Aristo! Aristo! A la lanterne!: 12-9-24 Daily log

Monday, December 9, 2024

12-9-24 Daily log

W: 316.0 BS: 142

~~Taxi 1~~
~~Taxi 2~~
~~Groceries 9-10~~
~~Ramen broth~~
~~Chickens~~
~~Apple bread~~
Salt
~~Laundry~~
~~Dishes~~
Vacuum
~~Fire & Wood~~
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Thinking deep thoughts lately. I shouldn't do that. Gives me the ague and flusters something fierce.

Sodium math... in which my head hurts. Being on the CHF bandwagon means I must monitor and control sodium like a vampire keeps track of daylight savings time.

Today I am making bone broth for a ramen dinner tonight. I expect to make a full eight cups of broth in the Instant pot over the course of the day.

Now, if I use just one measured tablespoon of Kosher salt in that 8+ cup batch, it will work out to about 1000mg per serving. Yes, 1/8th of a tablespoon of Kosher salt is roughly 1000 mg of sodium, and my entire daily ration.

On the other hand, I can probably do just one teaspoon since the fam is now highly sensitized to salt.

Itty Bitty kitchen tip.....

This morning I had the fun of breaking down a whole beef loin. This is quite literally a 'Bloody Mess'. Not wishing to spend extra time cleaning up, I did what you see above. It turns out a medium cutting pad is a near perfect fit in a half-sheet baking tray. The pad protects the blade, and the tray captures the mess. We also do this when carving whole chickens, turkeys, and roasts.

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Robert Heinlein

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible. It is easier to deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few minutes of your time, please — this won't take long." Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few. If you allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests, they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up 100 percent of your time — and squawk for more!
So learn to say No — and to be rude about it when necessary.
Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do your own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness. The termites will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.

(This rule does not mean that you must not do a favor for a friend, or even a stranger. But let the choice be yours. Don't do it because it is "expected" of you.)"