Subj : Re: moving or not was: CFBBS To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri Sep 06 2019 17:42:10 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 31-Aug-2019 08:45 <=- NB>>> This batch done Sat 24 Aug in the afternoon... BM>> Oh-oh! You're getting caught up!! NB>> That is, after all, the plan... BM> Yes, I suppose it is.... Never fear... I'll be behind again now... I leave tomorrow for a long weekend at the Pond... I'll take with me the packets I have now to answer there, but there will be more waiting when I get back... NB>>> I have one vegetarian friend that I regularly go out to lunch with... NB>>> we just pick places where she can get something that suits her, and NB>>> she doesn't mind watching me eat meat, so we both are happy.... :) BM>> Right. I've made (and had) salads which are very tasty and filling, BM>> don't have a speck of meat in them, and are very satisfying. Did I BM>> miss the meat? No. As for going to a restaurant serving options BM>> enjoyable by all, generally not too difficult. Probably not a good BM>> idea to go to a rib joint, but otherwise.... NB>> Likewise, most fast food places don't have good options for NB>> vegetarians, either... but then I don't usually eat there anyway... BM> Cooking - vegetarian or otherwise - does take some thought and BM> preparation, which takes time. Fast food is designed to be fast (wow! BM> ) and so takes cooking shortcuts like frying (dunk in oil) and using BM> ingredients which cook quickly. Not necessarily a bad thing -- at the BM> 'frying' I was thinking Fried Chicken -- but as always too much is BM> eventually harmful. Actually, stirfry cooks up pretty fast, but there is a bit of chopping first in preparation, so not likely to be had at a fast food place... Burger places were more what I had in mind for fast food, but the fried chicken places, also... and sides of french fries.... ;) NB>> My friend doesn't like the taste of meat, including chicken... and NB>> most Chinese places think nothing of adding chicken broth to veggie NB>> dishes, and don't even notice doing it... so they'll swear it's NB>> safe, and then she tastes the chicken... so we don't go to Chinese NB>> with her... :) Indian works well, as does Ethiopian, or Lebanese/ NB>> MiddleEastern... :) BM> I would suppose there's some sort of a chemical reaction occurring in BM> your friend which makes the taste of meats bad. Thinking along the BM> lines of how some people react to MSG. Not sure exactly... may have been precipitated by an illness at some point... which might have changed body chemistry... or at least the taste buds... BM> As for absent-mindedly dumping BM> in chicken broth, can see that: not a good thing for your friend, but BM> probably "needs liquid" so "reach for broth" and never think of the BM> chicken or whatever animal it was derived from. It's just what they use.... ;) BM>>> Some mothers-in-laws are pretty cool. Others just plain icy! NB>>> Mine was actually pretty wonderful... :) BM>> Mine was nice also; unfortunately didn't get to really meet her as was BM>> in the the early stages of Alzheimer when first met. NB>> That's a shame... BM> It seemed to be. From the stories she was a fun person. Sad how Alzheimers and such steal the person.... NB> ... I hate it when I die from not passing on chain mails. BM> And now it's phone calls! Or chain emails... ;) ("send this to your 5 closest friends") ttyl neb .... Pick two: [1] Fast [2] Right [3] Cheap --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .