The God of Irony

[rgraham666]

Since when have we ever stayed on topic here.

 

[cloudy]

Since when have we ever stayed on topic here.

I was hoping for something like "cooking with cast iron."

 

[rgraham666]

I was hoping for something like "cooking with cast iron."

Nothing like a good cast iron frying pan, properly cured, for frying stuff. Yummy.

 

[cloudy]

Nothing like a good cast iron frying pan, properly cured, for frying stuff. Yummy.

Indeed. I still cook with my grandmother's cast iron pan.

 

[rgraham666]

Indeed. I still cook with my grandmother's cast iron pan.

The cast iron frying pan here disappeared when one of the more horrible tenants here left under separate cover of night.

Took the kitchen table too.

 

[neonlyte]

They are the only gods who never sleep, and whose workings on the mortal plane are absolutely scrutable and predictable. And yet they manage to sneak up on us while we're busy blundering about in the fog of our own hubris.

Case in point: I've never had patience for the forces of Dairy Demonization. It's become something of a trend to decry the use of milk and milk products for a host of confusedly connected reasons running the gamut from the ethical to the nutritional to the spiritual. I'd been subjected to enough preaching on the topic to have become decidedly irritable at the mere sight of rice milk or soy cheese.

And so, of course, the irony gods sent me a little blessing from on high. Hah. Hah. I'm becoming less and less able to digest the stuff. In fact I have it to thank for some of the more severe rounds of abdominal pain I've had recently. And so I'm treated to the humiliating spectacle of myself rejoicing to find soy cheese available in the local health food store and rice milk in the grocery.

*sigh*

Bloody gods.

I used to run an organic bakery and patisserie... then the gluten trigger switched to 'off' But I make some great wheat free cakes and sourdough rye

 

[JPMMURPHY]

Sorry, wrong thread. I thought it said the irony of God.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Since when have we ever stayed on topic here.

But ... but ... are you telling me that there's a more fascinating topic than me whinging on about my medical problems?

I used to run an organic bakery and patisserie... then the gluten trigger switched to 'off' But I make some great wheat free cakes and sourdough rye

Oh, bless you, poor man. That was the other option they were looking at for me - whether the chronic condition might be celiac sprue converging with lactose intolerance. I confess to being more relieved to hear it wasn't that than I was to hear that it wasn't appendicitis.

Sorry, wrong thread. I thought it said the irony of God.

Potayto, potahto. But I like the sound of that thread.

Shanglan

 

[kendo1]

Just twenty minutes ago, I finished pressing a very large, nay, exceedingly large downy cover. It was large enough to be used by an omnipotent and omnipresent being as an item of clothing.

The ironing of God.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Just twenty minutes ago, I finished pressing a very large, nay, exceedingly large downy cover. It was large enough to be used by an omnipotent and omnipresent being as an item of clothing.

The ironing of God.

There are civilized countries in which men are still hanged for sorts of pun sprees that you've been on.

 

[Stella_Omega]

There are civilized countries in which men are still hanged for sorts of pun sprees that you've been on.

And only the remembrance of that has kept me uunder control lately... Must be the weather, don't you think?

 

[Kev H]

FYI, Shan, try Vanilla-flavored Silk Milk (soy). I was highly skeptical (ie, had the same attitude as you did toward that "kind of stuff"), yet when I finally tried it, I decided I liked it far better than regular milk. It has the same protein setup as milk with a better taste, especially in low-sugar cereals.

Hope that helps some--most of us can empathize with the grief of the body doing stupid crap, like becoming allergic to a favorite food.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Many thanks, Kev!

I have at least gotten some good things out of this. I've found a cookbook by a woman bound and determined to prove that one can eat a limited diet and still have food with some life to it, and she's given us two instant favorites for shrimp (fajitas and tandoori-style) and a bean dip that I would make precisely that way if I had every ingredient in the world open to me. The garlic just sings out of it.

I've also been trying to work more ginger into the diet to help with connected chronic issues. I made some ginger tea yesterday afternoon and put it into the fridge to cool and steep, where I promptly forgot about it. By this morning, it was ice cold and had a kick like a cranky mule. Lovely stuff; knocks you wide awake.

Shanglan

 

[Kev H]

Gah! And you repay my kindness with hurt--shrimp is the food my body decided it no longer liked.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Gah! And you repay my kindness with hurt--shrimp is the food my body decided it no longer liked.

Ooooh that is cruel. I thought it might be the case for me as well, for a little bit, but I think we've settled on that being the fat from eating it fried and with french fries beside it.

