BIts & Pieces

[alfreda89]

Have saved a few things:

* Who would have thought it? Roasted barley tea is extremely nutritious. Georgette Heyer and Alton Brown speaketh the truth! And the tea tastes very much like coffee. I think I read once that it was a coffee substitute during WW2?

* Local folk -- I have my DVD of the Lyme documentary UNDER OUR SKIN back in hand, and it may be borrowed by folk of careful habits. It's "A dramatic tale of microbes, medicine and money" and worth seeing...if only to make tick checks mandatory on kids, dogs, cats and adults (don't forget in the hair!)

* HAD TO LOL DEPT. -- Saw a post on a political blog where someone commented that they'd been insomniac for eight years, ever since the birth of the first child. He's been sleeping like a log for a week, ever since the election. I think it's been part of my sleeping problem, too -- why we all thought we needed to be alert for the administration pulling a fast one, maybe that's hubris -- or maybe our ancestors would say: "Well, you've got a rattlesnake den somewhere on the property. If you can't find them and evict them, you gotta keep an eye peeled and a gun or hoe at your side..." ;^)

* OH DEAR UNIVERSE the January, 2009 Fine Cooking magazine has a flourless chocolate pomegranate cake on the cover! I sense buckling during the coming holidays.... And then there's the famous Pumpkin Cheesecake that sparkylibrarian introduced me to, and I tweaked to perfection (pecan crust adds a lot!)

* Third cat check -- even Maisie won't eat any of these cat treats I'd tried to interest Max in...she went so far as to return to food from this am that she'd ignored and eat it!

Comments

[lagilman]

psssst. massage neeping in my LJ....

[apricot-tree.livejournal.com]

Is the DVD for sale yet? I didn't see it on Amazon. I'll check Netflix tomorrow. I know some documentarys are on there in streaming video as well as on disc.

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

Are you referring to the Japanese roasted barley tea.( O Mugi Cha: my spelling may be off). It has been a favorite cold summer drink for many years. Also was very soothing to my father's digestion when he was going through radiation therapy for prostate cancer and having nasty reactions to it).

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

My mother remembered being given barley water when she was ill with diptheria. It was the only thing that she could swallow, in tiny dribs.

[sheilagh.livejournal.com]

My roommate's been having me (and her) take bitters, a half dropper in a little glass of water, if I/we eat a decent amount of food late at night. Sweetish Bitters, by Gaia, I think is what we have. Helps with digestion, nearly no "food hangover" the next morning when eating rich foods at night.