[Sca-cooks] OT: food, and medical plus part two

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

nutter butter cookies are a GOOD thing, but they never gave me any at the
red cross  <sniffle>

they have free magnets of foods that are iron rich at the red cross... lots
of veggies are (and if you pair spinach with something like orange juice you
absorb more), beef, of course, but also shrimp.. oysters.. and other stuff i
didnt expect.

i was deferred (unable to donate) for over a year because of the rabies
vaccine i got...
i have friends who are on permenent deferral because they *once* had an
elevated liver enzyme test result.......
but they have to play it safe.  better than otherwise.

mind you, you can now be on deferral for spending six months in Britain
total. since 1980
they have deferrals for some of eastern europe too now.

Kirsten Houseknecht
Fabric Dragon
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Philadelphia, PA     USA
Trims, Amber, Jet, Jewelry, and more...

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius" > I'm reminded of an incident of a
couple of years ago; apparently the
> New York City branches of the American Red Cross used to provide a
> particular cookie called Nutter Butters; these were peanut-butter
> cookies shaped like peanuts in the shell, with peanut butter
> sandwiched between them. I _think_ Nabisco made these, and upon their
> announcement that they would cease manufacture of Nutter Butter
> cookies within a few months of the announcement, an immediate drop in
> blood donations resulted. People specifically stated that they did
> for the cookies.
>
> IIRC, Nabisco either finally relented and decided to keep making the
> cookies, or they shipped several warehouses full to the New York
> blood drive people, enough for a couple of years. Anyway, the
> immediate threat to the blood drive was eliminated...
>
> I also seem to recall that a rare Porterhouse steak did wonders for
> perking up my blood-deprived system, the last time I donated ;-)
>
> Adamantius, also no longer allowed to donate blood, but for different
> reasons from 'Lainie's
>