On 2/18/2013 10:40 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 18/02/2013 10:28 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Feb 18, 8:31 am, Dave Smith > wrote:
>>> On 18/02/2013 9:26 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ahhh--- Puts me in mind of a friend who stayed with our family in the
>>>> 50's in exchange for housekeeping & cooking duties. Detta fried
>>>> bread in the grease left in the pan from hamburgers. Then salted it
>>>> until it tasted more of salt than grease.
>>>
>>>> I salivate when thinking about that hot salty grease dribbling down my
>>>> chin. I should ask my cardiologist how many times a week I
>>>> could return that to my diet.<g>
>>>
>>> On weekends my father had bacon and eggs for breakfast. He used to take
>>> several slices of bread and fry them until they were brown and
>>> crispy in
>>> the bacon fat. He called it "dip". He had no heart problems.
>>
>> That was probably due to genes.
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> One of his sisters died of a cerebral heamorage in her mid 40s and
> his younger brother died of a heart attack at 49.
>
Doesn't stop him being lucky in the genetic sweepstakes even if
cardiologists keep changing their minds. Eggs and olive oil are back in
again; not smoking or cheese unfortunately :-(

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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