Guest guest Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Unless you hit a vegetarian restaurant it is hard to find nice fresh veggies that aren't cooked to within an inch of being trash or fried. Your best bet would have been a place with a large salad bar. I'm wondering if our veggies are different that what you get over there? I hope that all the lettuce you ate wasn't iceberg, LOL. Many restaurants seem to think that's the only kind there is for salads. Glad everyone you came in contact with was friendly. The other year when my son and I took our cross-country trip everyone was friendly except where we stopped in Kentucky, and that was just three nasty people. Generally I find that if I'm pleasant and friendly so is the other person. I hope you can come back someday and spend more time--there's so much to see here. Kathy I'm here Hi Kathy, No I really looked after myself on the trip and watched what I ate. I ate a lot of lettuce!!! I found macaroni. The vegetables were limited as I have always found when I travel. I eat mostly steamed vegetables at home but always have difficulty finding a range of vegetables wherever I travel. You guys in USA eat a lot of fried vegetables and I find it difficult to tolerate oil and therefore fried foods. I did find some good cheese. I am so indebted to all the Americans I came in contact with. I found them so hospitable and friendly. I will definitely return there when I can afford to and when my health allows. I'm just resting up for a few days to recouperate. I will be reading e-mails but trying not to spend too much time on the computer until I feel less tired etc. But my thoughts are with you all. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2003 Report Share Posted October 11, 2003 Kathy, Our budget was pretty limited so we tended to eat at places with buffets. I don't remember the name of the "chain" we ate at 3 times but it was good. I found it easy to find decent salads (not just iceberg lettuce because I love a range of lettuce and salad greens) there as well as macaroni, steamed vegetables etc. A couple of times I also gorged out by having dessert as well. Yes, we eat more cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, corn, sweet potato than you. You eat a lot of potato but it is generally fried. I am trying to avoid potato at present because I am questioning whether it is adding to my arthritis problems. One vegetable I can never get when I travel overseas is pumpkin. Apparently everyone else thinks it is food only suitable for pigs. But we eat heaps of it. I eat it every day. I steam it or dry bake it. I also make a great pumpkin soup from it. I can also make pumpkin pie for dessert (like you have over there I assume) but I don't use it this way often. I always crave for pumpkin when I travel. Yes, I will certainly return to USA. I have always wanted to visit Wisconsin because my daughter spent 12 months there on exchange in 1987 and I really want to visit her exchange family to thank them personally for looking after her and also to meet them for the first time. I also want to see one of my "exchange" sons who lives between Florida and Puerto Rico. We still keep in touch but he is not a great communicator and tends to start his correspondence with me with "What's up Mum, you know if you haven't heard from me it is because everything is fine. I think about you often." I still feel really close to him even though I only hear from him a few times a year. I also would love to meet his family. I also would love to keep in contact with my friends, Ron and Sally, who I originally met 2 years ago on a tour of Russia, who then came out for our wedding in 2002 and who have just shown us incredible hospitality by driving up from Florida to take us around all the Civil War sites on this trip. They are amazingly friendly and kind people. I know we will keep in contact by e-mail but it isn't the same as actually spending time with them. So I will definitely return. It is just a matter of money! (((Hugs)))Robyn Yahoo! Search - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 LOL--here I thought you were going to introduce me to alot of new veggies and it's the same ones we eat every day, LOL. In addition to green beans, limas, etc. In our house we have sweet potato several times a week--I could eat it every day, but then it wouldn't seem "special", LOL. I use pumpkin and love it, but the only things I've done with it are a pumpkin casserole, baked pumpkin, a cold soup and of course muffins, bread and pie. I wasn't thinking of all the darn fries this country eats--since I taught diabetics diet for so many years I automatically put potatoes under the starch category (along with the corn, BTW) and then add in the fat if they're fried. You're right though, if you find pumpkin in a restaurant, it's a pie. Some chains do serve sweet potatoes, but I'm not sure if any of the buffet chains do or not. Is your sweet potato orange or yellow? we have both, but mostly see the orange. Gotta go we're going to Cabela's again, LOL--the neighbors mentioned they were going and Denny said we're in, LOL. Kathy Re: I'm here Kathy, Our budget was pretty limited so we tended to eat at places with buffets. I don't remember the name of the "chain" we ate at 3 times but it was good. I found it easy to find decent salads (not just iceberg lettuce because I love a range of lettuce and salad greens) there as well as macaroni, steamed vegetables etc. A couple of times I also gorged out by having dessert as well. Yes, we eat more cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, corn, sweet potato than you. You eat a