"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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> On 7/25/2011 10:52 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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>> "Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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>>> On 7/25/2011 3:43 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
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>>>> "Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On 7/24/2011 10:50 AM, W. Baker wrote:
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> : Janet wrote:
>>>>>> :> Tiger Lily wrote:
>>>>>> :>> On 7/21/2011 5:25 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>>>>> :>>
>>>>>> :>>> There is a cauliflower dish in my favorite Indian restaurant
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> :>>> which the florets are deep fried in a batter that sounds
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> :>>> and then tossed in a spicy tomato sauce. The "breading" is
>>>>>> heavier
>>>>>> :>>> than, say, a tempura, but much more bg-friendly.
>>>>>> :>>>
>>>>>> :>>
>>>>>> :>> Yes! That is a very nice dish. I've seen it with a butter
>>>>>> curry
>>>>>> :>> type sauce as well. I guess there could be many sauce
>>>>>> variations,
>>>>>> :>> but the base cauliflower battered and deep fried would be the
>>>>>> same. The
>>>>>> :>> dish i'm thinking of isn't oily either, very light and very
>>>>>> nice.
>>>>>> :>>
>>>>>> :>> kate
>>>>>> :>
>>>>>> :> I have a head of cauliflower, and I might try that tonight!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> : Instead of the cauliflower, I made "pancakes" with about 5 cups
>>>>>> grated
>>>>>> : zucchini, 1 each diced red and yellow peppers, a few TBS of
>>>>>> chopped
>>>>>> : cilantro, and spices including about 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp
>>>>>> chipotle
>>>>>> pepper,
>>>>>> : 1/2 tsp turmeric, and 1 tsp homemade Madras curry powder. And
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> 1 tsp
>>>>>> : salt and some fresh ground black pepper. To this I added
>>>>>> slightly
>>>>>> over a cup
>>>>>> : of besan flour and stirred well. The liquid from the zucchini
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> enough,
>>>>>> : with no added water. (I actually started with a cup, and then
>>>>>> added
>>>>>> a little
>>>>>> : more. It probably wasn't necessary.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> : Fried in olive oil in a cast iron skillet for 5 min per side,
>>>>>> according to
>>>>>> : the suggestion I found in a recipe on the internet. We had them
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> : tzatziki sauce. Delicious!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> : I don't know what it did to my BG, since I'm out of test strips
>>>>>> until the
>>>>>> : prescription renewal goes through on Monday, but it was crispy
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> very
>>>>>> : flavorful, less carby than 2 ounces of dry Plus pasta, with
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> enough
>>>>>> : "batter" to hold together the vegetables into a cake.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, my, but that sounds good! It does remind me of many years ao
>>>>>> when my
>>>>>> daughter had to fin ways to get her daughter to eat
>>>>>> vegetables(green was
>>>>>> clearly poison). She would make cauliflower pancakes in batter
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> serve
>>>>>> with regular pancake syrup. I wouldn't sugggest those for any of
>>>>>> us:-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wendy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> kidlet loved plum sauce on all of his food
>>>>>
>>>>> it was hard to break that habit, but he now laughs at himself
>>>>
>>>> One of our friends' kids who also has Down syndrome has always
>>>> liked "5
>>>> sauces". He must have his 5 sauces to dip food into He is 14 and
>>>> there is no indication he will ever stop with that He has
>>>> tomato,
>>>> bbq, mayo, sweet chili and sweet n sour. He was quite distressed at
>>>> my
>>>> house once when I could only produce 3 sauces, lol.
>>>
>>> Ranch Dressing dip, Italian Dressing dip,
>>>
>>> ????
>>>
>>> or is he rigid on what consists of 'sauces'?
>>
>> Quite rigid, as people with intellectual disabilities can tend to be
>>
>> His mum has to pack the single serve ones when she travels away from
>> home. Like you get at McDonald's etc, lol.
>>
>> Jasmine discovers new rituals all the time, lol. The latest is having
>> the sponge squeeze mop in a certain place in the bathroom while she
>> bathes, as well as the exhaust fan on, door shut, towel in a certain
>> place and her clean nappy on a certain part of the bathroom counter
>>
>> She is not well at the moment but yesterday I had her carpet cleaned
>> and
>> I heard noises after the carpet cleaner had gone and she was
>> attempting
>> to get everything in her room back to exactly where it was before the
>> clean. I had to move her tv stand and plug in electrical plugs but I
>> had
>> to keep stopping with each inch I moved the cupboard until she was
>> satisfied Then she jumped back into her bed and went to sleep with
>> the fan full on on her face (mid winter here!).
>
> oh, that's cute, Jan
>
> Jazzy certainly knows what she wants! I think that's a good thing
> (well, most of the time). You are a saint to work with her need for
> exactness!

I think I earned sainthood today The carpet clean was done less than
48 hours ago. I checked on her at midnight and she was snoring away
happily, I went in at 6.30 to wake her this morning and still snoring
but an overwhelming smell of urine in the room. Checked the bed, not
that so no leaky overnight nappy. Sniffed around and two sections of the
carpet reeked Turns out I woke her for nothing, still had the full on
snotty nose but there I was at 6.30 am washing the carpet with vinegar
and water. My first thoughts were she was marking her territory But
surely not....?