I swear the prices went up from last week! When is this going to end?

We bought 5 bags of groceries today. Okay we did buy some magazines. I buy
those every week. And I did screw up and pay for 4, 12 packs of Lime Diet
Coke. Then I got to the van and realized I had only picked up 3. If it
wasn't such a huge store and I wasn't so exhausted and in need of dinner, I
would have gone back to get another one. I guess I had intended to get 4
but because our cart was so loaded with veggies, another one wouldn't fit.
So I wasted about $3 there. And messed up their inventory. Ha! Also
bought some containers for the veggies. I do have some containers here but
I think they are either round or two small. So I probably spent $12 for
those.

I am sure I have enough veggies for a week. Maybe enough carrots for two
weeks. Angela has been going through carrots and celery like mad! Also two
pears and a large bag of small, red delicious apples. I know these things
are not low carb but they are small. I told her she could have them with
her meal or for snacks.

The only meat I bought were two small chubs of ground beef, a package of
chicken tenders (raw, unbreaded), and a smoked sausage. I did buy 4 kinds
of cheese. They didn't have white chicken chili or even the seasoning mix
that I saw advertised when looking for recipes. They did have some
seasoning for chicken tacos. Which is what I plan to do with the chicken
tenders. They only had one kind of meat only chili that didn't have soy
protein in it. I bought a can for Angela to try and this time she didn't
object. I did buy some cat treats and a few other things.

The total? $190! Gah! There wasn't even anything grass fed or organic
which is how I would prefer to eat. But I just can't afford it any more.

I did feel very sorry for this one woman. She had a very large amount of
large sweet potatoes in her cart. She also had 2 gallons of milk and 2 huge
bags of cheap cereal. The kind that kids would eat. She seemed to go up
and down every aisle, looking at things sadly and then putting them back.
I got the feeling that she wanted to buy other things but didn't have the
money for them.

Got home and prepped all the veggies. Then made dinner. We had scrap
salad. I took out every remaining veggie that was in the fridge and turned
it into a salad. There was a bag of salad that expired today. It had gone
a bit mushy. Little bit of celery and bell peppers. A few black olives. A
few kidney beans. Tomato on mine. Angela got a few cucumber slices from
the cucumber we just bought. She had the leftover chicken from last night
and about three bites of chicken flavored rice. I had the same amount of
rice and some cheese on my salad for protein because there was no more
chicken. Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for them
before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if they
didn't get eaten.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...

Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
> them before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad
> if they didn't get eaten.

When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
rise for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
mandarin, the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.

"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for them
>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if they
>> didn't get eaten.
>
> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg rise
> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a mandarin,
> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.

Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit. It's
sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them sliced.
If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it like
that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She couldn't
figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But I
did to get them out of the house.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>>> them before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go
>>> bad if they didn't get eaten.
>>
>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>> rise for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>> mandarin, the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>
> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
> It's sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy
> them sliced. If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and
> she can eat it like that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it
> cut in chunks. She couldn't figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I
> really didn't want to do it. But I did to get them out of the house.

I halve a kiwi and squeeze the half up into my mouth. My 20 yr old used
to take them to school and use a Tupperware Kiwi cutter with built in
spoon Lol, there's that Tupperware again:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tupperwar...-/220780321917
He eventually lost that and it is from him that I learned the suck out
of the skin trick

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>>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>>>> them before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad
>>>> if they didn't get eaten.
>>>
>>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>>> rise for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>>> mandarin, the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>
>> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>> It's sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>> sliced. If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can
>> eat it like that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in
>> chunks. She couldn't figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really
>> didn't want to do it. But I did to get them out of the house.
>
> I halve a kiwi and squeeze the half up into my mouth. My 20 yr old used to
> take them to school and use a Tupperware Kiwi cutter with built in spoon
> Lol, there's that Tupperware again:
> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Tupperwar...-/220780321917
> He eventually lost that and it is from him that I learned the suck out of
> the skin trick

Jeez they have everything! When I was a kid we had two piece of Tupperware
that I liked. One was a sugar bowl. The one end had a large flap on it so
you could stick your spoon in it. The other end had a flap that lifted up
and underneath was a hole so you could pour the sugar.

