Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
A few months ago, I started getting leg cramps at night when I stretched my leg quickly. I figured my potassium was low, so I consciously started eating food high in potassium every day. Food like tomato, potato, banana, avocado, etc.. After a week, I didn't get any more leg cramps. I take multivitamin and fish oil, too.
Stew, mmm! Must make one...
Tonight we are having nopales salad (found a Mexican market here in town), refried beans on tostadas. Adding in cooked shrimp too.
Ali, are you OK?
Instead we went to "The Fish Place" and had fish and chips, mine just grilled, not battered and deep fried. They have a very good kitchen. The fish was excellent and the chips are home made. Nice for once in a while.
I love shrimp too and I normally by frozen. But when in doubt, I would throw it out. I know its hard but I rather be safe than sorry. I get too paranoid about food safety sometimes. My colleagues make fun of me for it.
I had some calm chowder tonight and Cajun chicken wings.
I think you're right, though, Polar, and everything's fine. The bit of ammonia aftertaste spooked me, but it wasn't overwhelming, just a little taste.
If the shrimps are no longer firm but a bit slimy, then it's time to throw out. If you have animals, you can feed the shrimps to them. Animals have way better stomachs than ours and can even eat from garbage can and still be fine.
This isn't how I saw my evening going. HMMMMMMM. Sorry for the overshare and gross out stuff. I thought it was funny at first, that my shrimp seemed bad (just a little bad, though, and when smothered in horseradish cocktail sauce, I didn't smell a thing haha) and now I'm considering that this could be not all that funny.
I open at the restaurant tomorrow for first time, have to be there a bit earlier than usual and will be by myself for a bit. Maybe I could hunt down some shrimp there (we sometimes have some for specials, but not always, best as I can tell... I don't check stock in the freezers). I'm eyeing these shrimp I have tonight. Hmm.
Question: if I've already eaten 4 of them (they're small, 60ct/lb), is the damage already done if they are indeed bad? So it won't change anything now if I eat another 1/4 lb...? 😝
I'm being silly, making jokes. I have to throw them out, don't I...? Sigh. I'll find some decent shrimp tomorrow, these are not them. Pewwy.
Real french onion soup is almost impossible to find anywhere! I would have to comb through all the higher end french restaurants in the city to have a fighting chance. I will never forget the first time I had it, my father took me to a place in SF and it was wonderful, ooozing with cheese, bread........ *sighs* it is a great memory.
As for squirrel, I heard there's a spray to deter them, a squirrel repellent spray. Thank goodness I don't have squirrel problem. But I do have possums and occasional raccoons that come to try kill my egg laying hens.
Sorry CW about the squirrels. They are adorable, but not when they eat your garden. We havent had that trouble yet, .maybe cuz mom feeds them.
Polarbear,
Most large chain grocery stores (in southern San Diego anyway) have meat markdown areas.
Von's ticked me off about a year ago by "reducing the reduction" from 50% to 30%. Now I'm more picky because it's not such a great deal.
What you want to pay attention to is if the package has been on sale before it was marked down. THEN, the savings (with the sale price) coupled with the 30% is a great deal. Usually, the markdowns are at the end of the counter.
Occasionally I'll get a stalky bunch of broccoli in a frozen package. I try to buy brand name because it doesn't happen as much.
Some brands of jalepeños have a lot of onion and carrot tops that should have been cut off taking up space, also broken chilies and pieces of stems. Hubby is SO spoiled that he says he can "taste" the difference if I de-seed the jalepeños than if I bought them seeded already-sheesh!
Oh well, I don't mind. He does a lot of nice things for me. I put on gloves and do 2 cans at once.
I forgot that at least California has access to many Mexican veges. Unfortunately I guess the rest of the US might not.
I wish I could invite all of you down for a Tijuana taco-much different than Taco Bell. (Hey, I like Taco Bell too!) TJ is famous for their "street tacos". My favorite is 1 block down from us. The guy bbq's ribs then cuts the meat off for the taco and gives you the bone to gnaw on or take home to the dog.
Our of this world!
I recall all the great Easter eggs we had last year.
Someone asked, "How is the diet going"
A n s w e r was "I had eggs this morning".
"OH, scrambled or hard boiled?
"No, Cadbury".
MsMadge will likely get her Easter Eggs at Sees, not Cadbury.