Hospital Food, good, and except for the citrus, I ate everything.

My GF is at the hospital and she told me yesterday what she got for lunch.
Lasagne with Sauerkraut!
She didn't ate it. No wonder.

LOL:) Just got this in my email.

You may not have missed out on Online Pizza for the third year in a row are looking for hungry reviewers with a penchant for restaurant food.
As a "food tester" you will review films through Online Pizza's wide range - from sushi and thai food to kebab and pizza. The review will then be posted through your own Instagram account.
We know it's a hard job. But somebody has to do it 😉
Each tester receives a 500-SEC fee per assignment plus seven optional pick-up orders for a total of 2,000 SEK.
We are looking for you as:
- Is between 16-100 years.
- Has great passion for food, especially pick-up.
- Like doing things in a slightly different way and not afraid of fun assignments and to relieve themselves.
- Knowledge in how to upload movies online and freely inform you on social channels like Instagram and Youtube.

I relieve myself several times each day, are they interested in texture and colour after eating their food?

Oops:) "bjussa på sig själv" became "to relieve themselves".
I wonder how Google Translate came up with that "translation"?
And how does Google Translate know that the sentence is about food?
It should be translated to "openminded" or "being open and unreserved".

LOL! Software translators are always good for a laugh. :-)

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Plumrose, I've been eating sandwiches made with their ham, only 10% sodium, and 40 calories a slice, one piece of bread covered in mustard, and the other in lite mayo(35 calories a serving), plus two slices of wheat bread(70 calories a slice) and I have a wonderful sandwich, yum. The ham comes in a 1.5lb resealable package at Food4Less. And of course that is 2 slices of ham.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Plumrose, I've been eating sandwiches made with their ham, only 10% sodium, and 40 calories a slice, one piece of bread covered in mustard, and the other in lite mayo(35 calories a serving), plus two slices of wheat bread(70 calories a slice) and I have a wonderful sandwich, yum. The ham comes in a 1.5lb resealable package at Food4Less. And of course that is 2 slices of ham.

Stop counting calories and start counting carbohydrates. If you eat a zillion calories
but cut out the carbs & sugars, you'll be a much healthier person. And you have to
watch out for processed lunch meats. They're carb carriers. And for a sandwich, find
bread with the lowest carb count per serving (usually two slices).

Just sayin'. :-)

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~Sue~

Plumrose, I've been eating sandwiches made with their ham, only 10% sodium, and 40 calories a slice, one piece of bread covered in mustard, and the other in lite mayo(35 calories a serving), plus two slices of wheat bread(70 calories a slice) and I have a wonderful sandwich, yum. The ham comes in a 1.5lb resealable package at Food4Less. And of course that is 2 slices of ham.

Stop counting calories and start counting carbohydrates. If you eat a zillion calories
but cut out the carbs & sugars, you'll be a much healthier person. And you have to
watch out for processed lunch meats. They're carb carriers. And for a sandwich, find
bread with the lowest carb count per serving (usually two slices).

Just sayin'. :-)

Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added, and yes I lost in the last 3.5 months, 32lbs, why?

I'm down to 409lbs 07/16/17, from 441lbs, which is entered in My notes from 04/01/17.

I don't eat eggs and sausage for breakfast as much as I used to.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Plumrose, I've been eating sandwiches made with their ham, only 10% sodium, and 40 calories a slice, one piece of bread covered in mustard, and the other in lite mayo(35 calories a serving), plus two slices of wheat bread(70 calories a slice) and I have a wonderful sandwich, yum. The ham comes in a 1.5lb resealable package at Food4Less. And of course that is 2 slices of ham.

Stop counting calories and start counting carbohydrates. If you eat a zillion calories
but cut out the carbs & sugars, you'll be a much healthier person. And you have to
watch out for processed lunch meats. They're carb carriers. And for a sandwich, find
bread with the lowest carb count per serving (usually two slices).

Just sayin'. :-)

My bread has 5% for carbs, and the sliced ham is 1% for carbs.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

What did I have this morning?

