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Hollyhock posted on Health & Diet I read something recently about GMO food crops. Sometimes I can't remember where I read stuff. There is a defect in the DNA of GMO seed that makes the crop susceptible to mold. That would be another reason to stay away from growing that seed.
Also read that last years crop of basmati rice grown in India was reduced by 40%. Could the two be connected? To Asian people rice is a staple. Look at the price of basmati rice now.
When I buy rice I get Lundberg's.
March 10 at 19:30 EST .
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Balogreene My Vietnamese friend buys 5 pounds of rice at a time. Just regular white rice. I'm not sure why, her husband is an American, and her kids eat more "American" than Vietnamese. She says to buy it at Asian stores. We have a lot in our area, I don't know about others. I know there weren't as many even in the part of Manhattan I used to live in. But, it's cheaper there than at the supermarket.
I just have one thing to say about that, as a diabetic, we don't eat that much rice.
March 10 at 21:54 EST .
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Bettijo Some months ago, Bill O'Reiley recommended a book, "Wheat Belly," by William Davis, MD. I bought and read the book and I wholehartedly recommend it for everyone. Dr. Davis explains that the wheat we buy today is vastly different from what our grandparents ate. He explains about the GMO and why to avoid it. I just read the other day that Whole Foods was going to lable all the products they sell identifying any that contain GMO. My family has gone "gluten free." That solves the problem of inadvertently ingesting GMO. Incidentally, we love being gluten-free. I have not lost any weight, but I feel better.
March 11 at 18:51 EST .
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Hollyhock I am trying to go gluten free now. I am reading and studying J.J. Virgin's diet book which deals with food intolerance. To begin with I eliminate gluten, dairy, eggs and sugar. I have known about GMO for a while and avoid it when possible.
March 11 at 19:27 EST .
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Balogreene I have to admire you guys. I still can't eliminate gluten or dairy. Sugar, yeah that's been a couple of years, but dairy, never. GMO is hard, cause you don't know where it is. Good luck.
March 11 at 19:40 EST .
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Bettijo OK. I give up. I have written this lengthy post twice and before i posted it, I was switched to another wall and my post went to never-never land. I will not try to recreate my masterpiece, but would like to say that it is easy to be GF as the stores are full or gluten free products and the Web is full of delicious GF recipes. PeaPod identifies its GF products. If you indicate you want GF it will only show you GF items in main list and in a second list it will tell you that these items are not GF. I am posting this before it disappears again!
March 12 at 16:30 EST .
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Bettijo Continuing...look in the frozen food section for delicious GF breads, bagels, pizza, and cupcakes. Some stores have an aisle dedicated to GF products that do not have to be frozen. You can even get GF bread crumbs. Of course all meats, veggies, fruit, dairy, etc. are gluten free. It really is easy and good. I found a wonderful recipe for cinnamon rolls on internet, time consuming, but worth it. If anybody wants it, I will post it.
Balogreene, do not try to eliminate more than one thing at a time. Once you are comfortable without gluten for several months, then eliminate sugar or whatever, but don't rush it. Good luck.
March 12 at 16:40 EST .
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Balogreene Okay, a girl at work is going gluten, and dairy free because of Psoriasis, Also can only eat fish and chicken. She says it works. I have eliminated sugar. I will not eliminate dairy. And truthfully, I will try gluten, but I am not convinced, for me.
March 14 at 21:29 EST .
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Bettijo Gosh, I am having a terrible problem with Psoriasis. Been to doctor three or four times for this, have prescription for topical medication. Nothing seems to help. Nobody said to eliminate gluten, but I have been gluten-free for several months and that has not helped. I rarely have any dairy products anyway. Please let us know if your friend at work is helped by her diet changes. Thanks.
March 15 at 17:25 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby Marco Rubio has a version of the Dream Act that he is pushing???????
April 21 at 13:11 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby Did anyone see an article about the FBI and large numbers of people loosing their internet connection in June? I started reading the article and was called away and now I can't find it agan. FTA- the FBI was tring to crack down on a ring of internet identity theives back in Nov. That was as far as I got. I was wanting to know how it was all connected.
April 20 at 18:38 EST .
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Pickle1 Medicines are weird today. A lot of people have shaking hands. Very strong medicines.
April 21 at 03:37 EST .
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Hollyhock Yes, EC. I must have seen it on another site since I don't read Huff Post.
April 21 at 08:08 EST .
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Belwhatter The local fishwrap carried some useful info. this morning. Go to this site www.dcwg.org which will tell you if your computer has been affected and if so how to fix it. Seems a group of Estonians did a major hack job last year to spam servers with ads. The FBI got them, and substituted two clean servers for the eight that were messed up. Time for correction has been extended to July 9th. Sorry I don't speak better'computer'.
April 21 at 13:34 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby There are some events that stay with a person long after they cease to be current. Like the assination of JFK, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Growing up in Southern California I remember there was a lot of racial tension. The Watts Riots. It was a scarry time. And who do you suppose was a prominent figure in the news? The Rev. Jesse Jackson. I remember him being on the local news with Angela Davis (complete with afros ) taking credit. I'll never forget what he said. " Allah be praised." Yep. The Rev. has made a good living keeping race front and center for a lot of years.
March 26 at 16:02 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Recipes Many, many moons ago when my Mom was on a Weight Watchers diet (this was probably the first Weight Watchers ) she made a recipe for a dip for fruit or to spread on toast and top with fruit. It is still good.
Blend 1 carton cottage cheese with 2 tsp vanilla, a little lemon juice and artificial sugar to taste. Blend it until it is very smooth. Serve with cut up fresh fruit.
