Mahonri's 3rd Annual, BYC Easter Hatch-a-long! - Page 773

Hubby is a diabetic. We've found really good success just eating as naturally as possible, avoiding prepared/processed foods, and we try to be locavores. I'm a natural food broker, so it's nice to have good raw foods and whatnot around, but it's important to try not to eat much that's been processed even then. Big thing to know: if your beef has been grass fed its whole life, it's really low in bad fats and cholesterol and high in important fatty acids. It's the corn-fed stuff that's not so hot.

Originally Posted by The Sheriff 

 I like packaging materials the the recipient can re-use to ship eggs. Pay-it-forward!

Mary

I love your pictures, Michelle.

I am amazed at how 1 week after the fact, folks are still wanting to join because they hadn't heard about the Easter Hatch a long.

Has the new format made us all that much more "invisible"?

What do you think is the reason?

And while some of you say you can't keep up, I have read EVERY SINGLE POST in this thread.

And it wasn't easy!!

Meanwhile, my dad set up multiple light sources around the kennel and took the screens out of our windows in preparation for what I'm sure will be a lovely firearms demonstration. Golly gee-whiz, I hope that coon comes back tonight!

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Originally Posted by ronott1 

While we are waiting for the Bread Recipe Book to show up:

 

Wild Yeast Baguettes

 

 

Wild Yeast Baguettes

 

These crackly-crusted baguettes feature complex flavor, thanks to the addition of sourdough to the dough. While not particularly sour, their taste is rich and compelling.

 

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    * 1 cup sourdough starter, fed and ready to use

    * 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water

    * 1 teaspoon instant yeast

    * 1 tablespoon sugar

    * 2 1/2 teaspoons salt

    * 5 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

 

 

Directions

 

1) Combine all of the ingredients, kneading to form a smooth dough. If your sourdough is thin (thinner than a very thick pancake batter), you'll probably need to add more flour.

 

2) Allow the dough to rise, in a covered bowl, for 1 hour; then refrigerate overnight, up to about 18 hours.

 

3) Next day, divide the dough into 6 pieces.

 

4) Gently shape the dough into six 12" baguettes, and place them on two lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheets; or into baguette pans. Cover and let rise until very puffy, about 3 hours. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 425°F.

 

5) Spray the loaves with lukewarm water.

 

6) Make three fairly deep diagonal slashes in each baguette; a serrated bread knife, wielded firmly, works well here.

 

7) Bake the bread for 25 to 30 minutes, until it's a very deep golden brown. Remove the loaves from the oven, and cool on a rack.

 

Yield: six 13" baguettes.

THe aroma of freshly baked bread  . . . .

DH left for work tonight rather than tomorrow morning so that hw can make a lemon tart for a bake sale. Using aobut 12+ eggs from our girls. It's a bakes sale to raise funds for MS. So he's gone, the kids will be in bed in about 20 minutes AND I have the bread book . . . .

Is it bad to wish I get enough quitters to clear out the new bator so I can hide it?    Just kidding, I will probably give him a heads up before he comes home so he is not surprised. 

I am going to have to take my 10 year old Himalayan, Smudge, to the vet to help him cross the Rainbow Bridge today. 

THis new show said brain fuction is improved too. HE called alzheimers' Diabetes III. Now that's a wake up call!! THe best part it is preventable and simply changing the diet NOW makes a huge difference. 

Sorry for the rant. I'm a carb addict and I've had to change my life without the support of the doctors, which are still anti fat and high carb promoters. My life has improved tremendously since giving up breads, sugars, and high starch vegetables. 

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Amen 

My DW is a type II diabetic. She has an app on her Droid phone that tracks calories. Last week the App told her she was not eating enough carbs and was eating too much protein. Her cabs were over 40% and the App said she needed to be over 50% carbs...for a Diabetic...Her protein was 23%. I told her she needed more protein, less carbs and more good fat. She checked some more sources and agreed with me. That is the kind of bad information people are getting. My DW went to a nutrition class for Diabetics--turns out the class was focused on how to get insurance to pay for Gastric Bypass surgery 

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Originally Posted by BarnGoddess01 

I'm not sure what "mare stare" is. We foaled the old fashioned way and I got lucky. I was checking on her every half hour through the evening/night. Vet had checked on her earlier that day so we were confident it would be that night. I arrived for the 1 AM check - she looked at me as if to say - "Where have you been????" Big groan and she expelled her water. LOADS of water. He was up and nursing by 4 AM. I nearly wore out the camera that night. Absolutely textbook smooth delivery. Videotaped the whole thing too.

