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Grier
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Agreed about restricting access to social media for children Kram.
As a father and now grandfather, and an old chalkie spending decades guiding our teens, I know how sensitive our kids are to all the school and cyber bullying, even causing vulnerable kids taking their lives.That tragedy is becoming widespread globally, not just in our Australia. I'm no psychologist but see the statistics, which point to unbridled infiltration of our kids minds. All for profit with subtle strategies to draw one into that bitter web.
Sixteen is fine by me. Give the kids an outdoor breather before entering the Age of Disinformation, Bullying, Racism, Mysogeny, Sexism, ....
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I ought to be having pricks of conscience in that I'm about to pass on an old tablet to my grandson aged 12 so that he can practise solving tasks at home on it. The idea is to help him use the tablet they get at school more confidently.
OTOH, I'm aware that his parents would have to tweak the online safety settings as they did with his notebook and smartphone. Realistically, we have to accept that youngsters will find a workaround if they want to.
Almost teared up reading the current Tele bullying/suicide series. The victims are are as young as 12/13 years, mostly girls and no doubt at least some of their bullying would've come on social media. I know how damaging bullying can be from my years in that boarding school. I was a recipient and I saw others copping the same treatment. Luckily I was born with a good amount of intestinal fortitude and survived it. Unfortunately these girls keep their bullying bottled up instead of telling their parents, until they can take it no more. Leaving a devastated family to try to come to grips with the tragedy. So bloody sad.
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Grier
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Listening to my radio about diets I've become more aware about the benefits of Omega3 from eating certain "oily" fish.
Every third meal I fry up some fish, but not often the oily ones like Salmon, Tuna, Mackerel, Herring, Sardines, ... Once a week would help and it has heart benefits.
Anyway, Salmon is gorgeous but very pricy, Tuna steaks taste like leather, Herring, tinned Mackerel is cheap and the fish most loaded with Omega3 and sardines are just ok, cheap and healthy to eat.
So with Omega3 in mind I've been adding low sodium mackerel to my pets diet and mine soon.
Tinned Tuna is cheap and usually ok, no charge for the mercury.
Tinned Pink Salmon is cheapish and I've been making fried Salmon patties with potato, onions, peas and corn.
Another string to my culinary fiddling I hope.
Any man simple recipes for Oily Fish?
Don't mention Rollmops Thomas. My German friends force fed me them. Same for me with other raw flesh delicacies.
Every third meal I fry up some fish, but not often the oily ones like Salmon, Tuna, Mackerel, Herring, Sardines, ... Once a week would help and it has heart benefits.
Anyway, Salmon is gorgeous but very pricy, Tuna steaks taste like leather, Herring, tinned Mackerel is cheap and the fish most loaded with Omega3 and sardines are just ok, cheap and healthy to eat.
So with Omega3 in mind I've been adding low sodium mackerel to my pets diet and mine soon.
Tinned Tuna is cheap and usually ok, no charge for the mercury.
Tinned Pink Salmon is cheapish and I've been making fried Salmon patties with potato, onions, peas and corn.
Another string to my culinary fiddling I hope.
Any man simple recipes for Oily Fish?
Don't mention Rollmops Thomas. My German friends force fed me them. Same for me with other raw flesh delicacies.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Fully agree, Terry. Just adding that you shouldn't forget the Omega3 star and that's walnuts. 15g a day is all you need to meet your daily requirements. Those plus tomatoes are the essentials men and women need on a daily basis.Listening to my radio about diets I've become more aware about the benefits of Omega3 from eating certain "oily" fish.
Every third meal I fry up some fish, but not often the oily ones like Salmon, Tuna, Mackerel, Herring, Sardines, ... Once a week would help and it has heart benefits.
Anyway, Salmon is gorgeous but very pricy, Tuna steaks taste like leather, Sardines, tinned Mackerel is cheap and the fish most loaded with Omega3 and sardines are just ok and healthy to eat.
So with Omega3 in mind I've been adding low sodium mackerel to my pets diet and mine soon.
Tinned Tuna is cheap and usually ok, no charge for the mercury.
Tinned Pink Salmon is cheapish and I've been making fried Salmon patties with potato, onions, peas and corn.
Another string to my culinary fiddling I hope.
Any man simple recipes for Oily Fish?
Don't mention Rollmops Thomas. My German friends force fed me them. Same for me with other raw flesh delicacies.
Grier
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Thanks for the tip about Walnuts Thomas. I googled their great benefits and Almonds were given the thumbs up too. I'll put them both on my next shopping list.
Nuts are an easy light and healthy snack for sure.
I still try to avoid fat, sugar and salt for my heart's sake but once did love my pan fried lean bacon rashers with mushrooms....
As a born and bred Ulster boy my Irish mother fed her family the best offal like Ox tongues, hearts, livers, tripe, kidneys, ... which shocked my class mates in Oz as a boat immigrant pom.
The sort of Offal delicacy I've always loved is jellied pigs' trotters, that's boiled and jellied pigs' feet. You suck out the fat, marrow, flesh, ... off the bones.
An Ulster delicacy were our Pork sausages.
My Irish uncle Tom was a pig farmer.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I use a stick blender and put the powder into yoghurt or muesli. Gives them an added nutty note.Thanks for the tip about Walnuts Thomas. I googled their great benefits and Almonds were given the thumbs up too. I'll put them both on my next shopping list.
Nuts are an easy light and healthy snack for sure.
I still try to avoid fat, sugar and salt for my heart's sake but once did love my pan fried lean bacon rashers with mushrooms....
As a born and bred Ulster boy my Irish mother fed her family the best offal like Ox tongues, hearts, livers, tripe, kidneys, ... which shocked my class mates in Oz as a boat immigrant pom.
The sort of Offal delicacy I've always loved is jellied pigs' trotters, that's boiled and jellied pigs' feet. You suck out the fat, marrow, flesh, ... off the bones.
An Ulster delicacy were our Pork sausages.
My Irish uncle Tom was a pig farmer.
My mum gave us offal, too, and it was a regular part of dishes served in school. Not all is bad but swine brain was the worst for it's cholesterol content which is astronomical. Fortunately, we didn't get it too often, 1-3 times a year. The school kitchen served fried liver and kidney similar to how it's served in the UK. I never had pigs' feet and tripe, though.
Walnuts and almonds one of the Super foods Thomas. Cashews also good for you. I eat them every day, tho in moderation as they are hi in fat too. Almonds contain Melatonin which can induce a sleep like state. Only wish I had known that decades ago as I may have avoided my curse, insomnia. The other Super foods are green leaf vegies, orange vegies, berries and assorted beans which we eat regularly.
Terry you can still eat bacon. I now buy the healthy D'Asogna No Artificial Nitrite (harmful preservative) brand. Also has all fat removed. So once again I am enjoying a bacon and egg toasted sanga without any health worry. I give the rashers 30secs in the microwave, never fry them.I still try to avoid fat, sugar and salt for my heart's sake but once did love my pan fried lean bacon rashers with mushrooms....
One of my fave fish meals Terry but can be fiddly to prepare so we dont eat it often. Tinned mackeral, not had that before or tinned herring.
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