maxmanI think that type 2 diabetes can "go away" or be controlled by diet, weight loss, and exercise.
The correct term is "reversed." (WebMD)
Richard
My 91 yo mother weighs 125 and is all skin and bones. At the most, I doubt she ever weighed more than 180 and that wasn't until she was over 50.
She has Alzheimers, probably eats more of the deserts than her main meal. Her A1C is 6; normal is <5.7.
Technically she is glucose intolerant, but does not need medication. Glucerna is a dietary supplement, a low sugar Ensure and that probably keeps her alive. She wants to live to be 100. I doubt she will know who I am if she does, but those are her wishes.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Steven OtteIt seems any discussion of Georgia cuisine would be incomplete without mentioning shrimp and grits. Personally I don't get it. I've never tasted grits, but I have had Cream of Wheat and Malt-O-Meal, and if it's anything like those, . In my opinion, about the only way that texture could be made worse is if it were shrimp-flavored.
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Steve-O, If you are ever in Atlanta, just East is the town of East Point. On Main in East Point there is a restaurant called the Foodie Feed Store.
Try the shrimp and grits in there, and I believe you will be amazed.
BigDaddyI've had grits years ago when I lived in NC. They were just OK
Grits are great... don't do anything to them but just a tad bit of butter. Never eat instant grits. Oatmeal and Grits should never be Instant.
I met this guy in an Antique Store in Georgia today.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Sure, I heard'a grits —
I just never actually seen a grit before.
Actually, I like my grits (corn meal) pressed into loaves, then sliced, browned in grease, (pure lard is best) buttered and covered in sausage gravy. No maple syrup for me.
Mush by Edmund, on Flickr
Hummm, guess what I'm having for breakfast
Cheers, Ed
Grits!! Yuk!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Eveing Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a please and Dirk his Buffalo treat.
I never had grits till I joined the Army. I was a yankee boy from Indiana and like cousion Vinny never seen grits. Basic was Ft Knox Ky got grits. Fort Mcclellan Aalabama for the Military Police Academy got grits. Ft Gordon Georgia, grits. Fort Benning Georgia, grits. Fort Bragg NC yet more grits! If you dump a ton of butter and sugar on them I could eat them. But that could be said about many things I guess.
Have been Grit Free for 40 years and I am not going back!
Later, Ken and Dirk Say's Grit Suck Woof!
I hate Rust
Steven Otte,
Looks like almost everybody agrees with you about grits! I guess it all boils down (pun intended) to what you were raised with.
My mother's family was famous for their porridge. When they were visiting us at our cottage they took great pride in making porridge for breakfast. As far as I was concerned it was wallpaper glue that was too thick. No amount of brown sugar or raisins made it any more acceptable, and we got heck if we used too much brown sugar! My dad was in full agreement with me. Any guest at my home who offers to make porridge for breakfast will be sleeping in the garden shed!
Mind you, I thoroughly enjoy a good bowl of granola. I just can't understand why some people insist on cooking it into mush!
Good Morning!
Still dark outside. I feel like cuddling in a comfy chair by the fire and not to get up an go into a day which will be grey and miserable.
Grits - I didn´t know what that stuff is, but it appears to me that grits are quite similar ton the Italian polenta, a corn meal mash, which is served hot. It´s a rather tasteless food with a strange feeling in your mouth. Grits must be the same stuff, only fried. I don´t think I´d fancy the stuff!
hon30critterthey took great pride in making porridge for breakfast. As far as I was concerned it was wallpaper glue that was too thick.
My Mom cooked that stuff and served it unsweetened to us kids, when we were ill. Never touched it again!
I have been awarded the task to design the house for our friend. I have downloaded a CAD freeware for that and will now spend a few days trying to learn it and design a house, which will essentially be a long and narrow box, similar to a container. It may even end up being built from a used shipping container. I have seen some pretty impressive houses made out of shipping containers. They have a tremendous advantage of being able to be build offsite, completely furnished, and then put on a trailer for transport tom the building site, lifted onto the foundations, hooked up to water, sweage and energie - ready to move in in one day! Let´see what t will come up with!
Iechi da! (That´s Welsh for cheers!)
Happy times!
Ulrich (aka The Tin Man)
"You´re never too old for a happy childhood!"
Grits with white gravy, made with dried beef--two fried eggs, bacon,toast,jelly, and to taper off, apple pie with a slice of sharp cheese on top makes a fine breakfast--all washed down with coffee, Still eat them, never had a problem with grits.
herrinchoker
I finally got around to checking on this for you, Ken —
cudaken Ed Reason I called was to ask about the Pargon 3 PRR Shark nose. I was thinking about a A and B dummy unit. I was wondering if they be able to pull 9 Bachmann Heavy weight passnage cars. I know it is like asking how long is a pices of string.
