Prep Genrl Weekly Prep Thread: Nov. 16 - Nov. 22, 2025

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summerthyme

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I rarely used recipes, either, for years. But this low carb eating has me scrambling to find "new and different" ways to make what I used to throw together from memory! Ive found almond flour works great as a substitute for bread crumbs, in meatballs, mestloaf, and as a coating for chicken or fish.

Xanthan gum works to thicken graves, although I often use it as a substitute for 3/4 of the flour or cornstarch... same results as the old recipe, but cuts the carbs by 75%. I've even found keto ice cream and cheesecake recipes which taste wonderful...using stevia powder in place of sugar.

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SouthernBreeze

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moldy said:
I like to see recipes that are tried by someone I know. There are too many online that I have tried that were just bad, and I haye wasting them on the chickens.
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Yeah. I've tried a few that we didn't care for. Some of my recipes are just basic recipes like soups, stews, spaghetti with meat sauce, chicken and dumplings, chicken and rice, etc. Anything quick and simple.

Ya'll may laugh, but my granny used to make chicken and dumplings out of cream of chicken soup. She would add a bit more chicken to the cream of chicken soup, a bit more water, and make her own flour dumplings to mix in. I ate it as a child for a quick lunch, but I'd rather have the old fashioned chicken and dumplings recipe.
 
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@moldy check out this girl's YouTube channel. She is a superb cook and has a wide variety of easy dump and go kind of recipes. I've made a lot of her recipes and have never had a failure with any of them. She cooks a lot like I do but I do tweak her recipes sometime to make them a little healthier.
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In The Kitchen With Talli Faye

In The Kitchen with Talli Faye PO BOX 341 Iola, Texas 77861 Welcome to my kitchen! I’m Talli Faye, a proud mom, grandmother, and home cook with a passion for family, tradition, and good food. During the pandemic, I saw so many parents struggling in the kitchen, and I knew I could help! My goal...
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This girl is pretty good too with even simpler stuff.
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Catherine's Plates

Catherine's Plates where it is all about cooking food that is Simple, Easy to prepare, and Delicious to eat. I post around 5 videos a week. For Business Inquiries please contact me at catherinesplatesed@gmail.com Write to me at: Catherine’s Plates 22720 Morton Ranch Road, Suite 160, Box 340...
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I love this woman...I believe she's done about every church recipe there is out there. I've also had good luck with her recipes.
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MeMe's Recipes | Diane Leary

It started with creating an heirloom cookbook for my family and it blossomed into a business. The videos were originally for family memories and now are being shared all over the world. I pray I inspire busy families to GATHER around their table again! Visit my online store for the latest recipe...
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I often adjust the recipes according to what I have on hand. You can get some good basic ideas from all three. If I had to pick just one though It would be Talli Faye
 
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I've got to get back to work but here is another site that use to have a ton of good recipes but it's been years since I've used them. She had a recipe for making a milk shake that involved a spray of Pam type spray, ice and milk that made it thicken that was really good. She's a big advocate of having several types of beverages made ahead of time. Her real goal is recipes that are budget friendly and made from the prepping basics but a lot of them are good. I know some of you who have been around since the early 2000's have to remember her...she was very popular on all the prep sites back then.

Hillbilly Housewife

Low Cost Home Cooking From Scratch
www.hillbillyhousewife.com

Mrssurvival.com was another one but it may not even be around any more...I know it's been fifteen years at least since I've been to her forum.
 
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Grandson got a good report at the doctor's this morning. Hopefully the blood work will all come back good as well. Also, he's had three job interviews in two days, accepted a parttime job but hoping one of the other two turn out to be fulltime, and he gets one of them.

I don't experiment much with food because for 55 years I was married to a very, very fussy eater. Meat, potatoes, gravy and corn, peas, carrots and eventually green beans. BORING. He didn't like soup because it was too runny. He didn't like pudding because it was had no consistency, so I made tapioca pudding which he didn't like because it had lumps. You get the idea. Also, he did not like pasta or rice. When I would make spaghetti which I love, he'd comment and I'd remind him that he wasn't the only person living in this house. He hated me to cook broccoli, cabbage or cauliflower because of the smell. Murphy's law -- he's gone but broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are on my bad lists for kidney stones and colitis so I still can't enjoy them.

