March Chat Part 7

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Frannie wrote:

that's so well done! love it

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Loving those eggs Frannie!
And good news about the sugar!

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Frannie wrote:

am happy to report my blood glucose was 86 this morning! compare that to the 400's I was throwing in December!

Great news, and no wonder you were feeling so rough eh?

Love the pics!

Bee wrote:

what is wrong with strawberries that taste like strawberry?
If I want pineapple I buy one. Why do people come up with stuff like that? Onions that are so sweet that you can eat them like apple , berries that looks like something but taste like something else etc.

*rant over*

Bee wrote:

Zoonie wrote:

I know a lot of people who're worse lol - and anyway, you eat anything and everything, so it's not fair judging against your tastes

I guess that's true - but I think that makes my life so much easier - no limitation (apart from tripe) and so much to choose from

but I'm not forcing anyone to adapt my way of eating (like some vegetarians that I know )

I know, I don't like being lectured either, and veggies can be the worst.

My friend was reading a review of a restaurant she was going to last week, it's Spanish - and one of the delicacies there is fish tripe EEK!
although Giles Coren says the first mouthful was awful, he went on to say it was the food of the gods! Go figure.

inu-kijo wrote:

I know... there were a lot of April Fool's comments.... so makes me wonder.....

That was what I said when I posted it - but how can it be a joke if it's printed today? (unless they made a mistake)




Bye Kijo.

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http://igrowveg.com/2010/03/introducing-the-inside-out-strawberry-the-pineberry/

I love the bit about the birds leaving them!

If you Google it's in lots of papers not just the first link I posted.

[Frannie 0]

my grandparents and father ate tripe.. they loved it.. never tried that either. But they grew up poor and ate anything.. and some very strange stuff.. They would place a lambs head (roasted) on the table at easter..

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want more egg pictures?

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and ooooooooo I wish someone would make a soft boiled egg for me! with little toast soldiers!

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Frannie wrote:

my grandparents and father ate tripe.. they loved it.. never tried that either. But they grew up poor and ate anything.. and some very strange stuff.. They would place a lambs head (roasted) on the table at easter..

my parents used to eat tripe soup and I've never had it as I didn't like the look and smell of tripe but if I see it prepared in some other way - maybe fried with some spices I might be tempted to try it.

I'm not normally person who won't eat stuff because of the way it looks but tripe is one exception.

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good one Bee!

I miss coloring eggs... maybe Robin will want to do some with me this year, living back home and all

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Frannie wrote:

and ooooooooo I wish someone would make a soft boiled egg for me! with little toast soldiers!

^ love them, but now those pics are making me feel so guilty!


I have to love and leave you - I wish I could stay indoors all day, but I have to brave the outdoors!

See you soon
x

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Good Luck Gill

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Good luck Gill

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have a good day Gill!

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we are supposed to have lovely weather today.. 70 and sunny.. but I doubt it.. only 35 right now

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Frannie wrote:

good one Bee!

I miss coloring eggs... maybe Robin will want to do some with me this year, living back home and all

I've made a post in cafe earlier today about our Easter traditions - which included coloring and decorating eggs.

I have asked my sister for a recipe for Easer Stuffing so if she'll find it then I might make it for me this year (it had young nettles, minced liver, bread rolls, spices and some more stuff that I can't remember in it) as I used to love it as a child.

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and what was that used to stuff? or was it just served as a side dish?

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googling nettles

and not sure what I am making for dinner Sunday.. Ham is traditional, but I don't serve ham as the sodium content is way too high for Mark

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http://www.pis.cz/en/prague/abc_for_tourists/easter_in_the_czech_republic


Easter Stuffing

1 - 1,5 kg of meat (about half of baked pork and half of boiled beef), 10 eggs, 1/2 lt of milk or broth, about 10 bread rolls, nutmeg, parsley or young nettles, salt
Mix egg yolks in milk or broth well. Pour on bread rolls chopped into cubes, grate as much nutmeg as you like, add meat chopped into pieces, green parsley or chopped young nettles, and salt. Finally add stiff egg whites gently. Spread the stuffing into a tray buttered with bread crumbs, lay butter on top and bake.

