Have you ever cooked pancakes using fresh bacon grease? Like the oil left over when you cook the bacon? It Is Delicious!!! ever so slightly crispy, almost like a doughnut, and full of flavor. Also extremely unhealthy, but worth it.
eggs are generally safe for most carnivores, at least as far as I am aware, though it brings up the interesting question of how Sarnothi process cholesterol.
I would be more worried about the big glass of milk, since most animals and even most people have difficulty with dairy.
I don’t recall any mention of milk or any dairy being a problem (I vaguely remember Selkie having cheese without issue but I may be misremembering) so Bacon and eggs for the girls and probably vegan pancakes for Todd, or maybe some cereal with soy milk.
actually most people have no problem with *unprocessed* milk. oddly pasteurization kills some good things as well as bad things. namely the enzymes that exist naturally in any animals milk to help break it down.
can debate if raw milk is good or not, but it is very rare for anyone to not be able to digest raw milk. the milk “allergies” are due to the processing removing things more so than the milk.
seriously if know anyone that has diary issues, try to find a local dairy, ask them if can have a small amount of milk straight from the tank. may need to tell them is for your cats for legal reasons in some places. odds are they can drink that no problem. ask your doctor if you don’t believe me, we run a dairy and a couple of the local doctors have referred people to us for this very reason.
Please be very careful spreading this advice.
Lactose intolerance isn’t the same thing as an allergy to milk.
I taught a student who was actually allergic to cow’s milk. Another student thought he was just overhyping lactose intolerance. Cue the bully ‘accidentally’ throwing half a pint (236ml) of 2% milk on the student, followed by a dose of epinephrine and a trip to the hospital in an ambulance because of the anaphylaxis.
Gotta be careful of the distinction between “allergic,” “intolerant,” and “sensitive.” I learned the first part back in Girl Scouts, and the rest in my 30’s.
I complained that I was “allergic to wool,” and one of the ladies in our troop asked if I was truly allergic, or if it was just that wool was itchy. Because pretty much everybody finds wool to be itchy — due to the way that it’s sheared, it’s got sharp edges. Certain types of wool are brushed off instead of cut off, and that’s not itchy. But people who are actually allergic to wool can’t handle that either.
What I learned far more recently is this basic categorization:
ALLERGIES are immune reactions that interfere with breathing, cause a skin rash, or some similar deal.
INTOLERANCES are digestion problems: gas/bloating, diarrhea, and similar annoyances that might be really bad but wouldn’t send you to the doc.
SENSITIVITIES make you feel weird or affect you in a way that’s less easy to define, but there’s still a clear link between the substance and the effect.
When you’re discussing things with your doctor, they need to know what sort of reactions you’ve had and how bad they’ve gotten, because they need to know, if there’s an emergency, whether they can give you a thing that’ll save your life but make you itchy for a while (or other embarrassing symptoms), or if they have to find an alternative because it’d just endanger your life in a different way.
Prior to your comment, I’d never heard anything that accounted for unprocessed milk, but I’d heard that lactose tolerance in adults is actually the minority — especially in Asian groups. We generally lose the ability to process the stuff.
(AND it’s kinda weird that we drink a ton of milk from cows and goats but, if you’re no longer a baby, society finds it weird/sexual for you to drink milk provided by a willing adult human female… and gross to think of dairy products made from such milk. This is a weird position if you think about it.)
Now, some sensitivities can be serious to the point of needing to avoid that trigger altogether. I forget if it’s Autism or ADHD or both, but many children with that problem can benefit from a diet that is free of several kinds of artificial colors. Because their bodies can’t process those things well, they can cause problems with mood, self-control, and other areas.
So we shouldn’t use “I’m allergic” as the catch-all term for “my body doesn’t handle that substance very well.” Allergies are a specific form of “doesn’t handle that well” where the body actively attacks the substance, thinking it’s a threat. Other “doesn’t handle that well” issues can be serious, but not to the point of potentially needing a hospital visit.