When I started getting the food boxes, we were given lentils, lentils and more lentils. I searched for recipes online and in cookbooks and came up with several to use that are simple and from ingredients I always have on-hand. Someone here posted a recipe for lentil burgers which I saved but have yet to try because lentils are on my bad list for colitis.

I like yellow rice, but it is much more expensive than plain rice. I've found a couple very different recipes for yellow rice and plan to try each over the next couple of months. Hopefully, one will be a keeper.

This morning, I cleaned, chopped, vacuum sealed and froze my year's supply of celery. It was some of the best celery I've purchased in years. Very little had to be discarded.

When I have some time, I'm going to look at the websites above as they look interesting. One I've seen before but not for a long time so will revisit.
 
SouthernBreeze

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With all the talk about survival recipes, I decided to make one of mine, tonight. It's Philly Cheesesteak skillet meal. I'm making a salad to go with it. I have made it many times, and it's good. It's one of my Hamburger Helper copycat recipes. All it takes is a large skillet and basic ingredients that I assume everyone here already has in their pantries.
 
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I'm reheating a pork chop, rice, and the rest of yesterday's bag of frozen veggies. Not exciting, but it will come together in less than 7 minutes. I will drizzle a little dark soy sauce and a few slivered almonds over the pork and rice.
 
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Wildwood

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SouthernBreeze said:
With all the talk about survival recipes, I decided to make one of mine, tonight. It's Philly Cheesesteak skillet meal. I'm making a salad to go with it. I have made it many times, and it's good. It's one of my Hamburger Helper copycat recipes. All it takes is a large skillet and basic ingredients that I assume everyone here already has in their pantries.
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Yesterday I found both of your bread recipes and the rice patties and wrote them down. I was afraid I'd lose them for good. I noticed a batter bread recipe on the Hillbilly Housewife page but I didn't have time to look at it. It's my busy time of the year so I won't be doing a lot of experimenting for now but I plan to after Thanksgiving. If business is good, and I hope it is, I may have to wait til after Christmas. I've still got tomatoes I need to do something with.

Unless he balks, DH will be getting raamen egg drop soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. It's pouring rain and slightly cooler. I only give him that a couple times a year. I love it if I don't have it too often and if I'm sick, it's my comfort food.
 
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anna43 said:
Grandson got a good report at the doctor's this morning. Hopefully the blood work will all come back good as well. Also, he's had three job interviews in two days, accepted a parttime job but hoping one of the other two turn out to be fulltime, and he gets one of them.

I don't experiment much with food because for 55 years I was married to a very, very fussy eater. Meat, potatoes, gravy and corn, peas, carrots and eventually green beans. BORING. He didn't like soup because it was too runny. He didn't like pudding because it was had no consistency, so I made tapioca pudding which he didn't like because it had lumps. You get the idea. Also, he did not like pasta or rice. When I would make spaghetti which I love, he'd comment and I'd remind him that he wasn't the only person living in this house. He hated me to cook broccoli, cabbage or cauliflower because of the smell. Murphy's law -- he's gone but broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are on my bad lists for kidney stones and colitis so I still can't enjoy them.

When I started getting the food boxes, we were given lentils, lentils and more lentils. I searched for recipes online and in cookbooks and came up with several to use that are simple and from ingredients I always have on-hand. Someone here posted a recipe for lentil burgers which I saved but have yet to try because lentils are on my bad list for colitis.

I like yellow rice, but it is much more expensive than plain rice. I've found a couple very different recipes for yellow rice and plan to try each over the next couple of months. Hopefully, one will be a keeper.

This morning, I cleaned, chopped, vacuum sealed and froze my year's supply of celery. It was some of the best celery I've purchased in years. Very little had to be discarded.

When I have some time, I'm going to look at the websites above as they look interesting. One I've seen before but not for a long time so will revisit.
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DH use to be a picky eater so I understand. My mother's cooking brought him out of a lot of it but not all...we dated for years and I still lived at home so he had a lot of meals at my parent's home. He'll eat anything I cook now.

My daddy was a picky eater too and my mother cooked with his preferences in mind. He wanted everything just like his mother made it. His parents grew everything they ate except coffee, flour and sugar. They mostly sweetened with sorgham they grew themselves. They made it through the depression without going hungry but they ate very simple foods.

