Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[jwolfe152]

ok are all the ide slots covered on the back and all the fan stuff covered good. would hate to see a perfectly good garter and pc shorted over a small opening somewhere. its not like its a microscope lol

[guidofatherof5]

They usually spend much of their time around the fridge.

[jwolfe152]

that figures..so far Amaunet is scared to death of worms and pinky mice

[guidofatherof5]

Got a kick out of this video. Had to post it up.

[jwolfe152]

wow those kids were all excited and the lizard just thought yum

[kerensa]

I'm curious as to what healthy foods/meals others are making having.... whatever?

I recently found out I'm allergic to one of the proteins in cow milk... so there goes cheese from my diet. This really shakes up my diet/world alot more than I thought it would.

My dinner tonight is a orientalish soup. I stated on the stove with a few cups of water and a table spoon of miso paste -the red bean variety. and in my bowl I dropped 4 snap pea pods, a bit of enoki mushrooms, a few square inches of the fresh kelp, a slice of tofu and a table spoon or so of fresh carrot slivered... and a teaspoon of basil and chili paste (thai) and poured the very hot miso over it all, and tucked an ounce of bean threads (cellophane type) into the bowl to cook, and garnished everything with a sprig or two of water cress. It is satisfying, and fairly healthy, but I always welcome other ideas...

Later tonight I will mae soy milk, tofu and then patties with the okara that results. These are a fairly rich patty spiced with Korean style bar-b-que sauce, that I used to eat as an open faced sandwich with sour cream, tomato, thick sliced onion, swiss cheese and alfalfa sprouts all on a thick slab of whole wheat bread. yum. pity, both sour cream and swiss cheese are out now. (recipe for the soy/garden patty's available for any who wishes it)


So what are you're answers to healthy interesting meals? Or just any other food you think is worth mentioning/telling others about?


Kerensa.

edit to add: if a mod decides to move this thread about restricted diets to the meaningless chatter thread, don't bother just delete it.

[d_virginiana]

I'm vegan, so I've been figuring out what dairy substitutes are good lol. Earth balance butter tastes pretty much like margarine. Tofutti cream cheese and sour cream are okay taste-wise (the cream cheese is actually better than the milk version IMO) but the texture is a little different. Veganese tastes like miracle whip. I like unflavored rice or almond milk too.
No really good cheese substitutes though... Like, if I'm making a dip, or mixing in with something (like mashed potato) Daiya brand cheese is okay. But if you're expecting it to taste like actual cheese it'll be a let-down.

I just made some really great 7-layer dip with the sour-cream and fake-cheese tonight, and my husband and his friend who are both meat-eaters liked it. lol, even if you don't like the organization, PETA's website does have some very good recipes for no-milk dishes too.

[kerensa]

years ago I was completely baffled with stuff like the vegan baloney tofu bacon and other meat replacements meant to taste like meat. I was convinced if I wanted to eat something that tasted like a nitrate festival I knew where the deli counter was...

Now I can't have cows milk cheese I really do miss it, and want something that tastes exactly like my silton blue cheese, or swiss cheese... LOL.
I don't mind the sheep butter, other than the price. I found a goat milk cream cheese I do like, but its in 8oz packages only, and I eat maybe 2 oz a month of cream cheese... <sigh>

The places it hits me hardest is in cooking at home, I make a lot of Indian food, and used to make quite a bit of home made cheese etc. <sigh>
This really is a huge (unbelievably HUGE) adjustment. I'm the sort of crazy B- that made homemade cheese, brewed wine, beer etc, Having to depend on some company to make my food choices for me in dairy- well so far I've been leaning towards skip the dairy completely if I can't find it from a truly sustainable, healthy source.

K.

[guidofatherof5]

Felt like an absolute idiot a few minutes ago. My daughter has an Olympus digital camera she doesn't need anymore so I asked if I could try it out in the snake room.
Tonight, I was trying to use the camera but could get the flash to work. The on-screen menu wouldn't let me into any of the flash options. Every time I took a picture the flash failed to work. I was baffled and perplexed.
I asked my daughter to come down to the snake room and help me out. I explained to her the flash wouldn't popup and work. She manually popped the flash up and took a number of photos with flash. I felt like a fool.
I think I'll stick to using my Canon EOS from now on.

[d_virginiana]

years ago I was completely baffled with stuff like the vegan baloney tofu bacon and other meat replacements meant to taste like meat. I was convinced if I wanted to eat something that tasted like a nitrate festival I knew where the deli counter was...

Ugh, I can't stand the fake meats. They always taste disgusting, like they're trying too hard to be meat. Got a pack of fake bacon the other day just to see what it was like; It tastes exactly like the Beggin Strips I buy for my dog (come on, who hasn't tasted dog treats before? lol). I like tofu and stuff like that, but I think that's because it tastes like tofu instead of tofu-trying-to-be-beef.

Wow, I don't have the patience to cook/brew/make anything that takes more than about 20 minutes of effort. At least you're not allergic to all types of cheese