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Oh I hit post too soon, but that's okay, this way it gets broken into two easier-to-read comments.

The rub in all this is that I get annoyed with what people consider "curry," which doesn't exactly exist (get Raghavan Iyer's "660 Curries" where he discusses this. I swear I don't work for him, I just really like him). My husband made the mistake of ordering "curry" on our one chance to eat at Moosewood. I told him it was a mistake, which he realized when he got a dish that tasted more of turmeric than anything. The book I talked about also discusses "curries" and the Anglicization of the word as well as the food, which is interesting.

And @blitzcheetah, tell me about it re: Starbuck's "chai tea lattes." I die everytime someone order's one. My husband has a chai blog, though, which he is regularly updating again: www.chaientist.com. Brings up a second topic: are experiments with chai more authentic from us because we are Indian and less of a bastardization? Why do I think that it is okay for someone within the culture to mess with a food but from outside a culture it's showing a lack of respect?

I cooked rice brown and white regular and I added the rice after I browned the meat and the broth to moisten the food ever so slightly.

Well, we tried it today. This week's batch is ground turkey, brown rice, fresh cut green beans, carrots, and chicken broth (low sodium). gave them about 1/2 kibble, and 1/2 turkey stew, and added about 1 tablespoon of cottage cheese. They inhaled it. Loved it. Thanks for all the help.

well, since my name is pooch, and i own 4 rescue doggies i'll give you my recipe's which i've been using forever....

1) the usual chicken, brown rice thing....

2) turkey meatloaf: 10# ground turkey - approx. 6-8 large raw sweet potatoes, shredded, a dozen eggs, cooked (in chix broth if you have it) brown rice or oatmeal (depending upon how much you want to add in, if baby is on a diet, use little starch and bump up the veggies.... fresh or frozen veggies, 2 bunches italian parsley, chopped... sometimes i put dried cranberries or fresh blueberries in it...
mix together and bake like a meatloaf. you can use a double pan, putting the loaf in a perforated pan so the grease drips down..... but with turkey, you shouldn't have this problem. sometimes i'll throw in some ground chuck for a variation.

of course you can vary your veggies and amounts, sometimes i use acorn or butternut squash, or pumpkin instead of the sweets.... my dogs love this meatloaf, they are like little sharks circling around my feet when i heat it up for them..... i love watching them eat it ... especially my nearly toothless and blind guy named babbo .... it's the highlight of his day....

Lots of great advice here. I have not had a dog for 15 years, but I had a retriever for 16 years and I think it was his diet. Our dog got fat quickly and he seemed to have sensitive skin as well. I was reading Prevention Mag at the time and there were suggestions and recipes for daily feeding and biscuits. The biscuits were too much work at the time, but I took the daily feeding suggestions and got into a routine.

I made two servings of oatmeal and put two eggs in his bowl and poured the oatmeal in and stirred. I put approximately 1/2 cup of bran, a couple of dollops of cottage cheese, some milk and let it cool. I added any leftover vegetables and served. He lost the weight and his skin sensitivities seemed to disappear. The article mentioned that while dogs are carnivores we don't have to give them meat, but we need to provide them with protein which was the egg, milk and cottage cheese. Our dog would eat leftover salads if he liked the dressing. Limas were a hard sell, but if there were enough of the other food he ate them. Remember if you go natural to expect a change in bowel habits-be quick and know to adjust.

Seems like a lot of work, but we got into an easy routine as we cleaned up after dinner. We fed him once a day and gave him a couple of large dog bones during the day to tide him over.

I have a client that got a rare breed-Eurasier-and was advised to go the raw food direction. This dog has a lot of digestive problems and the vet feels that the diet was the problem. I don't know since I am not a vet, but I would cook any food.

Then that was absolutely the thing to do. You were obviously not comfortable preparing or serving it and now you've got a Heavenly aroma (with no doubts) wafting through the house.

Found a pretty sweet Pepper-blog today if anyone's interested called: Confessions of a Chilihead. Good research from what I've seen! AND I had to give her credit on my blog for it!

The only negative health effects from peppercorns I have heard of are for people with certain health issues. There are people who are allergic to pepper. Pepper flakes can get stuck in the stomach lining or intestinal lining for people with diverticulitis and certain ulcers - but some ulcers and other infammation are treated with ground pepper or black pepper essential oil in homeopathy.

KateRuby, since black pepper is a NOT nightshade, unlike every other fruit called a "pepper", it should not aggravate people with autoimmune inflamation. #1 nightshade to cut out - tobacco - reduce inflammation and taste all of the flavors of your food.

I personally love a variety of peppercorns. I always have black, red, green, and white peppercorns on hand.

If you are a real pepper lover, try white pepper in a batch of Pfeffernüsse, Northern European cookies made with nuts and ground pepper.

Fresh Kielbasa or pork roast with mashed potatos! Nothing better -- maybe a homemade pierogi with sauted onions...

Cucumber salat.
Sauerkraut.
Knirdels
Potato pancakes.
All of the above add caraway seeds lol.

I was taught that in an emergency, a small leak in your car's radiator could be plugged by adding 1 small can of black pepper to the radiator!?!?