I was working on comments in the Pink Palace when Ron came in very dejected. He went on how he felt he just couldn’t do this remodel we planned. What it came down to is his body was hurting today as it does most days but he is too stubborn to go to a pain doctor or even ask his own doctor for medication. So he felt defeated. I buffed up his ego and promised to help where I could. Which is how I got roped into making supper. Maybe it was a ploy but after he ate what I fired up his mood seemed to get much better. Sorry but now I am working on only 3 hours sleep and I have a dermatology appointment at 10 am. So no more comments replies. But if they again try to get me to undress for a full body check I think … well I may not be welcome back there again. I keep telling them no you are not doing that, and they don’t seem to want to take no for an answer. Hugs.
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🤣 Chicken strips and fries’ll do it every time!🤣
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Hi Ali. It is with this fryer. I have had others, but this one is the best of them. I love how easy it is to clean up. It all comes apart into about three or four parts if you count the tank underneath. So all you do is turn the lever one way and the tank unlocks so you can pull it out. Fill the large metal cooking pot area with the removable heating elements. Then cap the storage tank, slide it back in place under the rest of the fryer. Then after cooking turn it off and throw the lever the other way and the cooking pan has a filter with a heat sensor, so when it cools enough but the oil will still flow it drains back into the storage tank. To clean just pull the heating elements and control from the indent they sit in, then take the cooking tank out of the outer fryer case. So easy even I can do it. Hugs
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Looks good, Scottie!
I’m heating up a frozen dinner for mine.
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Hi MDavis. They have some of those that are great. And as little as I eat one of them is perfect for me. When Ron was working nights or had to go north for a couple of weeks he knew I wouldn’t cook for myself even though I can. So he would buy a bunch of them. Like I said some are grand. I hope you enjoyed your dinner.
I love this fryer and how easy it is to clean. Plus to drain the oil you set the lever control and it filters itself while it drains. Plus it has a heat sensor so it won’t drain if too hot. I bought several others but they were miserable to clean, like the fry Daddy kind. Plus it is big enough I can cook enough food in just a few baskets for us to have more than enough for several days of leftovers. Heat the breaded chick up in the large counter oven and it is grand. Hugs.
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Looks like my kind of meal👍
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Hi Roger. Fried foods with one of these is quick, easy, and clean up is also simple. I love the crispy crunchy taste of breaded chicken strips or the fried Buffalo wings … chicken drum sticks. Do you and your family eat much fried food? It fascinates me the tastes of different countries. I had a real struggle when I first got to Germany because the foods I grew up with were simply not served there. Hugs.
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We don’t eat too much fried, although a lot goes in the oven such as fish in bread crumbs, or batter.
Sheila doesn’t cook much these does due to health problems, so a lot of ours are ready meals. She worries that she’s not cooking, but I say ‘It don’t matter. Food is food’ and we eat moderately anyway.
And consider ourselves fortunate we always have enough.
Yes eating other countries can be a culture clash. I went on a trip to the Netherlands and at one restaurant we were chatting to a waiter about the size of the portions (large). He explained that in this part of the country they had a large number of German visitors who expected big portions.
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Hi Roger. I am sorry to hear that Sheila is not feeling well these days. That worries me about Ron. He turns 70 this year. A decade ago I took over the finances even though he has a degree in them. Lately he has become so forgetful his doctor is sending him to a neurologist. I figured it was normal aging, I forget stuff now also. But it is really bothering Ron. He feels he is at the end of his life and I keep reassuring him he has a lot of years left, look he is tearing up and rebuilding a bathroom.
But as things have changed lately I find in the last six months I have taken over a lot more house cleaning tasks. Except when he realized washing the dishes from the night before it caused me so much pain that I was taking extra morphine and muscle relaxers he started waiting until I went to bed then would do the dishes. But now I cook a lot of the meals, and do the laundry, and do other tasks, so he can focus on the remodeling only he can do. I don’t have the skills he has nor the training.
Roger please keep me informed on things with you and your wife, I do care, really I do. Thanks. Hugs
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Thank you for your thought and putting them into words Scottie. It is a bit tough on Sheila as gradually I have taken over household duties and she has these ‘I feel useless’ times. Which I have to explain is not so. Being distanced form the various branches of the family doesn’t help either.
Fortunately she does spend a great deal of her time working on poetry which is of a high quality, and through the various social media outlets has contact with fellow poets which does balance matters.
I don’t mind the housework, I can either listen to my audio books or ‘zone out’ while working on the narrative of my next writing project. It balances quite well.
You have my deepest sympathies both of you keeping a house going while dealing with the trials and tribulations which age brings on.
In a good solid relationship the partners work out a balance between them each doing whatever they are able to help out the other in sharing the work loads.
I admire you both for keeping on as best you can, even when it is not easy and doubt creeps in upon one or the other as ailments take their toles.
We will be thinking of you both.
Give our regards and wishes to Ron.
Roger & Sheila.
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