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Nov 19, 2007 | From the kitchen of Rose
You guys! You're so inventive. I've been very busy over the past few days hosting my dad and his caretaker and nursing a bruised toe (oh you're going to laugh when you hear what I told the dr.!) but now I've checked in to see what's happening and I want to stay and read every posting. I can't wipe the smile off my face. I had no idea just how fun the new forums were going to be!
OK here's the toe story: I woke up Friday morning with my fourth toe red, swollen, and hurting in a way unbelievable for so small an appendage. I wanted to ignore it but I was beginning to have trouble walking. I didn't remember having stubbed in on a chair a few days before so it seemed to come out of the blue and I feared gangrene. So I rolled out the porcini pasta planned for dinner and then took it's (my toe's) temperature with my infra-red thermometer and sure enough, while all other toes were 91 degrees, the toe causing the commotion was 94 degrees.
When I reported this to the Dr. who was kind enough to see me at a moment's notice, he laughed and said that he would now have to write a paper on toe temperature! (Remember my editor at Food Art's saying I weigh everything, even air? Well now he can add I take the temperature of everything as well!)
After just one anti-inflammatory pill the swelling went down and I was able to make chicken paprikash for dinner, cherry pie for Sat. night dinner, along with rib roast on the grill and yorkshire popovers, plus blueberry pancakes and bacon for Sunday brunch.
Dad's caretaker, Shelly Tilly, insisted on cleaning the house while I did all this cooking (wood burning fireplaces are great but the fallout from them makes dusting more necessary than weekend visits allow). But the greatest gift was that Shelly harvested the hornet's nest--the huge amazing one featured on a posting earlier this summer. We had given up hope a few weeks ago as it was dangerously beyond our reach but Shelly is a miracle worker. Photos of her up on the ladder with the nest to come.....
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Marti
12/19/2007 11:32 PM
Any creative ideas for desserts to go along with a ski lodge theme?
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12/17/2007 02:30 AM
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Zach Townsend
11/21/2007 11:39 AM
excellent reminder about the eyes and the infrared.
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Rose
11/21/2007 11:11 AM
so you see there IS a reason chef's wear hard toed shoes and not flip-flops (other than the probability of dropping a knife)!
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Bill
11/21/2007 10:50 AM
Rose...you are too funny. I actually did laugh out loud! (I'm also nursing a bad toe...second one on the left foot). I'd like to wish you and all the bloggers a happy and yummy thanksgiving.
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Rose
11/21/2007 10:05 AM
since kids squirm around so much i want to caution all of you never to allow the infra red beam to aim for the eyes. that would be very dangerous. ie AVOID THE EYES
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Rozanne
11/21/2007 09:46 AM
Rose that is hilarious and brilliant at the same time. I need to get one just to take my kids' temperature, it's so hard to get them to stay still for 5 seconds sometimes...
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Patrincia
11/20/2007 10:42 PM
Okay Rose, that's too funny!!! I think I need to get an IR thermometer for sure now :).
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Hector
11/20/2007 05:31 PM
I use my IR thermometer to check my dog's temperature!
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Zach Townsend
11/20/2007 04:13 PM
Dr.'s make take your advice about using infrared instant read thermometers to take temperature from now on! (I'm sure all babies would be thrilled to hear that - ha!)
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Shelly Tilly Capturing the Hornets' Nest
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