Your definitions – allergy, intolerance, sensitivity. I’d never thought of it that way.
How, in your opinion, would this be described?
Grass makes me itch. Not so much on my extremities, but on my trunk – especially my back. If I lay down in the grass without a shirt on my back will itch for a long time, unless I go take a shower. My chest and belly will not itch as much as my back will, but they still itch if I lay in the grass.
I’ve always described that as being allergic to grass.
Yep, he states it on page 4, and tells Selkie about it on page 13. I can’t recall how often it was specified after that.
I also can’t recall whether anyone noted that he has something in common with Scar besides Selkie’s wellbeing. Though, I wonder if Scar’s current occupation building homes is what he wants to do, or just a type of slavery/indentured servitude as implied by Gien (his blood binds him to reparation). It could be both, given how echo duties are viewed in Sarnothi society. Eh, I’ll remain hopeful that Todd’s architectural skills may give him something to bond with Scar over, eventually.
What is the deal with bacon? I remember liking it back when I could eat it. I turned allergic to some of the additives decades ago, Fresh side is the same meat only not “cured”. Coat with salt and black pepper, refrigerate overnight, and fry, still good but what the freaking heck is all the fuss about? It was slightly funny twenty years ago. Not any more.
Appears to be rare. Exact same thing happened with beef to a friend of mine. We years no beef.
The found out could eat buffalo, but not beef.
Then discovered organic hormone free beef was o.k. in the tummy. Additives seem to be not good for some people.
There have been days when I wish I could have bacon while I was sleeping so I didn’t have to wake up to eat.
Has it ever been established whether or not Selkie can eat eggs?
I think it would be a nice bonding sisterly moment for both girls to sit down to a hot breakfast of bacon and eggs and a big glass of milk.
Can’t imagine why not.
Have you ever cooked pancakes using fresh bacon grease? Like the oil left over when you cook the bacon? It Is Delicious!!! ever so slightly crispy, almost like a doughnut, and full of flavor. Also extremely unhealthy, but worth it.
eggs are generally safe for most carnivores, at least as far as I am aware, though it brings up the interesting question of how Sarnothi process cholesterol.
I would be more worried about the big glass of milk, since most animals and even most people have difficulty with dairy.
I don’t recall any mention of milk or any dairy being a problem (I vaguely remember Selkie having cheese without issue but I may be misremembering) so Bacon and eggs for the girls and probably vegan pancakes for Todd, or maybe some cereal with soy milk.
Not pancakes, but on Sunday breakfasts my grandpa would cook eggs in bacon grease. Best thing ever tastewise.
actually most people have no problem with *unprocessed* milk. oddly pasteurization kills some good things as well as bad things. namely the enzymes that exist naturally in any animals milk to help break it down.
can debate if raw milk is good or not, but it is very rare for anyone to not be able to digest raw milk. the milk “allergies” are due to the processing removing things more so than the milk.
seriously if know anyone that has diary issues, try to find a local dairy, ask them if can have a small amount of milk straight from the tank. may need to tell them is for your cats for legal reasons in some places. odds are they can drink that no problem. ask your doctor if you don’t believe me, we run a dairy and a couple of the local doctors have referred people to us for this very reason.
Please be very careful spreading this advice.
Lactose intolerance isn’t the same thing as an allergy to milk.
I taught a student who was actually allergic to cow’s milk. Another student thought he was just overhyping lactose intolerance. Cue the bully ‘accidentally’ throwing half a pint (236ml) of 2% milk on the student, followed by a dose of epinephrine and a trip to the hospital in an ambulance because of the anaphylaxis.
Gotta be careful of the distinction between “allergic,” “intolerant,” and “sensitive.” I learned the first part back in Girl Scouts, and the rest in my 30’s.
