Out of the hospital

[ArMaP]

Well I'm out of the hospital and resting well.

I'm glad you are out of the hospital, those places are full of sick people.

Stay healthy.

PS: you can use some herbs to replace salt, my sister used to use thyme instead of salt in the food she made for my dad.

[zerocd]

Glad to hear you're back!

You like steaming mudbugs? A personnal fav.

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more happy music

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Glad to hear you're back!

You like steaming mudbugs? A personnal fav.

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Boiled crawfish with potatos, onions, sausage, corn, mushrooms and whatever else you can throw into the pot!

[undo11]

relaxing music

[The Seeker]

Glad to hear you are better, Sarge; Just take it easy on the coon-ass cooking for a bit, maybe stay away from the neutra, no? I can't say much, for I had red beans and rice for lunch, beaudreaux...


seeker

[spacemaverick]

Sarge, glad everything went okay.  Welcome back!   

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Glad to hear you are better, Sarge; Just take it easy on the coon-ass cooking for a bit, maybe stay away from the neutra, no? I can't say much, for I had red beans and rice for lunch, beaudreaux...


seeker

Yeah you right Seeker. We have red beans n' rice wth cornbread every Monday! I try to cook smarter these days, no fried foods an use a lot of olive oil on most things! Thanks for the well wishes from EVERYONE!

[rdunk]

Yeah you right Seeker. We have red beans n' rice with cornbread every Monday! I try to cook smarter these days, no fried foods an use a lot of olive oil on most things! Thanks for the well wishes from EVERYONE!

Sgt.Rocknroll, if you haven't before, you might do a little internet research on "coconut oil". There are a lot of health benefits associated with using coconut oil in place of butter and other cooking oils. Some of the benefit has to do with MCT's (medium chain triglycerides), which are consumed more directly by the body, plus numerous other benefits. Butter also has MCT's, but it also has some cholesterol.

We changed to coconut oil (unrefined) a couple of months ago! Sure does make for some good popcorn!!!

FWIW!

[Littleenki]

Sgt.Rocknroll, if you haven't before, you might do a little internet research on "coconut oil". There are a lot of health benefits associated with using coconut oil in place of butter and other cooking oils. Some of the benefit has to do with MCT's (medium chain triglycerides), which are consumed more directly by the body, plus numerous other benefits. Butter also has MCT's, but it also has some cholesterol.

We changed to coconut oil (unrefined) a couple of months ago! Sure does make for some good popcorn!!!

FWIW!

I never thought Id comment or reply about popcorn on prc, yet here I am!
Yes rdunk, coconut oil is the stuff of dreams popcorn wise, and we use it for everything. It spreads out so well, and gives everything that nice buttery feel, and flavor, without the bad stuff in your boday!
I buy it online from amazon, and get a pretty good deal, to boot!
LE

[undo11]

best book i ever read on healthy food was called FOOD: NATURE'S MEDICINE CABINET.  mostly because it was easy to get the ingredients
and most of the suggestions were not hard to make  (none of it required mixing things together),  and most of it tastes good. some examples were:

apples.
oatmeal (long cooking).
red grapes, particularly red grape juice .
green tea.
avocadoes.
vinegar.

[stealthyaroura]

Glad your on the mend sgt, take time to recuperate pal.

[Amaterasu]

Amaterasu, you are right about avoiding the salt. Long term studies show that the less salt consumed, the less blood pressure and heart problems in we humans. This can be found on internet search.

Yes, these days a lot of people seem to prefer 'sea salt", but it does not really make a health difference, as one person's statement was "all salt is sea salt". We have sea salt in the cabinet too.

I will paste here what a Mayo Clinic person says about salt, just FYI for all:

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Question:

Sea salt vs. table salt: Which is healthier?
Is sea salt better for your health than table salt?

Answer
from Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.

Nutritionist with Mayo Clinic

No. Sea salt and table salt have the same basic nutritional value, despite the fact that sea salt is often marketed as a more natural and healthy alternative. The real differences between sea salt and table salt are in their taste, texture and processing, not their chemical makeup.

Sea salt is produced through evaporation of seawater, usually with little processing, which leaves behind certain trace minerals and elements depending on its water source. The minerals add flavor and color to sea salt, which also comes in a variety of coarseness levels.

Table salt is mined from underground salt deposits. Table salt is more heavily processed to eliminate minerals and usually contains an additive to prevent clumping. Most table salt also has added iodine, an essential nutrient that's lacking in naturally occurring sea salt.

By weight, sea salt and table salt contain the same amount of sodium chloride. Your body needs only a very tiny amount of salt to stay healthy. Most people get far too much — mostly from processed foods. So regardless of which type of salt you prefer, use a light hand with the saltshaker. And limit total sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams a day — or 1,500 milligrams if you're age 51 or older, or if you are black, or if you have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease.

rdunk,

From what I have heard, it is specifically the additives that are the culprit.  It has been reported (and I can't find it now) that the silica (glass) added as an "anti-caking" agent gets into the bloodstream and causes small cuts on the vessels which are then adhered to by the plaque (trying to repair the damage) and the whole process of plaque buildup begins...  Sea salt does not have that highly refined glass content and therefore does not cause the issues associated with table salt.

Remember...  We can't always trust "scientific" studies - especially when there is a motive to make Us ill (profit).

[Littleenki]

Right you are, Amaterasu, salt in any form is bad, and good to a degree.
The problem arises when additives are put in, or impurities are left in.
Dont ever do a spectral analysis of table or sea salt as you will see a few other things in there noone in their right mind would eat.
Red sea salt has clay or other red substance in it
Grey sea salt has magnesium dioxide in it
Black sea salt has silica impurities in it
White sea salt has very little color, but trace minerals are in there, just not as visible
Plain salt has the least of anything other than salt, and is usually contaminated with fine silica particles, too
And iodine? you dont want it through salt, as you have to eat salt to get it that way. Catch 22
there, so just dont eat salt, and use soy and Braggs for cooking.

Take iodoral tablets if you need iodine, and get your salt from food and drink.
All in trace amounts of course, but when eaten on a daily basis...thats where the problem comes in, with our ability to filter out these impurities, and the many subsequent reactions in our bodies to them.

I like to use soy sauce for salt or a splash of Braggs amino acids(liquid, too)and find these two to be the best way of salting up a dish. You wont taste the soy or anything but salt if you use a small amount.

Also, try to cook without salt for a month, and youll never want to salt anything ever again.

Eating, and sweating it out,
Littleenki

[Amaterasu]

Well, interestingly, when I went into puberty, salt became something I couldn't tolerate in My food.  So for 40 years I never salted anything.  Once I became menopausal...  I began to crave salt.

So what to make of that?