Greatest Invention Since Sliced Bread

[Ed Lada]

I'm not a munchies type either, never have been. I did provide crew with finger food, and makings for ham and cheese sandwiches, making Ruben sandwichs, and making full meals on board, including the full American breakfast and their favorite beer.

At home I prefer real prepared whole foods. I do make some tasty salsas and black bean dips with corn chips for entertaining guests. Or if we put on a Seafood spread for guests, Oysters, baby smoked Oysters, steamed Manila and Littleneck Clams, Angels on Horseback (bacon wrapped scallops and shrimp, shrimp cocktail, deep fried shrimp and cod, barbecued salmon, and steamed lobster tails.

Pretty much the same when making anything from American to Mexican to Thai or Chinese fare - we put out a full spread.

Well that made me hungry!

 

[boomer]

Well that made me hungry!

That's what I like to hear Ed!

 

[130lights]

Indeed! Placement of three stents saved my life four years ago. Then changing my vascular surgeon, to one who believed in exercise, losing weight, limiting alcohol intake, and diet as a path to good cardio-vascular health. - most importantly with a diet to all the cholesterol reducing foods as my main diet throughout the day.

Had mine (2) placed 19 1/2 years ago. No problems since. Cardiologist is happy, me too! At the time, the drug-eluting weren’t approved for primary use in MIs, but I knew and trusted my cardiologist . We got a lot of media coverage for it. (Sounding old here, but I was pretty young when it occurred).

 

[Go Left]

Way better than sliced bread

 

[boomer]

Had mine (2) placed 19 1/2 years ago. No problems since. Cardiologist is happy, me too! At the time, the drug-eluting weren’t approved for primary use in MIs, but I knew and trusted my cardiologist . We got a lot of media coverage for it. (Sounding old here, but I was pretty young when it occurred).

You're quite fortunate in that respect 130lights. I liked my vascular surgeon too, a nice guy at the forefront of specialty vascular surgery, however in my followups after surgery, when he said, " Not to worry about diet, exercise and losing weight to improve my health." I looked at my wife who was in the office with me, and she had the same look of disbelief as I did. In the five years since under my new doctor's supervision and care, religiously exercising,losing weight and following a proper cholesterol reducing diet as well as following the Med Diet and the last two years the Mind DIet, yearly my lab results have improved.

 

[130lights]

You're quite fortunate in that respect 130lights. I liked my vascular surgeon too, a nice guy at the forefront of specialty vascular surgery, however in my followups after surgery, when he said, " Not to worry about diet, exercise and losing weight to improve my health." I looked at my wife who was in the office with me, and she had the same look of disbelief as I did. In the five year since under my new doctor's supervision and care, religiously exercising,losing weight and following a proper cholesterol reducing diet as well as following the Med Diet and the last two years the Mind DIet, yearly my lab scores have improved.

I understand. My guy sticks to LDL <70. Fighting family history here.

 

[boomer]

I understand. My guy sticks to LDL <70. Fighting family history here.

Yes agree on LDL <70.
The importance of exercise, can't be overstated - even a couple 1/2 hour walks a day.

 

[130lights]

Yes agree on LDL <70. The importance of exercise, can't be overstated - even a couple 1/2 hour walks a day.

For sure! My doc ‘counsels’ me on it every 6 months. And the reason I have dogs!

 

[WhoaTed]

I’m catching up on this thread and surprised that this wasn’t posted back in the wine discussion.

 

[hobot]

Greatest invention since sliced bread?


Lock the thread.

 

[boomer]

In 1946, the engineer Dr. Percy LeBaron Spencer, who worked for the Raytheon Corporation, was working on magnetrons - vacuum tubes that produce microwave radiation, a type of electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength between 1 mm and 30 cm. One day he accidentally discovered that the microwaves he worked with, had caused the candy bar in his pocket to melt. That was the critical moment he realized that microwaves would cook foods quickly.

The first commercial microwave was produced by the Raytheon Corporation in 1954. It was large, expensive, and had a power of 1600 watts. However, the first domestic microwave oven was produced in 1967 by Amana, a division of Raytheon. Although sales were slow during the first few years, partially due to the price tag, the concept of quick microwave cooking had arrived. Many companies started joining the microwave oven market and so by the end of 1971, the price of countertop units began to decrease and their capabilities were expanded.