lot of potato but it is generally fried. I am trying to avoid potato at present because I am questioning whether it is adding to my arthritis problems. One vegetable I can never get when I travel overseas is pumpkin. Apparently everyone else thinks it is food only suitable for pigs. But we eat heaps of it. I eat it every day. I steam it or dry bake it. I also make a great pumpkin soup from it. I can also make pumpkin pie for dessert (like you have over there I assume) but I don't use it this way often. I always crave for pumpkin when I travel. Yes, I will certainly return to USA. I have always wanted to visit Wisconsin because my daughter spent 12 months there on exchange in 1987 and I really want to visit her exchange family to thank them personally for looking after her and also to meet them for the first time. I also want to see one of my "exchange" sons who lives between Florida and Puerto Rico. We still keep in touch but he is not a great communicator and tends to start his correspondence with me with "What's up Mum, you know if you haven't heard from me it is because everything is fine. I think about you often." I still feel really close to him even though I only hear from him a few times a year. I also would love to meet his family. I also would love to keep in contact with my friends, Ron and Sally, who I originally met 2 years ago on a tour of Russia, who then came out for our wedding in 2002 and who have just shown us incredible hospitality by driving up from Florida to take us around all the Civil War sites on this trip. They are amazingly friendly and kind people. I know we will keep in contact by e-mail but it isn't the same as actually spending time with them. So I will definitely return. It is just a matter of money! (((Hugs)))Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Good Morning Kathy, No I suppose we eat the same vegetables but I just found that it was difficult to find steamed vegetables. You really do eat a lot of fried vegetables. I'm surprised you are not all the size of elephants with that and the size of your meals etc. We eat both yellow and orange sweet potatoes. We eat green beans and limas etc as well. I just forgot to mention those. We found that your food seems to have a stronger, nicer taste than food here. I found that in the vegetables and also found it in the meats. Hope you had a good night out. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Robyn, you obviously really hit it off with Ron and Sally for them to have come to be your guides for part of your trip. Where in Florida to they live? I also live in Florida but it is a very long state so they could be 400-500 miles. Glad you were able to find a place where you get the vegetables you like so much. Most people in this country think of pumpkin as strictly a Thanksgiving or Christmas pie ingredient. It is very rare that you can go into a restaurant that will serve it from January through September. I'm not a real fan of it but one of the ladies I worked with would order it whenever we went to a restaurant that might carry it...often was disappointed. Hope you get to come back to the states and can visit not only your daughter's friends in October. Also hope you will add in a trip to Florida and have you friend exchange student from her come to meet you. Jim and I are hoping to fit in an excursion to your part o the world in the next few years and also that we could fit in a trip to New England and New York City to shop and see some plays. He would also like to spend a week on the ocean in land, Delaware, or New Jersey. Just wish the body didn't tire so quickly because we both life to love to travel. Hugs, Jane Re: I'm here Kathy, Our budget was pretty limited so we tended to eat at places with buffets. I don't remember the name of the "chain" we ate at 3 times but it was good. I found it easy to find decent salads (not just iceberg lettuce because I love a range of lettuce and salad greens) there as well as macaroni, steamed vegetables etc. A couple of times I also gorged out by having dessert as well. Yes, we eat more cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, corn, sweet potato than you. You eat a lot of potato but it is generally fried. I am trying to avoid potato at present because I am questioning whether it is adding to my arthritis problems. One vegetable I can never get when I travel overseas is pumpkin. Apparently everyone else thinks it is food only suitable for pigs. But we eat heaps of it. I eat it every day. I steam it or dry bake it. I also make a great pumpkin soup from it. I can also make pumpkin pie for dessert (like you have over there I assume) but I don't use it this way often. I always crave for pumpkin when I travel. Yes, I will certainly return to USA. I have always wanted to visit Wisconsin because my daughter spent 12 months there on exchange in 1987 and I really want to visit her exchange family to thank them personally for looking after her and also to meet them for the first time. I also want to see one of my "exchange" sons who lives between Florida and Puerto Rico. We still keep in touch but he is not a great communicator and tends to start his correspondence with me with "What's up Mum, you know if you haven't heard from me it is because everything is fine. I think about you often." I still feel really close to him even though I only hear from him a few times a year. I also would love to meet his family. I also would love to keep in contact with my friends, Ron and Sally, who I originally met 2 years ago on a tour of Russia, who then came out for our wedding in 2002 and who have just shown us incredible