My mom used to give me Cheerios for breakfast. I hated milk on the cereal
but she insisted I have it. I also hated Cheerios. I would put just a
splash of milk in the bottom of the bowl and hope I never ate down to it.
Then I would pour sugar over the cereal until she stopped me. I would then
pick at the cereal, not eating much of it until she told me I had to leave
for school. At the bottom of the bowl was a sugary milk mess that was kind
of like icing or frosting. Whose idea was it to put sugar on cereal anyway?
I only did it because my mom told me to do it. Angela has never eaten sugar
on her cereal with the exception of oatmeal and only because they do it that
way in restaurants. At home when she had it (and it wasn't often) there was
no sugar.

The other piece was a powdered sugar sifter. I only used that for French
Toast. I would put a miniscule amount of syrup on my French Toast and then
so much powdered sugar that I could mix it up and make frosting out of it.
I didn't like to eat it though. I guess I more liked to play with those
foods. They were never favorite foods.

The only other piece of Tupperware I remember having in the house was one
that I hated. It was supposed to be a cake server. But since we never took
cake anywhere, I don't think it was every used for that. What it was used
for was popcorn. My mom would pop corn, fill it up and take it upside down
so that the flat part where you were supposed to put the cake became a lid.
She would take this to the movies along with four cans of Shasta diet soda.
This to me was mortifying. I wanted the popcorn from the theater and a Coke
product!

For years we took stuff to the theater like that. Then one day my dad lost
control of his Shasta diet Black Cherry Cola (they don't make that flavor
any more) and it rolled down the cement floor, banging people in the feet
and causing much disturbance. Not long after that they stopped allowing
people to bring in their own food and drink.

In article >, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:

> For years we took stuff to the theater like that. Then one day my dad lost
> control of his Shasta diet Black Cherry Cola (they don't make that flavor
> any more)

Of course they still make it. I get it at FoodSaver and 99cent store

Julie Bove > wrote:

: "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
: ...
: >
: >
: > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
: > ...
: >
: > Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
: >> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for them
: >> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if they
: >> didn't get eaten.
: >
: > When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg rise
: > for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a mandarin,
: > the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.

: Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit. It's
: sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them sliced.
: If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it like
: that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She couldn't
: figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But I
: did to get them out of the house.

Can't she slice her own apples? They are cheaper whole and stay fresh
longer, unsliced and she can make the slices just a thik or thin as she
likes.

Kiwi-use a vegetable peeler and show her how.

Wendy

"W. Baker" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : >
> : >
> : > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> : > ...
> : >
> : > Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
> : >> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
> them
> : >> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
> they
> : >> didn't get eaten.
> : >
> : > When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
> rise
> : > for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
> mandarin,
> : > the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>
> : Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
> It's
> : sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
> sliced.
> : If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
> like
> : that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
> couldn't
> : figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it.
> But I
> : did to get them out of the house.
>
> Can't she slice her own apples? They are cheaper whole and stay fresh
> longer, unsliced and she can make the slices just a thik or thin as she
> likes.
>
> Kiwi-use a vegetable peeler and show her how.

Oh she can but then we have to wash the slicer and I don't like to do that.
It gets all sticky. And then there are the cores and seeds that have to be
put in the green bin. Of course with a whole apple this is a problem too.
But no stickiness to get all over things. I would much rather buy them
sliced. They are very cheap at Costco and Winco.

On 21/08/2011 7:28 a.m., Julie Bove wrote:
> "W. > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie > wrote:
>>
>> : > wrote in message
>> : ...
>> :>
>> :>
>> :> "Julie > wrote in message
>> :> ...
>> :>
>> :> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>> :>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>> them
>> :>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
>> they
>> :>> didn't get eaten.
>> :>
>> :> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>> rise
>> :> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>> mandarin,
>> :> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>
>> : Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>> It's
>> : sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>> sliced.
>> : If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
>> like
>> : that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>> couldn't
>> : figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it.
>> But I
>> : did to get them out of the house.
>>
>> Can't she slice her own apples? They are cheaper whole and stay fresh
>> longer, unsliced and she can make the slices just a thik or thin as she
>> likes.
>>
>> Kiwi-use a vegetable peeler and show her how.
>
> Oh she can but then we have to wash the slicer and I don't like to do that.
> It gets all sticky.

How about cutting it in half and scooping it out like you would a boiled
egg in an eggcup?


