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Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight"

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From djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight"
Message-ID <p75FLF.1p8u@kithrup.com> (permalink)
Date 2018-04-14 00:20 +0000
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In article <parakb$hdg$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 4/13/2018 4:20 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <par5bl$fii$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 4/13/2018 2:41 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <paqr2g$d52$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 4/13/2018 12:33 PM, Chrysi Cat wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/13/2018 11:12 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd, "turkish deslight"
>>>>>>>      https://xkcd.com/1980/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yup, Cinnebons is much better for bribery.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll grant the traditional version, tasting of rosewater and maybe
>>>>>> almond, wouldn't be great. But the old-time Christmas treat "Aplets and
>>>>>> Cotlets" are basically turkish delight with the rosewater replaced by
>>>>>> apricot or apple, and *they're* delicious, so it's not the concept, it's
>>>>>> the traditional execution. Well, and possibly also that people are
>>>>>> annoyed by having to hold something covered on every surface by
>>>>>> confectioners' sugar :-P
>>>>>
>>>>> No freaking almonds !  I am allergic to them !
>>>>
>>>> What a pity.  I practically live on them.  I'm about to eat Greek
>>>> yogurt, blueberries, and almonds for lunch, because that's one of
>>>> the small set of edibles that don't set my blood sugar soaring.
>>>
>>> Yes, we all have our crosses to bear as we age.  I am not suppose to eat
>>> blueberries since their high vitamin K content plays havoc with my blood
>>> thinners.  But, I love blueberries !
>> 
>> Sympathies.  I'll eat your blueberries for you.  (They're about
>> the only fruit I can eat.)
>> 
>> What can you eat that I can't?  (Hint: if it contains sugar in
>> any measurable quantity....
>> 
>> (or starch either...)
>
>The only foods that I am allergic to are milk and almonds.  But if the 
>milk is cooked (pancakes, cake, scrambled eggs, etc), I can eat it.  But 
>the wife now cooks with soy milk since our disabled daughter is now 
>allergic to milk also.  She started having problems with milk a couple 
>of years ago and she is now 30.  I've been allergic to almonds since I 
>was 35 and milk since I was 40.  The absolute worst item is almond 
>extract, a lot of foods have that extract in them.
>
>But I am not suppose to eat any dark vegetables.  The darker a vegetable 
>is, the more vitamin K it has.  My Warfarin (Coumadin) is counter acted 
>by vitamin K.  But I eat a minimal amount anyway, life is short.  They 
>just increase my chance of having a stroke of which I am high risk due 
>to heart issues.
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin

Sympathies all over again.  I had a pacemaker put in a couple of
months ago, and I CANNOT FEEL ANY DIFFERENCE except that I now
have a lump under my skin.

>I am also allergic to Penicillan and Keflex.  Not good.

I'm allergic to the entire *cillin family, also Cipro and
Theophylline.  I don't think I've ever encountered Keflex.

/google

And the list of "Related Drugs" doesn't ring any bells either.

>One of my uncles, 78, is having serious problems with blood sugar.  When 
>his hits 350, he cannot see anymore.

Cripes!

>At that point, my aunt runs him to 
>the ER where they lower it somehow.

Insulin, probably.

>  But he is a sugar junkie like all 
>of us.

If I eat sugar my blood sugar goes up to 400 or so.  It doesn't
interfere with my vision, but one serving of (to take the last
example) Key Lime pie put six pounds of weight on me by morning.

Now, as everyone who's ever been on a diet knows (and this
includes most women in the US), it's mostly water.  And when I go
back on the diet, it's mostly water that I lose.  But it takes
about ten days.  Vanity is slowly beginning to conquer greed.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:12 -0500
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:15 -0500
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:31 +0000
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-04-14 04:16 -0700
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-14 15:12 +0000
          Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2018-04-14 10:09 -0700
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:17 -0700
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 21:04 -0700
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 04:25 +0000
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-13 10:31 -0700
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:41 -0700
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:48 -0700
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Chrysi Cat <Chrysicat@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 11:33 -0600
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-13 17:53 +0000
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:40 +0000
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 12:57 -0500
      Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:41 +0000
        Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 15:53 -0500
          Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 21:20 +0000
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-13 17:23 -0500
              Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-14 00:20 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-04-15 02:28 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 02:52 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:14 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 05:06 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-15 01:55 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-15 11:32 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 05:17 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-04-15 12:59 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 15:03 +0000
          Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2018-04-14 04:57 +0200
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Chris Buckley <alan@sabir.com> - 2018-04-14 14:26 +0000
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 21:23 -0500
            Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 21:27 -0500
              Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 22:10 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-04-14 20:47 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:21 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 05:23 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 23:18 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 05:07 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-15 01:57 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 15:05 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-15 14:22 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 21:01 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-04-15 14:49 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-15 22:36 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:11 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:55 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:55 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-19 13:27 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-04-19 09:50 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-19 20:09 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-04-20 23:43 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-20 16:48 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-20 20:20 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-04-21 00:40 -0500
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-21 00:10 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-05 14:12 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-04-19 10:30 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-04-19 04:46 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Johnny1A <johnny1a.again@gmail.com> - 2018-04-23 20:21 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 04:27 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-23 23:11 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-04-24 05:14 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> - 2018-04-23 22:21 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 13:33 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-24 08:21 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-24 15:56 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-04-24 19:05 -0600
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-25 03:59 +0000
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-04-24 21:54 -0700
                Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-24 14:38 -0500
    Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-13 19:38 +0000
  Re: xkcd, "turkish deslight" T Guy <tim.bateman1961@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 06:39 -0700

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