• Doing a happy dance (figuratively)

    From Bryan Simmons@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 17:51:44
    I've been limiting my spinach consumption over fears of kidney stones,
    but I just learned that eating dairy with spinach greatly reduces the absorption of oxylate. The only way we eat lots of spinach at a time is
    cheesy spinach. It's hard to overstate my love for cheesy spinach.

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  • From Unknown@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 16:49:31

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    I've been limiting my spinach consumption over fears of kidney stones,
    but I just learned that eating dairy with spinach greatly reduces the absorption of oxylate. The only way we eat lots of spinach at a time is cheesy spinach. It's hard to overstate my love for cheesy spinach.


    I tried to post this Tuesday night, but the Newsgrouper server was down or experiencing problems or whatever.

    Wilted spinach stirred into scrambled eggs and grated parmesan cheese
    added just as it's all coming together is quite good. I chop my spinach
    a smidge before it goes into the skillet and hold back a bit on the salt
    as parm is pretty salty.

    ~

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  • From Dave Smith@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 12:44:03
    On 2026-01-28 11:49 a.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:


    I tried to post this Tuesday night, but the Newsgrouper server was down or experiencing problems or whatever.

    Wilted spinach stirred into scrambled eggs and grated parmesan cheese
    added just as it's all coming together is quite good. I chop my spinach
    a smidge before it goes into the skillet and hold back a bit on the salt
    as parm is pretty salty.


    I have posted in the past about spinach and scrambled eggs. Beat the
    eggs and add some hot sauce. My favourite for this a Trinidadian hot
    sauce, not all that hot but lots of flavour. Heat up a pan and add some butter. When it foams up and browns a little toss in some spinach, give
    it about 10-15 seconds to wilt and then stir in the eggs and keep moving
    them gently until cooked to taste... my taste is for the eggs to still
    be wet. It is a fantastic combination.



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  • From dsi1@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 19:25:08

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    I've been limiting my spinach consumption over fears of kidney stones,
    but I just learned that eating dairy with spinach greatly reduces the absorption of oxylate. The only way we eat lots of spinach at a time is cheesy spinach. It's hard to overstate my love for cheesy spinach.


    My wife had her gall bladder removed. It had some stones in it. One was the size
    of a small chicken egg. It was perfectly shaped and beautiful. Later on, it dried
    out.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ojXUhCwYWZ5mfzRUA

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  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 12:37:05
    On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:25:08 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    I've been limiting my spinach consumption over fears of kidney
    stones, but I just learned that eating dairy with spinach greatly
    reduces the absorption of oxylate. The only way we eat lots of
    spinach at a time is cheesy spinach. It's hard to overstate my love
    for cheesy spinach.

    My wife had her gall bladder removed. It had some stones in it. One
    was the size of a small chicken egg. It was perfectly shaped and
    beautiful. Later on, it dried out.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ojXUhCwYWZ5mfzRUA

    Astounding, I have only seen this black pearlish type before:

    https://www.webpathology.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fd3cyex60hhnlth.cloudfront.net%2Ffit-in%2F650x650%2Ffilters%3Aformat(webp)%2Fcase%2Fdetail_images%2Fc10151_detail.jpg&w=750&q=75

    Human roe.


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  • From Unknown@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 19:51:34

    Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

    On 2026-01-28 11:49 a.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:


    I tried to post this Tuesday night, but the Newsgrouper server was down or experiencing problems or whatever.

    Wilted spinach stirred into scrambled eggs and grated parmesan cheese
    added just as it's all coming together is quite good. I chop my spinach
    a smidge before it goes into the skillet and hold back a bit on the salt
    as parm is pretty salty.


    I have posted in the past about spinach and scrambled eggs. Beat the
    eggs and add some hot sauce. My favourite for this a Trinidadian hot
    sauce, not all that hot but lots of flavour. Heat up a pan and add some butter. When it foams up and browns a little toss in some spinach, give
    it about 10-15 seconds to wilt and then stir in the eggs and keep moving them gently until cooked to taste... my taste is for the eggs to still
    be wet. It is a fantastic combination.


