Lesson that Sally learned from Rachael Ray:
When making a stew with eggplants, add and saute the other veggies first and then put the eggplant on top. This way, the other veggies share the oil and then emit their own liquids to cook the eggplant. If you add the eggplant first, it soaks up all the oil and you end up having to use a lot more oil.
I wish I had known this when I cooked eggplant a few weeks ago… it was like a sponge for oil!
I learned a new term, dyspnea, which means shortness of breath. Even the spell-checker here doesn’t know it!
I am fortunate and grateful to be managing a project that is intended to improve the quality of life for lung cancer patients, and this is a symptom to manage.
You can learn more about it here: http://www.clinicaltrialssearch.org/lung-cancer-symptom-assessment-and-management-intervention-nct00852462.html
I learned that if you are going to use whiteboard cleaner, do it when you are not going to need to stay in the immediate area. Use it, for example, on the way out the door at night. That stuff is unnecessarily strong.
What I have NOT yet learned is why a brand new whiteboard and brand new whiteboard markers even NEED whiteboard cleaner! What happened to the technology of oh about 15 years ago – the idea of using a plain old chalkboard type eraser, without noxious chemicals, and it worked just fine?
After all these years, I learned that the Weber kettle gill has a hook inside the cover so you can hang it vertically on the side of the grill, rather than put it down in the sand or wave it around in one hand while you manage the food.
Ruth taught this to me. She learned it from seeing it illustrated in an ad and found out they all have this hook!
My brother learned that you need to focus on cutting down the tree when you are cutting down a tree. Never mind that strange guy in the parking lot. Get him out of the way and then focus! This was a painful lesson and one from which he is still recovering.
(if you don’t know that punch line one of us will fill you in)
Anyway. I have learned that there are many answers to the question “how many pushups can I do in one minute”. This week’s answer is “about 4 fewer than I did Monday at bootcamp testing”. My answer for the future is “I don’t want to know enough to find out”
I may be learning more about the phrase I keep hearing this afternoon: “rotator cuff”
Posted from an Emergency Room in Madison WI.
I learned about a this from Barbara:
Based on a sample size of one, the new McCafe Frappe from McDonald’s has proven a worthy rival to the Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coolatta, in both taste and price.
Frappe vs. Coolatta comparison:Frappe has thicker, sweeter consistency. Melts less slowly on a hot, summer day. No brain freeze on first sip.Frappe whipped cream remains until the very end.Frappe has bonus chocolate sauce swirl on top of whipped cream.Frappe is more economical (under $2) than Coolatta (over $3). (Especially if you get the Frappe free with coupon from Sunday’s Parade Magazine newspaper supplement.)Small Coolatta is slightly larger than small (12oz) Frappe.”
What do you think?
I have learned, from Barbara and then by my own experience, that you can take unopened (only) bottles of water (only) into Red Sox games. Those people with those six-packs of ice cold water looked mighty smart on that sweltering day when the rest of us were going in to pay outrageous prices for water in plastic!
My 7 AM boot camp is really hard. Yesterday is was hard muscle stuff. Today it was really hard cardio stuff (oh yeah, I’ve learned that running does not qualify as training for sprinting!) I’ve learned that the hardest thing is to get out the door. After that I’m on my way, in the car, out of the car, and stuck doing whatever ridiculous challenge they throw at us for the session. There is only one decision: go or not go. The rest is just DO.
Sally has a lesson for us about eating well on a road trip. You can even cook steak in your beer cooler (but then where does the beer go???). To see how, you’re going to have to follow the links!
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/recipe-roundup/great-food-for-road-trips-121725
Jane's Lessons Learned 