Here's the first setup, digital scale (digital is better, right?)
Drawbar_pull3 by Edmund, on Flickr
Trouble was, it seems as soon as the scale (or strain gauge in this setup) began to see pulsation it went into "hold" mode. Oh well, back to the Ohaus spring scale.
Drawbar_pull2 by Edmund, on Flickr
Drawbar_pull1 by Edmund, on Flickr
Readings were pretty reliable at about 5.5 oz. drawbar pull right about the point of slipping, 60% throttle. Guess what, a powered A and B pulled 11 ounces
Drawbar_pull by Edmund, on Flickr
Hope that helps, Ed
herrinchokerGrits with white gravy, made with dried beef--two fried eggs, bacon,toast,jelly, and to taper off, apple pie with a slice of sharp cheese on top makes a fine breakfast--all washed down with coffee, Still eat them, never had a problem with grits.
Okay, I'm willing to try that. Problem is that you will be hard pressed to find a restaurant in Ontario that serves grits in any form. It's just not our thing!
Tinplate ToddlerGrits - I didn´t know what that stuff is, but it appears to me that grits are quite similar ton the Italian polenta,
Mike
Grits aren't fried
Another unfortunate trend is waffles appearing on lunch and dinner menus substituting for rolls for hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. Maybe that's just an Annapolis thing because of the success of a local restaurant. There are way too many calories in a waffle hamburger.
You gotta start with decent grits; Martha White is pretty good, as is Jim Dandy (yes, the same Jim Dandy that makes dog food; y'all got a problem with that?)
I cook mine in skim milk instead of water and then add a big glop of butter when done. Makes them smooth and creamy and tasting kinda like cornbread in a glass of buttermilk. But since y'all northerners probably ain't had that neither, then this analogy won't get us very far.
But, if we're going with Southern cuisine . . . Janie, I'll have a toasted peanut butter, mayonnaise, and banana sandwich please. And a coke.
Robert
LINK to SNSR Blog
Good morning, everyone. My usual--bacon, eggs, and coffee.
Had to walk in the field house this morning. It's cold and rainy outside.
Tinplate Toddler Brent - Denmark has the lowest possible interest rate - they actually pay you, if they can park their money with you with a house as a collateral. The current interest rat is at minus .5%!
Brent - Denmark has the lowest possible interest rate - they actually pay you, if they can park their money with you with a house as a collateral. The current interest rat is at minus .5%!
Ulrich, that is another great looking place. Why are properties so inexpensive and interest rates negative in Denmark?
MisterBeasleyDo you like Hallmark movies on cable TV? The GF and I watch them too often. No sex or violence. They are doing a few Thanksgiving movies now, and after that will be a month of Christmas movies. They even did one with a train getting stuck in the mountains by snow.
We have two Hallmark channels on our cable system, and for the next month, my wife's TV will not change channels off of Hallmark. Some of the Christmas movies she has seen many times, but will watch them again and enjoy them.
Garry, your family seems to be having a lot of health issues. Prayers for you and them.
In 1978 or 1979, this was from the Southern Railroad Crescent on the last run between Atlanta and New Orleans, crossing Lake Ponchartrain.
Have a good day, everyone.
York1 John
Good Evening!
Garry - our thoughts and for your MIL and BIL!
York1Why are properties so inexpensive and interest rates negative in Denmark?
All of the EU member states suffer from low interest rates. While this is to a degree beneficial for borrowers, it puts a lot of strain on the financial markets. Saving up for the rainy days actaulyy starts to eat up your capital - a big drawback! Housing in Denmark is cheap, because the country suffers from a shrinking number of people. While housing is still expensive in cities like Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, homes in rural and remote locations are dead cheap. The number of people wanting to live in "the outback" of Denmark is fairly small. Some of the properties I looked at are on the market for several years!
I have been playing around with that home planner I downloaded yesterday. It didn´t take much time to get working with it, so I spend a few hours designing a small, if not tiny house for our friend. The first attempt is a roughly 400 sq.ft. home, built from a 40 ft. high cube shipping container, split in two parts and assembled side by side. The house sports a bed room, a eat-in kitchen, a living room and a bathroom, not to forget a fireplace/woodburner. The container will be painted in a rather dark grey or anthracite, and partly clad in cedar boards - to enhance its appearance. The house will also feature a rooftop pation with a small cubic shed to store grden furniture and the like. The rooftop patio will be accessible via outside stairs. Total cost is below $50k, including foundations, connection to public utilities, all furnishings and, not to forget, transport and mounting, as well as two small locally built porches.
