Mama says we can’t hide from what is happening….
Please take a look.
Your health is being manipulated by the administration and a heath quack named Kennedy. I have to publish this when it conerns all of us. ALL of us.
On a happier note:
Mama ate these in Italy long ago where she found them often on the counter at food shops, ready to nibble.
1 pound of spinach. steamed, drained well and chopped fine
1 small sweet onion, chopped fine
A grate of nutmeg
A squeeze of lemon
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
Mix the drained spinah with all the rest of the ingredients and form into small balls, squeezing out any extra liquid that might remain.
Place the balls on a dish and pour a little olive oil over each.
Chill and eat. You may use chard or beet tops if you have them.
Spinach balls
I think Kennedy’s problem is that he was elected with some very clear and specific mandates to resolve some major public health problems. In the team-building process he’s letting himself be sidetracked by trivial things silly people have been throwing out as distractions for years. But the only way any of it’s going to harm our health, at least so far, is if we’ve been planning to depend on government aid for medical care. That’s been a very, very, very bad plan. Look at what Canada is admittedly doing. The US government admires Canada’s success–it just doesn’t dare be so obvious about it! I’m not afraid of Kennedy’s efforts. I’m just coming to terms with the probability that I’ll have access to only as much medical care as I can pay cash for, growing old. False teeth, glasses, and casts may be possible; surgery or antibiotics probably won’t be. But that would have been the case, probably with a more blatant mandate to doctors to get rid of the geriatric patient load, whoever had won the elections. We Boomers are becoming a National Problem.
Very interesting take on all. But Kennedy is anti-vaccine and that is insanity.
Kennedy is anti-vaccines. Insanity in this world that has PROVED that vaccines not only save lives, they prevent diseases and pandemics. When mama was in high school, she had a friend in an iron lung who would be there for the rest of her life. She was 16. Almost all of T’s appointments are non-qualified for their jobs and many are loose cannons. We shall see the results of this very soon. And in France, there is access to all medical help and visits to the doc cost 25 bucks. Top that.
What a refreshing snack for the summer!
So good and good with Swiss chard, too.
Iron and goodness wrapped up in a delicious ball – looks divine, Loulou. Awww and such a sweet pic of you hiding from the world.
Ha ha, that pillow was such fun to poke in. I think that mama had put a mousie somewhere on that day and I was on a search.
Those sound so delicious! Much healthier than so many snacks.
Oui, mama has never snacked on things only because she loves having an appetite for lunch and dinner!
One of the local specialties around here (Akron Ohio) is sauerkraut balls. But they are breaded and fried so even more decadent.
We are on Medicare, but feel real anger about the cuts to Medicaid even though :”it doesn’t effect us.” (We are beyond needing an abortion but are still furious about Roe being overturned, for that matter) Of course, as Sen, Ernst and Sen McConnell noted, we are all gonna die anyway…
Animals, all. And selfish, mean, cruel, not-too-bright ones at that. Millions of Americans will suffer, many will die without access to meds and care. Right now there is no Republican worth his or her salt except for two or three who are trying to help their states and inhabitants stay healthy.The poor or simply discarded.
Thanks for the recipe. We love spinach. XO
Mama, too. And loves it mixed with feta cheese and baked in filo pastry!!!
Quack, quack, quack, they are all quackers!
Brian’s Home ~ Forever
A good description, Mr T.
Delish recipe with thanks from a spinach lover. All the rest: as always, you found powerful and spot on messages …
Mama just hopes they get noticed because so many have no idea about what he is doing to THEM.
Thanks for the recipe Loulou – looks like instead of hiding your head in the sand like some humans, you have your head in a pillow which looks MUCH more comfy!
Hugs, Teddy
It’s far more comfy, you are right. And not many are hiding their heads. They simply do not have the information that the Medicaid cut is going to influence their HEALTH, in a big way. So cruel, this administration, so selfish. The poor will get poorer ….