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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


beekaytee - Dec 27, 2013 12:33:28 pm PST #15641 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

brenda,

Epsoms salts...long, loungy baths while watching something on the computer. I use a step stool and a Mary Kay mirror to accomplish this.

Coconut oil...Pretty much everything at the moment. I made my own toothpaste, which I love. Put it in sauces. Fry with it. Use it around my eyes as a nighttime cream. (seriously reduced the crows feet, it has) Moisturize my hands.

Here is a nifty list of things to do with coconut oil.

Bone broth...I've always been a champion soup maker. It's a bit of a specialty. NOW? Off the chart flavor and nutrition. I cook up two batches from a couple of chicken carcasses and veg. Then, I take the filtered out bits, which have cooked for approximately 48 hours, such that the bones crumble when touched. I puree the mixture to make a soup thickener and put some in Cagney's food. By this stage, it is roughly free food.

eta: Todd and I had a brief conversation today about bone broth which featured the phrase 'chicken soup on steroids' as a curative. It's soooo warming and nourishing. I find a cup in the morning sets me up for the day.

In the last few days, I've made a potato and roasted garlic soup that is of the yum. Also, a cream of pumpkin soup that is equally delish...and really WAS free food as I was given the pumpkin.


Steph L. - Dec 27, 2013 12:39:24 pm PST #15642 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Bone broth...

That's supposed to be fantastic for gut health. I haven't made it, but I'm thinking about it.


beekaytee - Dec 27, 2013 12:40:23 pm PST #15643 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

DO Steph. It's lovely for the tum. Plus, ridiculously easy in the crock pot.

Oh, and I put a couple of chicken feet...for the extra gelatin...in the pot. I've never, ever in my life purchased or even contemplated a chicken foot before. Now, I'm all about it.


-t - Dec 27, 2013 1:02:25 pm PST #15644 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm not following, how is bone broth different from soup?


Atropa - Dec 27, 2013 1:04:14 pm PST #15645 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Hmmm, now I'm all curious about bone broth.


brenda m - Dec 27, 2013 1:11:44 pm PST #15646 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

OH HAI, emergency tooth extraction.


Cass - Dec 27, 2013 1:13:23 pm PST #15647 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

It seems to be to broth but left on the stove for a long time. So, in my world, broth. I have turkey simmering now. And some ham bone stock that I am reducing. Christmas was good in the carcass category.


Cass - Dec 27, 2013 1:13:55 pm PST #15648 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Not a fun thing, brenda. I hope it's covered and also offers relief.


-t - Dec 27, 2013 1:15:20 pm PST #15649 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Meep, brenda! Hope it is as easy as these things can be!


Steph L. - Dec 27, 2013 1:17:34 pm PST #15650 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Hope the Tooth Fairy brings you beer (or whatever you find an appropriate recompense for your tooth).