My folks had me on goats' milk at two and three, as I was a pale, thin, waif of a child and the ped thought it best. Heh. And then we switched to reconstituted powdered non-fat milk for the rest of my childhood.

StE was hideously stubborn. DH and I clutched each other and cried through two nights while 11 mo StE screamed, and I tried to keep him awake the next day. On the third night he "broke" and finally sobbed himself to sleep.

StY? Slept through at eight weeks. And it's a good thing, too, as we'd never have been able to go through that again. I think methods are less barbaric these days.

Andi, so glad you were there and knew what to do. It's good she's home again, and with a diagnosis and the knowledge of what's going on.

Hil, that gefilte fish recipe sounds like a good compromise. However, it contains three items I'm forbidden: potatoes, onions, and eggplant.

Oh! Teppy, I need to thank you for the tip of using mashed cauliflower as a stand in for potatoes. It works! So do turnips, in things like soups and stews.

Cauliflower also makes a surprisingly acceptable substitute for rice,when grated.

I heart cauliflower.

I couldn't digest cow's milk as a toddler so I was on either goat's milk or soy (or breastmilk, since my parents were crunchy hippies back then and breastfed all 4 of us well into toddlerhood). Once I outgrew my milk sensitivity I was always given 2%.

These days the only milk I drink is the half & half I put in my coffee. As an adult mammal I don't feel I'm missing out.

I drank a good pint of whole milk every day of my childhood. Still do on good days. Mmm, milk.

DH was made to drink a glass of milk with dinner until he left home, too.

I used to make Julia Child's choufleur en verdure - cut-up cauliflower cooked in boiling water, throw in a bunch of cleaned watercress with the stems cut off for the last minute or so. Then puree together, stir in some thick white sauce, cream, grated gruyere cheese and seasonings. Put in a baking dish, put melted butter and breadcrumbs on top and bake. Yum! (of course, considering the cream, butter and cheese, shredded paper would probably be yum)

I love mashed cauliflower...

actually I get all excited when it comes to different foods-- I have a tag search on my blog for vegetarian - which confused my DH. Some how because I eat more meat than he does , he thinks of me as a carnivore. Nope, I'm an an omnivore. And I like to cook - and vegetarian gives me more scope. Right now I am watching some one do a mashed chickpea dish - once again instead of potatoes.

and teesex, treesex, treesex. or it could be grass or 11 billion other plants. It would be much easier if my eyeballs would pop out of my head and I could soak them in ice water.

I just marked Toddson's post. yum

I do love cauliflower on its own, as well.

Beth, I saw "teesex" and was trying to figure out what ... keep thinking of sleestack ....

Someone distract me. I'm getting upset calling oil companies. Prices are very high right now, and I'm afraid TCG is going to freak out and think we maybe shouldn't have signed on to this apartment.

I was going to go back and edit.... but I can't make people look crazy ...