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is that the stuffing?

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Frannie wrote:

and what was that used to stuff? or was it just served as a side dish?

pork belly
but we used to make lots of extra and then cook it on a side as well. The we used to sliced the stuff pork belly and served it with potatoes and mash and it's own juices for lunch and then salad and sliced stuffing for supper.

[Frannie 0]

very interesting... though i also do not care for liver. t's one of those things you either love or hate. I've seen people drool over the thought of liver. I like the way it smells though, unless that's the bacon and onions

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yeah it is - of course there are lots of variation, some people would do 3 meat stuffing, some people won't put meat at all.
Some people won't use nettles but use parsley and chives instead.

I don't remember exactly what meat we used to use but I remember the minced liver being part of it as we would used meat mincer to prepare the liver and it was very messy job

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Hello sorry havent been in for a while

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I've read somewhere on internet that Easter Stuffing is suppose to be served in White Saturday but I'm sure we used to have in on sunday.
I actually had to look up what was the meat cut called (pork belly) as I only knew the czech name (bucek - sound similar to bok = side).

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Hi Paige! How are you?

[Frannie 0]

HiYa Paige!

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Frannie wrote:

very interesting... though i also do not care for liver. t's one of those things you either love or hate. I've seen people drool over the thought of liver. I like the way it smells though, unless that's the bacon and onions

hm i never mix liver and bacon. I just do mine with onions lightly fried in bit of oil.

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Bee... did you have bread dumplings in Czech.? The restaurants in Chicago always served them.. and I was able to buy them frozen when we lived there. Can't find them here. I've been wondering if that was an American Czech tradition or really Czech?

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oh my, I must be really hungry today, eh?

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YOu have bread dumplings ( once described to me as texture of sorry bread) raised flour dumplings with pieces of bread roll in it
or
potato dumplings (taste similar to gnocchi) mashed potatoes mixed with flour and egg, shaped and then boiled.

I could look up the recipe for you if you want. I usually buy packet mix when I go home as I'm too lazy and don't use them very often
also it's difficult to find fresh yeast here and I don't know who to make it with dried yeast.

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see you in a bit, going to cut off the cards of the new clothes I bought today and put everything away

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Frannie wrote:

oh yeas but that looks like chocolate being poured over it

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I have found some recipes using dried yeast. will have to give them a try

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Frannie wrote:

I have found some recipes using dried yeast. will have to give them a try

I have tried to find one in past but everyone in czech is using fresh yeast so I coudn't find one on czech internet

let me know how it goes frennie. What do you eat yours with?

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Toulouse wrote:

see you in a bit, going to cut off the cards of the new clothes I bought today and put everything away

sounds like fun
see you later hunnie

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Paige if you still here - I've replied to your PM

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Bee wrote:

Toulouse wrote:

see you in a bit, going to cut off the cards of the new clothes I bought today and put everything away

sounds like fun
see you later hunnie

It was : )
Mom told me it's like the first time ever we were done so quick shopping for clothes for me. I knew what I wanted and found pretty quick what I liked

[Frannie 0]

roast pork, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and of course GRAVY!!

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Toulouse wrote:

Hi Paige! How are you?

Hello Sophie good thanks have another headache again grr

moving in 10 days

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in fact, that just might be dinner for Sunday now that I am thinking of it

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Frannie wrote:

HiYa Paige!

Hi Sharon

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I even bought a skirt... I hardly wear skirts, but I fell in love with this one, just a plain jeans one

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Paige, how far is the move going to be from where you are now?

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@BG - that's good - i usually take ages when clothes shopping as I rarely find exactly what I'm looking for, lots of times I'm just browsing and looking for some inspiration

@frannie - I take it your gravy is different to UK gravy.
Sound like a good idea for sunday lunch - roast port , dumplings and sourkraut is traditional czech sunday dinner

@paige - good luck
I just moved myself two weeks ago so I know how stressfull it is (still not fully unpacked)