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Post by honeybear on Sept 19, 2019 6:37:49 GMT
Make bread pudding with cheese sauce instead of custard for a cheap and tasty dinner.
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Post by jimmy20 on Sept 19, 2019 9:59:23 GMT
Chicken stock and fried bread make a very nice soup. (add a bit of garlic if you like) Fried bread, yummy Haven't had that for ages, thanks for reminding me
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Post by ARENA on Sept 22, 2019 14:31:40 GMT
Mrs A's friend has a huge glut of tomatoes this year and has donated several boxes. I have been making her lots of tomato soup, using my pressure cooker. I am told the soup is delicious , so I have earned lots of brownie points. I have also made a few litres of mushroom.
Unfortunately I 'm not permitted tomatoes in my diet.
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Post by jimmy20 on Sept 22, 2019 16:33:02 GMT
Is that because of your Potassium levels?
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Post by ARENA on Sept 24, 2019 10:36:55 GMT
Not specifically.
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Post by jimmy20 on Sept 24, 2019 13:19:48 GMT
I only asked because whenever my potassium levels cause concerns they always ask if I have been eating tomatoes or bananas
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Post by ARENA on Sept 24, 2019 14:12:26 GMT
Among my several ailments it is necessary for me to closely monitor my intake of things that produce vitamin K.
Tomatoes in themselves are not harmful but I must keep my INR count stable. This means monitoring all K producing foods. Even sunshine exposure counts.
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Post by althea on Sept 25, 2019 10:58:42 GMT
My OH has to avoid vitamin K for the same reason.For the last few months ,his INR has been very erratic. After years of steady readings,his numbers are up and down all over the place. We haven't changed our diet,so I do wonder why it's happening.His nurse tells us that this sometimes happens and it will stabilise again.In the meantime,I have to take him to the surgery every Monday morning.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 17, 2019 9:39:50 GMT
Althea....
The source of vitamin K production is your own body. The main triggers in K production are green vegetables. There are many more 'triggers' and a quick 'google' will give you a chart. Once you stabilise your intake his levels will settle down.
NHS: It's very important to keep your diet stable. This means your dose of warfarin is more likely to stay the same.
Any big changes in what you eat or drink can change how your body responds to warfarin.
Speak to your doctor or nurse before changing what you eat - for example, before you go on a diet to lose weight.
Foods containing a lot of vitamin K can interfere with how warfarin works.
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Post by honeybear on Mar 29, 2020 9:20:44 GMT
Why do Americans say I'm going to' go ahead' and add some salt (eg) instead of I'm going to add some salt?
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Post by ARENA on Mar 31, 2020 8:22:42 GMT
My lot are Marmiters. The latest trend is Marmite with peanut butter.
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Post by althea on Apr 1, 2020 22:46:48 GMT
I love Marmite and peanut butter,but never together!!
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Post by jonjel on Apr 2, 2020 17:55:59 GMT
Does anyone know how long flour keeps? Lurking in the back of my store cupboard I have found perhaps 2Kg of genuine stone ground bread flour. I don't want to calculate how long it has been there because my trip to the Weald and Downland museum was quite a few years ago. I am back to my breadmaking days. It is in an airtight container and looks and smells OK, and no weevils!
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Post by aubrey on Apr 2, 2020 19:14:43 GMT
Does anyone know how long flour keeps? Lurking in the back of my store cupboard I have found perhaps 2Kg of genuine stone ground bread flour. I don't want to calculate how long it has been there because my trip to the Weald and Downland museum was quite a few years ago. I am back to my breadmaking days. It is in an airtight container and looks and smells OK, and no weevils!
I found this:
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Post by jonjel on Apr 3, 2020 9:57:03 GMT
Thanks Aubs. In the bin I think. …..
Or I could make some bread and waste a tiny bit of yeast salt etc and see how it turns out?
After all, people in the past ate flour from the last harvest, or even the one before that and it was by no means stored that well
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