My boys were both picky eaters but married life cured them of a lot of that lol. Todays young women aren't nearly as prone to baby their husbands as we were.
 
SouthernBreeze

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Wildwood said:
DH use to be a picky eater so I understand. My mother's cooking brought him out of a lot of it but not all...we dated for years and I still lived at home so he had a lot of meals at my parent's home. He'll eat anything I cook now.

My daddy was a picky eater too and my mother cooked with his preferences in mind. He wanted everything just like his mother made it. His parents grew everything they ate except coffee, flour and sugar. They mostly sweetened with sorgham they grew themselves. They made it through the depression without going hungry but they ate very simple foods.

My boys were both picky eaters but married life cured them of a lot of that lol. Todays young women aren't nearly as prone to baby their husbands as we were.
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Cary just likes the basics, meat, potatoes/pasta, and bread, LOL. If our meals cover all three of those, he's pretty well satisfied. He's not a big fan of casseroles, but he likes most everything else I cook. The veggies he will absolutely not eat are mushrooms, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, mustard or turnip greens. Growing up, his mother tried to get him to eat all of those, but he refused. Being an only child, she spoiled him. Just let him eat what he wanted, meat, potatoes, and bread. You would think that the Army would have got him out of a lot of that, but no. He lived off of McDonald's cheeseburgers/French fries and the nearest taco place, unless the "mess hall" was serving something he liked.

I remember, as newlyweds, a dish I made that had mushrooms in it. He absolutely refused to eat it. I had no idea, at that time, that he didn't like mushrooms. He hurt my feelings really bad, but I've never tried to get him to eat another mushroom. That night, I had fried pork chops and made a mushroom and onion gravy for them to simmer in.
 
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SouthernBreeze said:
Cary just likes the basics, meat, potatoes/pasta, and bread, LOL. If our meals cover all three of those, he's pretty well satisfied. He's not a big fan of casseroles, but he likes most everything else I cook. The veggies he will absolutely not eat are mushrooms, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, mustard or turnip greens. Growing up, his mother tried to get him to eat all of those, but he refused. Being an only child, she spoiled him. Just let him eat what he wanted, meat, potatoes, and bread. You would think that the Army would have got him out of a lot of that, but no. He lived off of McDonald's cheeseburgers/French fries and the nearest taco place, unless the "mess hall" was serving something he liked.

I remember, as newlyweds, a dish I made that had mushrooms in it. He absolutely refused to eat it. I had no idea, at that time, that he didn't like mushrooms. He hurt my feelings really bad, but I've never tried to get him to eat another mushroom. That night, I had fried pork chops and made a mushroom and onion gravy for them to simmer in.
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I definitely indulged DH's likes too. It took years to get him to start trying things but once he did, he usually liked them...to his surprise but he was bad for the first few years. My mother cooked completely different than his mother and he liked mama's food. DH was all about the meat, potatoes and bread too back then and that's what mama cooked.

His mother was a good cook and I liked her style but she just never cooked enough. When she made spaghetti, she'd open up a few cans of chefboyardee and add some ground beef and ketchup. Mama did it all from scratch except the noodles.

DH would have been going to McDonald's too. Daddy was also an only child with a doting mother. I don't know how mama managed when they first got married because she was only seventeen but cooking came natural to her.
 
SouthernBreeze

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Wildwood said:
I don't know how mama managed when they first got married because she was only seventeen but cooking came natural to her.
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I was only barely 17, and Cary had just got out of the Army when we started dating and got married. I had grown up in my mother and grandmother's kitchen, so I learned how to cook at an early age. I watched, learned, and helped when I was old enough. Still love to cook.
 
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summerthyme said:
Ive found almond flour works great as a substitute for bread crumbs, in meatballs, mestloaf, and as a coating for chicken or fish.
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Crushed pork rinds are absolutely fabulous used as a coating for pork chops, either pan fried or oven baked. So good. Even if you're not fond of just eating them out of the bag, they're terrific to use as breading, with the added bonus of 0 carbs. I haven't tried them on chicken or used them in meatloaf (but I bet they'd be great in meatloaf).
 