hospitality by driving up from Florida to take us around all the Civil War sites on this trip. They are amazingly friendly and kind people. I know we will keep in contact by e-mail but it isn't the same as actually spending time with them. So I will definitely return. It is just a matter of money! (((Hugs)))Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 I read somewhere that you should ask right off when you go someplace for dinner that they wrap up half of your meal before they bring it out and take it home with you. Sharon Re: I'm here Good Morning Kathy, No I suppose we eat the same vegetables but I just found that it was difficult to find steamed vegetables. You really do eat a lot of fried vegetables. I'm surprised you are not all the size of elephants with that and the size of your meals etc. We eat both yellow and orange sweet potatoes. We eat green beans and limas etc as well. I just forgot to mention those. We found that your food seems to have a stronger, nicer taste than food here. I found that in the vegetables and also found it in the meats. Hope you had a good night out. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 There is definitely a weight problem among the population here in the US> Part of the problem arises due to the tendency of restaurants to serve such large portions. The fast food restaurant also keep pushing "super size'' everything. It's no wonder that we have so many people with high blood pressure and cholesterol problems. Jane Re: I'm here Good Morning Kathy, No I suppose we eat the same vegetables but I just found that it was difficult to find steamed vegetables. You really do eat a lot of fried vegetables. I'm surprised you are not all the size of elephants with that and the size of your meals etc. We eat both yellow and orange sweet potatoes. We eat green beans and limas etc as well. I just forgot to mention those. We found that your food seems to have a stronger, nicer taste than food here. I found that in the vegetables and also found it in the meats. Hope you had a good night out. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Yes, American's eat alot of fried everything. And we, as a nation are getting fatter all the time. It depends where and when you get the foods as to the taste--the time you were here was harvest time in most of the country, so you were probably getting fairly fresh stuff. I know sometimes in very early spring I'll buy some corn on the cob that was shipped from down south and it is usually fairly tasteless (probably because it isn't as fresh 'til it gets to us) then when we get local stuff in the summer and fall from our neighbors or the farmer's market it is much tastier. I'm surprised about the meat--I mean we have good meat available and everything, but isn't Australia sort of known for good meat? With all the ranches and everything. Usually when Denny and I go to a restaurant we bring home a box with the leftovers that makes a second meal for us. Of course we can't do that at a buffet, LOL. And if we go to a fast-food restaurant we never can finish the large amount of fries they give so what we do is order one order of the fries and split it. Glad you enjoyed the food--sorry you had trouble finding steamed veggies--they are out there. I tend to eat most of my veggies raw so sometimes the salad bar has what I need there. ((((hugs)))) Kathy Re: I'm here Good Morning Kathy, No I suppose we eat the same vegetables but I just found that it was difficult to find steamed vegetables. You really do eat a lot of fried vegetables. I'm surprised you are not all the size of elephants with that and the size of your meals etc. We eat both yellow and orange sweet potatoes. We eat green beans and limas etc as well. I just forgot to mention those. We found that your food seems to have a stronger, nicer taste than food here. I found that in the vegetables and also found it in the meats. Hope you had a good night out. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Jane--When you go to the ocean up here I'd suggest the area of Delaware that is just north of Ocean City, land. Rehoboth Beach is where we go--they have a very nice shopping area on the main street (some on side streets , too) , a boardwalk (just one area for rides, so it's not too crazy) and a very nice beach. It's more like a regular town than a beach town in that the homes for rent are like a normal home rather than a beach cottage or condos. If Jim likes to fish, Rehoboth is just above Indian River Inlet, which has excellent fishing, and there is a bay on one side of it and the ocean on the other and plenty of charter fishing boats. If he likes to gamble there's Dover Downs about a 45 minute drive north which has slots and horse racing. And you can easily walk anywhere you need to, it's a small town with lots of benches everywhere. But of course you can drive if you want too. It's just an very nice little town. A little more high end than some--but not like the Hamptons or anything, LOL. But the one year we were there during senior week and Chelsea Clinton was there--very nice, well-behaved girl. This was right after she graduated high school before all the stuff had hit. If you want to gamble, of course there is Atlantic City--the beach there is nicer than it used to be, but not very wide. I wouldn't recommend AC for anything but a gambling trip. OOOH--I almost forgot--I bet you would love Cape May! Beautiful old town, n B & B's, shopping is great. Beach is small. It's about and hour from AC. And there is a ferry that runs from Cape May (which is NJ) to Loew's Delaware and back . And of course, there are always fishing charters