Excellent crime series starring an older woman, Brenda Blethyn, in the lead role. I've seen a small synopsis of the series with the words, "...Think a female Columbo." Not true. DCI Vera Stanhope doesn't play the bumbling idiot trying to pull the wool over the guilty parties' eyes. She is sharp and has no qualms letting the baddies know that she's coming after 'em.
One thing that the synopsis did get right is that DCI Stanhope is "caustic." I absolutely love her attitude and the way she presents herself. By the by, this series is staged in Northumberland, a beautiful part of coastal Northern England.
https://g.co/kgs/hXzfd6
Check it out. FY, I get my Britbox on Amazon Prime.
Enjoy!
Monday, June 24, 2019
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Veganism/Vegetarianism and Pork Chops (las chuletas)
My husband is a straight-up carnivore, and as a loving wife and life partner, I choose to cook for him the foods that he enjoys; but let me tell you that my nose hairs even talk to me and ask 'Why????' when the aroma of the savory pork chops (las chuletas) that I'm preparing for his delight is wafting throughout the entire house.
Yes, it's a challenge to stick to my vegetarianism sometimes, but the health benefits over-ride the temporary demands of my olfactory sense and my taste buds. No, tofu definitely DOES NOT come close to being as tasty as a pork chop or a hamburger, or my fabulous homemade spaghetti meat sauce; but the enjoyment of a savory pork chop (Stephanie Clark's recipe) for a few minutes is not worth endangering myself with a potential life threatening circulation problem in my lower extremities.
My GP says, 'Oh, we're going to do some statins to try to stop this from progressing further.' Hell, no; I'm not going there because that 'we' is actually me. I've learned nothing about statins that make this woman want to add them to the Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis meds that I'm already on. I called my cousin who is a surgeon and has been vegetarian for over four decades...'Cuz,' he says, 'just switch to a vegetarian/vegan diet and leave those statins at the pharmacy.' 'Okay,' says I, and here we are today...cooking and inhaling the delicious, crazy-making, savory aroma of baking pork chops.
Don't feel sorry for me though, because I'm gonna make my special Nacho recipe or my special french fries for my dinner. I've made a choice -- food over pharma.
PEACE!!
'
Yes, it's a challenge to stick to my vegetarianism sometimes, but the health benefits over-ride the temporary demands of my olfactory sense and my taste buds. No, tofu definitely DOES NOT come close to being as tasty as a pork chop or a hamburger, or my fabulous homemade spaghetti meat sauce; but the enjoyment of a savory pork chop (Stephanie Clark's recipe) for a few minutes is not worth endangering myself with a potential life threatening circulation problem in my lower extremities.
My GP says, 'Oh, we're going to do some statins to try to stop this from progressing further.' Hell, no; I'm not going there because that 'we' is actually me. I've learned nothing about statins that make this woman want to add them to the Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis meds that I'm already on. I called my cousin who is a surgeon and has been vegetarian for over four decades...'Cuz,' he says, 'just switch to a vegetarian/vegan diet and leave those statins at the pharmacy.' 'Okay,' says I, and here we are today...cooking and inhaling the delicious, crazy-making, savory aroma of baking pork chops.
Don't feel sorry for me though, because I'm gonna make my special Nacho recipe or my special french fries for my dinner. I've made a choice -- food over pharma.
PEACE!!
'
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