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Reply 6380
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visesh
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The Kohinoor on Mill Road is one of the best ones I've been to.
Reply 6381
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Craghyrax
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scarlet ibis
oh, yes I love India House!
Please not the India House :puppyeyes: We must have done TSR things there about 5 times now and I'm really sick of it. Plus the decor in there is really horrid. Places like the Maharaj or the Ghandi manage to serve the same quality food at the same prices but look a bit less tacky.
scarlet ibis

Did you go to the TSR meet we had there a few years back? How about Thursday 3rd then, if the 4th is no good. I can organise it, I would be happy to, just as long as people don't expect immediate responses from me if its late or at the weekend. I'll start be setting up a Doodle...

Which one of the several times we've met in there? I've got Christmas superhall on the third too. I don't know which I'm going to. Put some different dates up.
visesh
The Kohinoor on Mill Road is one of the best ones I've been to.

I'd be up for trying that!
Craghyrax
Please not the India House :puppyeyes: We must have done TSR things there about 5 times now and I'm really sick of it. Plus the decor in there is really horrid. Places like the Maharaj or the Ghandi manage to serve the same quality food at the same prices but look a bit less tacky.

Which one of the several times we've met in there? I've got Christmas superhall on the third too. I don't know which I'm going to. Put some different dates up.
I'd be up for trying that!

I have no objections to location. I've been to loads of Indian restaurants in Cambridge and the quality of the food is fairly similar. I've put Wed 2nd through to Sat 5th up, do you think we need any outlying dates, mayebe the weekend before?

Edit: I've put the whole last week up now ie Sat 28th Nov - Dec 5th
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Craghyrax
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scarlet ibis
I have no objections to location. I've been to loads of Indian restaurants in Cambridge and the quality of the food is fairly similar. I've put Wed 2nd through to Sat 5th up, do you think we need any outlying dates, mayebe the weekend before?

I think that's fine. Loads of people *meaningful look in the direction of ukebert* will already be booked up for the entirety of Week 8, and in their case there's no point trying. Some people are just going to be hideously busy like that.
At least a good number are coming on Saturday, and people who couldn't come this weekend may be able to come for the curry thing, which evens things out a bit.
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Craghyrax
Yeh, I also missed that :frown: I get annoyed when people schedule things for 6-7 though! The amount of free time you have to attend something is so much more reduced if they stop you from going to hall, which necessitates (often) a Sainsbury shop and time spent preparing food! :mad:


Damn it, they've got one on dialectical materialism this coming Wednesday... & I'm at formal, again. Oh, it's a hard life trying to be a marxist AND a socialite :p:
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K.T.
Oh, it's a hard life trying to be a marxist AND a socialite :p:

I aim for a compromise between the two and go for being a socialist :awesome:
:ninja:
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Help! My grandmother and step grandfather are visiting to see my Old Court room this afternoon. What do you serve an old diabetic man for afternoon tea? I'm getting scones for my grandmother, but I have no idea what sort of thing a diabetic would want to eat :s-smilie: (bear in mind he's an ex-Master :s-smilie:)
Craghyrax
Help! My grandmother and step grandfather are visiting to see my Old Court room this afternoon. What do you serve an old diabetic man for afternoon tea? I'm getting scones for my grandmother, but I have no idea what sort of thing a diabetic would want to eat :s-smilie: (bear in mind he's an ex-Master :s-smilie:)

If you have time to go to Holland & Barrett, I'm guessing you could find something there?

Aarrghh, one of my books has been recalled to the SPS library, which means I need to get through it in about two hours. :\
Reply 6388
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brimstone
If you have time to go to Holland & Barrett, I'm guessing you could find something there?

Aarrghh, one of my books has been recalled to the SPS library, which means I need to get through it in about two hours. :\

Which is the book? We may have it.

And thanks - I'll do that.
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visesh
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Is it bad that I forgot it was my birthday until about 6pm yesterday? :/ I feel old.
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visesh
Is it bad that I forgot it was my birthday until about 6pm yesterday? :/ I feel old.

You feel old!? Its my 24th in two months!!! :huff:
Craghyrax
Help! My grandmother and step grandfather are visiting to see my Old Court room this afternoon. What do you serve an old diabetic man for afternoon tea? I'm getting scones for my grandmother, but I have no idea what sort of thing a diabetic would want to eat :s-smilie: (bear in mind he's an ex-Master :s-smilie:)

Boots and Thorntons do some diabetic chocolate biscuits :smile:
Craghyrax
Help! My grandmother and step grandfather are visiting to see my Old Court room this afternoon. What do you serve an old diabetic man for afternoon tea? I'm getting scones for my grandmother, but I have no idea what sort of thing a diabetic would want to eat :s-smilie: (bear in mind he's an ex-Master :s-smilie:)

Hotel Chocolat has this to say about chocolate/sweet things for diabetics. And its endorsed by Diabetes UK . Apparently they can eat the same things as everyone else, as long as it is part of a balanced diet. :smile: Diabetes UK also recommends fruit cake, and oat-based biscuits as being lower in sugar.
lucygettings
It's a bit expensive... you? What about the Talk/Social at Churchill?

Yeah, a bit pricey, but the second year Geographers at Downing convinced us it was worth it! Plus, I get an excuse to wear black tie. :biggrin:

I don't think I'll be going to the Churchill thing no, as much as I loved Vorley's video message. :P
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Blergh. I don't know how my staircase partners manage to have an 30min bath at the precise moment that I want to use the bathroom to wash my face, brush my teeth and clean my nails before going out! Its not even as though I want to do this at regular times!
scarlet ibis
Hotel Chocolat has this to say about chocolate/sweet things for diabetics. And its endorsed by Diabetes UK . Apparently they can eat the same things as everyone else, as long as it is part of a balanced diet. :smile: Diabetes UK also recommends fruit cake, and oat-based biscuits as being lower in sugar.

Thanks! However, they are utterly and horribly wrong! Starch, sugar and complex carbohydrates are disastrously bad for diabetics, but nobody really wants to believe that this is true. (they're actually horribly bad for the rest of us too - leading to inefficiency in metabolising our food, high blood pressure, higher susceptibility to Alzheimers etc etc.)

However: it does mean that you can give a diabetic person something that they can't eat because they think that they can eat it, which suffices for the sake of not causing offence.
I really shudder when I see the stuff that diabetics think is ok for them to eat.
The government should make Biology mandatory up to A level :judge:
Craghyrax
Which is the book? We may have it.

And thanks - I'll do that.

It's John Dunn - Setting the People Free.

Could you do me a massive favour and check if you have On Democracy by Robert Dahl too, please. I couldn't even find the UL copy and he'll kill me if I haven't read it :frown:
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brimstone
It's John Dunn - Setting the People Free.

Could you do me a massive favour and check if you have On Democracy by Robert Dahl too, please. I couldn't even find the UL copy and he'll kill me if I haven't read it :frown:

I'll have a look! Would you come to Peterhouse to collect it later or are you in town now?
Craghyrax
Blergh. I don't know how my staircase partners manage to have an 30min bath at the precise moment that I want to use the bathroom to wash my face, brush my teeth and clean my nails before going out! Its not even as though I want to do this at regular times!

Thanks! However, they are utterly and horribly wrong! Starch, sugar and complex carbohydrates are disastrously bad for diabetics, but nobody really wants to believe that this is true. (they're actually horribly bad for the rest of us too - leading to inefficiency in metabolising our food, high blood pressure, higher susceptibility to Alzheimers etc etc.)

However: it does mean that you can give a diabetic person something that they can't eat because they think that they can eat it, which suffices for the sake of not causing offence.
I really shudder when I see the stuff that diabetics think is ok for them to eat.
The government should make Biology mandatory up to A level :judge:

That's a bit rubbish. I thought that a charity claiming to support diabetics might actually be useful. :rolleyes:

Perhaps cheese scones instead? But that's still starch. Hmm.
Craghyrax

Thanks! However, they are utterly and horribly wrong! Starch, sugar and complex carbohydrates are disastrously bad for diabetics, but nobody really wants to believe that this is true. (they're actually horribly bad for the rest of us too - leading to inefficiency in metabolising our food, high blood pressure, higher susceptibility to Alzheimers etc etc.)

Ehm...but where else is our metabolic energy going to come from? These foods I've always thought are disastrous during a glycaemic crisis of some kind; too much or too little blood sugar. And with maintenance, a good healthy, carbohydrate-dominated diet can still be acceptable for a diabetic. Although that might just be own family's case: Type II, late onset, fairly mild.

What about yoghurts, cheeses and other fermented dairy? They're usually good for maintaining low levels of carbohydrates. Acceptability at afternoon tea...not sure. Aren't ryebreads and other high-cellulose foods good for this too? And of course have some meat or fish; canapes or something?
Reply 6399
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Craghyrax
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michaelyus
Ehm...but where else is our metabolic energy going to come from? These foods I've always thought are disastrous during a glycaemic crisis of some kind; too much or too little blood sugar. And with maintenance, a good healthy, carbohydrate-dominated diet can still be acceptable for a diabetic. Although that might just be own family's case: Type II, late onset, fairly mild.

What about yoghurts, cheeses and other fermented dairy? They're usually good for maintaining low levels of carbohydrates. Acceptability at afternoon tea...not sure. Aren't ryebreads and other high-cellulose foods good for this too? And of course have some meat or fish; canapes or something?

I'll get into that later. From my own experience - and I'm not diabetic - and just from alot of scientific findings (which are naturally unpopular) a high (good fat) and high protein (with lots of nutritious veg obviously) is far healthier and far better at regulating appetite and blood sugar. I'm not even diabetic and I notice the change in how I feel if I use carbohydrates as a staple. People say oh but where do you get your energy from? Firstly, fats are a very good source of energy, and your body adjusts to metabolising fat efficiently if you reduce your carb intake. Secondly, the sorts of carbs one should be relying on are very nutritious carbs such as carrots, squashes, sweet potatoes. Its just a cultural preference people have of living off of refined starches, and it really messes up the body in a host of ways.

Another thing they're finding is that all grains are high in omega-6, and a huge many health problems are linked to an unequal balance in the body between omega-3 and omega-6. In theory if you ate enough omega-3 you could still have the omega-6ish stuff and be ok, but that would literally involve living off of oily fish to a ridiculous degree which isn't practical. Its more feasibly to just phase out grains.

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