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06/19/2003 Archived Entry: "SLEEPER MACHINE DOCTOR, BING CHERRIES, SCOTTY'S CAFE"

SLEEPER MACHINE DOCTOR, BING CHERRIES, SCOTTY'S CAFE, ETC.

Tomorrow I go for another consultation; I guess that's what you'd call it, with my sleeper machine doctor. That would technically be the doctor who decides whether or not I get to keep my C-PAP machine for sleep apnea. I'm not quite sure of why I have to go, but I suppose he has to check to see that I'm using it and that is it working for me. He only has my word on that as there isn't any other way to verify that information. I just know there isn't any way they are going to come take it away from me! And that's final. I sleep too well with it to try to go back to life without it.

Bing cherries are in the grocery stores now. Every year about this time, I eat my weight in Bing cherries. Throughout the years I've ordered a case at a time from growers in Oregon and Washington. The Washington Royal Bing cherries this year are about $23.00 for a pound and a half. That's wayyy too pricey for me. I've found good ones in some of the area stores much cheaper than that. I try to sate my appetite for them during the season. It’s tough, but someone has to do it.

Cherries are low in calories and have no fat. They are high in potassium and vitamins C and B complex. Research suggests that eating cherries can help prevent heart disease and cancer. A substance found in cherries can help gout and arthritis pain; 20 cherries are said to be 10 times as potent as a dose of aspirin. Cherries have boron. Combined with calcium and magnesium, this helps keep bones healthy. Those are the excuses I use for eating Bing cherries!

The next time you are in Salina, try eating at Scotty's Cafe in Sunset Plaza...if you haven't already done so. I'd heard about it but had never been there until yesterday. It's easy to see why it's the hottest new spot in town. I knew many of the people in there, including some Ellsworth friends. It's one popular place because of their "home cooking" with every thing made from scratch, just like the food your mama cooked for you. Scotty gets up at 4 am and bakes his pies which are wonderful. They are meringue topped, as pies are supposed to be. They have daily specials on a menu board, serve breakfast all the time they are open which is until 2 pm. It’s the kind of place where you’d go eat every day and feel like you were eating at home. Their prices are very reasonable. The restaurant is small so expect to stand in line by the door within inches of a diner while you wait for a table.