2021 January ~ A New Year ~ A New Day ~

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Stuffed cabbages tonight. ( Halupki )

Cookin Lore wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Stuffed cabbages tonight. ( Halupki )

Galuschken when I grew up.  LOL

NormM wrote:I am not very comfortable making candy, especially when a candy thermometer is involved, but Charlie asked for chocolate and caramel fudges. Turns out the candy thermometer isn't working well.
An instant read thermometer told me so.  The caramel one seems like it is going to turn out well but not the chocolate one.  I will make it again. It's a character flaw of mine. I can't accept a failure without at least trying to make it better next time.

Bugster2 wrote:

NormM wrote:I am not very comfortable making candy, especially when a candy thermometer is involved, but Charlie asked for chocolate and caramel fudges. Turns out the candy thermometer isn't working well.
An instant read thermometer told me so.  The caramel one seems like it is going to turn out well but not the chocolate one.  I will make it again. It's a character flaw of mine. I can't accept a failure without at least trying to make it better next time.

I use Thermoworks Chef Alarm. Mine has a clip for the pan to hold the probe. It is the only thermometer I have found for candy and deep frying that is accurate.

Bugster2 wrote:Yesterday my chest hurt. It hurt to cough, take a deep breath. Joe called the pulmonologist and he said take me to the hospital and really complain so I can get admitted. If I get admitted I can get my bronchoscopy. Sneaky doctor. They admitted me but it took 10 hours to get a bed but it wasn't a bed, it was a triage bay. The hospital was so full of Covids that beds were in short supply. It was a miserable night. The bed was concrete. There was only a curtain for privacy. The staff talked loudly and a door slammed shut every 5 minutes. People kept coming in for this and that. No TV. BUT! I got my broncoscopy so it was worth it.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

Bugster2 wrote:Yesterday my chest hurt. It hurt to cough, take a deep breath. Joe called the pulmonologist and he said take me to the hospital and really complain so I can get admitted. If I get admitted I can get my bronchoscopy. Sneaky doctor. They admitted me but it took 10 hours to get a bed but it wasn't a bed, it was a triage bay. The hospital was so full of Covids that beds were in short supply. It was a miserable night. The bed was concrete. There was only a curtain for privacy. The staff talked loudly and a door slammed shut every 5 minutes. People kept coming in for this and that. No TV. BUT! I got my broncoscopy so it was worth it.

 .....You may have an infection of the pleural sac.
Tina gets that when she gets a cough.  Pleurisy they call it.
Take care, and rest.  feel better soon.

I wish it was that simple Jimmy. It is a tumor and most likely the big C.
Now I have a bad sore throat from the scope and have been coughing my head off. A dose of codeine cough medicine helped.

I am a prize winner when it comes to strange dreams. When I was coming out of the anesthetic I was coughing my head off and had a dream of seeing this big round jigsaw puzzle. Each time I coughed, pieces of the puzzle popped out. LOL I don't know what they use to knock you out but it wears off really fast with no hangover. I was wheeled back to my bay, told I could go home. I couldn't get out of there fast enough. LOL.
I might have mentioned that I ordered an at home Covid test for Katie because she had been feeling sick. It came in 2 days. I got the swab, packed it up, sent it out and by damn, the results were in the next day. NEGATIVE. Great news.

BTW...  DD was sent home from work today. Cold and sinus with sniffles. She had to go for a Covid19 test. Thank god she tested negative.

NormM wrote: One is called the Dot and the other one is the Dash.

NormM wrote:I made chocolate fudge again.  I got a new candy thermometer and used it along side the old one.  The new one got up to 240 while the old one was barely at 100.  While I was waiting for it to cook, I got out my Thermoworks Chef's Alarm to see if it had a clip that I didn't think mine had but there it was under some netting.  The fudge seems like it turned out OK.  I have two other Thermoworks thermometers that I use more often. One is called the Dot and the other one is the Dash.

Cookin Lore wrote:I sent the picture again.  Have gone to Plan B as far as dinner tonight is concerned.  I had some more pork and sauerkraut from a few days ago, put that in the oven to warm up, threw in some more small potatoes, but figured that if the oven is on, I'd put in some sausages also, just to have available as a snack or lunch or whatever.  Sausages are from my favourite local butcher shop. No, not German, but the neighbours.  Dutch!  That's the place we used to get all our sausages to do on the firepit.  

bethk wrote:Lore ~ I just sent YOU an email......try to do a 'reply' message to me and attach your pictures.

Don't know what's going on........