Coumadin Cookbook???

[catwoman]

I'm a cookbookaholic -- Le Cordon Bleu, Culinary Institute of America, Cook's Illustrated series, etc. -- and do like to improve my cooking skills/repertoire.
Have seen references to Coumadin Cookbook on the net and at amazon.com.

Anyone have a copy of this? Is it useful? Would I be wasting my $?

Thanks for any input.

 

[Ross]

I have a copy. I think it was worth the money I spent, which was about $12. You could survive without it, but it does have some Vitamin K lowering secrets in it.

 

[JimL]

I also have a copy, and I agree with Ross' assessment: If you can get it for little money, it's worth it. It will probably be worth more to you than to me. I paged through it when I got it, and haven't looked at it since.

 

[catwoman]

Ross & Jim:

Thanks for the input. If the vitamin K-lowering things are good, buying it would be worthwhile.

 

[Ross]

I'd go for a good used copy. I wouldn't go for a brand new one. On a 1 to 10 scale, this rates about a 5 in my opinion. I know that seems kind of low, but it's really the only book of it's kind on the market that I know of.

 

[dwfreck]

I'm curious,

What exactly does a coumadin cookbook tell you?

1) How to cook with coumadin (add it directly to your spinach)?

2) How to prepare selected drinks: Bloody Mary, Bloody Brain?

3) How to prepare selected foods: Blood oranges, blood sausage?

4) How to get blood from a turnip?

 

[Ross]

Umm no, not exactly. It's based on a set consistent amount of Vitamin K intake per day and broken down into each individual recipe in the book. If your someone that has a major dietary problem with your consistency, perhaps the book would work well for you. I tried to play the numbers game and finally gave up. I eat pretty much what I want and when I want, then adjust dosage from there.

 

[Guest]

It seemed like overkill to me.

Rather have roadkill.

 

[dwfreck]

It seemed like overkill to me.

Rather have roadkill.

Isn't that what they make blood sausage out of?

 

[Ross]

Alright Dale, your scaring me now.

 

[catwoman]

How about a salad of sauteed broccoli, grilled asparagus spears and wilted baby greens dressed with a concoction of Bloody Marys and blood oranges?

Actually, with right seasoning, it might work! If there's enough of the vodka... Of course, the cook has to taste-test.

 

[JimL]

Surprisingly, Marsha, the index of the Coumadin Cookbook does not list broccoli, asparagus, bloody Mary, or blood oranges. It did find a recipe for "Smothered Greens," which calls for "16 oz mustard greens, fresh, no stems (must be weighed)" and "16 oz turnip greens, fresh, no stems (must be weighed)." I haven't tried this one. Nor have I tried "Cauliflower Pancakes" a few pages later.

 

[Ross]

Cookbook smookbook

1 New York Strip Steak 1lb
5 to 7 Brussel Sprouts
Beef Rice A Roni
Slice of bread or two

Yeap uh huh, that's the meal I'm talking about.

 

[catwoman]

Jim:

Cauliflower pancakes? Yum, yum.

Smothered greens?? Sounds like a mess of turnip or mustard greens.

When I was little, one of my aunts made some poke salet. I adored it.
Do a search on poke salet/poke salad. It's a wonder that I'm still alive.

 

[dwfreck]

Marsha,

You're already taking rat poison, why fret over a little phytotoxin chaser after that?

 

[bassboy]

Coumadin Cookbook

Coumadin Cookbook

I'm wondering if you should take the turnips off Coumadin six weeks before cooking?

Charles

 

[Georgia]

It appears to me

It appears to me

that we have some seriously silly newbies among us. Hi, Charles and Dale - keep it up. We mostly get terribly frustrated by our coumadin experiences; usually we just throw up our hands and blame our inr anomalies on Rain's dog digging in the garden.

You know, last week when we found mice here at work I volunteered to contribute some warfarin to take care of the little buggars; and no one thought it was a good idea! And here I thought I was being a good citizen and employee! nyuk nyuk

 

[catwoman]

Georgia:

I'll send you a couple of my Abyssinians -- Fred and his sister, Vassar. They would love to go hunting for mice, since they're pretty good with crickets. They don't take Coumadin and their diet is pretty low in vitamin K, I think (Iams, Royal Canin & Hill's). Very low-maintenance micers.

Still haven't decided whether to get one of those Coumadin Cookbooks (used of course). Guess that means I won't unless one turns up at Half Price Books in Dallas.

 

[bassboy]

Silly

Silly

I've found a sense of humor is good medicine.

Catwoman and I work together (just a few cubicles apart) and have gotten really tickled about the Coumadin cookbook posts. She is a good friend and I'm glad she is taking Warfarin!

I couldn't resist the turnip thing, especially after the doctor wanted to take my wife (Patsy) off Warfarin just to do a pap smear.

Patsy had a partial hip replacement almost two years ago, which absolutely broke my heart. She was so active and energetic, but now she is on a cane, but still gets around quite well.

I know about the danger of blod clots following orthopaedic surgery, so I was terrified I would lose the love of my life.

We are very thankful for Warfarin because of the history of strokes and clots in her family, so . . . we fired the doctor and went back to our old doc!

 

[Ross]

I'm wondering if you should take the turnips off Coumadin six weeks before cooking?

Umm wouldn't that have the negative effect of causing the INR to rise rather then fall?