Tonights Dinner At The Old Folks Home Assisted Living

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  1. John Brunner

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    I'll have to give this a try. I have scallops in the freezer, a big ol' basil plant on my deck, and just learned that pepitas are nothing but pumpkin seeds.
     
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    We finished the zucinni but I can give you all the little tomatoes you could use. Big ones too.
     
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    I just processed some San Marzanos. Plum tomatoes are easy to peel...blanch, dunk in ice water, cut off the stem end, and squeeze them out of their peels. I ran them through one of these I must have picked up at a yard sale in the 70s:

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    I gotta clean out that garden so I can plant more next year. I must have processed a couple of dozen tomatoes and barely got 2 cups of juice that still needs to be simmered down. One plant ain't gonna cut it.

    I gotta add: my neighbors gave me some squash. I cooked it with smoked sea salt. Yeh, it was a winner!
     
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    I love Chili Verde and Root Beer Floats CHILI VERDE & TORTILLA.jpg
     
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    My choice for dinner tonight is either the Schnitzel or Sole and I will go with the pork. Can't remember ever having Pork Schnitzel before. PORK SCHNITZEL.jpg
     
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    Our family loves it it’s an old German favorite.
     
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    Yup. I've eaten at an authentic German restaurant a couple of times. It's a nice change, but not necessarily my go-to cusine.
     
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    I just finished the Schnitzel and liked it very much. I'll have it again.
     
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    We had hassenfeffer with jasmine rice and fresh beets. Hubby is full German decent and I am half.:)
     
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    Bugs Bunny appreciates your sensitivity, just as Mr. Ed appreciates the French having cheval. ;)

    I am 1/4 German decent (my father's parents) and half British (my mother.) They met during The Big One.
     
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    Time for some beef-- I had chicken for lunch. BEEF STRIP LOIN.jpg
     
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    Looks great. I had left over tuna casserole, but I don't have any pictures.
     
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    We buy our major meats in bulk so I grabbed a pork tenderloin and cut myself 4 nice chops, seasoned them and let them sizzle in butter.
    And like @Hoot Crawford, I do not have any pictures but my reasoning is that when it comes to food, pictures are not worth a thousand words but has to be eaten to be fully appreciated.

    I highly appreciated my chops!

    Even though the meal does look nice and probably tastes good too but I do question the menu especially since we’re examining assisted living.

    Mind you, it’s just an observation but….
    The plate has about 6 oz of strip so that would be about 50 grams of protein which is extremely high for a sedentary person. Maybe at 4 oz’s and cooked there’s still about 35 grams of protein but still too high for one meal and again, for a sedentary person.
    Also, green beans are natural blood thinners and a person who is on blood thinners like Warfarin should stay away from them.
     
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    It is asparagus Bobby and only 4 stalks. For me, I would want one strip of steak, a bit more spuds, and about 12 spears of aspragus.

    @Lon Tanner Do you choose how much you want or do they just give you certain portions?
     
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    Yeah, you’re right. It is asparagus and along with broccoli are also natural blood thinners.

    When I was the Executive Director at a mission in Charlotte we had a heart patient who couldn’t touch any of the three unless he ran out of his blood thinners, which, he did on occasion. If for any reason I couldn’t get his script filled immediately I made sure he had green veggies in his diet to supplement the thinners.
     
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