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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / January 2005Great hubby
My hubby is such a good man. He figured that since I was such a good girl and didn't give any of the testing people a bad time that he would take me out for breakfast after the MRI today. Oh yummy yummy my tummy loved it so much. I don't usually eat foods like this because of the blood sugar stuff. But I said the heck with it for one day. We went to Ihop and got eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, hashbrown, and those wonderful sweet sweet pancakes with the fruit in the center. Oh I was in 7th Heaven. The strawberry banana ones are so good. The carmel apple ones weren't bad either. No I did not eat all that. I gave Jim my sausage, hashbrowns and one piece of the two of bacon. I had a bite of his carmel apple ones and he had a big bite of my strawberry banana ones. Oh they were so yummy. Does anyone know how they get the strawberry syrup stuff like that. I told him we could make those at home if I could figure out that one. Good I don't have too many MRI's done. I have ate and drank more today than I have ever done. I don't know what did that. ;-) It was good to go out to eat for a change. ;-) I told Jim all I have done today is eat, sleep, eat and sleep. ;-) That is why I am posting late about the MRI stuff. Had MRI done at 12:30, went to eat at 2:00, went to sleep right after eating. Got up at 6. Had dinner, snacking, drinking and drinking and ready to go to bed again. Oh what a day. ;-)  SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Does anyone know how they get the strawberry syrup stuff like that. > I told him we could make those at home if I could figure out that one. I once found strawberry, blueberry and other syrups ca. 1998. But I can't remember if it was at a 99c store or SAV-A-LOT. Could have been PIC-N-SAV (now BIG LOTS). I found mine at the 99c store too! Janet R : > Does anyone know how they get the strawberry syrup stuff like that. : > I told him we could make those at home if I could figure out that one. : : I once found strawberry, blueberry and other syrups ca. 1998. : But I can't remember if it was at a 99c store or SAV-A-LOT. : Could have been PIC-N-SAV (now BIG LOTS). Starbucks has all kinds of flavored syrups for sale also. Glad all went well Jo ... MRI's terrify me more than anything and I know from first hand experience that a LOT of valium does the trick. LOL! Hang in there. Jean >> Does anyone know how they get the strawberry syrup stuff like that. >> I told him we could make those at home if I could figure out that one. Thanks Jean and all for your suggestions. Jo, it looked like a cherry pie filling so I will check comstock and see if they have it. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Starbucks has all kinds of flavored syrups for sale also. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >> Does anyone know how they get the strawberry syrup stuff like that. > >> I told him we could make those at home if I could figure out that one. IHOP is my FAVE for breakfast. I found a strawberry syrup recipe for you... very easy too. 1 pint fresh strawberries or frozen strawberries, thawed 2 cups sugar 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice 1. Process strawberries in a food processor until smooth. 2. Pour strawberry puree through a wire-mesh strainer into a saucepan, discarding seeds. 3. Stir in sugar and juice; cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. 4. Skim off foam 5. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Skim again if necessary. 6. Remove from heat; cool. Oh Nicole, thank you thank you thank you. I figure we could make this up as a treat every once in a great while, since I do have to watch my blood sugar levels. Something like a christmas treat or something. But it didn't seem to affect my blood sugar levels today so maybe I can have it more than that. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > IHOP is my FAVE for breakfast. > I found a strawberry syrup recipe for you... very easy too. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Skim again if necessary. > 6. Remove from heat; cool. Whoops, is this the recipe for syrup like they have in containers over there to pour over your pancakes. Or is this the sauce type that they put in with the strawberry between the pancakes. It is the second one I am looking for. I think I said syrup and meant sauce. It is kind of like the cherry pie feeling sauce. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > Oh Nicole, thank you thank you thank you. I figure we could make this up as > a treat every once in a great while, since I do have to watch my blood sugar [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Skim again if necessary. > > 6. Remove from heat; cool. > Whoops, is this the recipe for syrup like they have in containers over there > to pour over your pancakes. Or is this the sauce type that they put in with [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Squirrely Jo < <snipped> > When I worked at a restaurant, many moons ago, we used a strawberry "sauce" (it was almost like jello in the can). We'd mix it with some crushed strawberries, and then it would "loosen" up a little. Now if I can just remember what it was called.... I'm thinking it was called Strawberry Glaze (and it tastes pretty gross until it's mixed with cut and crushed strawberries), but it HAD to be mixed with liquid, when the consistency was right, it was almost like the slightly thick "sauce" in Cherry pie... I seem to remember seeing it in a store ages ago, but I don't do sweets much anymore, so... I'll see if I find a can of it at the store, at least I can tell you for sure what it's called. Smokie Darling (Annie) If you find it let me know. Canned is better at this point since I can't cook. Don't like to ask hubby to have to make too much from scratch. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > > Whoops, is this the recipe for syrup like they have in containers > over there [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Smokie Darling (Annie) Ryan had that when he begged me to take him to IHOP a few weeks ago and the sauce on the strawberry banana looked almost like a marshmallow sauce. Maybe? Or check out Comstock canned pie fillings. Jo > Whoops, is this the recipe for syrup like they have in containers over > there [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> > Skim again if necessary. >> > 6. Remove from heat; cool. That recipe was for the syrup Strawberry Glaze 2 (1 pound) packages frozen whole strawberries, thawed 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 2 teaspoons lemon juice Drain strawberries well, reserving 3/4 cup liquid. In saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Mix well. Stir in reserved liquid. Bring to a boil, stirring over medium heat. Boil 1 minute. Mixture will be thickened and translucent. Remove from heat. Let cool slightly. Add lemon juice. Let cool completely. Arrange strawberries, with point up, over cooled cheesecake. Spoon glaze over strawberries. Thanks again for the recipe. This is great. I can't wait till try it but I have too for now. Can't do it too soon or it might just make my sugar levels go up. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > That recipe was for the syrup > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > completely. Arrange strawberries, with point up, over cooled cheesecake. > Spoon glaze over strawberries. Blood sugar trouble is why I sent you VIRTUAL CHOCOLATE COVERED POTATO CHIPS--you can have as many as you want and no BS problems--honest--Alix I'm almost sure Knotts Berry Farm makes strawberry syrup and boysenberry syrup. Same section as Maple at the grocery. We always have lots of cherry syrup but thats only because I mess up at least one batch of cherry jelly every year. But what I love at IHOP is the Pecan flavored syrup. Of course out is better. Red Robin makes a "freckled lemonade" that my grands are just wild about. Trust me if I thawed some frozed strawberries at home and added frozen lemonade they wouldn't be nearly as impressed. Jo > My hubby is such a good man. He figured that since I was such a good girl > and didn't give any of the testing people a bad time that he would take me [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > dinner, snacking, drinking and drinking and ready to go to bed again. Oh > what a day. ;-) yesssssssssss! i just knew you'd get through the mri stuff ok. and what a sweet guy you married! you sure know how to pick your guys, girlfriend! butch was diabetic and loved hungarian palacsintas (they're actually crepes i made with champaign or white wines) with cottage cheese and fruit fillings. so, here's a very simple tip for ya that i came up with for him--- to make the most yummy chunky fruit sauces, buy very high quality sugar free fruit preserves, or any kind of good fruit preserves, if you are not diabetic--if you love the preserves, it will make a yummy sauce. put however much you need from the jar into a sauce pan, on low heat, and add a trickle of water as you stir it in, until you have the consistancy you want. you can add more fresh fruit to it too and/or artificial sweeteners if it isn't sweet enough for your tastes (but truthfully, you won't need to). that's all there is to it, hon. it's that simple. you can also use good jams for syrups too, using the same method. i love huckleberry jam syrup on pancakes, myself.