And then there are the cores and seeds that have to be
> put in the green bin. Of course with a whole apple this is a problem too.
> But no stickiness to get all over things. I would much rather buy them
> sliced. They are very cheap at Costco and Winco.
>
>


--
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "W. Baker" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove > wrote:
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>> : "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> : ...
>> : >
>> : >
>> : > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> : > ...
>> : >
>> : > Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>> : >> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked
>> for them
>> : >> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go
>> bad if they
>> : >> didn't get eaten.
>> : >
>> : > When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a
>> catastrophic bg rise
>> : > for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>> mandarin,
>> : > the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>
>> : Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with
>> fruit. It's
>> : sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>> sliced.
>> : If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat
>> it like
>> : that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>> couldn't
>> : figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do
>> it. But I
>> : did to get them out of the house.
>>
>> Can't she slice her own apples? They are cheaper whole and stay
>> fresh
>> longer, unsliced and she can make the slices just a thik or thin as
>> she
>> likes.
>>
>> Kiwi-use a vegetable peeler and show her how.
>
> Oh she can but then we have to wash the slicer and I don't like to do
> that. It gets all sticky. And then there are the cores and seeds that
> have to be put in the green bin. Of course with a whole apple this is
> a problem too. But no stickiness to get all over things. I would much
> rather buy them sliced. They are very cheap at Costco and Winco.

Have you ever owned one of these?
http://www.getprice.com.au/Cuisena-A...--41990530.htm
Very simple to push down onto an apple and it cores it as well. Then
simply run the slicer under cold water and shake. I find apple sliced
her to be a disgusting price, could buy 3-4 apples for the same price as
a few slices.
>
>

In article >, "Julie Bove" >
wrote:

>
> Oh she can but then we have to wash the slicer and I don't like to do that.
> It gets all sticky. And then there are the cores and seeds that have to be
> put in the green bin. Of course with a whole apple this is a problem too.
> But no stickiness to get all over things. I would much rather buy them
> sliced. They are very cheap at Costco and Winco.

Yet another moan on how terrible life is. I wonder if you use dishes and
tableware, after all they get dirty, sticky and otherwise messy.

Is it no wonder that you have financial problems when your willing to pay over
three times the price for a food that has additional preservation techniques.
Makes me wonder if you've ever considered the effect they are having on DD

In article >,
"W. Baker" > wrote:

> Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> : "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
> : ...
> : >
> : >
> : > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> : > ...
> : >
> : > Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
> : >> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for them
> : >> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
> : >> they
> : >> didn't get eaten.
> : >
> : > When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
> : > rise
> : > for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
> : > mandarin,
> : > the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>
> : Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit. It's
> : sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them sliced.
> : If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it like
> : that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
> : couldn't
> : figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But I
> : did to get them out of the house.
>
> Can't she slice her own apples? They are cheaper whole and stay fresh
> longer, unsliced and she can make the slices just a thik or thin as she
> likes.
>
> Kiwi-use a vegetable peeler and show her how.
>
> Wendy

I just cut them in half and eat them with a spoon out of the peel.

PP

"Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "W. Baker" > wrote:
>
>> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>
>> : "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
>> : ...
>> : >
>> : >
>> : > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> : > ...
>> : >
>> : > Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>> : >> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>> them
>> : >> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
>> : >> they
>> : >> didn't get eaten.
>> : >
>> : > When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>> : > rise
>> : > for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>> : > mandarin,
>> : > the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>
>> : Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>> It's
>> : sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>> sliced.
>> : If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
>> like
>> : that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>> : couldn't
>> : figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it.
>> But I
>> : did to get them out of the house.
>>
>> Can't she slice her own apples? They are cheaper whole and stay fresh
>> longer, unsliced and she can make the slices just a thik or thin as she
>> likes.
>>
>> Kiwi-use a vegetable peeler and show her how.
>>
>> Wendy
>
> I just cut them in half and eat them with a spoon out of the peel.

Maybe that's what my husband does. He never peels them. He used to eat a
lot of them but then he quit eating them.

On 8/19/2011 10:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> "Julie > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for them
>>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if they
>>> didn't get eaten.
>>
>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg rise
>> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a mandarin,
>> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>
> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit. It's
> sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them sliced.
> If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it like
> that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She couldn't
> figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But I
> did to get them out of the house.
>
>
cut kiwi in 1/2

use spoon to scoop out the meat and leave the rind

done!!

kidlet was 3.5 yrs old when he had that one solved



kate

"Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/19/2011 10:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>>>> them
>>>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
>>>> they
>>>> didn't get eaten.
>>>
>>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>>> rise
>>> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>>> mandarin,
>>> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>
>> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>> It's
>> sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>> sliced.
>> If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
>> like
>> that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>> couldn't
>> figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But
>> I
>> did to get them out of the house.
>>
>>
> cut kiwi in 1/2
>
> use spoon to scoop out the meat and leave the rind
>
> done!!
>
> kidlet was 3.5 yrs old when he had that one solved
>
>
>
Given the carb count I will try to talk her out of them. Now she wants
pears. They didn't have any pears at Target. And normally we would have
tons of pears in the backyard but my husband had the gardener cut back the
trees so nothing produced this year. Maybe next. Maybe. They were really
good pears.

