Quote from: Courtney G on May 04, 2024, 07:29:27 PMI'm so fortunate to have new gal pals like Ashley, Gina, Athena, Brooke, Caela, Jessica, Heidemarie and Sara in my life these days. We support and lift each other up. It's a wonderful little group. I'd love to get us all together to break bread someday.

Hey! I am super happy you have a support network. I am happy for all of you.

No one does this alone. thanks for the update.

~Jenn

Its the onion powder they use that gets me, well I think that is what gives me stomach ache as I know raw onion does.

          painfully    beautiful

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The process of giving birth is painfully beautiful.

The oxymoron "painfully beautiful" gives a more dramatic effect and calls the
attention of the reader. The use of two conflicting concepts to describe something
challenges us to think more, rather than just accepting the expected phrase

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on May 05, 2024, 03:29:49 PMCatacombs

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Silent screams

Catacombs

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on May 05, 2024, 07:33:31 AMTunnels

          passageway

Quote from: LoriDee on May 05, 2024, 12:57:52 PMThis is so true. It is even in some pre-packaged foods. Someone posted on social media that a keyword to watch for is "savory". If the maker describes something as "savory" check for MSG (monosodium glutamate). I didn't believe it until I started looking. Sure enough, those "Savory Mashed Potatoes" had MSG. I stopped buying that brand.

It became a bit of a food boogie-man in the 80's. It's honestly perfectly safe. The FDA considers it a safe food additive along with every other food additive... and every conceivable test and report done has shown that it is not harmful, especially in the kind of doses we get in food.

THAT being said... just like anything else, some people will be sensitive to it. Heck, some people are sensitive to cilantro! So for those people, it's certainly to be avoided.

But otherwise, in reasonable quantities, most people tolerate it just fine.

Quote from: imallie on May 05, 2024, 09:43:10 AMTwo, many MANY people associate Chinese food with the additive MSG - which is a flavor enhancer and is used in Chinese restaurants for sure, but it's also used in most other restaurants as well. 

This is so true. It is even in some pre-packaged foods. Someone posted on social media that a keyword to watch for is "savory". If the maker describes something as "savory" check for MSG (monosodium glutamate). I didn't believe it until I started looking. Sure enough, those "Savory Mashed Potatoes" had MSG. I stopped buying that brand.