<smile> i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do buy pure maple syrup, but i use it as a flavoring for different dishes or for a sweetener, like i use pure honey. kate > My hubby is such a good man. He figured that since I was such a good girl > and didn't give any of the testing people a bad time that he would take me [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > dinner, snacking, drinking and drinking and ready to go to bed again. Oh > what a day. ;-) > i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do buy pure > maple syrup, but i use it as a flavoring for different dishes or for a > sweetener, like i use pure honey. what good tips do you have for how to use maple syrup in cooking, kate? we have friends here who have their own operation and we've been given 2 quarts of maple syrup so far and we've barely touched the first one! Obviously I need to start using this stuff on something besides our once/year pancakes. (If Mike would wait until I'm more awake, we'd eat them more often, but he always wakes up ready for breakfast NOW.) SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >> i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do buy >> pure [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (If Mike would wait until I'm more awake, we'd eat them more often, but he > always wakes up ready for breakfast NOW.) First, there is no rule that breakfast food can only be served for the first meal of the day. Pancakes or waffles make a great evening meal too. Also good with French toast. We use a lot of those frozen French toast sticks now, but I still make the best French toast. I won't make it unless I have good Italian bread or not too skinny baguettes. Maple syrup is good with sweet potatoes, acorn squash, and with baked beans. With ham. or over ice cream. In baked apples. With oatmeal. Or fritters. Can you tell I like Maple Syrup? I also love Maple Sugar Candy as a special once in a great while treat. Amazing all the yummy things I can think of that Maple Syrup goes with when I'm supposed to be staying low-carb. In particular no sugar and that means maple syrup too. Jo > First, there is no rule that breakfast food can only be served for the first > meal of the day. Pancakes or waffles make a great evening meal too. Heh, we've thought about that a couple of times and always seem to end up not in the mood for them - or I'm not in the mood to make them. > Maple syrup is good with sweet potatoes, acorn squash, and with baked beans. > With ham. or over ice cream. In baked apples. With oatmeal. Or fritters. I love it over vanilla ice cream but I'm allergic to milk and we're both trying to diet! But sweet potatoes, acorn squash, etc. are a real idea. In fact, I've got a couple of acorn squash in the basement now. > Amazing all the yummy things I can think of that Maple Syrup goes with when > I'm supposed to be staying low-carb. In particular no sugar and that means > maple syrup too. heehee, that's one problem for us, too, though we're mostly just trying to cut calories and do better on eating *enough* protein than we have lately. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare >>> i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do buy >>> pure [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > best French toast. I won't make it unless I have good Italian bread or > not too skinny baguettes. ahhhh, sounds like a woman after my own heart! sounds like you make french toast right! thick slices of bread? i add orange zest and a dash of nutmeg to the bread dip/coating/batter (never did know what that was called.LOL) kate > Maple syrup is good with sweet potatoes, acorn squash, and with baked > beans. With ham. or over ice cream. In baked apples. With oatmeal. Or [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jo >>>> i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do buy >>>> pure [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > kate Nutmeg and orange sounds good. For the kids its usually egg, milk, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. And the bread nearly an inch think. I usually have to finish it in the microwave as it wants to brown before its good and done through. Jo >> i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do buy >> pure [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > (If Mike would wait until I'm more awake, we'd eat them more often, but he > always wakes up ready for breakfast NOW.) maple syrup is such a fun ingredient to play with, nann. it's great and so versatile when you want to add just a touch of sweetness to lots of things. (i've even used a teaspoonful in my spaghetti sauce.---ducking from carol, who might think this is sacrilege). i love making carrots, peas or most starchy veggies and many kinds of roasted veggies with a bit of maple syrup. add a little to a meat loaf with grated carrots mixed into the ground meat (i love a ground turkey meat loaf with maple syrup in it). saute fresh fruit slices (or just saute whole bananas) with maple syrup for a warm dessert. add it to egg white frosting and/or in the batter for a white cake. yummy in cookies. make a maple pudding or custard with it or put it in tapioca pudding. glaze roast chicken, stuffed with onions and/or orange segments, with it. it goes great with most things you might use orange zest in. it's also really yummy to mix it into ground sausage and make sauteed meat balls or patties with it. roast nuts in the oven coated with it. try sweetening green tea with it, with a little cinnamon and nutmeg and milk. my son likes it mixed in with a mirapois on poached salmon and with venison broasted in apple cider and allspice. add it to fruit smoothies. just have fun playing with it, nann. there's