Jeweled
posted by jm at 4:02 AM
Monday, February 12, 2007
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- Name: jm
I am a brilliant creation of the universe formed from the cosmic protoplasm sailing into eternity. I have two hands, two feet, a couple of great ears, and I'm clipping through life at a moderate pace; minding my p*s and q*s, crossing my t*s, dotting every i.
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Frost bejeweled my rooftops this morning.
Nature's rhinestones.
Yet, Spring has pushed her way above earth, Daffodils came out, enjoying the day.
Now they sit next to me, bits of sun to warm me on this chilly night.
What a relief and reminder.
Daffodils and natural jewels. What it's all about.
Spring was peeking around here in the deep freeze, but cold and drizzle are here tonight. Briefly.
Bits of warm thoughts to warm me on MY chilly night.
Hey jm, please check out an acquaintance's Blogger site. She's always got loads of pictures and artistic finds on her page. Sometimes they remind me of the images you include with your posts. :o)
http://artindulgence.blogspot.com/
Joe, thank you so much. Willdo.
Like the blog title.
Joe! She uses some of the same magazines I do!
LOL. Wonder if she's into astrology? I barely know her but she's a fan of my work.
Find out. What a medium we've got here. A fan is a jewel, speaking of gems.
I will ask, if she responds to the question about the plates.
Which seems unlikely, seeing as she is consumed with this idiocy about "copying" someone else's art. Please! We've had this debate in Ukrainian egg circles for years because patterns and designs are sometimes believed to be original, when they're just derivative of something done earlier. Some are original, but the basic motifs have been in continuous use for centuries, so why people get pissy about it now is beyond me.
Ego is usually involved, IMO.
Ukrainian egg circles
Like that one. Some esoteric salon of highbrow eggheads.
Pissy is similar to antsy. Comes and goes.
Ego is generally involved.
Some esoteric salon of highbrow eggheads.
LOL! :oD
wait i'm confused.
I thought you were speaking of eggotistical eggheads.
Joe you are just the guy, a friend wants to know what oil is best for sauteing foods. Not canola, i what i told him, absolutely. Here i mostly use very little oil, grapeseed, olive oil, some sesame seed oil and butter.
Back when folks were around and i baked i was a big fan of coconut oil.
Not canola, i what i told him, absolutely. Here i mostly use very little oil, grapeseed, olive oil, some sesame seed oil and butter.
ha, ha, ha! Just enjoying the irony of stopping by the Jazzrap Cafe & a post titled "Jeweled" . . .and finding a discussion on cooking oils! :-)
I second the motion on Canola oil. There is olive oil, peanut oil, coconut oil & soy oil in my cupboard at this time. For sauteing I prefer the peanut oil or sesame oil as they add a bit of pleasant flavor plus the peanut oil can take higher heat. The coconut oil is for toast ala our dear Juno!
eggotistical
LOL!!!
Sunflower seed oil, a little butter, corn oil...lots of possibilities.
I would just use butter, personally. But if he wants something more refined, then I vote olive.
Neither soy nor canola are considered safe, IMO, due to genetic modification.
Neither soy nor canola are considered safe, IMO, due to genetic modification.
Canola I knew about but soy too, huh. Well, there had to be some reason it was inexpensive . . .
How could I forget BUTTER?! I have literally pounds of it in my freezer as I use it instead of shortening in most cooking. Good old butter, trans fat free butter . . . and I've never used margarine, disliked the taste & the way it cooks up. A reminder our intuitive sense is correct more often than not . . . :-)
I'm a butter person. The "fear of butter" never took hold with me.
See, there's that darn fear again. The fear of coconut and palm oils was instilled in us so that the vegetable oil and margarine industries could profit. Same with butter. The lipid hypothesis, i.e., that fats that are solid at room temp cause heart disease, is false and based on faulty science! The industries grabbed this "evidence" and ran with it, and we are paying the price with skyrocketing heart disease rates.
Denial of the things one loves probably contributes to heart disease even more.
I've been pretty immune to the information scare that continues unabated. I have no idea why this game is so powerful. Maybe a form of excitement. why are people so gullible?
I was revisiting the experiments they did with authority figures telling people to deliver electric shocks to others and they continued even when the people screamed in (mock) pain. The shockers didn't know it wasn't real. So we seemed to be wired for exceptional fear of authority. Maybe this has something to do with the speed at which these pseudofacts are believed.
Joe, just want to echo your thoughts on the industry manipulation of us all and the result is plain to see -> AN OBESE population.
Good to keep the plot lines in mind as we look at other "scientific facts"
My mother has it right. As she shakes half a sugar packet into her iced tea and the ladies all gasp, "Wouldn't you prefer some of this chemical substitute?" "No, thank you, I'll stick with the poisons my family has always known."
The lady is in her late 70's, alive with vitality, sharp as a tack and healthy! hmmm could this be a clue? Think her friends would ever take the evidence in front of them instead of the guy on TV promoting big pharma's current offering? Not a chance.
Ha! Ha! hi JM like minds and all that. Going now to visit raging uni and relax into the afternoon with all the delightful guests you collect, read your latest. I'm a big fan...you knew that tho....
No, thank you, I'll stick with the poisons my family has always known."
Ha ha! My kinda gal.
Fan? Takes one to know one!!
Tseka, it's not just the veg oils and margarines that are causing obesity, it's corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup (a more concentrated version), neither of which the body has any evolutionary clue how to deal with. So the body stores it in the hips, rear end and gut, and we get fatter. Eating too much doesn't help matters.
And corn syrup is in everything because corn is subsidized by the gov't, meaning farmers are paid to grow it. It's a mess, no matter how you slice it.
You bet Joe.
And we could add a ton more "stuff" that has been sold to us especially in the last 50 years. I can only say i am so glad i was raised poor and isolated. No Wonder Bread "helps to build bodies in 12 ways" around our house. That ad phrase takes on a whole new meaning in this context does it not?
Yes! A new meaning.
My girlfriend I met in Mexico had a 6 month old baby girl who had been eating Wonder bread with her father's family in the States. She proceeded to throw up in Mexico for 2 months straight, then went on a new diet orchestrated by her mother. The baby's disposition changed from night to day.
I'm on a huge anti-body fat crusade. It might actually be a new wave and they can use the corn for energy.
My friend Jessica wrote an excellent piece on corn and the genetic modifications being done to it and how it affects the health of those who rely on it or consume it occasionally. It can be found here.
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