Yorkies and Poisoning – Symptoms and Treatment

Prevention is the best way to avoid a poisoning incident. Make yourself aware of the dangers to your Yorkie and have emergency medical treatment supplies on hand. I suggest having an at-home emergency medical kit handy and stocked up in case of any type of emergency.

Symptoms:

There are 2 types of poisoning to watch for – contact poisoning (on the skin or eyes, etc) and internal poisoning (ingesting a toxic or harmful substance). For a contact poisoning, the symptoms are generally burning, itching, redness, swelling, or other obvious signs of skin irritation or chemical burns. The symptoms of internal poisoning in Yorkies are varied, depending on the substance ingested. Generally, the symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and related symptoms.

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Features of a Modern Refrigerator

Refrigerators are a great invention for house wives. These units can help people save food for a long time without worrying about the quality of the food products. Even those food items that do not last for long and perishable products can be safely stored in these coolers. Beside the optimum temperature that is maintained within these coolers, you can also get a new age anti bacterial coating inside that gives an added protection to your food products.

You should make sure that the best refrigerators that you buy caters to everyone’s need in the family. The size of the machine is essential. It is always better to go for bigger machines as family sizes increase over time. There are some typical features that one can expect in a refrigerator like de-frosting system, humidity control technology and complete frost free option. Also there are many sizes available in the market. With more and more brands coming into this industry now the market provide lots of options for the buyer. He can now choose from a wide array of products and variations available. It is better to go for more divisions and drawers in your fridge. This makes sure that you can separate the products from one another and hence you can maintain the quality of each product intact. Continue reading “Features of a Modern Refrigerator”

Some Interesting McDonald’s Franchise History

The first McDonald’s franchise was given to Nathan Fox in 1953 and opened in Phoenix Arizona. This was thirteen years after the McDonald brothers opened their first McDonald’s restaurant. Dick and Mack had begun their McDonald’s legacy with a restaurant in San Bernardino California in 1940 with a menu that has 25 items on it.

Their restaurant was a hangout for many of the local teens and their menu was primarily barbeque items. Eight years later, they closed their restaurant for several months as they renovated to become a restaurant that served mostly hamburgers, which had been their best selling item. They prided themselves on being speedy in getting their food to the customers and created an assembly line type of food preparation. They narrowed their menu to have only three items: hamburgers, French fries, milkshakes, and found immediate success in the changes. The third and fourth McDonald’s restaurants were opened in 1954 in Saginaw Michigan and Downey California. The location on Lakewood Blvd in Downey is the oldest McDonald’s restaurant still in operation

In 1963, just ten years after the first franchise was created McDonald’s opened their 500th restaurant that opened in Toledo Ohio. This was also the year that McDonald’s celebrated selling their one-billionth burger. Continue reading “Some Interesting McDonald’s Franchise History”

Cast Iron Cookware at the Rendezvous

It all started back in 1994. My boyfriend (now husband) asked if I would consider attending a Rendezvous… “a Rende who”? A rendezvous is otherwise known as primitive camping… camping/living as they did according to our American History/heritage. My husband had been rendezvousing in Germany since the early 1980’s. He tried to explain the camping experience by describing specific events he thought might be of interest to me. First he described my attire. I would be wearing a long white chemise (what the heck is a chemise? It sounds awfully hot!), a floor length skirt made of wool, linen, or cotton (really sounds hot! and not particularly my cup of tea), moccasins (now that sounds cool!), or other “period appropriate shoes,” you know the kind with large brass buckles on the front (YUK) and other strange attire our forefathers (women hopefully) wore in the 1700-1800’s.

Next he proceeded to tell me I could throw knives and tomahawks (now THAT sounds like FUN!), I could shoot a primitive bow, target shoot or go kurplunking (what the heck is that?) using his flintlock rifle or smooth-bore… oh YIPPEE! Once I felt comfortable I could participate in many competitive games/sports and show off my great skill… I’d never thrown a knife or tomahawk in my life but okie dokie… I like a challenge! Continue reading “Cast Iron Cookware at the Rendezvous”

Is It a Grill, a Broiler or a Salamander?

‘I like grils’

‘Don’t you mean girls?’

‘And just what’s wrong with us grils?’

Well, it doesn’t really matter much what you call it, it’s a simple device for applying heat to food. I’m going to call it a grill, because it takes less time to type.

While grills come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, there are really only two types.

One is a rack which is exposed to fierce heat, and you can include the barbecue in this, and the other is basically two metal plates which are in contact with the food during the cooking time.

There has been a great upsurge in sales recently of the second type, thanks to some very acute marketing, much of it fronted by a former professional boxer. The main sales pitch has been that using a particular type of grill gets rid of the fat from food. Continue reading “Is It a Grill, a Broiler or a Salamander?”

