Watcha eating?

[sixdogs]

I am rather a nihilist when it comes to diet. While I believe the epidemiologic data on heart disease and diet, I recognize that what is true for the population average is not always true for an individual. That allows me to ignore, with a partially clear conscience, those parts of "healthy diet" recommendations that interfere with the enjoyment of life. I'd also rather have fun and enjoy my life now than add a few weeks or months to the tail end of life. Having watched parents age, I don't particularly want to reach my 90's and would be perfectly happy to wake up dead on my 86th birthday. If I die a bit early because I consumed a more flavorful diet, I would consider that a very fair trade.

Trouble is, it doesn't have to work that way. You could wind up at 72 laying in the middle of a parking lot and looking up at the sky after a stroke. There you lay, twitchin' one way and then the other while a kid with pimples and an 80 year old crossing guard wonder what to do next. Yeah, eat stuff and be merry but pay reaonable attention the the daily diet, exercise and it will increase your odds somewhat.

My 73 year old friend and I were out tootin' around the back roads two years back and discussing his mom's upcoming 100 th birthday party. He was talking how he would live to be the same age and considering his terrible diet, I thought that a bad idea in the Karma department.

Anyway, he was driving unusually bad, even for him. I had noticed recently that he was driving bad but that one day was all I could take. I said move over and I took the reins and when we got home had my wife call his wife and explain he needed to see a doctor and ASAP. Turns out he had a brain problem and probably had a stroke or two maybe days or weeks earlier and neglected the symptoms.

That was nearly the last time he drove and now it's a big deal if he can get his walker around the dining room table. So there but for the grace of God go I.

Sure, eat stuff but don't count on ancestry to lower your total cholesterol, blood pressure or life expectancy. Genes help, but life is relative. I've seen a lot of people die over the years and if there is a commonality to it I'd say it won't happen on our terms.

 

[J F]

Screw it...I'm grillin' a big ole fat ribeye.

 

[DABSGT]

It will be very funny if I end up loving chicken livers.

Chicken livers are great wrapped in bacon or fry with onions just before done throw in small can of tomato sauce and good olives set simmer for a few and enjoy with good Italian bread!

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[J F]

I'm very worried that I may waste the very good bacon...

 

[DABSGT]

I'm very worried that I may waste the very good bacon...

Jay
You never waste bacon it makes anything taste good!

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[DABSGT]

I put in a nice spoon roast (sirloin) about 45 minuets ago starting to smell awfully good in the kitchen. Thinking of wrapping some onions in foil with little butter and spice to go with it and green veggies. There goes the diet.

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[Barry 1]

Did you all see that China banned US pork because of the hormone "Ractopamine" ? US farmers have been using this since 1998 and feeding it to us,even though it has been banned by 160 nations.They feed it to cattle,pigs,and turkeys,and us.A study shows that it kills 10% of the hogs that eat it,but it's OK for americans?

 

[IslandTractor]

Trouble is, it doesn't have to work that way. You could wind up at 72 laying in the middle of a parking lot and looking up at the sky after a stroke. There you lay, twitchin' one way and then the other while a kid with pimples and an 80 year old crossing guard wonder what to do next. Yeah, eat stuff and be merry but pay reaonable attention the the daily diet, exercise and it will increase your odds somewhat.
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Sure, eat stuff but don't count on ancestry to lower your total cholesterol, blood pressure or life expectancy. Genes help, but life is relative. I've seen a lot of people die over the years and if there is a commonality to it I'd say it won't happen on our terms.

You are correct. However I accept the risk of incomplete compliance as the trade off is a better life now. I keep BMI under control, eat mostly vegetarian meals (wife is vegetarian) and only eat large slabs of red meat about once or twice a month. But I don't limit fat (cheese, olive oil, milk, ice cream) so the AHA would not be happy with me.

I feel the same way about diet as I did with motorcycles. Abstinence is the best way to reduce risk of death but that was unacceptable so I compromised and wore a helmet and didn't drive like a squid. Gave it up eventually but very much enjoyed it at the time and the memories. If I ate a strict AGA diet, I would not enjoy life.

