Peanut Brittle, yum, yum
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 16-01-2010
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Two people live under this roof and one of them makes the best peanut brittle around these parts, and it ain’t me…The other person said for me to stop calling her The Boss and apparently supervisor ain’t to good either….I’m thinking maybe Girlfriend will be the offical title for a while (I’ll let you know). Anyway, Girlfriend makes all this peanut brittle and because of my bulging waistline, she gives it away. Sometimes if I am quick enough I can get some crumbs from the pan if I am washing dishes, but I have to be quick cause Girlfriend will just dump, yes dump the dad-barn crumbs from the pan. Over Christmas I was able to “borrow” a piece or two from outbound gift packages. But today, she made another batch for a certain family member who is having a birthday soon and Girlfriend put a couple of pieces aside….She did not say they were for that other household member, but since she did not eat them…I think she left them out for that other person in the house….Man, it was good…Girlfriend is a real good cook, especially for peanut brittle ….and pecan pie…don’t want to forget that..oh, and biscuits and gravey, ummm…taco soup and green chile stew…chicken and dumplins..My dang waist line don’t stand a chance, huh?….
Hold on to your hat, Pete. You can do it. Just eat all that good stuff, and run up Nine Mile Hill each day. That should solve the waistline problem. I know you’ve had heart surgery though. You better check with your cardiologist first. For that matter, if your cardiologist approves of all of those home made goodies, he will probably approve of the run up Nine Mile Hill.
Since you all live in West Albuquerque, you must not be all that far from Nine Mile Hill. It should be an easy jog both to it and up it. Once a week you can plan to jog down it. That should be easy.
Well, I don’t know about running anywhere, but I probably need to. And my cardiologist said he wanted me to drop at least 20 pounds by my next vist (October). And you may be pleased to know I only have 19 more to go. Pretty good huh?….Well, it’s a start anyway…
Pete,
I have a hint for you about that additional 19 pounds you need to lose, and it doesn’t involve jogging up Nine Mile Hill everyday, or even riding a bike up it. We bought a Blendtec blender from Sam’s Club for Christmas that has a 1.5 hp motor that will grind just about anything, including golf balls and cell phones. Since Christmas, we have been on a diet of carrot milk (made with soy milk) since Christmas. It will grind most any veggie and do it extremely fast. It has made it real easy for Marina to control her blood sugar level. Since I eat everything she eats (I’m no cook), I am losing weight too. The secret is to develop a taste for sugarless veggies (sugarless except for the natural sugar). If you can do that, losing weight is no problem.
I especially liked the last two sentences, “develope a taste” and “if you can do that”. We are into cooking and unless life throws us a curve ball of some type, I probably have the lose the 19 pounds the old fashioned way, “less eating, more exercise”
That’s the best way. To paraphrase a saying that I learned in the AF, “Take all you want, but you damn well better eat all you take”, the best way to lose weight is to eat everything one wants, and then work like hell. As long as one is healthy enough to stay active, eating should be no problem, but it is a requirement, just as putting gasoline into one’s car. That jog up “Nine Mile Hill” is looking better everyday. If you can’t jog up it, ride a bike up it that has at least 50 gears. That way, it is easier, and you still get the exercise. Just don’t try to ride up it on a kid’s bike with balloon tires having only one speed and no advantage.