Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 , That's good that it's the DILL pickles that have no carbs, I don't even like sweet pickles anyway. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 BTW you can rinse a dill pickle under water for a while to rid most of the salt from it. This also works for canned veggies like grean beans etc. I rince the can of green beans like 5 times under the water etc. getting rid of much of the salt. Re: meals you can eat > , > > That's good that it's the DILL pickles that have no carbs, I don't even like > sweet pickles anyway. > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 veggies are great and melting cheese over them really help. For those who like spicy foods, I melt spicey Velveeta over veggies and it really adds some zip to it and tastes pretty good. Helps you choke them down LOL. Re: meals you can eat > > > > , > > > > Hey, that's a great menu you set out there. Everything's doable for me > > except the onions! > > > > I was surprised that pickles have no carbs? I would have thought they were > > high in carbs! Interesting. > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Bill and all. Here is a recipe for Brussels Sprouts from my other type 2 diabetic buddy named Bill. Try it and see what you think... Brussels Sprouts 3 cups Brussels Sprouts (~ 12 sprouts) - rinse, pat dry, slice in half lengthwise 1-1/2 Tbsp Butter 1-1/2 Tbsp Olive Oil 2 Cloves Garlic - crushed 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese, freshly grated In a medium skillet, over medium heat, heat the butter and olive oil. Add the garlic, stirring occasionally, until it starts to brown. Remove the garlic (save for a nice salad addition). Place sprouts cut side down in the hot oil. Cover and cook over low heat until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Arrange on a warm platter and drizzle with any remaining garlic oil. Top with cheese. Enjoy! Yield: 6 servings If I estimate correctly, a single serving breaks down as: Calories: 80 (calories from fat: 65) Fat 7.3 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Cholesterol: 11 mg, Sodium: 97 mg, Carbohydrate: 2 g, Protein: 2 g, Vitamin A: 9% (2500 calorie diet), Calcium: 5 %, Vitamin C: 27 %, Iron: 1 % This is good for us low-carbers. If you're restricting your intake of sodium, skip the Parmesan. If you're a low-fat/low calorie person, another way to prepare sprouts is to par-boil them (cross-hatch the bottoms with a knife - they'll cook more quickly), then roll the sprouts in a good coarse-grained brown mustard and brown in a little olive oil in a skillet. But always use fresh sprouts. The frozen ones are abominable. Bill Sheehan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we stopped at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french fries. Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. The only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just skip a meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 or get a salad or something that you know is very low low carb and a diet drink... regards, Re: meals you can eat > This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we stopped > at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece > dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french fries. > Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. The > only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just skip a > meal. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 It is better to carry insulin and syringe with you. If you skip a meal when on insulin, you risk the chance of going into a low. Re: meals you can eat This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we stopped at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french fries. Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. The only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just skip a meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 This is probably a really dumb question but what are hushpuppies? I grew up on the west coast and I suspect this is either something from the south or something from the east coast. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 yup, a hush puppy is one of the most deadly carb infested item you can eat. It is corn bread that is deep fried. It is a 2 inch by 2 inch ball of deep fried dough/corn bread and some eat them with vinegar on them. I'd say 1 hush puppy has probably 40 grams of carbs in it. regards, Re: meals you can eat > This is probably a really dumb question but what are hushpuppies? I grew up > on the west coast and I suspect this is either something from the south or > something from the east coast. > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 A hush puppy is wonderful Southern biscuit made with cornmeal, sugar and flour and then fried. Not a good thing for diabetics, but as I am from Ohio and have traveled in the southern Startes, am familar with them Between the hus puppies and cole slay, which probably had sugar added to the dressing, Harry went way off! The only way you learn is by trying, however. Re: meals you can eat This is probably a really dumb question but what are hushpuppies? I grew up on the west coast and I suspect this is either something from the south or something from the east coast. