My Thirty-Fourth summer time picnic - beans; fried chicken; colesslaw

My Thirty-Fourth  summer time picnic baked beans; coleslaw; fried chicken;

Usually at a big family gathering there are a huge pots to choose from so here is how to break it down:

one scoop of beans - whether it is baked beans; 7 bean salad; etc

one scoop of cabbage salad which is usually in the form of coleslaw (8/15 new info - just discovered that fresh dill is great in store bought coleslaw.  It also gives a great burp )

one scoop fried chick (I prefer dark meat, but white meat is fine.  Make sure you leave the batter, but take out the bones

one scoop sweet dish - could be cranberry; could be ambrosia; or another fruit based dish

Bring you heavy duty blender because you are going to need to blend this smooth.  Bring you blend with about 3/4 foll with dishes and water.  You need to leave room at the top to build the foam which contacts at the stop.  You also don't want to overfill the blender so it can't puree well.

The dish will come out think which is better than too thin, because you can thin it out but you can't tighten it on the fly

SUBSTITUTES:   BBQ beans; corn-on-the-cob (shucked); taco fixings; meatballs; pasta salad

Be brave, be different.

You can make a dessert version with s'mores; milk; ice cream and birthday cake

FRESH CORN . . .  THIS WAY

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SPOS - G-tube and dealing with taking pills

Stomach Peg Original Soup™ SPOS - G-tube and dealing with taking pills

FIrst, I always check to see if there is a liquid or powder form.  I ask my doctor.  Then I ask my pharmacist.  Sometimes there are new formulas coming out that one of them doesn't know about

8/14/2018 UPDATE:  Dana Farber's computer system now has a huge range of medicine styles.  My doctors and nurses always are looking for liquid and powder forms.

Some of my medicines are unique and  are solids like pills that the doctors expect me to grind up and then pour them down my g-tube.  I have discovered that it is easier to boil water pour a cup of it into a 4-cup Pyrex measuring cup.  I then add the pills and allow them to dissolve in the water.  I let it sit about 30 minutes.  I have more time, than I do arm muscle.

I do check with my pharmacist to make sure that the hot water won't harm the effectiveness of medicine.  I was most concerned with antibiotics, and so far I have not had any issues with the medicines I take.

Once the medicines have dissolve.   I take  chilled puree like blueberry muffin puree from the refrigerator and add a cup to the pyrex measuring cup.  This evens out the temperature of the liquid. I stir it just to make sure the temp has evened out.

8/14/2018 UPDATE:  For  my vitamins like Vit. C, Magnesium Citrate, Thistle, and Turmeric, I just toss them in my Vitamix with my second breakfast.  Never had any problem with them pureed small enough to go down the tube. 


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