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Calorie Counting

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Slap Shot said:
Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.
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I don't actually know anyone who doesn't like spinach. Seems to me to be a leftover trope from the days when everything was canned or boiled to death.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
I don't actually know anyone who doesn't like spinach. Seems to me to be a leftover trope from the days when everything was canned or boiled to death.
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Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.
 
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Kepler said:
Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.
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The greatest non-monetary disservice the boomers and gen-X did to millennials was to prepare sh-tty canned vegetables. Growing up with horrid vegetables turned me off from them. It took me 30-some years to like broccoli. 25-something to like onions. Still don’t like mushrooms. I didn’t like salads until I was in my 20s.

Steak with roasted broccoli? Yes please. A nice midweek salad? Yum.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
The greatest non-monetary disservice the boomers and gen-X did to millennials was to prepare sh-tty canned vegetables.
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The Greatests started it. Boomers started the recovery of vegetables, at least in fancy pants "get a rope" places.
 
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Kepler said:
The Greatests started it. Boomers started the recovery of vegetables, at least in fancy pants "get a rope" places.
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The greatest generation started their lives with ice boxes and trains to transport food from faraway places.

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walrus said:
The greatest generation started their lives with ice boxes and trains to transport food from faraway places.

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Lol, was going to say the same thing.

To DX’s point I never really cared for vegetables until I got older as well. We always had a garden so would have some decent, fresh vegetables, but there was a lot of canned and frozen stuff as well. I definitely prefer raw vegetables instead of cooked.
 
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With very few exceptions (beets, artichoke hearts), canned vegetables are virtually inedible - especially when it comes to green beans and peas. Frozen is acceptable (except for Brussels sprouts, which must be fresh), otherwise fresh is always best. Canned, I'd rather lick pennies.
 
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Frozen is good for corn and maybe a few others. It’s good for the times when you need something and need it quick. I usually keep a bag or two of frozen corn in my freezer.
 
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Kepler said:
Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.
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My parents won't eat Brussels sprouts in any form because their parents only boiled them. Still scarred from it.

FadeToBlack&Gold said:
With very few exceptions (beets, artichoke hearts), canned vegetables are virtually inedible - especially when it comes to green beans and peas. Frozen is acceptable (except for Brussels sprouts, which must be fresh), otherwise fresh is always best. Canned, I'd rather lick pennies.
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I don't mind canned green beans, but fresh and canned are almost incomparable. Different textures and taste. I'd almost consider them different vegetables entirely.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
I don't mind canned green beans, but fresh and canned are almost incomparable. Different textures and taste. I'd almost consider them different vegetables entirely.
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Agreed, and canned green beans are the only kind I find edible. I don't make them because I assume they taste good because they have lost all nutritional value (c.f. carrots).
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I knew there was a reason I really didn't like you. Now I can justify sending you to the wall after the revolution. :p
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That's good to hear, but I'm pretty sure the Jacobins will get me at my first, "well, actually..."

I figure I'm good for about the first 6 months of The Terror until they decide the intellectuals are counter-revolutionary because we're not applauding every execution wildly. That's usually how it goes.
 
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Monday, May 6

Breakfast: None
Lunch: Thai chicken and rice with peppers (400), cream soda (160), 560

BP readings: 105/60; 98/56

BP 12 reading Moving Average: 128/77
down from 161/93 in March

Something tells me this is too fast.

I'm not hungry but despite a lot of sleep I am low energy.
 
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Kepler said:
Monday, May 6

Breakfast: None
Lunch: Thai chicken and rice with peppers (400), cream soda (160), 560

BP readings: 105/60; 98/56

BP 12 reading Moving Average: 128/77
down from 161/93 in March

Something tells me this is too fast.

I'm not hungry but despite a lot of sleep I am low energy.
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You've started cutting your caloric intake. Anytime you do that, your body will feel a sluggish until it accepts the new norm. It's the same as those people who go on Ketogenic or other low-carb diets. They all suffer the [insert diet name] flu.
 
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Game of thrones Sunday’s with my friends are nearly over, thankfully.
I did manage to cook meals to cover M-W before I head to DC.

We always do takeout food for Sunday’s to watch the show so we had chipotle with a Mexican coke, followed by a small blizzard. Coming off a sugar high.
 
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Tuesday, May 7

Breakfast: nothing
Lunch: 2 large hot dogs (300) and mac and cheese (600), 900

BP: 121/74
 
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