    It may be your recipe I follow but I omit the hot sauce and yes, I like
    mine a bit 'wet,' too. No ping pong ball consistency eggs for me.

    ~

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  • From Dave Smith@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 15:02:19
    On 2026-01-28 2:25 p.m., dsi1 wrote:



    My wife had her gall bladder removed. It had some stones in it. One was the size
    of a small chicken egg. It was perfectly shaped and beautiful. Later on, it dried
    out.



    That is a huge gall stone. I wish I had thought to ask for mine. My
    doctor got the report and told me it was huge, one of the biggest he had
    heard of. Funny thing is I had had gall bladder issues for years and it
    was one of the reasons I was never into fried foods. Yet, even when it
    went bad my only complaint was nausea. I never experienced the
    excruciating pain that everyone else I new experienced with gall bladder attacks.

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  • From Leonard Blaisdell@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 02:45:10
    On 2026-01-28, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    My wife had her gall bladder removed. It had some stones in it. One was the size
    of a small chicken egg. It was perfectly shaped and beautiful. Later on, it dried
    out.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ojXUhCwYWZ5mfzRUA


    You are six feet, nine inches tall and that's a chicken egg. I'll look
    for the tall guy if I ever get to Hawaii. ?

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  • From dsi1@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 06:35:04

    Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> posted:

    On 2026-01-28, dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    My wife had her gall bladder removed. It had some stones in it. One was the size
    of a small chicken egg. It was perfectly shaped and beautiful. Later on, it dried
    out.

    https://photos.app.goo.gl/ojXUhCwYWZ5mfzRUA


    You are six feet, nine inches tall and that's a chicken egg. I'll look
    for the tall guy if I ever get to Hawaii. ?

    I'm kind of a gnome and that is an egg that the chickens lay around here. I don't
    know why they're so small. Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.





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  • From Mike Duffy@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 16:22:40
    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.

    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.


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  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 09:34:39
    On 29 Jan 2026 16:22:40 GMT
    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> wrote:

    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.

    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.


    A triple, really?

    I have never had one.

    https://gardengeek.net/triple-yolked-eggs/
    What causes double and triple yolk eggs?
    Firstly it?s worth explaining that the shell is the last part to fo
    rm on an egg, so egg yolks will pass from the ovaries into a hen?s
    oviduct, and then later on in the process the shell will form around the yo
    lk. A double-yolked or triple-yolked egg occurs when two egg yolks are rele ased into a hen?s oviduct too close together and end up encased wit
    hin the same shell.For a more in-depth and scientific answer click here.

    Whilst it can be hereditary , hormonal change/imbalance is the main
    cause which results in an overstimulated ovary releasing yolks too
    close together. New layers or hens near the end of their life are more
    likely to lay multiple yolk eggs so this will definitely apply to my
    hens who have only been laying for a few weeks. It?s also worth not
    ing
    that the eggs haven?t been too large which is good news for them as
    big
    eggs can cause them distress.


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  • From Bryan Simmons@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 11:01:16
    On 1/29/2026 10:22 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:
    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.

    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.

    I've gone through about 10 dozen jumbo eggs without a single double. I
    have no idea why.

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  • From Unknown@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 17:24:02

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    On 1/29/2026 10:22 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.

    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.

    I've gone through about 10 dozen jumbo eggs without a single double. I
    have no idea why.


    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will have
    two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and might not
    see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will say I've never
    seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    ~

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  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 11:10:34
    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:24:02 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    On 1/29/2026 10:22 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly
    large.

    wow.

    Talk about missing some unique market share.> > >
    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.

    I've gone through about 10 dozen jumbo eggs without a single
    double. I have no idea why.


    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will
    have two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and
    might not see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will
    say I've never seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    ~

    Now think about that.

    with all our frankenfood genetic engineering and such, no one has
    twigged to designing us up double yolk'd eggs yet?

