In article >, cshenk1
@cox.net says...
>
> Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > In article >,
> > says...
> > >
> > > On Monday, August 1, 2016 at 2:45:22 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > > > dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > > >
> > > > > On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 11:04:24 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > > > > ...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 3:20:29 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > > > > > > dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > My daughter is strangely into green tea. She's made matcha
> > > > > > > > mochi, matcha macrons, matcha cookies, etc. Last night we
> > > > > > > > had some matcha cheesecake. I'm not too wild about it
> > > > > > > > although I like the color. It tastes like hay to me.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > There, trimmed it down a bit (grin, it was getting a bit
> > > > > > > long).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Agreed, tastes a bit like hay to me as well. It has a lot
> > > > > > > of anti-oxidents and my pet nutritionist has be giving
> > > > > > > Iowna 1/2 cup warm weak caffiene free green tea a day. I
> > > > > > > give it at night and she laps it up then the warmth soothes
> > > > > > > her to sleep. The decaffination removes some of the
> > > > > > > anti-oxident benefits but not much. Iowna also gets
> > > > > > > organic coconunt oil, lignan extract and a few other things
> > > > > > > (plus her tramadol for arthritis).
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cats drinking green tea - now I've heard everything.
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > So far as I am aware, Iowna is a dog)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > > > http;//www.helpforheroes.org.uk
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> > > > > I shall trust in your awareness. The assumption was a bit of a
> > > > > risk on my part. Thanks for setting me straight. My apologies
> > > > > to Iowna. No dog should ever be insulted in such a degrading
> > > > > manner.
> > > >
> > > > LOL! No problem! Iowna is just a happy lady trottong about.
> > > >
> > > > http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/cs...257.jpg.html?s
> > > > ort=3& o=7
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> > > Those pictures make me happy. I don't know why but it does.
> >
> > Maybe because they're nice animals with good owners.
>
> We try! Iowna's been with us for about 3.5 years now, just turned 14
> on 2 July. Cash, my other current dog has been with us since early
> 2008 (believed to have been about 1 year old, maybe 1.5 then). If you
> found the picture with the white cat (Daisy-chan), she's been with us
> since 2008 also and was believed to be 8 or 9 when we got her so she's
> someplace between 16 and 18 now.
>
> There were also pictures of another tri-color beagle mix with both
> eyes. That was Aunti Mabel, rainbow bridge just before we got Iowna.
> Vets estimated she was 18 when we got her and 20.5 when she passed
> (assisted, she had a series of strokes in the night and lost use of her
> back legs and ability to swallow). Aunti Mabel was a trip! The rescue
> expected her to be a permanent resident and described her as 'older
> than dirt'. They asked us to watch her for Thanksgiving weekend
> (normal foster wanted to make a family trip) and they needed someone
> who knew heartworm recovery.... we refused to give her back (smile).
>
> Anyways, Don and I are odd but then everyone here is in some way or
> other. For us, it's that we adopt the unadoptable pets. Older with
> medical issues generally.
>
> Cash- severe Heartworm issues, organ and joint involvement plus heart.
> You could count his vertebra from across the room when we got him.
> Mellow in the extreme.
>
> Daisy-chan- true feral (not the I found her outside, she must be feral
> but the type that has your vet dress out in Jason Vorhies (sp?) mask
> and steel mesh arm/hand protectors). Good point= free nail clipping.
> Bad point= it's for the vet's safety.
>
> Aunti Mabel- Older than dirt, in recovery from the worst part of
> heartworm treatment, massive food allergies and had chewed her skin off
> in several places so had stitches to patch it back together, no fur on
> her belly. Deaf from ear infections (took us 2 years to clear). Not
> housebroken (had never lived indoors). House broke in 3 days BTW.
>
> Iowna- Blind. Arthritis so advanced, they sent one x-ray off to see if
> it might be bone cancer. Now getting a bit senile but happy and lives
> for walkies when she hears kids playing so she can crash their party.
>
> Be careful where you step if you ever come here. There's apt to be a
> colorful 12 legged pile someplace...Heck, one of us may be in it making
> 14 legs!

Lol. Adopting the unadoptable sounds great, although there would be
limits to what I could do medically. I don't think we've ever had a cat
I could give a diabetes injection to, for instance. They are and were
all mild-mannered but have clear boundaries