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Hushpuppies are a delicious bread made of corn meal and onion and fried in a deep oil or fat frier. It is a southern food, and usually served with fried catfish and slaw. They are definitely full of carbs. It is a kind of corn bread, but not the yankee kind, since yankees insist on putting sugar in their cornbread, whereas southerners do not add sugar to their cornbread. It is like grits for some, since you cannot get them just every where. Re: meals you can eat > This is probably a really dumb question but what are hushpuppies? I grew up > on the west coast and I suspect this is either something from the south or > something from the east coast. > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 LOL he put on his pirate hat and sailed the sea of " I don't have diabetes " LOL just kidding harry... ever had long john silvers Pat? regards, Re: meals you can eat > > > This is probably a really dumb question but what are hushpuppies? I grew up > on the west coast and I suspect this is either something from the south or > something from the east coast. > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Thanks and ! I think you are right. Eating just a salad and being sure to carry insulin with you are excellent ideas, and it should have been as plain as the nose on my face, but I didn't think of it before hand. Re: meals you can eat > > > This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we stopped > at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece > dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french fries. > Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. The > only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just skip a > meal. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Oh so hushpuppies are kinda like corn fritters then. I don't know if there's a difference but I'd bet the carbs are about the same. And then adding the cole slaw on top of that, that's loaded with carbs too! No wonder the sugar was way up there. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Oh yeah and to think I used to have lots of cornbread and buttermilk when I was a kid (which some say was just last week). I don't know the origin of that treat but you'd take hard cornbread and break it up into little pieces and put it in a nice glass of buttermilk. I used to love that stuff. Maybe it was one of those Arkansas or Missouri things, since that's where my dad's family was from. Theirs was a family that fried everything because they were caught up in that elusive search for work during the depression of 29 literally living on the road going from place to place so cooking meals on the side of the road was the norm. And to the day my dad died after surviving something like 20 strokes of varying intensity, he still had buscuits and gravy every day and fried all his food, and his cholesterol was around 480. How I wish I could have educated him! Anyway, all that brought about by thinking of cornbread. Amazingly, I would turn my nose up at it now. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 that's because you had your pirate hat on Harry and your patch on your eye LOL for those who don't know, hush puppies are sold at mostly a fast food type sea food place that has a pirate theme through the restaurant... regards, Re: meals you can eat > > > > > > This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we stopped > > at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece > > dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french fries. > > Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. The > > only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just skip a > > meal. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 buttermilk is some potent stuff man smiles. I couldnt' even choke it down as a kid my dad drank it often... regards, Re: meals you can eat > Oh yeah and to think I used to have lots of cornbread and buttermilk when I > was a kid (which some say was just last week). I don't know the origin of > that treat but you'd take hard cornbread and break it up into little pieces > and put it in a nice glass of buttermilk. I used to love that stuff. Maybe > it was one of those Arkansas or Missouri things, since that's where my dad's > family was from. Theirs was a family that fried everything because they were > caught up in that elusive search for work during the depression of 29 > literally living on the road going from place to place so cooking meals on > the side of the road was the norm. And to the day my dad died after > surviving something like 20 strokes of varying intensity, he still had > buscuits and gravy every day and fried all his food, and his cholesterol was > around 480. How I wish I could have educated him! > > Anyway, all that brought about by thinking of cornbread. Amazingly, I would > turn my nose up at it now. > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Yep!, I walked the plank on that one, see here, hardy har har! Re: meals you can eat > > > > > > > > > This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we > stopped > > > at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece > > > dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french > fries. > > > Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. > The > > > only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just skip > a > > > meal. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 , Arrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh ya landlubber, now I'm a gonna have to joust ya and make ya walk the plank so we can feed ya to the sharks. Ya see, we be pirates in this here restaurant and we got ourselves a bunch of angry sharks out there off the port bow. Actually, ya look a little skinny there lad so to make ya taste better for the sharks we'll have to sprinkle some spice on ya, let's see, we'll use some Thyme! Arrrrrrhhhhh! (Don't I sound like a real pirate?) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 LOL now I'm a gonna have to joust ya with hush puppies and coleslaw LOL BTW yes, you sound just like a pirate smiles. regards, Re: meals you can eat > , > > Arrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh ya landlubber, now I'm a gonna have to joust ya and make > ya walk the plank so we can feed ya to the sharks. Ya see, we be pirates in > this here restaurant and we got ourselves a bunch of angry sharks out there > off the port bow. Actually, ya look a little skinny there lad so to make ya > taste better for the sharks we'll have to sprinkle some spice on ya, let's > see, we'll use some Thyme! Arrrrrrhhhhh! > > (Don't I sound like a real pirate?) > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 LOL and jumped right in with the high sugared sharks and tossing them hush puppies LOL regards, Re: meals you can eat > > > > > > > > > > > > This is a meal you cannot eat. Yesterday I was out of town and we > > stopped > > > > at Captain D's, and I did not have insulin with me. I ate a two piece > > > > dinner with hushpuppies and coleslaw, but could not eat the french > > fries. > > > > Three hours later or maybe 3.5 hours later my glucose level was 272. > > The > > > > only thing I can conclude is that it may be better sometime to just > skip > > a > > > > meal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Arrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh! Holy carbowhatchacallit, ya hit me with those hushpuppies and ya finish me off with the cole slaw and me sugars will surely go bloomin' awful high there laddy, and sure soon I be in a jitter from me sugar rush and I'll have to keel hall ya, whatever that means. Arrrrrhhhhhhhh! (BTW, the " arrrhhhhhhh " is a union requirement, pirates local 120.) Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Crumbled up Corn bread and butter milk; well, that was a treat. In my family in Georgia we had this delightful dish served in a glass and seasoned with salt and pepper to taste, and sometimes threw in a few onions in the mix every Sunday evening for supper, after the big meal of the day at around noon, which we called dinner, the biggest meal of the day. When I got older I learned that dinner, as called by yanks and westerners, was really what we called supper and the dinner that we called dinner is refered to others as lunch. LOL!, confusing, I know, but when those dogs get to howling just throw them one of them things and it will shut them up, cause they'll be eating them, hushpuppies! Re: meals you can eat > Oh yeah and to think I used to have lots of cornbread and buttermilk when I > was a kid (which some say was just last week). I don't know the origin of > that treat but you'd take hard cornbread and break it up into little pieces > and put it in a nice glass of buttermilk. I used to love that stuff. Maybe > it was one of those Arkansas or Missouri things, since that's where my dad's > family was from. Theirs was a family that fried everything because they were > caught up in that elusive search for work during the depression of 29 > literally living on the road going from place to place so cooking meals on > the side of the road was the norm. And to the day my dad died after > surviving something like 20 strokes of varying intensity, he still had > buscuits and gravy every day and fried all his food, and his cholesterol was > around 480. How I wish I could have educated him! > > Anyway, all that brought about by thinking of cornbread. Amazingly, I would > turn my nose up at it now. > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 We gonna have to sick the Brits on him to make him speak proper English! Re: meals you can eat > Arrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhh! Holy carbowhatchacallit, ya hit me with those > hushpuppies and ya finish me off with the cole slaw and me sugars will > surely go bloomin' awful high there laddy, and sure soon I be in a jitter > from me sugar rush and I'll have to keel hall ya, whatever that means. > Arrrrrhhhhhhhh! > > (BTW, the " arrrhhhhhhh " is a union requirement, pirates local 120.) > > Bill > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Actually, the idea of eating the bigger meal around noontime is more logical but most of us grew up on the idea that you had breakfast (low logical, break the fast, eh?), then lunch to kind of get us through part of the work or school day and then the big meal at dinner time. Problem with that is we eat the most when afterwards we're the least likely to work it off. Hey, in Europe the big meal of the day IS lunch and they do take their time to eat it rather than half an hour to gulp it down, then they rest afterwards. What a novel concept. Dinner is a much smaller meal as it should be. How did we ever get messed up? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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