La fée verte
I was idly rummaging through my old notes, leaflets and booklets that I was given by the DSN when I was first diagnosed. I did because I wanted a) clear some space in my drawers; and b) remind myself how many bad habits I’ve picked up in the last five years.
One booklet in particular did leap out at me. And that was a useful guide produced by the Royal Infirmary which gave the carbohydrate contents of ;
Ortolan does exist by the way – it’s not the ravings of my fevered imagination…
Oh it does. Saw it on TV not so long ago. Think it was Jeremy Clarkson, but might have been any number of peple, including that Cornish chef whose name escapes me. (It was in France, and they did say it was illegal to do it.) Quite high, isn’t it? In more than one sense.
A timely piece! I was looking for a low carb breakfast alternative to eggs and bacon. Pheasant and port it is, then!
I was going to say peasant and port was illegal too, certainly frowned on, then I realised you’d said pheasant… đ
@tim: Carb-wise you might be on target with the port and the absinthian sugar cubes, but when it comes to the boozy bunting, you have the counting ability of an Upper-class Twit of the Year…unless a bunting is a kind of sugarbird?
Because of vertigo, I dare not aspire to “upper class eating favourites” – but @teloz‘s peasant&port sounds wholesomely down to earth to me: does 1/2 a cup of peasant also contain 15g of carbs, like (aformic) peas?
The mere suggestion of ‘Narwhal & Absinthe’ made me lol…
And there is nothing wrong with peasant and port – just pick the right peasant so their absence isn’t noted đ
Like shepherd’s pie, all the best shepherd’s pies are made with fresh English shepherds… đ
Okay @teloz, I give in, you win! đ (just glad it’s English shepherds*, now I don’t have to forsake my breakfast of blue crane biltong & brandy to go keep the sheep out of the canola…)
*piglets called Babe?
Haha this is great- I definitely think they should include it in the newly diagnosed literature! However, it does sound like a prescription for gout. Who would have thought that pheasant and port would be better for you than most breakfast cereal?!
I had pheasant for supper last night! With a few spuds, peas, carrots, bit of spring onion and a glass of white wine!
I tend to just assume meat is largely protein and not include it in my carb-counting guesstimates!
Comedian Ed Byrne said once that “Pheasant is a posh meal, even if you eat it with alphabetti spaghetti!” I beg to differ, a lot of posh people are too squeamish to cut a pheasant open, and are only too glad to give birds to the unwashed masses like myself! (I do wash, by the way, that part is just an amusing colloquialism!)
The Wine Manager, at the restaurant I work for, has a spectacular book – ‘Wine as Medicine’. Today she brought to my attention the wine prescription for diabetics.
I think we can all safely assume that this worthy tome was published pre insulin discovery.
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Recommended wines
Young red wines with a moderate percentage of alcohol (Bordeaux or Sancerre)
Why?
There are many reasons. First, wine, because of it’s very composition, acts as a nutriment which replaces the starchy food forbidden in the diet; it also prevents diabetic coma by opposing the formation of ketonic bodies; by its vitamin content it stimulates the combustion of sugars and fats; and last, it facilitates the metabolism of nitrogenous food and lipids which, in a diabetic’s diet, replace the forbidden carbohydrates.
Dosage
An average of 800 grammes of red wine per day to be divided between the main meals. This must be included in the dietary allowance medically prescribed.
Sold! Sign me up for that as a treatment.
Also I think I want the title ‘wine manager’ when I grow up (it has to happen at some point right?). Not necessarily the job, you understand, but definitely the title!
Sounds good to me better than wee beer!
I think I’m already a “wine manager” – I manage to consume quite a lot, and consider myself an expert on the matter – I expertly drink it without spilling it – good or what eh?! ha ha.. oh, with or without pheasant.. I can take it (but prefer gin with my cornflakes – that balances out the carb content too!) đ