Coffee

[Marie2020]

so much pneumonia and covid has been going around here and among people i know elsewhere that i'm worried about it getting either of us here at home. so far ok, but close calls (people who visit us who have had it or family) and that Mom is out and about more too means more chances.

take care of yourself there...

There are a lot of people coming down with some nasty bugs here and around the UK

I used to get really ill after having flu shoots sometimes it would hang on for over 4 months. Two doctors and a nurse refused me to have them again because of this as well as the pneumonia jabs

 

[Marie2020]

Vaccination is protection.

Not for everyone, we are all different

 

[digitS']

To say that pneumonia is an infection leaves out the cause. John Hopkins School of Medicine says that it may be a virus, bacteria or fungus. In children especially, it may be more than one.

Egg over easy, hash browns with a Mandarin orange and oolong was for breakfast. I think that I will go ahead and chop a Gala apple for the microwave and dessert .

digitS'

 

[SPedigrees]

Is Maltex like Cream of Wheat?

Somewhat, but with malt so it has a very distinctive taste. There were a number of hot cereals I used to make for our breakfasts long ago. Ones I can remember were Maltex, Ralston (back when it was Ralston Purina Company and they also manufactured large animal feeds), Cream of Wheat, Cream of Rice (which I preferred), oatmeal, and also corn meal mush (from my late hubby's southern roots, and which I also learned from him could be fried like pancakes sort of - fried corn meal mush). I don't think these pictures from the web are exact replicas of the 1970s vintage boxes we used to buy.

Then some years later they came out with instant versions of Cream of Wheat and Rice and Oatmeal where you just add boiling water. The pity of it is that they seem to have phased out Cream of Rice in instant form. I think the quality of most of these cereals suffered from the transformation to instant, but I wasn't going back to stirring a pot for 5 or 10 minutes and then cleaning the pot.

We eat/ate these with heavy cream and brown sugar or honey or maple syrup. And I always add raisins to oatmeal.

 

[SPedigrees]

Not for everyone, we are all different

Serious reactions are very rare, but the occasional person or animal has an immune system that can react badly to one or another vaccine. (On the other hand, if a bad reaction to a pneumonia vaccine, how would you react to the disease?)

 

[SPedigrees]

To say that pneumonia is an infection leaves out the cause. John Hopkins School of Medicine says that it may be a virus, bacteria or fungus. In children especially, it may be more than one.

Isn't pneumonia just a term for fluid in the lungs, but can be caused by multiple pathogens as you said? I think the vaccine must target a specific and common version, probably viral.

 

[baymule]

Serious reactions are very rare, but the occasional person or animal has an immune system that can react badly to one or another vaccine. (On the other hand, if a bad reaction to a pneumonia vaccine, how would you react to the disease?)

I don’t think the reaction would be to the actual killed or modified virus, but to the thimerosal that is used as a preservative or whatever else is added to the brew. Thimerosal has mercury in it, many people blame that for autism in children. Some sources say thimerosal is no longer added to vaccines, but then what is used as a preservative?

I’ve never had a flu shot, or pneumonia shot or shingles shot. I prefer to stay as healthy as possible and have a good immune system.

 

[baymule]

Coffee is ready! Going to church this morning, then to my sister’s house to meet DD and family. I’m keeping my 2 little granddaughters this week.

 

[digitS']

Ooooooo

 

[flowerbug]

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Then some years later they came out with instant versions of Cream of Wheat and Rice and Oatmeal where you just add boiling water. The pity of it is that they seem to have phased out Cream of Rice in instant form. I think the quality of most of these cereals suffered from the transformation to instant, but I wasn't going back to stirring a pot for 5 or 10 minutes and then cleaning the pot.

i have always been using the regular versions which i prefer for their texture (more firm), so that means i dial in the recipe to where it cooks in the microwave and i don't always have to stir more than the once. then changing the setting to lower power where it goes for a while (but importantly set the power level to where it does not boil over - these pretty much stir themselves or steam themselves if you don't make them too dry).

i haven't done cream of wheat regular cereals in a long time, but grits worked fine when i tried them.

one thing i do like about the microwave and measuring things is that i can usually dial a recipe in where i'm only spending a few minutes of prep and most of the time i can be doing something else while it finishes to the desired degree of done. so for example i can do oatmeal (regular oats) with a few minutes to get them up to boiling and then i do the finish 8:11 time to cook them through all the way to where my digestive system thinks they are good enough - if i don't cook them enough i can have issues.