OT: Someone tell me what to get!(with how to for roasted veg, broccoli with cheese sauce)

[Guest guest]

Old age brings a whole new, exciting, wonderful set of experiences. That said,

fooie on old age. I'm not ready to have my cataracts removed and suddenly find

that I cannot read my beloved tea catalogs. Carl bought me one of those thin

page size magnifiers but it did absolutely nothing. My new glasses are a joke

and the doctor could only get me to 20/80 and decided to give me far vision

rather than close without asking me. Argh. All my work is done up close and I'm

rebuilding one of the house computers by feel. Double argh.

 

So, does anyone have a suggestion as to a hand held magnifying glass that will

show more than a word at a time?

 

Grumble grumble. Sitting here with a brand new Harney & Sons catalog and I

cannot read a thing. Also have the new 53 page Tea Quarterly from Upton and I'll

have to wait till the seeing eye husband is home to read it. Grumble kvetch.

BTW, both catalogs/newsletter are free and the teas are good. Some tea snobs may

say garbage about Upton but compare their prices with a higher priced place for

the same tea and harvest...

 

Growl. Someone come read to me!!!!

 

To make this e-mail remotely veggie, tonight's dinner is an oven roast of

onions, yellow potatoes, carrots and some steamed broccoli with a cheese sauce.

To oven roast, peel carrots, potatoes, peel and quarter onions, toss lightly

with olive oil, sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper, roast at around 375 for

about 40 to whatever minutes till veggies are cooked and roasted. Turn veggies

over half way through cooking. To do the broccoli, clean up a fresh head or so

of broccoli, separate florets, either chop or cut stalk in little sticks, steam,

lightly season with salt. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in sauce pan, add 2

tablespoons flour, stir well, add 1 cup grated cheddar cheese or cheese blend,

stir till cheese melts, season with salt and pepper, pour over drained,cooked

broccoli. Can then be turned into a casserole dish and topped with buttered

bread crumbs, baked till golden and bubbly.

 

Love and grumbles, Jeanne in GA

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time!

Getting the cataracts removed really, really works...

 

Audrey S.

[Guest guest]

Go get some of those cheap glasses at Wal-mart that are just for reading. They

are less than $10.

 

I love roasted veggies too. So easy and they taste great. Sprinkle on some

Steakhouse seasoning for a great flavor.

Judy

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

you can also get the cheep glasses at the dollar store

 

On 11/19/08, wwjd <jtwigg wrote:

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> Go get some of those cheap glasses at Wal-mart that are just for

> reading. They are less than $10.

>

> I love roasted veggies too. So easy and they taste great. Sprinkle on some

> Steakhouse seasoning for a great flavor.

> Judy

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[Guest guest]

I'll try the cheap reading glasses - anything is better than holding something

up to my nose and squinting. Grocery shopping is such fun, I always have to ask

Carl to read things for me or tell me what it is and people look at me like I'm

illiterate. Have fallen 4 times in the past 2 days just because I couldn't see,

so maybe surgery is closer than I would like.

 

Surgery - trying to convince the bean counters at my insurance company to cover

it and trying to get eye doctor to understand that I am as awake and aware with

the versed/fentanyl cocktail in me as I am right now. Narcotics do absolutely

nothing to me, wild isn't it? They always have to get an anesthesiologist to

knock me out for my EGD's.

 

Steakhouse seasoning on the veggies sounds good! I found a lonely parsnip in the

veggie bin in the fridge so it's going in the mix for dinner tonight. If I'm

mean, I'll hide it under the potatoes and not share it with Carl. heheheh! It's

only fair, he'll take most of the broccoli before I can get to it!

 

Still can't read my tea quarterly, and it has the next installment of Reversals

of Fortune in the Tea Industry (about 1700 and thereabouts)

 

Love and hugs and extra carrots, Jeanne in GA