a bazillion things you can do with maple syrup. those 2 quarts won't last long, once you've discovered how many ways you can use it. and the nice thing about it, too, is that it keeps a long time. kate > remove the Gator cheer to email me > Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Kate wrote: > i haven't bought fruit flavored pancake syrup for 25 years. i do > buy pure maple syrup, but i use it as a flavoring for different > dishes or for a sweetener, like i use pure honey. I use pure maple syrup to make brown sugar-maple syrup flavored oatmeal. In the end, it is less expensive and has a better taste than the crap Quaker Oats packages. > Kate wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > flavored oatmeal. In the end, it is less expensive and has > a better taste than the crap Quaker Oats packages. I do not understand instant oatmeal. You can make real oatmeal almost as fast as you can boil water. Still, we have it around for the kids as they will fix it for themselves. And that makes my life easier. Jo Me to Jo. I can't stand the instant oatmeal in the microwave. The Quick Cook is so much better. debbie m. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/angels1/ > > Kate wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jo I don't even do the quick cook. I like the Old Fashioned better. The fiber in the Old Fashioned is supposed to be better too, though I do not understand why. If fiber went away by rolling the oat a little thinner, then why not calories? Jo > Me to Jo. I can't stand the instant oatmeal in the microwave. The Quick > Cook is so much better. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >> Jo > I do not understand instant oatmeal. You can make real oatmeal almost as > fast as you can boil water. > > Still, we have it around for the kids as they will fix it for themselves. > And that makes my life easier. heh, I do a lot better on portion control with the instant! I keep it around for times when I need something fast that I don't have to watch on the stove. And it's convenient for camping......... (I NEVER make it in the zapper though, I'll zap the water to get it boiling, then mix it in the bowl. the microwave directions come out really disgusting.) SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Thanks Kate, thanks for the suggestions on how to make it so it is better for me. You are such a sweetie too for being there for me when you are going thru so much yourself. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > yesssssssssss! i just knew you'd get through the mri stuff ok. and what a > sweet guy you married! you sure know how to pick your guys, girlfriend! [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > kate > My hubby is such a good man. Tell Jim to look at employment opportunities at www.comcast.com They are advertising in the local paper. GramPaHugs, Alex, -- Any information is included for informational or entertainment purposes only, is based on my personal experiences & is an expression of my opinion. **************************************************** * Love radiating from 45.10n x 93.30w M/SP Mn * <a href="http://home.mn.rr.com/apbiii">AOL Click</a> * <a href="http://grampahugs.ath.cx/">AOL Click</a> **************************************************** Told him about it Dad, and thanks for the hand holding at the MRI. ;-) SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > > My hubby is such a good man. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > * <a href="http://grampahugs.ath.cx/">AOL Click</a> > **************************************************** Sweetie! We all need a day like this from time to time. DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ > My hubby is such a good man. He figured that since I was such a good girl > and didn't give any of the testing people a bad time that he would take me [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > dinner, snacking, drinking and drinking and ready to go to bed again. Oh > what a day. ;-) And you deserve it, SJ! So glad you made it through the week AND that you got a treat at the end of it. Hoping all the testing holds even more answers than the ones you already know about. SignatureNann remove the Gator cheer to email me Simply the thing I am shall make me live --- William Shakespeare Thank you Nann, I sure hope there are more answers and fixes than I think there is. SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > And you deserve it, SJ! So glad you made it through the week AND that you > got a treat at the end of it. Hoping all the testing holds even more answers > than the ones you already know about. Jo, I'm so glad you got to have a fun time after the MRI. It sounds like you really enjoyed it. debbie m. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/angels1/ > My hubby is such a good man. He figured that since I was such a good girl > and didn't give any of the testing people a bad time that he would take me [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Squirrely Jo |
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