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Crushed pork rinds are absolutely fabulous used as a coating for pork chops, either pan fried or oven baked. So good. Even if you're not fond of just eating them out of the bag, they're terrific to use as breading, with the added bonus of 0 carbs. I haven't tried them on chicken or used them in meatloaf (but I bet they'd be great in meatloaf).
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I love them. Hubby, sadly, does not! And he can taste them in anything! :shk:

It's one of the few things I've never found he doesn't like!

Summerthyme
 
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Here is the diagnosis from my pet scan today: Left sacral and left iliac bone sclerotic lesions with increased activity consistent with metastatic disease. No other findings of hypermetabolic malignancy identified.

I do not want to go through any more cancer treatment. But I want to do any alternative treatments that are recommened, if feasable.

On the the other hand I am getting stronger everyday.
 
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I am sure someone will suggest a source. I am still using up the paste I purchased. Thought I saw ivermectin on walmart and on Amazon. Hugs and prayers!

The new admin at nursing home really knocked it out of park with Thanksgiving dinner for residents and families. We got to sit with mom at a table just for us in dining room. It looked like every staff member was helping get food to everyone. Last year dinner was quiche. This year it was traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Our plates were overflowing with ham, turkey, sweet potatoes, taters and gravy, corn, green beans, cauliflower and fresh, made in the NH kitchen, rolls. Pie choices incl pumpkin, peanut butter, pecan and coconut. Had a nice visit and probably the only real Thanksgiving dinner we will get this year.
 
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herbgarden said:
I have 2 grands that have severe tree nut, peanut and coconut allergies. Plus, 1 with celiac disease. So no nut flours for me. I will try the pork rinds for coating and in meatloaf. Never thought of using pork rinds.
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Hope you like it! I put a handful or so in a plastic ziplock bag (could also use a bread bag) and run the rolling pin over them until they're finely crushed, then toss the bag. Some people crush them in a food processor, but then that's one more thing to wash.
 
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Judy...see what your oncologist recommends. It *may be* possible to get radiation treatments for those localized metastases...its often used for pain relief, especially in cases where its impossible to completely eliminate the spread. It's painless, generally, and while it can cause fatigue, its generally much easier on your body than chemo.

Hubby has been doing the ivermectin/fenbendazole regimen for a month now...we're pretty sure he has prostate cancer, but he refuses to let them do a biopsy (and I completely agree) until he's off the prednisone...which may take another 6 months. His PSA has been climbing *very* slowly for over 7 years now. He has *never* had the slightest symptoms, and a digital exam shows a completely normal (no enlargement at all, which is remarkable for a man in his 70s) prostate with a "tiny" nodule.

My gut feeling is he has a *very* slow growing cancer...one that, even untreated, may never cause any problems. It's been known for years that "most men will die *with* prostate cancer, but not *from* prostate cancer. I no longer trust doctors *at all*, and I believe the risk of causing him permanent damage from biopsy and potential treatment is higher than "watchful waiting".

So, we've decided to try the protocol for 6 months, and see what his PSA does. So far, he's had ZERO side effects from the relatively high doses.

Our main goal right now is to get him completely off the prednisone, and repair the osteoporosis it has caused. Im completely convinced the specialist only jacked his prednisone dosage up to cause serious side effects, so the insurance company could be persuaded to pay for a insanely expensive biologic. And, of course, the second he got the osteoporosis diagnosis, they tried to force him to start one of the "bisphosphonate" meds, which have further risks of damaging his health.

We're done! I need to get the formal report on the bone scan (the specialist refused to give it to us!)...we've got an appointment with his primary care doc in a couple of weeks, and we'll get it from him, go over the options, and give him an earful about how badly they damaged the health of a man who WAS well on his way to recovery from the autoimmune disorder on the original 15 mgs prednisone!

To further my extreme skepticism, both his primary care doc and the specialist ordered blood work, and he ended up getting essentially duplicate tests a week apart.

One showed his Vitamin D levels at 90....the other said they are 30!

Our medical system has become a bad joke!

You are still on my prayer list...

Summerthyme
 
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I need to find a source for ivermectin pills.
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The cheapest by far is AMEDS.co It may take 3-4 weeks, but they have both ivermectin and fenbendazole tablets at very reasonable prices. Fenbendazole is what gave Dixie, my English Shepherd, 2 extra years, and essentially made a kidney tumor completely disappear...

