I do 1:1 by volume most of the time. That I can save in the fridge, and people here use it for iced coffee too. Any other variation (rich, vanilla, etc) I label to specify. If no label it’s the 1:1 simple.
It’s possible our sugar is sweeter now than in the past too - I know that sounds strange but plants get bred for more sweetness and processing changes.
This actually happened to me. The doctor said the birth control was raising my blood pressure. I said “I don’t think so” but turns out she was right. So I quit them and immediately got pregnant.
But when you say “occasional headaches”? The other thing I found out when I quit them is that they were amplifying my migraines quite a lot. Occasional headaches does not adequately describe that pain, vomiting from the pain.
(ETA - the copper IUD was also a nightmare for me, but eventually landed on the hormonal IUD and that was fantastic, those got me through to menopause - Birth Control doesn’t have to be the pills, and not all of the ‘hormonal’ methods are the same. And an IUD will last longer than the current administration)
Beautiful!
I’ll update the description
She is chill and affectionate, and almost fearless, and our orange cat is playful but jumpy and irritable, we live in backwards land I guess.
I did end up making this. The kvass is a lot sweeter than my usual tepache, but the drink once mixed is delicious even though sweet and does hit the spot as a non alcoholic cocktail.
I did put the strawberry tops in the kvass, and it fermented in 4 days but remains quite sweet.
That looks delicious!
Nah, you forgot the 34D bosom.
Who writes about small heads?
I’m having a margarita to wrap up the weekend. So, so good.
2 oz Tequila Ocho (claro) 1 oz Grande Garonne Liqueur D’Orange 3/4 oz lime juice 1/2 oz Ancho Reyes Verde
Shaken with ice, strained over fresh ice
Yes, exactly, and it’s very good. A little more mezcal than lemon or Cynar, a little less Ancho and honey than those.
My friend who likes wine does not turn up his nose at box wine. He says it’s fine. Me, I don’t like wine enough to like much I can afford, so I only have it maybe once a month and buy what I want. Well, up to say $35 anyway.
And yes, groceries are getting so expensive! Or wages are so behind the times, more like.
So close to my teenage anorexic years cocktail - switch the vodka for 190 proof grain alcohol and you will be there. Not bad at all!
It’s not like you have to do much to it though. I make tepache and ginger beer a lot, once it’s mixed i just stir twice a day until it’s bubbly. And it’s so good!
Yeah I had the same thought, and why not put them in the kvass? They could only help it!
The order is random as heck. I found Julep the most interesting.
It was an unexpected benefit, birth control pills made mine so much worse I was reluctant to try the MHT, but it has made a remarkable difference, I feel really good, and not dreading a migraine is probably a big part of that.
Imitrex by injection did work for mine about 95% of the time, I am really sorry it didn’t work for your wife. It’s incredible when it works, no drugged feeling just awful feeling rush then easing of pain until no headache.
I will offer hope. Menopause, regrettably did not help, they got less intense (which I didn’t know was a thing, when the doctor used to ask I would get confused could only say worse than childbirth, they were all 11 on a scale of 10, but after menopause they were more like 6/10) and more frequent.
But
Menopause plus MHT (low dose of estrogen and progesterone, same amount every day) has knocked out nearly all of them.
So if she is menopausal and still getting them, she might want to try the MHT - it’s only meant to manage symptoms (migraine could be one) not get your blood level up to any target.
And yeah I remember how it was before I could afford any medical care, I often thought death would be relief. Migraine is the worst pain I have experienced, and I have had natural births, lost loved ones, broken bones - nothing has come close to a bad migraine. And all were bad until menopause.
Yes it is. I have had, over my 40 years as migraineuse (they started in my teens) 5 intractable migraines. Meaning less than once every 5 years I get one that lasts days, I cannot eat or drink, just puke. I used to be able to go to my doctor and get shot up with opiates and Phenergan, so much of it, they would do one dose, come back later, another, another, another, until finally I would say “it still hurts but I don’t care” and go home nodding like a junkie, sleep and wake up with no headache, and, importantly, NO desire for more drugs.
Now the opiates are not allowed because they didn’t work. But nothing works on the status migraine. Now they give you a cold cocktail IV of some sort of Advil and nausea medicine and it doesn’t work either, and costs $2,000 because it can only be done in the emergency room not the doctor office.
It’s adding insult to injury. There has to be some way to make these available for acute situations at least.
Well it’s dry July and I am having a strawberry lemonade - strawberry syrup, fresh lemon juice, the end of the strawberry kvass, and filtered water.
Strawberry kvass - cut strawberries tops off generously, save the strawberries for something else. Mix the tops with lots of sugar and boiled and cooled (or really filtered like lifestraw filtered) and any spices you want. Let this sit loosely covered until it’s fizzy, then strain and bottle.
Strawberry syrup - lots of ways to make this. I did cook down strawberries in sugar and water then strained it. Tossed the mush of sweet strawberry gook into the kvass pitcher based on this recipe she doesn’t use the tops for some reason but I always make the fruit fermented drinks with the peels, tops, ends - one of the reasons to do it in the first place is to divert waste!