Jayne ,'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I use a recipe for chili, in the sense of guidelines. I mean, I know it's 3 cans of beans, 2 cans of tomatoes, fake meat, and spices. Does that count as a recipe? I can't un-learn those amounts just so I can say, "Oh, I don't use a recipe!" I don't use a literal, written-down list of ingredients with measurements, if that's the definition.
...now I'm puzzling this over in my wee brain: where's the line between "guidelines" and a "recipe"?
t /overthinking it since 1971
Goddammit. Blood sugar before dinner was 59. Took five gluclose tablets, full meal, 2 gramham crackers and a bowl of shredded wheat. Only 62. Not going to eat more. Know from experience that sometimes my blood sugar just takes time to recover and it probably already will shoot up to 172 or 182 from what I have eaten. I worked out about five minutes longer than I usually do and had the same diet. I was unusually hungry after lunch and I guess I ignored it while I was writing. But goddamn. I already take four blood or five blood sugar readings a day. Do I have to start doing what some Type I diabetics do, and take a reading every two hours?
where's the line between "guidelines" and a "recipe"?
You've got a Pirate Code for chili.
I use whole tomatoes, squished with my clean hands,
The best part of making chili.
don't actually enjoy the process of cooking all that much
I definitely do. I get this, though. I don't enjoy the process of cleaning. Or grading. Or, perhaps less obviously, doing crafty things.
where's the line between "guidelines" and a "recipe"?
You've got a Pirate Code for chili.
I feel pretty good about that. Yarrrr.
I would say I "use a recipe" if I look at a piece of paper (regardless of how closely I actually follow it...) .
Good luck, Strix and Plei! It does seem like we should be able to swap stuff more within this community...
Keep checking in with us, Typo.
Blood sugar is back up. 59 was borderline dangerous. 62, while low is not passed out on the floor low, but now it is up to 90. (So off the interbunny for a bit to do some exercise to see if I can avoid the "over 150 bounceback". I knew the bowl of cereal was a step too far. )
Sorry about the roller coaster, Typo.