shrift, they have some school closings and floodings, but I think the worst of it hit west of them.

And how can you tell a suicide mixing all those from an accident? Lack of note? Dinner reservations for the next day?

Degree of digestion.

If you took them all at once its considered intentional, if it was over time its more likely an accident.

Um. In my fridge? Not a ton. Pine nuts, celery, onion, green onion, carrots, broccoli, heavy cream, butter, tomatoes, peas, edamame. I also have potatoes and garlic and a variety of pastas.

Got any recipes for soup/stew?

I see a chicken stew in your fridge. Brown 4-6 thighs in a large pot, using a little oil (I generally use olive oil, but whatever you have is fine). Don’t use a lot of oil, as the fat from the thighs will render during browning. While they are browning, dice onions, carrots, celery (twice as much onion as carrot and celery). Remove chicken from pan, put on plate (not with a paper towel, you want the juices later). Add veggies, along with spices (s&p, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, simon, garfunkel, etc.). Stir, and allow to soften. Add chicken and juices back to pan, cover with water. Turn to low and allow to barely simmer 2-3 hours for best results. If foam rises to surface, skim it off. This isn’t crucial, only if you care if the stock is clear. Before you leave the kitchen, take 2 tbs butter out of fridge allow to soften. [You can cook just until chicken is done, but there’s not as much flavor. If pressed for time, use canned chicken stock instead of water, or throw in a bullion cube or two.]

Okay, you’re back in the kitchen (if this were TV, it would be after the commercial break) with your chicken. At this point, you could just add some noodles and have chicken noodle soup. But, we’re not doing that.

Remove the chicken from the broth. Be careful, it’s lava hot. Allow to cool for a few minutes, then shred the meat using two forks. (I can’t remember if you have bone in thighs, if so, then remove the bones and shred the meat). Return meat to pan. Peel (or don’t peel, up to you) 4 good sized potatoes and cut into one inch dice. Add to pot and simmer for 30 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Taste for seasoning. Remember that the potatoes will absorb a lot of salt, so you will probably need to add more at this point. Remember the butter? Yes, now take 2tbs of flour and mash it with the butter to form a paste. Add this mixture to the soup, which will thicken it to stew. If you don’t want to use butter to thicken, you can also remove some of the potatoes and mash them up, then add them back to the stew.

Simmer for another 10 minutes or so, and then you have chicken stew.

I was watching Bittman Monday and he said he prefers chicken thighs to breasts, so he may have some good recipes.

I would think that a suicidal overdose would involve great handfuls of one kind of pill, but what do I know.

That's what I would think-- if his system only has recommended doses of those medications, then it seems unlikely that he was intending to kill himself.

Accidental or not, still a sad loss

And a total shock.

Pete Dougherty, Amy Winehouse or Britney Spears, I could see. Not Heath Ledger.

If you took them all at once its considered intentional, if it was over time its more likely an accident.

That makes sense. Although I can totally also see suicide being more reasonable after having chugged some Vicodin.

Now I have to wonder what the pain meds were for.

Oxycodone's a Schedule I drug. Anyone that's prescribing that for him should reasonably be on top of all his other prescriptions--I'm not sure if the "narcotics contract" is mandatory, but that can involve the patient committing to only getting meds from the one doc. Which would eliminate/minimize randomly having all that shit on hand.

eta:

if his system only has recommended doses of those medications, then it seems unlikely that he was intending to kill himself.

And it would mean that there would be no recommended doses of all of them at once.

shrift, they have some school closings and floodings, but I think the worst of it hit west of them.

Yeah, I'm looking at the news and I am seeing the same.

I see a chicken stew in your fridge.

Woo! Thanks, Vortex! I know what I'll be making tonight.

I'm not sure if the "narcotics contract" is mandatory, but that can involve the patient committing to only getting meds from the one doc.

But if one is an addict are they going to be following that?

Not saying he was, sitting over here not knowing history or where that distinction is made - just sayin.

Also, if all Drs. followed that schedule1 rule then lots of people would not have the scripts they have.

oooooh Miracleman?

.... any chance there are some phone conference sound effects available??

But if one is an addict are they going to be following that?

That's why I was wondering about degrees of accidental overdoses. An addict overdosing is different from you or I doing it.

Though I'm not sure who (um, but me) would care about said degrees.