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Dala  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I drank my last bottle of soda today

Good on ya. I can't do soda anymore due to a medication that I take. I do still like sweetened teas and coffees but I have cut back on those too. I've lost a couple of pounds since the medication started, probably due to the loss of soda in my diet. Keep us posted on how it goes!





user-inactivated  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I've lost a couple of pounds since the medication started, probably due to the loss of soda in my diet.

Weight was part of the consideration. I'm not very physically active at the moment, so passive cutting of calories and sugars off is the least I can do to control it.

As an Internet stranger said, "You can't outrun the fork".

Dala  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Your internet stranger friend is very wise.

I'm curious now about this milk with jam. I have never heard of it. I don't think there is much of a Russian community where I live, so while I have been exposed to interesting culinary fun from a variety of cultures, yours is one that is a complete mystery.

user-inactivated  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm surprised that the idea of milk with jam is so foreign to you. To me, it seems completely natural: you mix a drinkable liquid with a sweet substance for tasty results. Much like tea with sugar, just... milk with jam.

Berry jam, to be precise. Fruit preserves are rare around here.

user-inactivated  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The behold the American version:

Dala  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I suppose that it isn't, you can buy cartons of milk flavored with chocolate, strawberry, and now banana here in stores. I had just never heard of doing it with jam, and wondered if it was served cold or warm.

user-inactivated  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I always did it cold, never found it reasonable to heat the milk beforehand. Thanks for the idea, though!

Dala  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hot cocoa is a popular winter beverage here, and rumor has it that Russia has cold winters, so I figured it could go either way.

Devac  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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Dala  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I want some of that powidl. I can get plums here but I doubt I could make it quite right. Might try this fall anyway.

My favorite jam to make is jalapeƱo.

user-inactivated  ·  2796 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No success like in trying. Best of luck. May your table be sweeter this year.

ButterflyEffect  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Gin mixed with lemon/lime and a dollop of jam is an amazing mixed drink...

OftenBen  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh you have got to be shitting me. I have like nine kinds of jam and zero gin and I just got back from the store.

Saved for next time.

Dala  ·  2797 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...and I can't drink on the meds either. Not that I did before anyway.