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I am lucky enough to have all the family recipes....and it is a huge collection ..some years ago I was lucky enough to find a 4 drawer 3x5 file that was made from the old library card file drawers..it holds all the recipes...I have all the ones from my Mom's side...and also the ones from my Dad's side..his sisters had had them...they go back several generations...I made notes on them who they belonged to...as I filed them together...I was also able to find blank card dividers...so I was able to add more divisions that the standard recipe indexes....
I do look for additional casserole recipes...that adapt well to storage items...but are also very good..but very different from one to another.. I am lucky that DH is not a picky eater and will try all types of foods..he loves veggies..and greens..and even salads..even home made soups and casseroles...
I keep adding my collection of soup recipes...
And a have a section for crockpot recipes....they never really used them..
I was grateful to inherit them....but the sad part was no one else in the family.. was interested in them..some of them are priceless and should be framed..a couple that my grandmother wrote out for my aunt when she was in married in 1929...as a young inexperienced cook...others are even older...
I have cards that I have written for DH for things I just make that I just cook..that I don't have a recipe for...but general directions.so he will be able to fix them if something happens to me..it comforts me that he has an interest in cooking..and sometimes he will try to make things on his own..l
Neither my dad or his dad could cook...his dad lived in AZ and depended on restaurants and frozen dinners after his mom passed...not really a good thing..
I also write my all recipes on cards...and don't depend on digital records..
 
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I got the food box plus 5# of flour that the guy that picks up for me gave me from 2 months ago food box. I set everything on the table and got a gallon jar to put the 5# of flour in. When I opened the package, it was full for pantry moths. I immediately put it in the trash and the trash on the curb for tomorrow's pickup. I decided that all the crackers, pancake mix and pasta needed to be sealed in either glass or vacuum sealed bags and then into a tin for storage. The new bag of flour was only 2# so I put that into a 2-quart jar and sealed it tightly. I did not want to risk anything else having been contaminated and then I scrubbed the table thoroughly. I store all flour in my pantry in glass jars with tight lids just in case so that should it be bad only the one jar would be lost.

My sister told me that a missionary to Africa told her that they always used the grains with moths because cooking killed them and literally everything was contaminated. I guess that is something to remember if the SHTF and we're living on storage. We just do not know how fortunate we are in this country. While all the expiration dates are ridiculous, still the levels of protections for safe food are high.

The food box had 4 packages of kosher hot dogs and 10# of chicken hindquarters. I brought up my largest roaster from the basement and will put the chicken in the oven tomorrow. Currently it's residing in the garage to start thawing. Temp is currently 40º and low to be 31º so it will be fine. The items I can't use already have new homes. Also, a bag each of frozen peaches and blueberries. I will separate the blueberries into 1 cup amounts and vacuum seal when I have more time. The peaches are calling peach cobbler to me which is also for the future. The only canned items were a can of mushroom soup and one of black beans. I can't eat beans so that went to a new home along with the vegetable (soy) oil.
 
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Worked today, then hit 2 grocery stores on the way home. So glad I did, though. first one was for butter pecan milk. I've only seen it at this one store, and only this season. My mom loved it when I took her some a few weeks ago, so I bought all they had and it's in the freezer for our next trip to KS. While there, I found marked-down cottage cheese (REALLY marked down) that just expired today. it came home with me and will probably be made into egg bites this weekend.

The next store had a 4 pack of premier protein shakes marked down and bacon on sale. I had to get some of that!

Tomorrow is a short day at work, then I am picking an estate. A few more errands to run, then the day will be my own. Ha! Well, as much as I can get it to be! Still not sure what the plans are for Thanksgiving.
 
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Tired. It's been a long week, and that was expected. Next week will be similar. Because we close on Thursday. And when we come back it's the first. So there are a pile up of things that we normally have more time for, and now we don't.

Private client decided it was time to pay me. I was expecting maybe two small plastic bags of product. She brought two coolers of product. So that barter, recorded as cash pay both ways, took a chunk off of one of their bills. And my freezers are absolutely crammed full.

I ordered the bible for my parents. I found an excellent used copy for half the price of brand new. Still bloody expensive, just not as expensive. And I'm likely to go back to that client for a beef "gift basket" for my parents. Dad is a beef lover but the price of beef has put it out of reach for them normally.

I am honestly debating just getting some simple food gift baskets for my nephews.