A cheesy omelet w/salt and pepper, chased down by some FREE OJ that I got from a food pantry, though I had to let the OJ sit for a bit, as it has a bit of a bitter taste at first, which lessens over a few days. And yes, the Shredded Cheddar Cheese was also FREE.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

[quote]Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added, and yes I lost in the last 3.5 months, 32lbs, why?

Why, what?

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~Sue~

Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added, and yes I lost in the last 3.5 months, 32lbs, why?

Ham is considered a processed meat, so sliced ham would be a processed lunch meat.

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~Sue~

Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added

How ham looks like when not processed.

And why so much salt in Plumrose?
Silly question by me.
It's added to the meat so that more water can be added that gives extra weight to the ham.
There is also 1 gram sugar added per serving.
Why?

Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added, and yes I lost in the last 3.5 months, 32lbs, why?

Ham is considered a processed meat, so sliced ham would be a processed lunch meat.

Bologna is processed, ham in this case, seems not to be, it is how I lost weight, so I'll keep buying it, as that is what the Doctor told Me to do, and yes the ham and bread are both low in carbs, and since I do not have a hog or a pig to slaughter, nor the butchers knives or ability, I'll continue to buy 3 or 4 pkgs of Plumrose, the price is now $5.49 for 1.5lbs($3.66 a pound), but it's worth it, and that's My favorite sandwich, which tasted very good w/a slice of beefsteak tomato.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added, and yes I lost in the last 3.5 months, 32lbs, why?

Ham is considered a processed meat, so sliced ham would be a processed lunch meat.

Bologna is processed, ham in this case, seems not to be, it is how I lost weight, so I'll keep buying it, as that is what the Doctor told Me to do, and yes the ham and bread are both low in carbs, and since I do not have a hog or a pig to slaughter, nor the butchers knives or ability, I'll continue to buy 3 or 4 pkgs of Plumrose, the price is now $5.49 for 1.5lbs($3.66 a pound), but it's worth it, and that's My favorite sandwich, which tasted very good w/a slice of beefsteak tomato.

Both Bologna and Plumrose are processed food:)
The US Bologna is called Mortadella both in Italy and Sweden.
Mortadella:
Only 1.2% sodium salt.
Carbs 3%
Sugar 0%
Where as in Bologna:
9% sodium salt.
Carbs 1%
Sugar 1.2%

Plumrose is not processed meat, It's very thinly sliced ham, with 10% salt(sodium) added, and yes I lost in the last 3.5 months, 32lbs, why?

Ham is considered a processed meat, so sliced ham would be a processed lunch meat.

Bologna is processed, ham in this case, seems not to be, it is how I lost weight, so I'll keep buying it, as that is what the Doctor told Me to do, and yes the ham and bread are both low in carbs, and since I do not have a hog or a pig to slaughter, nor the butchers knives or ability, I'll continue to buy 3 or 4 pkgs of Plumrose, the price is now $5.49 for 1.5lbs($3.66 a pound), but it's worth it, and that's My favorite sandwich, which tasted very good w/a slice of beefsteak tomato.

Both Bologna and Plumrose are processed food:)
The US Bologna is called Mortadella both in Italy and Sweden.
Mortadella:
Only 1.2% sodium salt.
Carbs 3%
Sugar 0%
Where as in Bologna:
9% sodium salt.
Carbs 1%
Sugar 1.2%

Well 10% for sliced ham, is as low as I can find the sodium content, "Farmer John" uses 25% sodium in their ham, that gives Me heartburn...

Ok, so the wiki says ham is processed, still it is helping Me.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Well 10% for sliced ham, is as low as I can find the sodium content, "Farmer John" uses 25% sodium in their ham, that gives Me heartburn...
Ok, so the wiki says ham is processed, still it is helping Me.

Now I see the problem.
In the US you give Nutrition Facts per servings. Whatever a serving is.
And it's also the Percent Daily Values that are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
And that's why "Farmer John" telling you that is a 25% sodium content in their ham is wrong.
But salty enough to say that after eating that you can only eat all the other food with the salt amount added three times from Farmer John the whole day.
Talk about very complicated Nutrition Facts!