everywhere. If Jim likes to fish, let me know before you head up that way--my son had an excellent guide when he and some friends went out. He's like 70 and took them to exact spots (over old wrecks, some of them) and told them things like "drop the line now!" They caught alot. The area is known for Blue Marlin too. Kathy Re: I'm here Kathy, Our budget was pretty limited so we tended to eat at places with buffets. I don't remember the name of the "chain" we ate at 3 times but it was good. I found it easy to find decent salads (not just iceberg lettuce because I love a range of lettuce and salad greens) there as well as macaroni, steamed vegetables etc. A couple of times I also gorged out by having dessert as well. Yes, we eat more cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, corn, sweet potato than you. You eat a lot of potato but it is generally fried. I am trying to avoid potato at present because I am questioning whether it is adding to my arthritis problems. One vegetable I can never get when I travel overseas is pumpkin. Apparently everyone else thinks it is food only suitable for pigs. But we eat heaps of it. I eat it every day. I steam it or dry bake it. I also make a great pumpkin soup from it. I can also make pumpkin pie for dessert (like you have over there I assume) but I don't use it this way often. I always crave for pumpkin when I travel. Yes, I will certainly return to USA. I have always wanted to visit Wisconsin because my daughter spent 12 months there on exchange in 1987 and I really want to visit her exchange family to thank them personally for looking after her and also to meet them for the first time. I also want to see one of my "exchange" sons who lives between Florida and Puerto Rico. We still keep in touch but he is not a great communicator and tends to start his correspondence with me with "What's up Mum, you know if you haven't heard from me it is because everything is fine. I think about you often." I still feel really close to him even though I only hear from him a few times a year. I also would love to meet his family. I also would love to keep in contact with my friends, Ron and Sally, who I originally met 2 years ago on a tour of Russia, who then came out for our wedding in 2002 and who have just shown us incredible hospitality by driving up from Florida to take us around all the Civil War sites on this trip. They are amazingly friendly and kind people. I know we will keep in contact by e-mail but it isn't the same as actually spending time with them. So I will definitely return. It is just a matter of money! (((Hugs)))Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Thanks for all the information. Jim and I were in Rehoboth Beach years ago. My brother and SIL lived in Salisbury, MD about 20 years ago and we spent a few days in Ocean City, MD and also traveled over to Rehoboth. Of course there have many changes since then but we do have pleasant memories of what was there even then. It's a little early to start booking places but we will probably do that in January. We probably won't be going until late August or September of next year. Yes, Jim likes deep sea fishing and gambling both so those areas would be ideal. I'll ask you questions if Jim comes up with any bright ideas that I need a heads up on whether they are feasible. Jane Re: I'm here Kathy, Our budget was pretty limited so we tended to eat at places with buffets. I don't remember the name of the "chain" we ate at 3 times but it was good. I found it easy to find decent salads (not just iceberg lettuce because I love a range of lettuce and salad greens) there as well as macaroni, steamed vegetables etc. A couple of times I also gorged out by having dessert as well. Yes, we eat more cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, corn, sweet potato than you. You eat a lot of potato but it is generally fried. I am trying to avoid potato at present because I am questioning whether it is adding to my arthritis problems. One vegetable I can never get when I travel overseas is pumpkin. Apparently everyone else thinks it is food only suitable for pigs. But we eat heaps of it. I eat it every day. I steam it or dry bake it. I also make a great pumpkin soup from it. I can also make pumpkin pie for dessert (like you have over there I assume) but I don't use it this way often. I always crave for pumpkin when I travel. Yes, I will certainly return to USA. I have always wanted to visit Wisconsin because my daughter spent 12 months there on exchange in 1987 and I really want to visit her exchange family to thank them personally for looking after her and also to meet them for the first time. I also want to see one of my "exchange" sons who lives between Florida and Puerto Rico. We still keep in touch but he is not a great communicator and tends to start his correspondence with me with "What's up Mum, you know if you haven't heard from me it is because everything is fine. I think about you often." I still feel really close to him even though I only hear from him a few times a year. I also would love to meet his family. I also would love to keep in contact with my friends, Ron and Sally, who I originally met 2 years ago on a tour of Russia, who then came out for our wedding in 2002 and who have just shown us incredible hospitality by driving up from Florida to take us around all the Civil War sites on this trip. They are amazingly friendly and kind people. I know we will keep in contact by e-mail but it isn't the same as actually spending time with them. So I will definitely return. It is just a matter of money! (((Hugs)))Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Good