What Was Life Like in 1902?

We may not be all that happy with our current circumstances, but let’s take a look back at 1902.

• 90% of U.S. physicians had no college education; Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as substandard.
• 14% of the homes had a bathtub
• Average life expectancy was 47
• The five leading causes of death in the US were:

1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

• Most women only washed their hair once a month—with borax or egg yolks
• Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn’t been invented yet.
• Only 14 percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
• Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
• One in ten US adults couldn’t read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Compare Food Fast and Easily

REWRITE: TwoFoods is a nice online tool for those who are calorie conscious and would love to know the nutritional value their food has to offer. The website has a simple interface showing two boxes where you could enter names of two eatables and compare their nutritional values. It gives you comparison table showing the calories, proteins, carbohydrates and fat in both of them. Now you know which one you should prefer.

Is This Food Still Safe?

Are you looking at those containers of Thanksgiving leftovers and wondering… “Hmmm… is this food sI hate throwing food away. As I toss jars and bottles into the trash I feel a sense of guilt over the money being wasted, but when you are cleaning the refrigerator out my theory is “if in doubt, throw it out.” The last thing I need on top of a chronic illness is food poisoning. Half the time the expiration date on the jar is no longer visible.

Here is a web site that can be helpful: StillTasty.com

Not only can it tell you how long you should keep certain leftovers, it can help you plan ahead for those times when you don’t feel like cooking by making sure your meal or dessert will still be safe (and yummy!) to eat. For example, an unbaked peach pie can go in the freezer up to 2-4 month.  But a baked pie can be in the freezer 6-8 months. I would have thought it would be better to have it unbaked. Who knew?

If you pull out that pasta leftover from a few days ago and your way of testing is to smell it, you should check out StillTasty.

They also provide information on the best way to store food and how to actually interpret expiration dates.

Search by product name or browse site by food type like fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, fish, etc. They have an excellent Q/A section and you can submit your own questions too.

For example:

• Can You Safely Reuse Marinade?
• Can You Safely Eat Chicken That’s Been Frozen for Two Years?
• I Forgot to Refrigerate Food — Will Reheating Make it Safe?
• If Raw Beef Gets Dark is it Still Safe?
• Is Canned Tuna Still Safe After the “Best By” Date?
  

Here’s to safer eating!

-ljc

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Dieting? This May Make You Laugh

The teacher in our Bible class asked a woman to read from the Book of Numbers about the Israelites wandering in the desert.

“The Lord heard you when you wailed, ’If only we had meat to eat!’ Now the Lord will give you meat. You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, or ten or twenty days, but for a month—until you loathe it.”
The woman paused, looked up and said, “Hey, isn’t that the Atkin’s diet?” (author unknown, via internet)

Emmanuel Faith Community Church Reaches Out To Ill at Turkey Time

I received this email from Emmanuel Faith Community Church and thought it simply wonderful. If your church has an outreach ministry to people at thanksgiving, let them know that there are many chronically ill people too who would love fellowship and/or food.

I always say. . . remember that the Bible tells us not to “announce it in the next bulletin” or to say “call us if you need anything” but “Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame,”‘ (Luke 14:21).

Thank you, Emmanuel Faith Community Church, for reminding of this!

Dear Chronic Illness Support Group Members:

Each Thanksgiving since 2003, the Married & Company Sunday School class at Emmanuel Faith Community Church love to provide a limited number of complete Thanksgiving Dinners that they purchase from Major Market to persons in our support group who meet one or more of the following criteria:

1. Persons who have limited energy or severe pain, for whom cooking a special meal would be nearly impossible.
2. Persons who are alone and have no one to share a meal with, or live with just one other person and have no place to go for Thanksgiving.
3. Persons who are experiencing financial challenges and who would find purchasing a Thanksgiving Dinner with all the trimmings a hardship.
4. Persons who feel they would be blessed by a visit and a meal from another family due to loneliness, isolation, and/or depression.

These meals can be delivered on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday during Thanksgiving week. Please give me the following information when you contact me if you feel you qualify on even one of the criteria. Please contact (name removed) as soon as possible with:

1. your name,
2. the number of meals you need,
3. your address,
4. your phone number,
5. your email address,
6. the day and time frame you would prefer the meal to be delivered.

Blessings to you.

What am I Going to Make for Dinner?

How many times have you asked your self that question in the last couple of weeks? Sometimes the idea of figuring out what to make and organizing all the ingredients takes more energy than actually throwing it all together and making the meal.

Well, here’s a web site that is worth bookmarking for those day! MyFridgeFood.com

It gives you 2 options: You can use “quick find” or “detailed kitchen.” Then you check off what is in your fridge, as well as your cupboards. Each pages has a bunch of items with check boxes beside them like this:

Just check the ones that you have on hand and then the web site will show you a list of recipe ideas that include only those items you already have (This is a good way to save some money too and use up some of those items in your cupboard! It seems like I’m always missing one vital ingredient.)

Just click on the recipe and it will provide you all of the cooking details. If you sign up, you can submit a recipe.

-ljc

Avocados Good for Liver Function

If you’re on medications that cause stress on your liver, dip into the guacamole!

Studies have shown that eating just one or two avocados each week can boost your liver function in as little as one week. Avocados are a cholesterol-free, sodium-free, low saturated fat food with only 5.0 grams of fat per serving (20% of the fruit).

It’s believed by some that avocados protect against heart disease and some cancers.

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What is on my Food?

Wondering what pesticides are likely on the food you are eating? If so, here is a quick reference, whatsonmyefood.com

They have a database that you can quickly search by product or pesticide name (helpful it you know you have a reaction to certain pesticides.)

Each food listing also has a great deal of information about the quantity of pesticides used, their types, health effects and toxicity “legends.”

This isn’t  a fly by night web site either. All of their data is from trusted sources such as United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP), U.S. EPA and PesticideInfo website.

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I Have to Cook For My Family Even When Nauseous

I live with constant nausea, so I eat very rarely and very little, but with a change in our living circumstances, I need to cook for my husband and mother now, but I can barely stand the smell or sight of food. So far no medications have helped.

Do you have any hints of how to get through it or hints of making cooking easier/faster? Thanks! -Sheila

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