recipe threads, but no one was interested in them. I thought this way, members could post what they've eaten, and if any of it sounded good they could share recipes or products brands.
Mom makes Sunday dinners and my sister and her family and I all eat together. Today, Mom had ham, bread, potato salad, baked beans, fried okra, and green beans & potatoes.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 30, 2005 14:50:53 GMT -6
Hey! Everything sounds good.....except the Okra......ewwwww!
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Post by Joxcenia on Jan 30, 2005 14:57:37 GMT -6
Cool... that just leaves more fried okra for me!
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 30, 2005 14:59:21 GMT -6
Well then you are certainly welcome to mine.....lol...and thanks for sparing me....
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Post by Phalon on Jan 30, 2005 22:50:01 GMT -6
I'm with you on the okra thing, Scrappy. Hubs cooked it once very early on in our marriage. Never again will I eat this, I told him. Just too....eeeeww.
And Rsine...what could be more sociable than food, whether just talking about it, or actually eating? No one should dine alone. Or is that, no one should die alone? No one should die alone while dining alone? The heimlich manuever requires at least two.
Food for thought. Things that make you go Mmmmm.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 30, 2005 22:55:28 GMT -6
LMAO....you got one for everything dontcha?
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Post by Phalon on Feb 2, 2005 0:52:36 GMT -6
Tonight, I made meatloaf. Hubs says I make that best meatloaf, but most likely that is because if I made it, it means he did not have to cook. Actually, I know that's why he says it, because my meatloaf never tastes the same way twice because I usually just add whatever is hanging about in the refridgerator...sometimes gravy, or spaghetti sauce, or steak sauce, mushrooms, onions or whatever. Oooo, chopped spinach - that is good. Once, I tried leftover mashed potatoes, just for fun. It was fun mixing it with my hands, anyway - all squishy and gooey.
And that's the good thing about making meatloaf...you get to play in your food to make it....kind of like making mud-pies when you were a kid.
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Post by marysgurl1 on Mar 14, 2005 9:11:32 GMT -6
Found this little treasure at my friendly Super Wally World..... Hagen Daas---Special Edition-Creme Brulee--oh my!! This it to die for, ladies Ben & Jerry's--Half-Baked would be the standard...ah....stand-by since I can get my hands on it approximately 6 blocks from home! Chocolate ice cream, cookie dough pieces, chunks of brownie....your basic survival food groups..... Can you tell what time it is, girls??
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Post by marysgurl1 on Mar 14, 2005 9:16:36 GMT -6
Phalon, I never pick up & apple to eat that I don't think of you!! (maybe I should start this on the poetry thread!!)
Seriously, your apple info comes right to mind......still can't believe there are apple fairies in warehouses somewhere that guard the green apples thru their ripening process......
So are organic apples done the same way??
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Post by Phalon on Mar 14, 2005 18:54:13 GMT -6
Yep, Marysgurl, organic apples are kept in CA storage too - controlled atmosphere storage, where the humidity, temperature and pressure are regulated. Without it, they’d turn to mush in a few months.
The big question - are they kept in storage where chemicals are used as fumigants? Methyl bromide is a poisonous gas that was used prevalently in agriculture as a fumigant against rodents, worms and insects. It is (was already suppose to be) being phased out worldwide – not because of the possible effects on humans; but because it is a cause of the depletion of the ozone.
Other alternatives to methyl bromide are being used worldwide. California – where most of our fresh fruits and veggies come from this time of year – was the leading producer of methyl bromide – and also used more of it than any other state. Good news is that California was also one of the world’s top areas to research alternative fumigants – many of them organic. Because of this research viable alternatives have been found, and methyl bromide has since been banned and no longer used in the United States, and most of the world.
Bad news is that is has not been phased out globally yet. Methyl bromide is one of the best, and most prevalent fumigants in both growing, (it acts as a fumigant in soil preparation), shipping and storing produce. Without a viable replacement, shipments of fresh produce would be held in quarantine in both domestic and foreign markets, or those markets would possibly be closed to import/export. Some of the countries which we import produce from, (both fresh or processed – as in juices and such), still use it. And many of the alternatives used in this country are chemical fumigants as opposed to organic. This is to ensure against the spread of “invasive species” of insects and pests to other parts of the US, or world. (Don’t get me started on the devastation these invasive species can cause. One of my rants. Michigan has lost nearly 8 million ash trees in the last two years due to a beetle brought in on pallets from Asia…and that’s just the last time I read about it – way back in the fall. 8 million trees; dead. Gone. And it’s not over. Emerald Ash borer – spreading soon to a state near you. Grrrr.)
So “organically grown” does not necessarily mean organically shipped or organically stored. Because organic farming is not done wide scale in comparison to conventional farming, (a very minute amount actually – but it is growing), there are not a great deal of federal regulations governing it, (in comparison to conventional farming). Check on the state level; their regulations may be stricter – your county extension agency should be able to direct you to the right place.