Here is what I came up with:
In case you missed the entrance - it´s via the double door into the kitchen.
It is really a tiny house, but more than adequate for just one person, I think. I hope our friend likes it!
BigDaddyThere are way too many calories in a waffle hamburger.
Up here in SE Pa. we are starting to see a bunch of fast food restaurants called Freddys. Ate there one time. The HAMBURGHER was this thin thing that you could see through. It looked like a waffle.
Why would anyone ever do this to themselves?
The typical Big Mac Meal — which comes with a Big Mac burger, a medium order of fries and a medium soft drink — totals 1,100 calories, 44 grams of fat, 149 grams of carbs, 1,225 milligrams of sodium and 29 grams of protein. The meal meets more than half the total calories of an average 2,000 calorie-a-day diet!
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BATMAN Why would anyone ever do this to themselves? The typical Big Mac Meal — which comes with a Big Mac burger, a medium order of fries and a medium soft drink — totals 1,100 calories, 44 grams of fat, 149 grams of carbs, 1,225 milligrams of sodium and 29 grams of protein. The meal meets more than half the total calories of an average 2,000 calorie-a-day diet!
... and leaves you craving for more after less than half an hour! No, thank you! I like to have a burger once in a while, but only home made ones in a German roll, not those sugray buns, no fries, no soft drink!
I dabbeled a little more with the home planer, adding bits and pieces here and there, plus detailing the cedar board cladding. Now the house looks like this:
Tomorrow, I will figure out how to add the rooftop patio with the shed!
Edit:
There is always room for some improvements! I discussed the floor plan with Petra and she pointed me towards a few things she missed in it. Following her recommendation, I added an annex to serve as a small entrance hall with a big wardrobe to store coats etc. I lengthened the wall in the living room, so now there is sufficient space for a TV set which I had completely forgotten, as we don´t watch TV. I also changed the kitchen, which is much more functional now.
So here we are now:
I am calling it a day for now!
I was working on replacing a rotted board on an outside window sill, i was cutting the old board away with a sawzall, when POW I cut into a live electric wire. I looked and they had run the wire and then put the window in over it. so I sliced across but not through it. So I had to stop and fix that. GRRR always something.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a and Dirk will get his Buffalo after is evening walk.
Went to the VA Hospital for my Eye Exam. Seems my eyes are still in pretty good shape. They dilated my eyes to see if there was any more damage from diabetes. At one point I had what where called "Bleeders: in my eyes from diabetes. There is no signs of them now. This and the one before A1C are 6.0. I like to get back down to 5.3 again, but that is something I need think about.
Ed Thank You for the information.
Time to walk Dirk so later Ken and Dirk say's Woof, Woof.
BATMAN Why would anyone ever do this to themselves? The typical Big Mac Meal
The typical Big Mac Meal
I must say I agree with that one Brent.
It's a good thing we all enjoyed that crap when we were young. Our bodies were equipped with a brand new set of plumbing and could handle junk like that.
I call the Big Mac or any of that fast food crap a once in a blue moon treat. I can probably count the times I eat like that in a year on not many more fingers than one hand.
That once in a blue moon junk sure is good sometimes though
Junk food moderation is best
TF
Bacon
I have always been here. I have always looked out from behind these eyes.
Always liked it better. I like what I can see.
Bacon works
BATMANWhy would anyone ever do this to themselves?
I am certain we all already knew a Big Mac meal was a poor choice for a meal, especially on a regular basis.
Evening folks,
I am quite close to have purchased my first car, the bank has approved my loan they just need some documents from the dealer and I'll be in business.
The job interview went spectacularly, they're quite interested and I'll know if I'm hired tommorow!
Freddy's we have a few here in Baton Rouge, quite good burgers for a fast food place, they are thin so you have to order a double or triple to have a "meal", I personally never eat at McDs, BK, or Wendis, I think the food is terrible there.
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
Kevin, you're exactly right. A Big Mac Meal is a bad deal
moelarrycurly4 Bacon
Bacon is good. Just buy it fresh at the butcher so you don't get the chemical soup (potassium nitrate (also known as saltpetre) and sodium nitrite) that you get when you buy it at the supermarket. Potassium Nitrate can play havoc with your BP.
I don't eat there very often (maybe twice a year), but I love the Big Mac, I love McDonalds french fries, and I love McDonalds coffee.
The best fastfood burger? I'll take the Wendy's Baconator.
Okay Brent, better choices from the meat market..... I'm in.
I better re-consult with the powers that ale me