In Europe the facts are only given by the content of a 100 g sample.
From a bacon package that I have it's like fat 33 g carbs, 0.1 g from sugar 0.1 g, salt 1.9 g

I'm about to bake some biscuits, 8 grands, by Pillsbury, I got these from a food pantry, the directions say 13-18 mins at 325F on a non stick cookie tray, I have one, it's older than I am, I think, but then I found the 2 trays in 1965 when We moved into a house in Lomita CA at 26002 Viana St, good times then.

Something like this:

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

This wasn't too hard, at least once the package popped open, with some help from a serrated knife. Tonight, spaghetti...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

So many carbs, zoom. If you'll cut the carbs and stick with meat and veggies
you'll lose a lot more weight a lot faster. And be healthier.

I know. I know. Carbs taste great and you'll fight to the death before you
give them up. Well maybe that's more true than we realize.

Biscuits AND spaghetti?!!

Buy a bag of frozen meatballs. Eat about a dozen with spaghetti sauce.
Skip the pasta.

Buy a bag of frozen mixed vegetables. Eat as much as you want with
lots of butter.

Just trying to help.

P.S. If you post what you eat, I feel that opens you up to our opinions
on your diet. If you don't want to hear opinions - favorable or unfavorable -
then don't post your food. Just mho.

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~Sue~

So many carbs, zoom. If you'll cut the carbs and stick with meat and veggies
you'll lose a lot more weight a lot faster. And be healthier.

I know. I know. Carbs taste great and you'll fight to the death before you
give them up. Well maybe that's more true than we realize.

Biscuits AND spaghetti?!!

Buy a bag of frozen meatballs. Eat about a dozen with spaghetti sauce.
Skip the pasta.

Buy a bag of frozen mixed vegetables. Eat as much as you want with
lots of butter.

Just trying to help.

P.S. If you post what you eat, I feel that opens you up to our opinions
on your diet. If you don't want to hear opinions - favorable or unfavorable -
then don't post your food. Just mho.

Actually I didn't remember that I had mixed veggies waiting in the fridge, so spaghetti is off until the 31st, I did eat 2 grands, the rest are in the fridge, and right now I'm out of fish fillets and I'm almost out of money, I have $1.51 which is going into My car's gas tank, for $11.51 on August 1st, until then I'm mostly broke, so healthier food for one day is out, sorry.

Sauce I have, like 5 cans I think, plus ground beef, some is free food, the other cost $4.16 a pound and is very lean.

I'm not worried, it's not like on FB, or HP, or C&L, or TP...

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Every summer, Eric and I invest some time into making pesto sauce.

We wash and strip lots and lots of basil, peel garlic, toast pine nuts, grate cheese and with the help of "Cousin Art" (my Cuisinart) and a blender, we put lots of small containers of pesto in the freezer. It makes for a busy summer day, but in the winter we get to enjoy some easy meals that taste like summer.

Here is our basic recipe:

3 - 4 cloves garlic
4 cups lightly packed, washed basil leaves
1/3 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
3 - 4 tablespoons pine nuts
1/4 - 1/3 cup olive oil, plus extra for sealing containers

1. Whirl the cloves in a food processor, to give them a "head start"
2. Add the basil, cheese, pine nuts and oil
3. Process until it looks like pesto

(Eric and I do two consecutive batches in the food processor, then blend the two batches in the blender, with a bit more oil, because we prefer a smoother pesto. This step is optional if you don't mind your pesto being a little chunky.)

Place finished pesto in small containers. We generally get 2-3 small containers per recipe. Tap the containers gently on counter to remove air bubbles. Float some oil on top of each container to seal the pesto and keep it a nice bright green.

Store in the refrigerator for absolutely no longer than 4 days (longer and you risk botulism - garlic under oil can be a problem, even under refrigeration!!!).
Alternatively, store your containers of pesto in the freezer for up to 9 months.

To enjoy, thaw the pesto and toss it (extra oil and all) with cooked pasta. If you want to be fancy, cooked green beans and/or roasted potatoes are delicious mixed in with the cooked noodles. Top with more cheese and more toasted pine nuts. Eating vegetarian is good for you, and good for Mother Earth.

P.S. If you must have meat, pesto is also good on baked chicken or fish.

P.P.S. Pesto is also particularly good mixed with homemade mayonnaise to make a dip for crudite. People go nuts for this combination at parties.