I complained that I was “allergic to wool,” and one of the ladies in our troop asked if I was truly allergic, or if it was just that wool was itchy. Because pretty much everybody finds wool to be itchy — due to the way that it’s sheared, it’s got sharp edges. Certain types of wool are brushed off instead of cut off, and that’s not itchy. But people who are actually allergic to wool can’t handle that either.
What I learned far more recently is this basic categorization:
ALLERGIES are immune reactions that interfere with breathing, cause a skin rash, or some similar deal.
INTOLERANCES are digestion problems: gas/bloating, diarrhea, and similar annoyances that might be really bad but wouldn’t send you to the doc.
SENSITIVITIES make you feel weird or affect you in a way that’s less easy to define, but there’s still a clear link between the substance and the effect.
When you’re discussing things with your doctor, they need to know what sort of reactions you’ve had and how bad they’ve gotten, because they need to know, if there’s an emergency, whether they can give you a thing that’ll save your life but make you itchy for a while (or other embarrassing symptoms), or if they have to find an alternative because it’d just endanger your life in a different way.
Prior to your comment, I’d never heard anything that accounted for unprocessed milk, but I’d heard that lactose tolerance in adults is actually the minority — especially in Asian groups. We generally lose the ability to process the stuff.
(AND it’s kinda weird that we drink a ton of milk from cows and goats but, if you’re no longer a baby, society finds it weird/sexual for you to drink milk provided by a willing adult human female… and gross to think of dairy products made from such milk. This is a weird position if you think about it.)
Now, some sensitivities can be serious to the point of needing to avoid that trigger altogether. I forget if it’s Autism or ADHD or both, but many children with that problem can benefit from a diet that is free of several kinds of artificial colors. Because their bodies can’t process those things well, they can cause problems with mood, self-control, and other areas.
So we shouldn’t use “I’m allergic” as the catch-all term for “my body doesn’t handle that substance very well.” Allergies are a specific form of “doesn’t handle that well” where the body actively attacks the substance, thinking it’s a threat. Other “doesn’t handle that well” issues can be serious, but not to the point of potentially needing a hospital visit.
…or so I understand the distinction at present.
Your definitions – allergy, intolerance, sensitivity. I’d never thought of it that way.
How, in your opinion, would this be described?
Grass makes me itch. Not so much on my extremities, but on my trunk – especially my back. If I lay down in the grass without a shirt on my back will itch for a long time, unless I go take a shower. My chest and belly will not itch as much as my back will, but they still itch if I lay in the grass.
I’ve always described that as being allergic to grass.
Come to think of it, did we ever find out what Todd does for a job? If we did then I don’t remember.
Architect, I believe
Yep, he states it on page 4, and tells Selkie about it on page 13. I can’t recall how often it was specified after that.
I also can’t recall whether anyone noted that he has something in common with Scar besides Selkie’s wellbeing. Though, I wonder if Scar’s current occupation building homes is what he wants to do, or just a type of slavery/indentured servitude as implied by Gien (his blood binds him to reparation). It could be both, given how echo duties are viewed in Sarnothi society. Eh, I’ll remain hopeful that Todd’s architectural skills may give him something to bond with Scar over, eventually.
We saw him at work a few times, and we also learn the company he works for belongs to Heather’s dad’s dad.
I’m late on reply and I see other people already got it covered, but, yes, Todd’s career is an architect.
What is the deal with bacon? I remember liking it back when I could eat it. I turned allergic to some of the additives decades ago, Fresh side is the same meat only not “cured”. Coat with salt and black pepper, refrigerate overnight, and fry, still good but what the freaking heck is all the fuss about? It was slightly funny twenty years ago. Not any more.
Appears to be rare. Exact same thing happened with beef to a friend of mine. We years no beef.
The found out could eat buffalo, but not beef.
Then discovered organic hormone free beef was o.k. in the tummy. Additives seem to be not good for some people.
Twenty years no beef.
Autocorrect hates me.
I wouldn’t know. I turn mine off. Autocorrect deprives you of the right to make a real choice.
I don’t get the point of bacon, period. It’s a waste of good pork.