Date:   4/16/2003 3:48:40 PM ( 21 y ago)
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Gentle Readers,
Thank you for the honor of your questions on the earlier post. Here are all your answers combined, since I fear that answering each person over and over would set off that stairstep volley pattern that can be a tad confusing to read.
1. Bitter Greens
Wellsir (or Wellma'am, this bouquet is for you, Dear Pauline!), the books say using these can help clean the bile, and also prevent dormitory-mates from stealing your lunch from the fridge. (Bitters? Interesting, haven't tried them...) I use the hard fibrous greens that are lower in oxalic acid, like dandelion, mustard, kale, collards, daikon, watercress. I wash greens well, boil up a small amount of water in a glass pot, drop the greens in, cover, and steam just enough to wilt. Then I mince the greens and squeeze out the bitter juice. Shout "Cheers!" and drink the juice down (ack!). One big bunch squeezes down to a baseball-sized portion. Toss greens with olive oil, lemon, garlic and/or freshly grated raw ginger juice. Chew verrrrrry gently and swallow only in small bits, sometimes there is grit and besides the fiber can get stuck. Immediately after eating, use dental floss to protect your gums. (I always carry some. In the newsroom the guys call me "Dances With Floss.")
2. Warm Water
For Pauline again. Drinking this is easier on my own stomach with a twist of lemon and/or ginger. After lemon, rinse with water to protect the teeth; they'll come in handy chewing that lunch you're keeping in the dorm fridge.
And you're so right, Pauline, this journey means working through discouragement as well as isolation. Your experiences, which you share so generously, are nice to read.
3. Secret Life of Turnips
Why Ms. Southern Belle, my hero for the past year, it was nice to see your question. The answer to "How do turnips sleep?" is "Fine, thank you, all winter in our snuggybed of mulch." In Russian it's "spat' kak surok," to sleep like a marmot; marmots are cuddly rodents who hibernate 10 months a year.
4. Tracey
Tracey, your support ("enthralled," yet!) was really heartening. And in these wondrous but often troubled times, thank you for the active encouragement that you put into these pages! :)
5. hypoguy
You know a lot, all right! Thank you!
Ok, enough two cents' worth from the newest little baby who is only starting out, I will hush completely until Flush 2 in May but will be all ears and eyes for the rest of you. Thank you muchly, Autumn
P.S. - "Penny for your thoughts" comes from the old days when postage cost a penny. Sending mail was free, but to receive it you had to pay the postman a penny for the thoughts he delivered. Henry David Thoreau warned that mail was almost never worth the penny, but then no one else in Thoreau's life wrote like Thoreau.

 

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