Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

lostinrates

Stone moved off top of bucket and jaw bone is missing.


From what described I suspect cow. (Or sheep but DH won't have it and I suspect he's seen as much sheep as me,or more....he's been on archeological digs after all. )

lostinrates

Kiwi was eating it.

Its deer.


Have to have a look in the morning. Guess we've finally been hit here or next door by lamping. Will tell my neighbours in the morning too.

lostinrates

Ok, tree totally u dressed now.


Want this variety again. Every year. Smelt AMAZING, and have hardly any needle drop at all.

Its very fresh and vibrant still. Tbh, it would go on a nother couple of weeks I think.

I only wish I could remember what it was.

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

He should be fine Lydia. People like me who really don't cope well easily aren't that common


I'd be be more concerned that as he is not completely veg he might consider fish oils personally and not to much rubbish. . The danger is to rely to heavily on things like cheese.

Nutrition is Broad brush strokes but best personalised, random supplementation can unbalance and IMO can do as much harm as good.

Thanks. That's reassuring. Whatever else he might need, he certainly doesn't need a fish oil supplement. Left to his own devices he would eat either tuna or mackerel at every meal except breakfast, and has to be reminded to vary it a bit sometimes!

silvercar

Over Christmas I have been involved in negotiations with DS about giving up meat. We have now reached an agreement. I have accepted that he is giving up eating meat from mammals, and he has consented to carry on eating meat from chicken (and possibly other birds), and is happy to take a supplement if I decide that one is indicated. (Question - should I, and if so which kind?)

What is in red meat and not much else? Iron, vitamin A?? My knowledge is rusty.

Definitely sausages in oven - much more even cooking than in frying pan, as well as less fat.

In the george foreman grill. We have had some successes, including sausages, burgers, schnitzel (turkey) and tonight steak.

Only downside is that someone has put away the drip tray and we can't find it.

zagubov

LydiaJ wrote: »

Over Christmas I have been involved in negotiations with DS about giving up meat. We have now reached an agreement. I have accepted that he is giving up eating meat from mammals, and he has consented to carry on eating meat from chicken (and possibly other birds), and is happy to take a supplement if I decide that one is indicated. (Question - should I, and if so which kind?)

I have been somewhat surprised at the extent to which other people feel they have the right to tell him that he must eat red meat or else. I would certainly never tell somebody else's teenager something like that. If I was concerned about their eating habits I might have a quiet word with the parents if I knew them very well, but otherwise I wouldn't interfere.

Interesting... when it comes to the personal relationship problems of my friends, I am generally quite a long way towards the "love them enough to say something" end of the spectrum compared with most people I know, but on this question I am coming out much more non-interfering than some people I didn't expect it from.

Tonight he is hungry. I am doing sausages and eggs and stuff for DD and me, so asked DS what he would like instead of the meat element. He wants lots of pasta, tuna mayo, fried egg, and cucumber, and happily told me he'd thought through whether he'd got all the right food groups before saying what he'd like.

There's a lot of good stuff in a vegetarian diet, but there's problems too and it never seems to be anybody's job to tell you about them. I'd be worried about eating a diet that has a philosophy. and be wary of getting advice from somebody that shares that philosophy.

I don't think red meat's the best to eat. Chicken, pork, fish all have more unsaturates, some have less fat overall. Dairy's sometimes used as a subsitute for meat by vegtarians but it's pretty unhealthy too- worse than red meat.

DS sounds like he's very sensible, and being rational about how to make the diet work safely.

We could all eat a lot less fat and we should all eat a good deal less sugar.

The high iron in some plant foods is usually difficult to absorb because of the fibre, presence of uptake blockers (usually organic acids) and lack of B12.

Some supplements have the missing metals and some fatty acids and carnosine are supposedly needed. Protein can be low, which is a big deal when somebody's growing.

dryhat

lostinrates wrote: »

Kiwi was eating it.

They'll eat anything those kiwis.

They sometimes even resort to cannibalism...

lostinrates

That's very cute dry hat.


I wish I could keep kiwis. .

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

Are you ready to start house hunting again now Christmas/NY are over?

I've looked on RM every day; hardly anything comes up. Today, all houses, in my budget, within a 5 mile radius, in the last 3 days .... gave about 6 houses

vivatifosi

zagubov wrote: »

There's a lot of good stuff in a vegetarian diet, but there's problems too and it never seems to be anybody's job to tell you about them. I'd be worried about eating a diet that has a philosophy. and be wary of getting advice from somebody that shares that philosophy.

That's fair. I am a vegetarian. For me it's what I'm used to and is now about taste rather than philosophy. The good news is that I have a very good cholesterol level. The bad news is that I have problems getting enough iron, zinc and magnesium. It's all about balance at the end of the day and as a vegetarian I have to work hard to balance mine as it is much harder than for an omnivore. It is very easy to tip into having too many carbs or relying more on sugars than I should for energy.