Hi Janis,

 JK> but > we were able to handle it over the phone and talking it over the
 JK> next > time I saw the doctor. One of these "supposed to help" meds
 JK> didn't help > me.

 JK> I bring a list now of meds I'm allergic to all my doctors, dentists,
 JK> etc. It makes quite a diffence.  The last dentist I went to made
 JK> copies of that list for me and put them in a manilla evelope so I'd
 JK> have them for a while :)

I keep a list on the computer, printing off a copy whenever needed.


>> That's great.. darn I hope I see some flowers soon - it's been warm
>> and is supposed to be getting warmer this week so I wouldn't be
>> surprised to see some :)

 JK> > Maybe so, we picked that tomato today and more are coming along in
 JK> back > of it.

 JK> I saw a number of buds forming on the tomato plants this week, so
 JK> that's good. July should do the trick for an August or sooner
 JK> production..


Hope for July but may have to settle for August. (G)


>> It's the best pasta maker I ever spent $$ on :)

 JK> > Nice, but we don't make pasta very much any more. We've cut way back
 JK> on > how much we eat of it so as not to spike my carbs too much. A
 JK> bit, with

 JK> I can understand that with your diagnosis.

Better to take it easy on carbs I can control than to pig out on
uncontrolled amounts of pasta. I usually eat less than a listed serving
so I can have extra carbs in the meat balls, etc.

 JK> > a good portion of protein now and then is OK, but even once a week
 JK> is a > bit chancy for me.

 JK> Yes.. and there is no good substitute I'd imagine.. I mean even
 JK> gluten-free might be worse with the carbs since so many of those
 JK> recipes use rice flour.

I don't have the gluten issues so I usually stay with whole wheat pasta.

>> noodles with a
>> combination of WW flour, 00 pasta flour and Semolina, it's great.

 JK> > It does sound good. If we do build a garage onto this house and redo
 JK> the > kitchen space, I might have sufficient area to dry a batch of
 JK> pasta.
 JK> > Right now, it would be dicey, if there's enough room or not. (G)

 JK> Generally I don't bother to dry pasta, but make it on the fly.. Since
 JK> the machine cranks it out so fast, there is no real wait.

With only 2 of us at home, we don't want to overdo our pasta per
consumption so it's easier for us to just cook up a bit of a dry one for
what we need.

 JK> > We've found that we like the cucumber kim chee better than the
 JK> cabbage. > It's not quite as hot but has a good flavor to it we've not
 JK> always found > to be so with cabbage.

 JK> I'll have to look for that, it may have been on the refrig. shelves
 JK> and I missed it.  I usually go right for the cabbage kimchee :)

Radar locked in on it? (G)

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