Judy, sending prayers that you find a path that works for you. And for healing.

And Summerthyme, they may not like it but they aren't allowed to keep that report from you. But having your GP help you work around that doctor is normally a good option. I've used that pathway a few times.

Oh and a friend managed to swing by Aldi and get me the enamel coated cast iron braiser I wanted. Last thing I have wanted and at a good price.
 
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I got the food box plus 5# of flour that the guy that picks up for me gave me from 2 months ago food box. I set everything on the table and got a gallon jar to put the 5# of flour in. When I opened the package, it was full for pantry moths. I immediately put it in the trash and the trash on the curb for tomorrow's pickup. I decided that all the crackers, pancake mix and pasta needed to be sealed in either glass or vacuum sealed bags and then into a tin for storage. The new bag of flour was only 2# so I put that into a 2-quart jar and sealed it tightly. I did not want to risk anything else having been contaminated and then I scrubbed the table thoroughly. I store all flour in my pantry in glass jars with tight lids just in case so that should it be bad only the one jar would be lost.

My sister told me that a missionary to Africa told her that they always used the grains with moths because cooking killed them and literally everything was contaminated. I guess that is something to remember if the SHTF and we're living on storage. We just do not know how fortunate we are in this country. While all the expiration dates are ridiculous, still the levels of protections for safe food are high.

The food box had 4 packages of kosher hot dogs and 10# of chicken hindquarters. I brought up my largest roaster from the basement and will put the chicken in the oven tomorrow. Currently it's residing in the garage to start thawing. Temp is currently 40º and low to be 31º so it will be fine. The items I can't use already have new homes. Also, a bag each of frozen peaches and blueberries. I will separate the blueberries into 1 cup amounts and vacuum seal when I have more time. The peaches are calling peach cobbler to me which is also for the future. The only canned items were a can of mushroom soup and one of black beans. I can't eat beans so that went to a new home along with the vegetable (soy) oil.
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One reason people always sifted flour was to remove any weevils!

Summerthyme
 
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summerthyme said:
Judy...see what your oncologist recommends. It *may be* possible to get radiation treatments for those localized metastases...its often used for pain relief, especially in cases where its impossible to completely eliminate the spread. It's painless, generally, and while it can cause fatigue, its generally much easier on your body than chemo.

Hubby has been doing the ivermectin/fenbendazole regimen for a month now...we're pretty sure he has prostate cancer, but he refuses to let them do a biopsy (and I completely agree) until he's off the prednisone...which may take another 6 months. His PSA has been climbing *very* slowly for over 7 years now. He has *never* had the slightest symptoms, and a digital exam shows a completely normal (no enlargement at all, which is remarkable for a man in his 70s) prostate with a "tiny" nodule.

My gut feeling is he has a *very* slow growing cancer...one that, even untreated, may never cause any problems. It's been known for years that "most men will die *with* prostate cancer, but not *from* prostate cancer. I no longer trust doctors *at all*, and I believe the risk of causing him permanent damage from biopsy and potential treatment is higher than "watchful waiting".

So, we've decided to try the protocol for 6 months, and see what his PSA does. So far, he's had ZERO side effects from the relatively high doses.

Our main goal right now is to get him completely off the prednisone, and repair the osteoporosis it has caused. Im completely convinced the specialist only jacked his prednisone dosage up to cause serious side effects, so the insurance company could be persuaded to pay for a insanely expensive biologic. And, of course, the second he got the osteoporosis diagnosis, they tried to force him to start one of the "bisphosphonate" meds, which have further risks of damaging his health.

We're done! I need to get the formal report on the bone scan (the specialist refused to give it to us!)...we've got an appointment with his primary care doc in a couple of weeks, and we'll get it from him, go over the options, and give him an earful about how badly they damaged the health of a man who WAS well on his way to recovery from the autoimmune disorder on the original 15 mgs prednisone!

To further my extreme skepticism, both his primary care doc and the specialist ordered blood work, and he ended up getting essentially duplicate tests a week apart.

One showed his Vitamin D levels at 90....the other said they are 30!

Our medical system has become a bad joke!

You are still on my prayer list...

