My Potted Pineapple is Starting to Bear Fruit

After almost a year of tending loving care, my potted pineapple plant is starting to bear fruit. I have protected it from frost and wind, fertilize it with 10-60-10 ( Schultz Bloom Plus) and water it diligently.

I feel like having my own baby-very excited. I hope it will mature before the end of the year.

I started this plant from the head of a commercial pineapple I purchased last year from the grocery store.

This is how it looked last year

For details read my previous post as follows:

https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/search?q=pineapple

Donald Trump and Some Clever Anagrams

Photo Credit: twitter.com

In 2001, I received an e-mail from a friend listing several clever anagrams. The author was not listed, but my friend commented that whoever wrote or create the list has either a lot of time to waste or is deadly at Scrabble. There were eleven words and phrases listed.

In this posting I added my own anagram for our President(#12).

1. A Decimal Point: I'm a Dot in Place

2. Animosity: Is No Amity

3. Desperation: A Rope Ends It

4. Dormitory: Dirty Room

5. Eleven plus Two: Twelve plus one

6. Evangelist: Evil's Agent

7. Mother-in-law: Woman Hitler

8. Slot Machines: Cash lost in 'em

9. Snooze Alarms: Alas! No More Z's

10. The Earthquakes: That Queer Shake

11. The Morse Code: Here Come Dots

Photo Credit: imgflip.com

My own Creation #12: Donald Trump: Dolt and Rump

If you do not know the meaning of dolt look it up in your dictionary

In case you have forgotten, an anagram is a word or phrase made by transposing or rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. There should be no letter left over and using each letter only once.

I challenged you to create your own anagram for DONALD TRUMP. It is a good mental exercise!

Plant Okra Today-It is Good for Your Health

I started this from seed given to me by Macrine's caregiver. This is ready to be transplanted. The bugs are starting to nibble the leaves, so I dusted it with Sevin Insecticide. The following post discussed that okra is good for your diabetes and other ailments. Do You have a recipe for okra? Can you share it with my readers in this blog.

Okra, also known as lady’s fingers, bamia, bhindi or gumbo, is a plant of the tropical and warm climates that produces edible green pods. The slightly immature pods are handpicked and prepared in different ways to compliment the traditional diets of many cultures. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is believed to possess an abundance of health benefits, and there is ongoing research into its potential to help manage diabetes.

http://www.healthbodyrecipes.com/treat-diabetes-asthma-cholesterol-kidney-diseases-okra/?fbclid=IwAR3XjpZMNNBt59gvGnnR_h34AxmOOOROTf7FhXC-eIx1enjSgHM25e1p8jM

Okra is sold in our local grocery store ( Food Mart) for $3.99 per pound.

Four Dishes that I really Enjoyed this Week

This is one of the new dishes that I enjoyed this week.

The other day when I was shopping at our local Filipino store and restaurant ( kare-kare and pancit and buko pandan ice cream), I saw the above package- Bangus( milk fish) Embutido. I have not tasted this before although I am very familiar with standard Embotido made of ground pork. The package was $7.99. The dish was delicious with steam rice and pancit and worth every penny I spent.

Last week three other dishes that Macrine and I enjoyed were Taco de Lengua( Beef Tongue), Taco de Tripa (tripe) and Menudo con Pata ( Tripe soup with pig's feet). The above three dishes I purchased from our local Mexican restaurant. I highly recommend that you have to taste the above three dishes if you have the chance. Order the dishes from an authentic Mexican restaurant ( Not Mexican-American or Texan)

The Menudo dish I modify by adding garbanzo beans and tomato sauce to simulate my favorite Pinoy recipe. In this restaurant, their fish taco is also out of this world. The fish is cut in small cubes and highly seasoned with a very mild fishy smell. It is better than the fish Taco I have tasted in San Diego, California.

Our local Mexican Restaurant ( Tres Hermanos) offered several meat choices for their taco or burrito dishes. Besides the Carne Asada( beef steak) or Pollo Asado( grilled chicken), you could have Al Pastor( BBQ Pork), Chile Verde(Green Chili Pork), Tripitas( Beef tripe), Chorizo ( Mexican sausage), Lengua ( Beef Tongue) and Buche (Pig stomach). I have tasted all of the above meat offerings on my tacos/burritos except for the Buche.

Communicating with My Primary Care Physicain On Line

Last week, I enrolled with www.my hillchart.com to communicate on line with my primary care physician. The last couple of months calling his office via telephone was a pain in the "A". I have to dial his phone several times the other day before I was able to talk to his receptionist for an appointment. According to the website of myhillchart.com the following services are available if you sign in.

1.Send and receive secure messages to and from your provider

2.Request medication renewals

3.Request or cancel appointments

4.View your Personal Health Records (PHRs)

5.Receive and review documents

6.View and Pay online statements and

7.Update account information

My physician can order prescription renewal and blood diagnostic tests also on line. I have tried this service and it works, saving a lot of paper work and time calling via phone.

Is your primary care physician on line or computer savvy?