Morning Jane, Ron and Sally live in New Smyrna Beach. I don't know where that is in the state. They are retired there. But I also have another friend (a relative of theirs) who also lives at New Smyrna Beach but works at a local hospital there. Yes they are really good friends to go to all that trouble for us. You will love Australia. But plan on spending a lot of time here because it is an enormous country. Let me know if you do plan on coming and I could advise you on your travels etc. I tried okra while I was in USA which is a bit like pumpkin but it only came "fried" as with a lot of your vegetables. I never saw real pumpkin except those growing in the fields that were getting really for Halloween over there. I agree with you about the body not complying with our dreams of travel. I really can't complain. I put my body through extraordinary strains during this long trip and it really co-operated really well considering everything. I'm trying to go easy on it now to say thank you to it. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 The extreme of your eating too much came when I saw that at Denver airport (and that was the only Mcs I was anywhere near) they gave the customers supermarket shopping bags to carry the food away from the counter! How much food can one eat? (If you call Mcs food). RobynJane Hutchinson wrote: There is definitely a weight problem among the population here in the US> Part of the problem arises due to the tendency of restaurants to serve such large portions. The fast food restaurant also keep pushing "super size'' everything. It's no wonder that we have so many people with high blood pressure and cholesterol problems. Jane Re: I'm here Good Morning Kathy, No I suppose we eat the same vegetables but I just found that it was difficult to find steamed vegetables. You really do eat a lot of fried vegetables. I'm surprised you are not all the size of elephants with that and the size of your meals etc. We eat both yellow and orange sweet potatoes. We eat green beans and limas etc as well. I just forgot to mention those. We found that your food seems to have a stronger, nicer taste than food here. I found that in the vegetables and also found it in the meats. Hope you had a good night out. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Kathy, I hadn't put those thoughts together that it was your summer (or at least coming into fall when we were there) so we were probably getting the best of your recent crop. Since coming home both my husband and myself have been totally disoriented regarding the season. We started our trip in Montana which was covered in smoke from your forest fires. We then travelled to Washington D.C. where it was still just so hot and we were hanging for cool drinks. We then travelled into Alaska and British Columbia where although the weather was not cold we were seeing your first powder snow and of course, there were the glaciers and mountains that are always covered in snow. Then we've returned to Australia where it is now spring but the weather is totally changing from hour to hour from steaming hot to rainy, drizzly and cold. We keep getting confused as to what season we are in. Yes we get very good meat in Australia. But my husband, who eats meat, commented that your meat (beef) tasted different. Perhaps it was your summer again? or perhaps you feed your beef something different, I know they eat a lot of corn. We don't feed beef corn here that I know of. Yes, I ate a lot from the salad bar - hence the comment about eating a lot of lettuce. But I like salad so this was good. I have to watch eating raw vegetables as such, unfortunately, because it disagrees with my Crohn's but I can tolerate salads generally (except for tomatoes which I really have to limit) and dressings. But generally salads come with dressing on the side if you ask for it like this so, again, this isn't a problem. I ate well on the trip. I actually put on weight but not as much as my husband who just LOVES his food! (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search - Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 OK. I was to Rehoboth years ago, too. It's busier now--more businesses on the main street shopping district, and of course route one is busy, but once we're in town we don't usually go there, LOL. But the town is pretty much the same. Kathy Re: I'm here Kathy, Our budget was pretty limited so we tended to eat at places with buffets. I don't remember the name of the "chain" we ate at 3 times but it was good. I found it easy to find decent salads (not just iceberg lettuce because I love a range of lettuce and salad greens) there as well as macaroni, steamed vegetables etc. A couple of times I also gorged out by having dessert as well. Yes, we eat more cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, corn, sweet potato than you. You eat a lot of potato but it is generally fried. I am trying to avoid potato at present because I am questioning whether it is adding to my arthritis problems. One vegetable I can never get when I travel overseas is pumpkin. Apparently everyone else thinks it is food only suitable for pigs. But we eat heaps of it. I eat it every day. I steam it or dry bake it. I also make a great pumpkin soup from it. I can also make pumpkin pie for dessert (like you have over there I assume) but I don't use it this way often. I always crave for pumpkin when I travel. Yes, I will certainly return to USA. I have always wanted to visit Wisconsin because my daughter spent 12 months there on exchange in 1987 and I really want to visit her exchange family to thank them