This would be like the fruit dip made with marshmallow cream and cream cheese but much more healthy.
March 18 at 20:14 EST .
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Balogreene In a different weight watchers era, I did the same thing with ricotta cheese. Also put in cinnamon instead of lemon juice, it's also great.
March 19 at 12:54 EST .
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Gerty Ladies--check out WW on line. It's a whole new world.
March 20 at 12:39 EST .
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Ynaught I remember coming to love cottage cheese via WW. I would mix a little sweetener in it, put it on a piece of toast, sprinkle some cinnamon on top and broil it briefly. Yum!
March 22 at 08:00 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby New Ulsterman Report. The Wall Street Insider.
March 10 at 11:51 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale That is a stunning article! It's unfortunate that so many people no longer recognize evil or know where it comes from and where it leads.
March 10 at 13:07 EST .
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Rocket-j-squirrel Yikes! I wondered what the upshot was after the last meeting. Bibi had to discretely ask for a few MOABs just in case Iran got close to a nuke. Barky the Moon Worshiper told him to take a hike. Then, to add insult to insult, they leaked to the lap dog press that they weren't going to give Israel the tools needed and begged for more time to let the ineffectual sanctions and superficial diplomacy work. An entire nation is being held hostage by the purported leader of the free world. While we sit and worry about trying to fill our gas tanks, our allies are under threat of annihilation. So here's a bit of 'Saloon': The Rats have ruined everything and the sooner we get the exterminator in, the better. My loathing of this government goes all the way to the marrow of my bones and makes me physically sick to my soul. Arrogance, hubris, hypocrisy, antipathy, greed and corruption...that's what this son of-a-slut brought onto the world stage. I'll now click over to the nostalgia wall to remember better times.
March 10 at 14:31 EST .
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Bettijo Excellent article. Thank you Hollyhock. Shortly after Obama was elected, I came home from Chicago. A lady (educated, smart, respected ) in my Sunday School class said to me, "Thank you, thank you!" What for, I aked. For bringing us that wonderful man (Obama ). I just looked at her and said, "He scares me to death." Nothing more has been said, but I often wonder if she now sees why he scared me way back when. I do not know her political leanings and I have not brought the subject up since, although I talk to her on Sundays. I don't know why I instinctly distrusted Obama from day one. Well, it appears my instincts were right on. I am still scared of him.
March 10 at 20:07 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale Those of us who read these articles are probably less than 1% of the population. Most people I know don't even vote, much less know what's going on.
March 10 at 22:23 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale I've noticed that very few people comment on these articles. I wonder why that is.
March 11 at 18:38 EST .
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Gerty I have a few reasons why I don't comment on the Ulstermsan reports.
An awful lot of the report sounds 'contrived' (for want of a better word ). The phrases, language usage, etc.
Having said that, if what is being reported is factual and real---my head is ready to explode!!! It seems as though all is lost and we are helpless to do anything about it.
March 11 at 20:13 EST .
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Wattkid Good journalism requires two verified sources. Ulsterman doesn't even provide one. Their is nothing to guarantee that Ulsterman's "source" is any more than the voices in his head. The operative principle on the internet is it's not true unless you have personally verified the information from a separate, reliable source. I have to take a pass on Ulsterman. Your Mileage May Vary
March 11 at 20:16 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale I believe it sounds contrived in order to protect the source. It does read like fiction sometimes but in my gut I feel the truth of it. I believe that what goes on in the WH would make our heads explode if we even knew the half of it. I've read millions of words about what went on the clintons' presidency and I thought that they were the ultimate sleazy power couple.
March 11 at 20:21 EST .
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Yottyhere I think it's a major scam from the get go. Once they saw our side was believing that garbage and swallowing it hook, line and sinker they set up a "cottage industry" to crank it out.
Once probably started as a "sometime" lark from the progressives has such a following by conservatives it will continue right up until we vote BHO out of the WH.
Then the Ulstermsan will disappear.
March 11 at 21:32 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby Ms Char, is there an update on Johnny?
March 4 at 23:43 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale Yes, I'll post it on the faith wall.
March 5 at 00:32 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby With every thing that has been done to the military by this administration will our service men and women remember and vote accordingly?
I am disturbed by the changes. I hope they remember.
March 4 at 09:28 EST .
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Phooey Hooly, (God willing ) This vet will not be stopped. If a Black Panther gets in my face?.. their will be one less Black Panther!
March 4 at 10:35 EST .
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Hollyhock Phooey, I believe God is willing.
March 4 at 11:45 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Main Page The Lobby GREAT NEWS from Washington State! Congressman Norm Dicks has announced he will NOT seek reelection!!! Norm Dicks, Olympia Snowe...... anyone else?
March 2 at 13:10 EST .
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Bettijo The more demos (or RINOS ) who retire, the better.
March 2 at 13:28 EST .
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Belwhatter Hollyhock - agree great news - he's been there 36 years - - I was beginning to think he is a fixture for life. Wonder who will try to take on his constituency?
March 3 at 11:45 EST .
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Hollyhock posted on Recipes I made a pineapple upside down cake for DH. Tried a new recipe from Heritage Baking with the Brass Sisters. It was horrible! Way to much butter and sugar. Sickeningly sweet. Although the cake part had a wonderful flavor and texture.
DH wants me to give it another try.
How much can butter and sugar be reduced? It called for 1 stick of butter, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup of white sugar.
Any sugestions?
February 24 at 13:57 EST .
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MsCharlotteVale I think that if you find a recipe for a simple "yellow" cake you can use that. The pineapples don't care.
February 24 at 22:49 EST .
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