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Anybody ever have any experience with Psyllium Husk?
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Quote:Some folk like alcoholic beverages as a treat. As a kid, my grandparents allowed Creme de Menthe on our ice cream.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
A recipe of a different type, not sure if I mentioned this one already.
Hot Chocolate Bon Bon
Cup of Hot Chocolate, extra rich is fine (extra spoonfuls of powder or flavoring).
Add 1 shot of Amaretto.
Tastes like Chocolate covered Cherries, or Bon Bons.
Ever had a Creamsicle as a kid? Or they might have been called Dreamsicle.
If you combine in equal parts milk, orange juice, and Amaretto, it should taste the same. The trickiest part seems to be the milk. NOT Skim Milk. I found the best bet was whole milk, or heavy whipping cream (I prefer those also for Kahlua & Cream). Sometimes the closest flavor came from extra milk, more than 1/3.
A bar which I recently found can make the drink uses 5 of their French Vanilla coffee creamers, and then the rest is half OJ, half Amaretto.
I still know one bar that sorta specializes in Ice Cream drinks (alcohol). They are also a Supper Club.
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Quote:In cooking or baking? ... as an ingredient?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Anybody ever have any experience with Psyllium Husk?
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Quote:I was taking it as a supplement bc it supposedly helps lower cholesterol. Works for some, not for me.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Anybody ever have any experience with Psyllium Husk?
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I just took it as directed, mixed with water. Gotta say, my intestines just couldn't handle all of that soluble fiber. It caused a few near-accidents. Once my blood cholesterol was found not to have budged with psyllium, I dumped it in the trash.
I much prefer oat bran.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:In cooking or baking? ... as an ingredient?
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Anybody ever have any experience with Psyllium Husk?
No. Mixed with water like Sigs.
Got a tip from somebody and I'm going to try it. Got a highly rated brand at a cheap price. It will be a good excuse to get me to drink more water with my coffee too, since you will regret using it without water.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
I was taking it as a supplement bc it supposedly helps lower cholesterol. Works for some, not for me.
I just took it as directed, mixed with water. Gotta say, my intestines just couldn't handle all of that soluble fiber. It caused a few near-accidents. Once my blood cholesterol was found not to have budged with psyllium, I dumped it in the trash.
I much prefer oat bran.
I'm not going to use it for any specific purpose. I haven't been to a doctor in about 3 years but I was within range for everything when they did a blood test, and despite my smoking my oxygen was rated at 97% absorption.
But that job was an amazing workout that I'm just not getting these days.
If I can keep getting it at this price and it doesn't give me any problems, no harm having a teaspoon or three everyday when I remember to do it.
I'm going to start with only 1 in the morning for a week and see how it goes. I've heard that you should ease your way into it.
I'll let you know my experience with it.
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Oh. And I promise I won't do this...
(I LOVE this channel, BTW)
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I was caught somewhere between WHAT?? Eeeew, teehee, and "Poor guy"!
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From Feb 2020:
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So, what about you? What's in YOUR cupboard, pantry, or frig that reflects your style?
Quote:Speaking for myself, I find it interesting.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I don't cook as much as the rest of you. I have in the past been able to survive and flourish merely making large batches of my favorites, like goulash and spaghetti, and eating that each day at work for a couple weeks.
I think, if you're an adult and making these decisions for yourself, unless you want to eat 100% at restaurants and fast food places; food planning (recipes), shopping, cooking (or eating out of the can or microwave), and eating are literally life and death activities that you have to deal with in one way or another. So I find it very interesting to see how people do that in their own lives. You seem to have winnowed down a set of reliable recipes you like that don't required a lot of fuss, and by cooking in large batches and eating through them a routine that takes little time, that sustains you.
I recall that I also did a smattering of microwave dinners for variety, or when I didn't have time for cooking. Not having time meant there was lots of overtime, so getting different food was not a problem for the cash, just getting to the 24/7 grocery stre on the way home from work, or hitting the deli for "lunch" period.
Anyway, when I was out of the military and had my place with my own (mostly) fridge and freezer, I developed a plan of attack for what to buy - because buying frozen dinners based upon what the image on the lid was extremely disappointing, and hit-or-miss.
I made a chart, listing brand names and entree names, and after eating them, scored them. A 5 was equal to an average fast-food experience, most below 4 were inedible and likely to end up in the trash. 7 was equivalent to a really satisfying dining experience, perhaps supper club or wonderful quick food visit.
Once I started the chart, I took it to the store with me for choosing frozen dinners. I only bought those above 5 rating. If an entree scored high, I explored other brands with same or similar entree. If some brands scored high, I would explore other entrees from that brand. As it turned out, I had been repeatedly buying some 3s.
This chart taught me a lot, and was extremely excellent guide for buying.
I quickly winnowed my entree purchases down to very satisfying selections, and generally stuck to them until something new came along, which I hadn't charted yet.
I also introduced my grandpa to some of my favorites - he was living alone during this time. And he was both hooked, but also amazed how good were the entrees I introduced him to. (and the best ones would cost 50 cent per entree, so he was addicted)
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Quote:Many decades ago I was found to have a high ldl cholesterol and a low hdl. So I went to a cholesterol-lowering clinic for a year, where for 3 months I'd follow their instructions then have my cholesterol re-checked, and if it wasn't lower I'd get additional instructions to follow, etc. (I have to say they did the classes in a very irritating way, because they kept hectoring everyone who'd advanced to the next class to stop messing around and follow the instructions - assuming of course people weren't. I could see how they'd lose a lot of adherence that way, by either pissing people off or demotivating them.)
Originally posted by SignyM:
(Psyllium Husk) I was taking it as a supplement bc it supposedly helps lower cholesterol. Works for some, not for me.
And I followed their instructions to the letter. I wasn't going to go through that and get to the end, only to have to ask myself ... Gee, maybe if I'd done this? Maybe if I'd done that better?
So, cutting out the saturated fat, of course, grams of instant-flush niacin a day ... all the way down to lots of garlic, psyllium, jogging 5 miles a day, and so on.
And my numbers didn't budge one bit. At the very end they said: well 10% of people have genetically high cholesterol that isn't addressable by diet or anything except statins. Gee thanks for telling me that after spending literally hours scolding me for not following the plan.
But what put the icing on the cake was afterwards I spent a lot of time in a household that had tons of heavy cream, real butter, liverwurst, etc. And eating there, of course I'd have that food. And my cholesterol didn't go up, either.
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Quote:I recently found an old carton of Ultra-pasturized milk, which I dumped out.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Some folk have mentioned making plans for survivalist, end-of-the-world type events.
For those who have, what have you learned in the past months? How will you need to adapt or modify your plans based upon what you have seen or learned?
I have noticed that for orange juice without reefridgeration, high pulp version lasts longer, I get Simply Orange. Seems the pulp at the top keeps the air and the juice separated better.
Have you seen prices affected more than you expected?
I saw strawberries at about 75 cents for the size that used to cost $4 or $5.
It was more than 3 months past it's expiration date, and had not been opened or refridgrated since the first week of Jan. A personal size carton, like pint.
It poured out, as in just like milk normally does. No lumping or curds, just fluid that looked like milk.
Not that I was tempted to drink it, but I thought it showed remarkable resilience to spoilage.
The brand was Breckenridge Farms, and I get it from Dollar Tree stores - it is the best chocolate milk I can find, quite rich.
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