personally for looking after her and also to meet them for the first time. I also want to see one of my "exchange" sons who lives between Florida and Puerto Rico. We still keep in touch but he is not a great communicator and tends to start his correspondence with me with "What's up Mum, you know if you haven't heard from me it is because everything is fine. I think about you often." I still feel really close to him even though I only hear from him a few times a year. I also would love to meet his family. I also would love to keep in contact with my friends, Ron and Sally, who I originally met 2 years ago on a tour of Russia, who then came out for our wedding in 2002 and who have just shown us incredible hospitality by driving up from Florida to take us around all the Civil War sites on this trip. They are amazingly friendly and kind people. I know we will keep in contact by e-mail but it isn't the same as actually spending time with them. So I will definitely return. It is just a matter of money! (((Hugs)))Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 LOL--I love a McD's burger from time to time. I'd say if the people had the big shopping bags they'd either gotten for a large number of people, or gotten the salad which comes in a large plastic container and doesn't fit well in the small bags. I mean, the value meals consist of a big sandwich (what kind depends on which meal), big fries and a soda. Easily fits in a small bag...way too many fries. Kathy Re: I'm here Good Morning Kathy, No I suppose we eat the same vegetables but I just found that it was difficult to find steamed vegetables. You really do eat a lot of fried vegetables. I'm surprised you are not all the size of elephants with that and the size of your meals etc. We eat both yellow and orange sweet potatoes. We eat green beans and limas etc as well. I just forgot to mention those. We found that your food seems to have a stronger, nicer taste than food here. I found that in the vegetables and also found it in the meats. Hope you had a good night out. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Our seasons have been all screwed up lately anyway. It rained here darn near all summer (although we had a good week at the shore in July--as far as rain--the first few days were 100 degrees, LOL) then in Sept we had the windstorm from the hurricane. Now the weather is lovely and the leaves are changing...that part is on schedule. I think we're due for a bad winter. As for what our cattle eat...some do eat alot of field corn, but there are "free range" cattle, too so it just depends where you get it and where they get it. Most of our actual beef we eat when we eat our because at home we eat alot of venison and occasional caribou and moose when we eat red meat. (Last night we did have grilled ham and cheese at home, but it was lunch meat ham that Denny picked up at the deli because we need to shop, so it was OK, but not great.) It's archery season now, so I'm hoping he gets a deer because we are almost out from last year. Kathy Re: I'm here Kathy, I hadn't put those thoughts together that it was your summer (or at least coming into fall when we were there) so we were probably getting the best of your recent crop. Since coming home both my husband and myself have been totally disoriented regarding the season. We started our trip in Montana which was covered in smoke from your forest fires. We then travelled to Washington D.C. where it was still just so hot and we were hanging for cool drinks. We then travelled into Alaska and British Columbia where although the weather was not cold we were seeing your first powder snow and of course, there were the glaciers and mountains that are always covered in snow. Then we've returned to Australia where it is now spring but the weather is totally changing from hour to hour from steaming hot to rainy, drizzly and cold. We keep getting confused as to what season we are in. Yes we get very good meat in Australia. But my husband, who eats meat, commented that your meat (beef) tasted different. Perhaps it was your summer again? or perhaps you feed your beef something different, I know they eat a lot of corn. We don't feed beef corn here that I know of. Yes, I ate a lot from the salad bar - hence the comment about eating a lot of lettuce. But I like salad so this was good. I have to watch eating raw vegetables as such, unfortunately, because it disagrees with my Crohn's but I can tolerate salads generally (except for tomatoes which I really have to limit) and dressings. But generally salads come with dressing on the side if you ask for it like this so, again, this isn't a problem. I ate well on the trip. I actually put on weight but not as much as my husband who just LOVES his food! (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Hi Robyn! Welcome back! It sounds like you had an incredible trip and certainly one to remember! You can get stewed Okra.... at least here in Georgia and it is wonderful stewed with tomatoes and onions! Next trip, make sure you come through Georgia! It's a completely different way of life than the rest of the US! Very slow and laid back (OK make that SOUTH GA!) and we eat a lot of things not found in other parts of the country. That's good and bad LOL Hugs Christy Re: I'm here Good Morning Jane, Ron and Sally live in New Smyrna Beach. I don't know where that is in the state. They are retired there. But I also have another friend (a relative of theirs) who also lives at New Smyrna Beach but works at a local hospital there. Yes they are really good friends to go to all that trouble for us. You will love Australia. But plan on spending a lot of time here because it is an enormous country. Let me know if you do plan on coming and I could advise you on your travels etc. I tried okra while I was in USA which is a bit like pumpkin but it only came "fried" as with a lot of your vegetables. I never saw real pumpkin except those growing in the fields that were getting really for Halloween over there. I agree with you about the body not complying with our dreams of travel. I really can't complain. I put my body through extraordinary strains during this long trip and it really co-operated really well considering everything. I'm trying to go easy on it now to say thank you to it. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Robyn, our beef is fattened on corn in many cases prior to slaughter. Corn-fed beef is considered to be of higher quality than range fed beef. Jane Re: I'm here Kathy, I hadn't put those thoughts together that it was your summer (or at least coming into fall when we were there) so we were probably getting the best of your recent crop. Since coming home both my husband and myself have been totally disoriented regarding the season. We started our trip in Montana which was covered in smoke from your forest fires. We then travelled to Washington D.C. where it was still just so hot and we were hanging for cool drinks. We then travelled into Alaska and British Columbia where although the weather was not cold we were seeing your first powder snow and of course, there were the glaciers and mountains that are always covered in snow. Then we've returned to Australia where it is now spring but the weather is totally changing from hour to hour from steaming hot to rainy, drizzly and cold. We keep getting confused as to what season we are in. Yes we get very good meat in Australia. But my husband, who eats meat, commented that your meat (beef) tasted different. Perhaps it was your summer again? or perhaps you feed your beef something different, I know they eat a lot of corn. We don't feed beef corn here that I know of. Yes, I ate a lot from the salad bar - hence the comment about eating a lot of lettuce. But I like salad so this was good. I have to watch eating raw vegetables as such, unfortunately, because it disagrees with my Crohn's but I can tolerate salads generally (except for tomatoes which I really have to limit) and dressings. But generally salads come with dressing on the side if you ask for it like this so, again, this isn't a problem. I ate well on the trip. I actually put on weight but not as much as my husband who just LOVES his food! (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Robyn - Finding most food fried is something you really see in the southern US. I've even see deep fried twinkies and candy bars! I wouldn't eat them, but I guess someone does. lol Here in small town Oklahoma everything is hamburgers and french fries, ICK!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 But VERY environmentally unfriendly. When we get beef we get it from a neighbor who doesn't use antibiotics or hormones and only a very small amount of corn--what's left when harvest is over. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 I suspect the weather is mucked up world wide. I know it certainly has been in Australia and the droughts I saw in Canada and USA are no different to what we are experiencing. We have been on water restrictions where I live for 18 months and they are not expected to be lifted until mid next year at the earliest. Robyne O'Hara wrote: Our seasons have been all screwed up lately anyway. It rained here darn near all summer (although we had a good week at the shore in July--as far as rain--the first few days were 100 degrees, LOL) then in Sept we had the windstorm from the hurricane. Now the weather is lovely and the leaves are changing...that part is on schedule. I think we're due for a bad winter. As for what our cattle eat...some do eat alot of field corn, but there are "free range" cattle, too so it just depends where you get it and where they get it. Most of our actual beef we eat when we eat our because at home we eat alot of venison and occasional caribou and moose when we eat red meat. (Last night we did have grilled ham and cheese at home, but it was lunch meat ham that Denny picked up at the deli because we need to shop, so it was OK, but not great.) It's archery season now, so I'm hoping he gets a deer because we are almost out from last year. Kathy Re: I'm here Kathy, I hadn't put those thoughts together that it was your summer (or at least coming into fall when we were there) so we were probably getting the best of your recent crop. Since coming home both my husband and myself have been totally disoriented regarding the season. We started our trip in Montana which was covered in smoke from your forest fires. We then travelled to Washington D.C. where it was still just so hot and we were hanging for cool drinks. We then travelled into Alaska and British Columbia where although the weather was not cold we were seeing your first powder snow and of course, there were the glaciers and mountains that are always covered in snow. Then we've returned to Australia where it is now spring but the weather is totally changing from hour to hour from steaming hot to rainy, drizzly and cold. We keep getting confused as to what season we are in. Yes we get very good meat in Australia. But my husband, who eats meat, commented that your meat (beef) tasted different. Perhaps it was your summer again? or perhaps you feed your beef something different, I know they eat a lot of corn. We don't feed beef corn here that I know of. Yes, I ate a lot from