But the bean dip is really excellent and easy, and the marinades for the fajitas and tandoori shrimp would undoubtedly be delicious with chicken. And did I mention the mango salsa? There is indeed mango salsa. PM me if you'd like the recipes.

Oh, and I wanted to say how oddly cheering it's been to hear from so many people with similar issues. I had no idea that it was so common for people to develop intolerances to food in their adulthood. I'd always assumed that it would be present from birth or would not manifest at all. I'm sorry that I do have so much company in losing some food privileges, but thank you all for showing me what good company I'm in.

 

[Kev H]

Oh no; ask any doctor and they will tell you it happens very frequently to adults. You are not alone in your suffering (or in your digging for alternatives).

And no thanks--shrimp makes me very sick now (within 4-6 hours of eating it--I tested it 4 seperate times to make sure of it).

 

[BlackShanglan]

Oh no; ask any doctor and they will tell you it happens very frequently to adults. You are not alone in your suffering (or in your digging for alternatives).

And no thanks--shrimp makes me very sick now (within 4-6 hours of eating it--I tested it 4 seperate times to make sure of it).

Oh, no! I wasn't wishing the shrimp on you. Just observing that the recipe for for the marinade would be useful to you if you put it on chicken instead. Don't worry, I shan't try to sneak shrimp onto your plate.

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

I can find out the kind of milk my brother's girlfriend drinks, I've been raised on whole milk all my life but I have to admit that this stuff wasn't bad. As for goat's cheese I reccomend Feta, not only because it's good but because you can actually do a hell of a lot with it. If you find it works for you I can give you a few recipes, my hubby is greek so I have more than a few with Feta in it. However I do caution you to not get domestic but imported, Athenos is a brand that is pretty good, either that or if you can get it at a deli the imported is so much better and less salty.

 

[BlackShanglan]

I can find out the kind of milk my brother's girlfriend drinks, I've been raised on whole milk all my life but I have to admit that this stuff wasn't bad. As for goat's cheese I reccomend Feta, not only because it's good but because you can actually do a hell of a lot with it. If you find it works for you I can give you a few recipes, my hubby is greek so I have more than a few with Feta in it. However I do caution you to not get domestic but imported, Athenos is a brand that is pretty good, either that or if you can get it at a deli the imported is so much better and less salty.

Ooooh. Feta recipes from a Greek. I cannot resist! You may well be hearing from me.

I'm working at the moment on a new sort of diet that aims to keep both the milk issue and the larger chronic condition managed. Once I am able to get things calmed down to a sort of baseline stability, I think I will begin experimenting with the excellent suggestions people have made here. If feta works for me, I'll be importuning you for those recipes.

 

[shereads]

"It's like bronze-y, but with iron."

~ Baldrick

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

Ooooh. Feta recipes from a Greek. I cannot resist! You may well be hearing from me.

I'm working at the moment on a new sort of diet that aims to keep both the milk issue and the larger chronic condition managed. Once I am able to get things calmed down to a sort of baseline stability, I think I will begin experimenting with the excellent suggestions people have made here. If feta works for me, I'll be importuning you for those recipes.

A lot of the recipes I have are from my husband's Yaya and Papou, both full greek, one from Athens and one from Sparta. Feel free to PM me if you want the recipes, or I can check to see if hubby's thread is still around with a few of the recipes listed on them. Just be prepared, Filo dough is a bitch to work with sometimes, lol. But definitely well worth it.

 

[neonlyte]

Score 1 to the God of Irony

You may recall I've lost feeling in the lower part of my left hand, part of my neuroborreliosis. I cut the ring finger on that hand rather badly this morning with a craft knife, it doesn't hurt one little bit

There is a God of Irony... though I'd have prefered not to have him or her (it's probably a 'her') revealed in quite this way. Anyone know how to remove blood from the joints between ceramic tiles?

 

[Kev H]

Anyone know how to remove blood from the joints between ceramic tiles?

Bleach? More blood to even it all out? Grout is extremely pourous, so save your elbow grease unless you are digging out the grout and replacing it. This time around, use liberal amounts of grout sealant to help protect it. Contrary to what the doubters will tell you, the sealer, when applied in proper amounts, works well. I tiled my downstairs, sealed the grout, and promptly dropped a glass of wine on it (I blame my g/f at the time, honest!). Cleaned up like a champ.

 

[kendo1]

Many years ago, when I was a student, I had a summer job as a bin man(rubbish collector for the colonials).

I asked the supervisor if there was any on-the-job training.

He replied that I would pick it up as I went along.