How the hell did I just like that?
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Almonds are actually drupes, not tree nuts, so it’s a great alternative for most people.
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Yeah, that’s true about Almonds.
But try to explain that to the underpaid/underqualified daycare staff at this joint.
We’re on a “nothing that so much as looks like nut butter” diet for school lunches now.
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One of my children had a boy in her class for 3 straight years (until the school finally managed to convince the parents that he needed to go elsewhere) who was supposedly allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, seeds, and soy to such an extent that no one who entered the classroom (including parents) could have them on their breath from eating them at breakfast. And of course nothing in the lunches could have any of that, either. Well, this kid of mine didn’t like to eat sandwiches, she preferred leftovers from the night before. And we’re vegetarian. The other mother actually told me to my face that our entire family could not eat a significant portion of the recipes that we might normally have for dinner, because it would be on our breath in the morning and in the lunch box. I tried to explain that other than the peanut allergy, the rest would be a problem for him only if he actually touched or ate the food. Nope. I still can’t believe the school let this go on for 3 years before finally standing up to them.
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You have my deepest sympathy, although once again we’re coming at this from the opposite ends of the same spectrum. I still have more grief over the suicides than the murders. But it all sucks. Hang in there.
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Our dog is very sick (probably dying), and really hates to take pills, and has developed the trick of going immediately off any food she determines has been used as a pill delivery device. In other words, every time I give her a pill I have to come up with a new food. Among the things she has decided in the last few days she will not eat any more are cheese (cheddar, Havarti, goat, cottage, cream, mozzarella fresca), liverwurst, peanut butter, tuna, egg, ground beef, filet mignon (tonight’s desperation), and a variety of baked goods. I’m fast running out of ideas.
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Potatoes. Ice cream.
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my sister is rather successful with hiding drugs for her dog in tripe and other kind of offals
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I appreciate the suggestions; we gave up on potatoes and ice cream years ago as too soft, she just sucks the food off and spits the pill out. (She did that with the cottage cheese this time, too.) I don’t even know where I’d find tripe, but liver was on my shopping list for tomorrow.
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what about powdered pills in a delicious soft “packing”?
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That was how I gave her the pill in the ground beef, but the 2nd time she sniffed and turned away; these pills must be really bitter. If I could get something strongly aromatic to mask the taste, something like a Sri Lankan curry mixed in with mashed potatoes and ground pill, that might work. I’ll see what I can find in the neighborhood tomorrow.
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That’s a cool idea. However, it has never been more obvious than from your food suggestions that you are not in the US. While I think I know where I might be able to find some tripe, meat jelly is going to take some serious thought.
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ha, I didn’t think about procurement : )
while I don’t like aspic and offals (scratch that. I hate them. it’s not food) every better butcher’s shop sells them here or can organise it within a few days.
eta pieces of meat in standard gelatin would work, too. gelatin sheets are sold in the US regularly?
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hotdog
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No sheets (that I know of), but you can buy gelatin powder and make it yourself.
And remember, we’re a land of immigrants: all it takes for finding Old World meat choices is finding the local German or Italian (etc.) butcher, for example. With a few notable exceptions, of course, which is why no Haggis yet.
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Lady Bevel is in animal medicine.
We usually have dogs, and for years I watched with envy her technique of opening the dog’s mouth wide, tucking the pill back behind its tongue, and snapping the jaws shut, forcing the beast to swallow.
I can just about do it myself now.
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One minor nitpick: While mere peanut odor from someone’s breath won’t be a problem, someone the next table over in a restaurant being served a dish cooked in peanut oil has been known to cause a reaction.
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What is the Rx? Is it Robaxin?
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That’s how I did it with both our dog and cats. It’s so much faster.
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