 

[Looking4new]

As for the smell of chicken livers or cod fish cooking for that matter, cut an orange in half across the axis and put in in a small sauce pan with some water and set it on the back burner of the stove on low. That will take away the stink. Remember to keep water in the pan.

 

[J F]

Did you all see that China banned US pork because of the hormone "Ractopamine" ? US farmers have been using this since 1998 and feeding it to us,even though it has been banned by 160 nations.They feed it to cattle,pigs,and turkeys,and us.A study shows that it kills 10% of the hogs that eat it,but it's OK for americans?

I basted my ham with that newspaper, Barry. Ignorance is bliss.

 

[J F]

Jay
You never waste bacon it makes anything taste good!

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I put in a nice spoon roast (sirloin) about 45 minuets ago starting to smell awfully good in the kitchen. Thinking of wrapping some onions in foil with little butter and spice to go with it and green veggies. There goes the diet.

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Darn tease!

 

[DABSGT]

Darn tease!

And it was good!

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[txdon]

Are you just trying to yank TxDon's chain???

He will have to do something like insult my dog before my chain will get pulled. No one insults my dog.

The new age of detection available to the health insurance industry will probably jerk a lot of chains around here. In Texas some companies already run about 5 test on people and if you get a bad reading each will cause your premium to jump up. The employer passes the increase just to the employees who fail the test. It will be only a few more years you will be able to enjoy food as you do now but eventually your weight, cholesterol level will cost a lot more than those chicken livers. Enjoy while you can. They won't tell you you cannot eat it --- they will just make it so you can't afford it.

Starting next year they will first nix the smokers. They can and do test it now with blood test that can tell if you smoked in the last two weeks. With Obama care the rates are going to be $4,700. more per year than those who do not smoke.

 

[jinman]

For breakfast, I had an orange and sliced a golden delicious apple in very thin slices sprinkled with salt substitute. I also had an Eggo waffle. I ate nothing else until this evening when I had a big tossed salad with very low cal dressing. I also had a can of Progresso Lite potato and bacon soup that's about 250 calories for the entire can. I had about 10 saltine crackers with my salad and soup. That's it so far today, and I'm pretty stuffed at the moment.

 

[DABSGT]

Starting next year they will first nix the smokers. They can and do test it now with blood test that can tell if you smoked in the last two weeks. With Obama care the rates are going to be $4,700. more per year than those who do not smoke.

I don't know why the government is so big on people quitting smoking, can you imagine the loss of tax revenues?

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[SPIKER]

Tonight I made some breaded ocean perch with home made french fries chased with a peeled orange each. Turned out pretty good deep fried in canola oil so not GOOD FOR ME but good tasting none the less. Wish I had some fresh walleye or Small mouth bass or Lake Erie Yellow Perch but we finished off last years catch some months back. Not any ice worth fishing on around here so still can do nothing on the fresh fish front.

Mark

 

[txdon]

I don't know why the government is so big on people quitting smoking, can you imagine the loss of tax revenues?

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It's because the Government is now getting into another business, besides the tax business, and it will collect a lot more it is called Health Insurance (aka obama care). They don't want to actually pay for the health care and doctors, just collect, so they are going preventive.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

It's because the Government is now getting into another business, besides the tax business, and it will collect a lot more it is called Health Insurance (aka obama care).

Mostly it is about power (not electricity mind you), and yes, of course, Money...

David

 

[whistlepig]

I smoked some baby backs today.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I have to agree with Brin. Chicken livers may be an acquired taste if you've never had them but it is a very delicious organ meat and can be cooked in many ways. If you don't like the smell of them cooking then do it on the BBQ or just find a good Jewish deli and get some chopped liver spread. Delish.

Sharn Jean and I are kinda like Jack Spratt and his wife. I can't abide the chicken livers; Sharn Jean, however loves them...I like the gizzards and she doesn't. No fighting here.