Or…. best bet, I’d think, is to buy directly from an organic farmer, and ask how the produce is stored. Or buy fresh – right after harvest. Of course, you won’t have apples all year, but you’d control the way they are stored. If you wrap each apple individually in newspaper or a brown paper bag, (like a lunch bag), and store in a cool, dry basement with a humidifier running, they should keep for a few months.
Too much info? Sorry. There was a big expo concerning organic farming recently, which Hubs has gobs of info about. Any questions, and I'll see if I can find out.
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Post by marysgurl1 on Mar 15, 2005 7:28:42 GMT -6
This is actually one of your post I made it all the way through!!! It is too interesting--not to say that I don't find you always interesting..... Mary works so hard to make sure the girls (& I) get the very best of everything.....& she pays like $5.00 for a 3 lb. bag of organic apples & we go thru 2 bags a week!! That's between $35.00-40.00/month!!! Do you buy just plain ole produce from your local grocery??
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Post by Phalon on Mar 15, 2005 8:10:18 GMT -6
LMAO, at your clarification, Q! One of my posts that you actually made it through. BOLL. I sometimes do that on purpose, you know - write these long-winded posts which actually start off with a topic, but that ramble on endlessly, straying so far off from the orginal topic that I've lost everyone who's made it 3/4 through. Then I can say what I really mean, because I know nobody's paying attention anymore.
No, not really. Maybe.
To answer your question and kind of keep in the thread's topic here: Last night for dinner I had chicken salad, made from green leaf lettuce and spinach from CA, and oranges and almonds from FL....(cheese from WI - but we are talking produce here). I always try to by local vegies and fruits, but it is just not possible here this time of year, (except for potatoes & onions mostly). So I stick with stuff grown in the US - doesn't matter to me if it's organic or not. In the next couple of years, due to the free-trade agreement, it will be the first time in this country's history we import more produce than we will grow - both for consumption here, and for export. Scary, and sad what has happened to our farms and farmland.
In season, I always buy fresh from the farms in this area.
Support your local farmers.
Oh, and btw, got around to checking out Moon Baby for whenever you make another song list? Just seeing if you've made it to the end. LMAO. Thanks for the smile this morning.
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Post by marysgurl1 on Mar 15, 2005 10:01:22 GMT -6
Nothing but love & adoration for your longwindedness, you dictionary junkie, you!! So true & so sad about the American farmer, of which my grandfather was undoubtedly one of the last. I have made reference to him before....maybe at "wicca...". He raised tobacco, hogs, corn & a little soybeans. Those were some of the best times of my life. I followed him around that farm step-for-step. Got paid for my talley of unstrung tobacco sticks at the end of the day....learned to drive a tractor when I had to jump up on the clutch to make it go down.....shot snakes & turtles in the irrigation ponds with my cousins......ah.....those memories are burned in my mind. The garden beside the house was as big as a football field. That was just what we ate, canned, froze, dried. It was amazing. My grannyMae cooked a 6-7 course meal every single day for lunch for the hired help & my papa & me of course. She also made me either fried peach pies, cup cakes, or egg custard pie every day!! And I've seen her catch a chicken, ring its neck, pluck & clean it, cook it, eat it, & toss the scrapes off the back porch to the dogs 5-6 days a week!! She died when I was 6---I would've liked to known her longer. Anyway.....food....we do support the local farmers as much as possible. I got some good Fl strawberries this morning. I actually could smell them 3 feet before I got to them! You said something about the free-trade agreement. We actually will import food into the country to ship it out again?? Explain. That is scarey but I believe it. We lived in Fl/Ga all my young years & I remember how you could drive for miles & miles & see nothing but orange groves. It is unbelieveable how few there actually are now. And soybean & cotton growth in South Ga is almost non-existant to what I remember as a kid. Of course, things tend to seem smaller when you go back as an adult.....but I know it has changed ALOT. Look at me, girl, goin on & on & on.....You still with me?? I gotta sleep....went back to work last night & I still am not fully recovered from my sickies. (Thank you for the well-wishes) Peace & love. Have a wonderful day. Please refer to music thread.
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Post by Phalon on Mar 15, 2005 10:08:35 GMT -6
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Post by holly golightly on Mar 19, 2005 5:58:22 GMT -6
piiizza piiizza
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Post by Freebird on Mar 20, 2005 2:19:55 GMT -6
Ice cream sandwich (until I finish eating it and brush)
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Post by marysgurl1 on Mar 28, 2005 9:32:41 GMT -6
'k....all my girls love my cooking & I love doing it for them, so I opened the kitchen yesterday.....it was pretty good, if I may say so myself..... Picnic ham with my special marinade, mashed potatoes/mushroom gravy, sweet potatoe cassarole (this is a frozen treasure I found at Kroger--as good as my own & so much easier!!) deviled eggs, asparagus/onions/mushroom/garlic/sugar snap pea/olive oil sautee, sourdough rolls, green beans, oh, & pork loin....chess bars for dessert. Hope everyone had a peaceful day!
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Post by Phalon on Mar 29, 2005 22:10:22 GMT -6
Oooo, asparagus! Thanks for the reminder, Marysgurl. Fresh asparagus season is about to begin here. Mmmmmm.
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