On 8/22/2011 1:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Tiger > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/19/2011 10:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>>>>> them
>>>>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
>>>>> they
>>>>> didn't get eaten.
>>>>
>>>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>>>> rise
>>>> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>>>> mandarin,
>>>> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>>
>>> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>>> It's
>>> sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>>> sliced.
>>> If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
>>> like
>>> that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>>> couldn't
>>> figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But
>>> I
>>> did to get them out of the house.
>>>
>>>
>> cut kiwi in 1/2
>>
>> use spoon to scoop out the meat and leave the rind
>>
>> done!!
>>
>> kidlet was 3.5 yrs old when he had that one solved
>>
>>
>>
> Given the carb count I will try to talk her out of them. Now she wants
> pears. They didn't have any pears at Target. And normally we would have
> tons of pears in the backyard but my husband had the gardener cut back the
> trees so nothing produced this year. Maybe next. Maybe. They were really
> good pears.
>
>
you think pears are lower carb?

ok

you better start buying jars and canning supplies now, pear

you better start buying canning supplies now, pears and apples trees are
famous for over producing the year after a good shearing, Lee"Julie Bove"
> wrote in message ...
>
> "Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
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>> On 8/19/2011 10:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>>>>> them
>>>>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
>>>>> they
>>>>> didn't get eaten.
>>>>
>>>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>>>> rise
>>>> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>>>> mandarin,
>>>> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>>
>>> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>>> It's
>>> sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>>> sliced.
>>> If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
>>> like
>>> that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>>> couldn't
>>> figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it.
>>> But I
>>> did to get them out of the house.
>>>
>>>
>> cut kiwi in 1/2
>>
>> use spoon to scoop out the meat and leave the rind
>>
>> done!!
>>
>> kidlet was 3.5 yrs old when he had that one solved
>>
>>
>>
> Given the carb count I will try to talk her out of them. Now she wants
> pears. They didn't have any pears at Target. And normally we would have
> tons of pears in the backyard but my husband had the gardener cut back the
> trees so nothing produced this year. Maybe next. Maybe. They were
> really good pears.
>

On 8/22/2011 2:48 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Tiger > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 8/19/2011 10:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>> > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Julie > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> Angela also had three kiwis. Need to look up the carb count for
>>>>> those. I haven't a clue because I never liked them. She asked for
>>>>> them
>>>>> before we knew of the low carb diet and they were going to go bad if
>>>>> they
>>>>> didn't get eaten.
>>>>
>>>> When I used to have IR kiwis, just one even, caused a catastrophic bg
>>>> rise
>>>> for me. I was always fine with a small apple at snack time, or a
>>>> mandarin,
>>>> the berries of course and rockmelon and watermelon.
>>>
>>> Well I guess no more kiwis then. I do *not* like messing with fruit.
>>> It's
>>> sticky and icky. I tell her if she wants sliced apples to buy them
>>> sliced.
>>> If she wants watermelon I'll either cut it in half and she can eat it
>>> like
>>> that (I mean the personal sized ones) or buy it cut in chunks. She
>>> couldn't
>>> figure out how to peel the kiwi. And I really didn't want to do it. But
>>> I
>>> did to get them out of the house.
>>>
>>>
>> cut kiwi in 1/2
>>
>> use spoon to scoop out the meat and leave the rind
>>
>> done!!
>>
>> kidlet was 3.5 yrs old when he had that one solved
>>
>>
>>
> Given the carb count I will try to talk her out of them. Now she wants
> pears. They didn't have any pears at Target. And normally we would have
> tons of pears in the backyard but my husband had the gardener cut back the
> trees so nothing produced this year. Maybe next. Maybe. They were really
> good pears.

I remember something about growing your own pears: They tend
to be best about two days before they fall off the tree. They
tend to develop a gritty texture if you wait until they fall
off the tree.

In the future, you may want to ask your husband not to have
all the trees cut back at once.