How to Preserve an Open Bottle of Wine

Wine is drunk on many occasions formal and informal, and often bottles may remain unfinished at the end of the function. What do you do with these part bottles especially if they are good quality wines? Whatever you do don’t throw them out, seal them up so they can be enjoyed again in a day or two.

For many people the idea of preserving an open bottle of wine is not even contemplated, but if you are left with a partly used bottle, for goodness sake save it for another day. If you just replace the cork or other closure without extracting the air you are trapping oxygen over the surface of the wine which will lead to oxidation in a very short time.

Is this all a bit over the top?

Well, certainly not if you are dealing with higher quality, more expensive wines or if you live on your own and are unable to finish a bottle yourself, keep it to be enjoyed for another day. Why waste something that has been crafted and nurtured for so long? As a winemaker I will always look after a bottle of wine especially knowing how much effort went into its production. Top Tips on How to Look After Your Wine. Continue reading “How to Preserve an Open Bottle of Wine”

Starving for Intimacy

Some are seeking love in a bottle. Others look for it on the streets and many are trying to find it in their food.

Most of our food is grown on acres of land, sprayed by airplanes, cut by machines, moved by trucks or boats to plants automated to grind, package and ship. It is sent to stores where in bright colored wrappers; we are sold by seduction the richness of this product. We take it home open the can, package or jar one at a time to “feed” ourselves and maybe our family. The goal is often speed as we have or have had other obligations in the day. TV may be our entertainment as we consume this meal intended to nurture us.

This food is also sold to a distribution plant where it is sent to food chains across the country to feed a growing segment of the population. They take the food, mix it to their formula in large vats, package it in measured amounts, ship it by trucks to their outlets to be prepared quickly by workers for their breakfast lunch and dinner crowds. In these restaurants or at drive through windows food is dispersed in plastics or paper with speed as the goal so each of us can meet deadlines, time limits and multiple obligations. Some of us eat in our cars as we drive to other destinations or eat at our desk. What would happen if each day we had a pause in the day’s occupation as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said in his poem The Children’s Hour Continue reading “Starving for Intimacy”

Untold Dangers Of GM (Genetically Modified) Foods

In virtually all tests done on laboratory rats given GM foods, infant mortality and reproductive disorders have followed. This coincides with incidences of low birth weight, infertility, and infant mortality escalating in the United States as GM food becomes part of every American diet.

Food Is Now Registered As A Pesticide

It might surprise you to know that when insects get a mouthful of GM Bt (Bacillius thuringiensis) corn or cotton, they also get a mouthful of a built-in toxin, which is actually being produced by every cell of the genetically altered plant.

Engineers have figured out a way to insert genes into the very DNA of the plant so that the plant itself becomes an insect killing pesticide. When the insect takes a bite out of the genetically altered plant, the poison splits open their stomach and kills them. The GM plants themselves are registered as pesticides by the Environmental Protection Agency. Continue reading “Untold Dangers Of GM (Genetically Modified) Foods”

Smoke Your Meats And Embrace Your Inner Caveman

As I am writing this I can smell the fragrant goodness of mesquite and hickory wood mixed with country-style pork ribs and the heady meatiness of sirloin tip roast. My Masterbuilt electric smoker is billowing clouds of white smoke into the suburban grid and I’m annoying my neighbors with the aroma of freshly smoked meat. Today is a celebration of meat.

Meat. I love it. A luxurious and delicious benefit of the frontal lobe. Man is smarter than the other animals, therefore he will fashion a spear and kill what he needs and roast it on a fire. I am an unapologetic apex predator and when I’m in this mind-set there is no amount of tofu, fresh vegetables or nuts that will satiate my desire for the fatty, lusty and carnal desire of freshly smoked meat.

I don’t care what meat it is. Game, beef, poultry or lamb it doesn’t matter. I sometimes crave meat. I’m comfortable with my carnal desires and the sins of the smoked flesh. Continue reading “Smoke Your Meats And Embrace Your Inner Caveman”

Got Bees?

Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone… —- Joni Mitchell

Our relationship with honey bees is changing. We have become aware we need bees, not just for the miracle of honey, but as essential pollinators of our food system. While we may be aware that bees pollinate the plants in our food system, do we consider bees also generate food sources for birds and other wild creatures?

After thousands of years of taking honey for our own pleasure, and after exploiting these insects for two hundred years by relating to them as disposable servants in meeting our demand for industrial scale pollination of almonds, apples, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries, raspberries, melons, and squash (this is the short list), we have no choice but to re-evaluate our relationship with honey bees. Continue reading “Got Bees?”