Comments on: Cooking lessons my mother didn’t teach me

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:37:20 +0000

I’ve never heard this diet: eating like a dog. I’ve heard of eating like a caveman, eating only what isn’t processed – but this is a great title. We have dogs/cats in our family and I have to tell you that if I ate like my cat, I’d probably die. He only likes to eat this dry food stuff that looks tasteless to me. And my dog (who recently died) ate anything that came within his reach and none of it bothered him (other than alcohol or chocolate). He loved uncooked yeast bread. It was the first thing he ever jumped up on the counter for when he was a 10 week old puppy and proceeded to barf it all up. But that didn’t stop him from wanting it again! His favorite food was anything outside on the ground — twigs, plants, garbage — and that always made him sick to his stomach. Of all of our dogs, he was the most outrageous eater but they’ve all been different in their tastes and I couldn’t generalize about it at all.

I get the idea and I know I’m working from a small sample but I’d hesitate to generalize about dogs and diets. Good luck with the diet, the migraines and the writing!

By: Joanne Gruskin (@JoanneLG)

Joanne Gruskin (@JoanneLG) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:02:51 +0000

I’ve been fighting the good fight, trying to avoid migraines, for more years than I care to remember. Every day I seem to come up with another trigger, food being the most suspect. I avoid all the usual triggers, except coffee, something I’ve been having trouble giving up.
I’ve been working on a cookbook about feeding your dogs and your family with the same ingredients (http://www.peoplefoodforpets.com/). When I am in my cooking and recipe mode, my headaches miraculously go away. Every food on the list of foods that are a problem for dogs is a migraine trigger for me: aged cheese, alcohol, bananas, beer, caffeine, chickpeas, chocolate, citrus, corncobs, eggplant, garlic, ketchup, mushrooms, mustard seeds, onions, processed meats, raisins, raspberries, red grapes, red plums, soy sauce, tea, tomatoes, uncooked yeast dough, walnuts, wine.
I have no idea why it’s true, but when I eat like a dog, I don’t get migraines. Added to the list for me are: milk products, including all cheeses, cream, yogurt, sour cream, and butter, and artificial sweeteners.
I’m now into heavy-duty writing mode, not developing recipes and I’ve been lax about trying to eat like a dog. I’ve also been plagued by migraines.
Maybe I should come up with a new migraine diet and call it the canine connection

By: Staub dutch oven

Staub dutch oven — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:42 +0000

Take a cooking class of select some cooking catalogs. If you may be like I was, I had a challenging time even creating cookies, and that was a straightforward action by phase directions. This in fact is when I made the decision to go research abroad in Italy. I learned learn how to cook and came again together with the passion to master considerably more and extend my abilities. All it will take is you receiving available and taking a uncomplicated cooking type.

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:56:11 +0000

I’m assuming you mean exacerbation — but then, it is also exasperating! If you can’t afford paying someone to clean, is there anything you can barter? Also – some people just have the cleaner do the heavy stuff to cut down on costs.

But no matter how you do it, it’s hard to say you’re tired or don’t feel well when you look fine. Keep practicing, though.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:36:53 +0000

I know exactly how you feel! What’s even more painful for me is that people assume because of my optimistic cheerful attitude that I’m being lazy when I stop or take a break because of the fatigue I’m experiencing. Great idea! I’m going to begin to hire someone to come into my household once a month to help me clean.

Nobody has a clue how truly exhausting the holidays are I just silently struggle and push praying that I don’t have an exasperation.

By: Rosalind

Rosalind — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:37:35 +0000

Robin – It does all depend on what your circumstance is. It seems like cooking doesn’t lead to success for you at all. I hope Thanksgiving felt like you had made good decisions for you.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:27:07 +0000

The secret to cooking successfully with MS is in this blog, having someone to help get things (I cannot grocery shop and cook same day, too exhausted) and hiring help for the cleanup (didn’t know this was possible?). When I cook, my pans sit for days in the sink until I have the energy to scrub them and lift them to do so. My dishes go immediately into the diswasher, though and my wine glasses get washed by hand in fear left to sit dirty, they might be knocked over and break. It is so frustrating to LOVE to cook as I do and no longer have help in the kitchen to not make it an exhausting task. Single people eat out for a reason….Happy Thanksgiving