Summerthyme
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About 20 years ago I had elevated PSA numbers and bad symptoms of enlarged prostate. I started taking beta sitosterol for it. My PSA test numbers gradually came down and the symptoms went away. Now at age 71 I still have decent numbers and no symptoms. It is the same thing that is in several of the expensive prostate supplements on the market.

I originally ordered it from Swanson vitamins but have used other brands since then if the price was right.

It might be worth a try. In clinical trials it performed as well or better than the prescription drugs it was tested against.
 
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Wildwood said:
I've got to get back to work but here is another site that use to have a ton of good recipes but it's been years since I've used them. She had a recipe for making a milk shake that involved a spray of Pam type spray, ice and milk that made it thicken that was really good. She's a big advocate of having several types of beverages made ahead of time. Her real goal is recipes that are budget friendly and made from the prepping basics but a lot of them are good. I know some of you who have been around since the early 2000's have to remember her...she was very popular on all the prep sites back then.

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Mrssurvival.com was another one but it may not even be around any more...I know it's been fifteen years at least since I've been to her forum.
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Oh gosh what a flashback! I haven't looked at her site in years. I used it all the time when the kids were young though. We're trying to eat clean/anti-inflammatory as much as possible for dd so not sure how many of her recipes I can use but maybe I can modify them.

We had steak last night from the sirloin tip I bought. I can butcher a deer and cut steaks no problem but I tell ya, I looked at that piece of meat and I turned it this way and that trying to figure out how to cut it way longer than I should have. :rolleyes:
But the steaks were good so I guess I did ok. Out of one tip I got 11 steaks (dh said they could've been just a tad thicker) a roast, and three pints of canned stew meat. It worked out to $4 something per steak. So not bad at all. it may even be cheaper to buy the whole tip to grind for burger with the prices in the store. I just need to find my grinder first.

I spent the afternoon with my sister, she needed to go get bloodwork done so I took her out for lunch then for that. She had a seizure the day before when I was on the phone with her that was rough. She couldn't get two words strung together correctly. She doesn't have ones where she falls in the floor thankfully. She just kinda blanks out mentally then is super confused and can't talk or think for a bit. It takes a couple days for her to recover too. She's a fall risk anyway so yesterday she held onto me anytime we got out of the car, she had her cane but hates to use it out anywhere because people will think she's old......ok hon but you are over 50 so....

Today is some cleaning up and organizing and dgd will be here around lunchtime, she and I are making supper for everyone tonight. We're making "grass chicken" lol. It's just chicken with rosemary and garlic but dh called it grass chicken when the kids were little and that name stuck. DD was telling dgd about granny feeding her grass chicken when she was little and dgd got a kick out it. I told her I'd feed her grass chicken too so here we are....making grass chicken tonight lol.
 
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It has been a busy week.

Monday our friend came and moved the semi trailer we are going to use for storage into its permanent spot. Then we had a meeting with or financial planner. Things have done well this year. Very little of our money is in the stock market. We have ours in conservative investments.

Tuesday we did my job. I am glad that is done. Now I just need to do my invoices to get paid.

Wednesday was a trip to a bigger town for Hubbys dr appointment. It went well. The dr showed Hubby some things to try for his upper back. Hopefully that will help. His lower back is where the main issue is located. But this muscle between his shoulder blades is knotting up. While inthe bigger town w went to Sam's. We spent less than $30 there. But we also went to Best Buy and Hubby got a new phone. He has been considering it for a while. He was going to trade his old one in and has 15 days to do it. But we decided to go to our guy at the phone repair shop first. Our guy looked at the phone and said it was in pretty good shape. So we transferred my phone to Hubby's old phone. I like it so far. I am keeping my old phone for a backup.

Yesterday was our normal day to babysit. We went to town to do our phone stuff and a few other errands. Our daughter got off before her husband had to leave for work so we didn't go out to their house. Her work is trying to avoid overtime. That worked out for me. I have a sinus thing going on and I am tired. The left side if my face is a little puffy. But my left ear is stopped up. I can't hear a thing out of it. I know there is fluid behind my eardrum. I have a little mild dizziness if I lean over at times. I started elderberry syrup, flonase nose spray, and usnea tincture yesterday. I will try to get into the dr soon.

I plan to butcher a Turkey this weekend. That will be our Thanksgiving dinner. I think I have everything I need to feed everyone. I would like to stay home all next week.

Have a blessed day and weekend everyone
 
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