the salad bar - hence the comment about eating a lot of lettuce. But I like salad so this was good. I have to watch eating raw vegetables as such, unfortunately, because it disagrees with my Crohn's but I can tolerate salads generally (except for tomatoes which I really have to limit) and dressings. But generally salads come with dressing on the side if you ask for it like this so, again, this isn't a problem. I ate well on the trip. I actually put on weight but not as much as my husband who just LOVES his food! (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Christy, It sounds good in Georgia. I certainly want to return to USA but it will take some time to save for it. I wouldn't be able to eat the stewed okra because I certainly CANNOT tolerate onions with the Crohn's and tomatoes are pretty difficult as well. But it sounds like a dish that I would have enjoyed prior to Crohn's. RobynChristy wrote: Hi Robyn! Welcome back! It sounds like you had an incredible trip and certainly one to remember! You can get stewed Okra.... at least here in Georgia and it is wonderful stewed with tomatoes and onions! Next trip, make sure you come through Georgia! It's a completely different way of life than the rest of the US! Very slow and laid back (OK make that SOUTH GA!) and we eat a lot of things not found in other parts of the country. That's good and bad LOL Hugs Christy Re: I'm here Good Morning Jane, Ron and Sally live in New Smyrna Beach. I don't know where that is in the state. They are retired there. But I also have another friend (a relative of theirs) who also lives at New Smyrna Beach but works at a local hospital there. Yes they are really good friends to go to all that trouble for us. You will love Australia. But plan on spending a lot of time here because it is an enormous country. Let me know if you do plan on coming and I could advise you on your travels etc. I tried okra while I was in USA which is a bit like pumpkin but it only came "fried" as with a lot of your vegetables. I never saw real pumpkin except those growing in the fields that were getting really for Halloween over there. I agree with you about the body not complying with our dreams of travel. I really can't complain. I put my body through extraordinary strains during this long trip and it really co-operated really well considering everything. I'm trying to go easy on it now to say thank you to it. (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Jane, certainly liked your beef. RobynJane Hutchinson wrote: Robyn, our beef is fattened on corn in many cases prior to slaughter. Corn-fed beef is considered to be of higher quality than range fed beef. Jane Re: I'm here Kathy, I hadn't put those thoughts together that it was your summer (or at least coming into fall when we were there) so we were probably getting the best of your recent crop. Since coming home both my husband and myself have been totally disoriented regarding the season. We started our trip in Montana which was covered in smoke from your forest fires. We then travelled to Washington D.C. where it was still just so hot and we were hanging for cool drinks. We then travelled into Alaska and British Columbia where although the weather was not cold we were seeing your first powder snow and of course, there were the glaciers and mountains that are always covered in snow. Then we've returned to Australia where it is now spring but the weather is totally changing from hour to hour from steaming hot to rainy, drizzly and cold. We keep getting confused as to what season we are in. Yes we get very good meat in Australia. But my husband, who eats meat, commented that your meat (beef) tasted different. Perhaps it was your summer again? or perhaps you feed your beef something different, I know they eat a lot of corn. We don't feed beef corn here that I know of. Yes, I ate a lot from the salad bar - hence the comment about eating a lot of lettuce. But I like salad so this was good. I have to watch eating raw vegetables as such, unfortunately, because it disagrees with my Crohn's but I can tolerate salads generally (except for tomatoes which I really have to limit) and dressings. But generally salads come with dressing on the side if you ask for it like this so, again, this isn't a problem. I ate well on the trip. I actually put on weight but not as much as my husband who just LOVES his food! (((Hugs))) Robyn Yahoo! Search- Looking for more? Try the new Yahoo! Search Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 What I was referring to beef being corn fed, I am talking about when the cattle are confined to smaller amounts of land and are fed corn while they are being fattened for sale. Jane Re: I'm here But VERY environmentally unfriendly.When we get beef we get it from a neighbor who doesn't use antibiotics or hormones and only a very small amount of corn--what's left when harvest is over.KathyPlease visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 , I would expect Southern food to be fried. But this was in Virginia etc. Another item on the menu that I found intriquing was "chicken chicken" which proved to be fried chicken. I didn't have it but my husband who is not vegetarian ordered it. Robyn wrote: Robyn - Finding most food fried is something you really see in the southern US. I've even see deep fried twinkies and candy bars! I wouldn't eat them, but I guess someone does. lol Here in small town Oklahoma everything is hamburgers and french fries, ICK!! Please visit our website at:http://ACES_Autoimmune.tripod.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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