    Talk about missing a unique market share.


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  • From Bruce@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 05:22:21
    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:10:34 -0700, Tal Yessen <flwp@in.valid> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:24:02 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will
    have two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and
    might not see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will
    say I've never seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    Now think about that.

    with all our frankenfood genetic engineering and such, no one has
    twigged to designing us up double yolk'd eggs yet?

    Talk about missing a unique market share.

    What about sheep with 5 legs, so you get an extra lamb shank?

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>

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  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 12:45:21
    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:22:21 +1100
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:10:34 -0700, Tal Yessen <flwp@in.valid> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:24:02 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will
    have two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and
    might not see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will
    say I've never seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    Now think about that.

    with all our frankenfood genetic engineering and such, no one has
    twigged to designing us up double yolk'd eggs yet?

    Talk about missing a unique market share.

    What about sheep with 5 legs, so you get an extra lamb shank?

    I'd prefer multiple breasts please.


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  • From Bruce@3:633/10 to All on Friday, January 30, 2026 06:55:36
    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:45:21 -0700, Tal Yessen <flwp@in.valid> wrote:

    On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:22:21 +1100
    Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:10:34 -0700, Tal Yessen <flwp@in.valid> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:24:02 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will
    have two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and
    might not see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will
    say I've never seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    Now think about that.

    with all our frankenfood genetic engineering and such, no one has
    twigged to designing us up double yolk'd eggs yet?

    Talk about missing a unique market share.

    What about sheep with 5 legs, so you get an extra lamb shank?

    I'd prefer multiple breasts please.

    Cannibal!

    --
    Bruce
    <https://i.ibb.co/WN88KZm7/kim.jpg>

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  • From Bryan Simmons@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 14:34:49
    On 1/29/2026 12:22 PM, Bruce wrote:
    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:10:34 -0700, Tal Yessen <flwp@in.valid> wrote:

    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:24:02 GMT
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will
    have two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and
    might not see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will
    say I've never seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    Now think about that.

    with all our frankenfood genetic engineering and such, no one has
    twigged to designing us up double yolk'd eggs yet?

    Talk about missing a unique market share.

    What about sheep with 5 legs, so you get an extra lamb shank?

    Or the three legged pig joke where the punchline is,
    "You city fellers ain't none too bright. If you had a pig that was that
    good, you wouldn't et 'em all at once, now wouldja?"

    --
    --Bryan https://www.instagram.com/bryangsimmons/

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  • From dsi1@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 22:24:28

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.

    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.


    That's just so grotesque.

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  • From Tal Yessen@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 17:09:09
    On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:24:28 GMT
    dsi1 <user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    Mike Duffy <mxduffy@bell.net> posted:

    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.


    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.


    That's just so grotesque.

    The spermy ones then are?

    https://preview.redd.it/fertilized-eggs-vs-not-v0-inehcldii5ra1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c1e720eec649e049baa313ba9696f5f74b168ace

    To say nothing of the ovulated yolks:

    https://the-chicken-chick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Eggs-blood-spot-v-developing-embryo.jpg


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  • From jmquown@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, January 29, 2026 19:19:46
    On 1/29/2026 12:24 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

    Bryan Simmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> posted:

    On 1/29/2026 10:22 AM, Mike Duffy wrote:

    On 2026-01-29, dsi1 wrote:

    Maybe the chicken eggs we buy at the stores are freakishly large.

    Do you have the ones ones advertised to have double yolks?

    Not guaranteed, usually all but 1 or 2 are double, some triple.

    I've gone through about 10 dozen jumbo eggs without a single double. I
    have no idea why.


    Just last week I had a double yolk jumbo egg and some cartons will have
    two or three in each. It had been a while since I'd one and might not
    see another one for the next few dozen I buy. But I will say I've never
    seen a carton stating they were double yolks.

    ~

    I don't buy jumbo eggs but I also can't say I've ever noticed any carton marked jumbo as promising double yolks.

    Jill

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