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Originally Posted by Arielle 

I'm a nervous wreck and dog tired from too many sleepless nights by the time my mares foal.

Both excellent examples of "mare stare"   Staying up (or getting up every 1/2 hour) staring at the mare till you look kinda like this:

 

  I DID feel like I had a MAJOR hangover the next day and I hadn't touched a drop!!! 

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Originally Posted by Granny Hoffman 

 

Just had to share a pic of my broody bantam with her 4, 4-1/2 week old babies.  I have no idea how the babies got up on the roost.  We have no ladder for the girls and guys to get up there and it's about 4 feet off the floor.

It reminds me of watching a hen stealing eggs from another's nest... they tuck the eggs under a wing and carry it.  Wonder if she did something similar to get them up to the perch?

 My first time hatched Silkies.  Pretty cute babies all right

Originally Posted by Arielle 

It is very frustrating when our whole American culture has been fed BS.  I talked with my mother who was a big dieter in the 70's and she said weight watchers was 100% antifat, not fats allowed. Atkins wrote in one of his earlier books, that he saw many patients with skin problems because of that. Denmark is currently on the Atkins diet craze. ANd eating tons of butter, etc. THe PBS program still didn't buck up against the Medical establishment, and is maintaining a low fat statis.  

Can someone please explain why the Inuets ( sorry about spelling) were not fat people while  eating whale, fish and seal  UNTIL modern food was introduced?? DAAAA . . .

WHen I was pregnant the first time, my OB/GYN sent me to the nutritionist at the hospital, I came home ranting, "She wants me to eat crackers and peanut butter for snacks and eat 300 carbs a day!!!! " My DH supported what I wanted to do for food. Lots of vegies, whole fruit, lamb, steak, salads, and Ben and Jerry's ice cream now and then. 

A couple years ago I  scoured used book stores for other dieting books, and found a number of low carb diets. All written by  MD's. I like Atkins because he includes all the studies, hundreds of studies, to validate the information. THough the others also have interesting points, or a different explanation which helps me understand the biochemistry.

No doctor has told me, but I have figured out that I am teetering on the brink of Diabetes II. If I eat a high load of carbs, I fall asleep. CLUE!!  

I did a lot of baking of cookies cakes and breads to feed my carb adiction;  I do not make bread any more except for holidays. ANd I think I have my kids down to making cookies and such only once a week. Of course, if I get a craving, I make a batch and eat it! Arghhh . . . .a work in progress. 

I say 2 things: 1- we already are "those" neighbors andd 2- Its really cute when you try and put your foot down!

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Originally Posted by superchemicalgirl 

Wanted to also mention if you've entered a contest this week don't forget to PM your entry to the contest host.

 

Thanks!

 

SCG thebirdguy didn't say we had to PM him the pictures for the cutest baby contest.  Do we have to send the pics or can we just send him the post #'s?

I need some advice from you all on rotator cuff issues.  I have been to the doctor and he gave me pills (Meloxicam) and some simple exercises to do.  He said that he thought I would probably have to have some intensive physical therapy to recover my range of motion because it would hurt too much for me to be able to do it on my own.  I don't think he knows how tough I am and I like the idea of pushing myself better than the idea of someone else forcing my arm past where it wants to stop.  I have always thought that pain was my bodies way of resting areas that needed to rest for proper healing.  If my ankle hurts, I stay off it.  If my wrist hurts, I wrap it.  Here's my question.  If exercise and forced motion in spite of pain is the remedy for rotator cuff issues, should I be using it in spite of the pain to avoid the therapy?  I have noticed that it is getting somewhat stiff because I am favoring it.  The range of motion he demonstrated to me was in  my lateral movement.  If you put your elbows at your sides and your hands out in front of your body like they are resting on a table, then pivot your hands out to the sides, keeping your elbows close to your body.  Kind of like you are spreading your hands wide to clap.  I can almost turn my good arm so that my hand is behind my body.  The sore one will start complaining at about 45 degrees but I can push it to almost 90 and hold it there a while.  What really hurts is washing my hair, hooking my bra, and getting something out of my back pocket.  Are these things that I should be making myself do whenever I think about it or should I be "resting it?"  Any insight or experiences will be appreciated.