On Sun 13 Jan 2008 04:58:08p, Janet Wilder told us...

> Christine Dabney wrote:
>
>> So what is your viewpoint in the face of culinary/dietary adversity?
>> Do you just bemoan it and say I can't have this or I can't have that?
>> Or do you take up the challenge and say I can't have this and that,
>> but I can have this and I will make what I can have and love, into
>> something good I love to eat?
>>
>> Interested in your opinions, attitudes, etc..
>
> My DH is Diabetic and he also has cardiac disease and takes blood
> thinners. We have to watch our carbohydrates, saturated fats and vitamin
> K intake. I lost the left side of my tongue to cancer and have
> diminished saliva production from radiation treatments so I can't eat
> nuts or crispy things like corn chips and bread and cake just doesn't go
> down. Spicy foods are a no no for me.
>
> Even with those limitations, I find recipes all over the Internet and I
> modify them for us. I find cooking within our dietary limits to be a
> challenge that I am willing to rise to. I've made a hobby out of it.
>
>

And apparently you're doing a damned good job! It's so much better to rise
to the challenges than to submit to defeat.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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Date: Sunday, 01(I)/13(XIII)/08(MMVIII)
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