Topic: Diwali 2024

[tempest63]

Diwali 2024 is upon us. I was wondering if anyone was planning the festival to do anything special.

I won’t be cooking until the weekend but am planning a chicken dish and a goat dish.
Not sure which yet.

[bhamcurry]

my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food 

[tempest63]

my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food 

I wish you a speedy recovery

[bhamcurry]

my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food 

I wish you a speedy recovery

thank you... I have some stuff planned, once my health co-operates! Al's Kitchen had a really nice staff curry I want to make again....

[Peripatetic Phil]

my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food

Sorry to learn that, BHC.  For my part, a combination of advancing years, two sub-acute spinal fractures and recent open-heart surgery (replacement of aortic valve) have certainly diminished my interest in "mess[ing] around with food", but this is also accompanied by a significant loss in appetite so a single T/A curry (e.g., chicken Madras, pulao rice, saag aloo) will easily last me three days !
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** Phil.

[bhamcurry]

my active sinus infection has shut down any desire to mess around with food

Sorry to learn that, BHC.  For my part, a combination of advancing years, two sub-acute spinal fractures and recent open-heart surgery (replacement of aortic valve) have certainly diminished my interest in "mess[ing] around with food", but this is also accompanied by a significant loss in appetite so a single T/A curry (e.g., chicken Madras, pulao rice, saag aloo) will easily last me three days !
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** Phil.

Oof, sorry to hear that Phil. Hope all is well with you.

[Peripatetic Phil]

All is indeed well, thank you BHC.  Almost eight weeks post surgery, have been driving for the last four, and apart from aches in back and shoulder, all is well.
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** Phil.

[livo]

It's good to here you're on the mend Phil. My father had the same procedure coming up to 3 years ago now, at age 85. He took a fair while longer than you to recover so you're doing well.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Thank you Livo.  I've heard others say that it can take quite some time to recover, but my surgeon stressed that I needed to start taking exercise as soon as I could comfortably do so, and that I should aim to walk at least a mile a day.  I can now manage two to three miles without over-stressing myself, so I think that his advice was a major contributory factor to my recovery.  In fact, I went in to see a friend who was about to undergo the procedure earlier in the week, primarily to demonstrate to her that she should be well on the way to a full recovery within a couple of months.
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** Phil.

[Secret Santa]

I knew your propensity for excessive salt, sugar and most other bad stuff would get you in the end Phil. Good to hear you're on the mend though.