06-28-2025, 07:07 PM
(06-28-2025, 03:29 PM)RockyRaab2 Wrote: Pat, it's a relief to see a fish soup/stew dish with no tomatoes or potatoes. As you know, those of us with kidney issues have to avoid both and recipes with neither are rare indeed. Wife says she's going to make that with some cod.
(Was in a diner the other day and asked if I could substitute for fries. Waitress said, "Sure. You want mashed, tots, hash browns or country fried?" Had to explain that I can't have POTATO.)
Yep. Growin' old ain't fer sissies. Sometimes ya gotta slap yerself around and make yerself follow doc's orders. On the other hand, there's the question of whether it is better to die a lingering death...without all the stuff you like...or to just crash on through on an early bird flight due to self destruction.
I like the old joke about the guy and his wife who lived a long healthy life...due to his wife carefully avoiding all the "good stuff" in their menus. When they both were killed at the same time in an auto accident they were given a tour of "the other side". The guy was informed that he could smoke, drink and eat whatever and whenever he wanted...because there was no longer any concern for earthly ailments. And when he found he could also go fishing anywhere and any time...for the biggest fish he'd ever seen...he began screaming at his wife. "We coulda been up here 20 years ago."