Stroke

This information I got it from a forwarded email. I would like to share with you all.......

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke..totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed,
and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR.

Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by
asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK, to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE

(Coherently: It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the

tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call for an ambulance immediately and

describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

Kidney Cookies

Ingredients:
250gm butter
¾ cup custard sugar
1 cup cake flour
½ cup wheat flour
1 cup merry biscuit, crushed lightly
½ cup cornflakes, crushed lightly
½ cup cornflakes (for decoration - crushed lightly)
1 egg

Method:
1) Cream butter and sugar until the mixture turns light and fluffy.

2) Beat in egg.

3) Add in the crushed merry biscuit and cornflakes.

4) Fold in the sifted flours and mix well.

5) Roll out dough in between two plastic sheets and stamp out kidney shapes with a kidney

cookie cutter.

6) Decorate with crushed cornflakes.

7) Place on lightly-greased baking trays and bake in preheated oven at 170°C for 20—25

minutes or until lightly golden in colour.

8) Cool on wire racks before storing in airtight containers

Source by : Ana

Ice cream Cookies

Ingredients:

330gm butter

60gm crisco

180gm icing sugar

480gm wheat flour

60gm corn flour

60gm potato flour

30gm custard flour

3/4 tbsp baking powder

3/4 tbsp orange paste

Method:

1.Cream butter, sugar, crisco and orange paste together till creamy but not oily.

2. Add in all the flours and mix well.

3. Use a cookie cutter to cut out ice cream shape.

4. Egg polish the cookies. (5) Bake at 175C for about 15 to 20 mins. or till golden brown.

5. Dip in cooking chocolate (double boiled) and sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.

Source by: Ana

Ulunthu Vadai

Ingredients
1 cup - whole black gram dhal

4 green or red chillies, sliced thinly

1 onion, peeled and chopped
salt to taste

Method

1. Wash and soak the gram dhal for 5 hours.

2. Grind it into a coarse paste. Avoid using any water and only add 1 tsp or so

if having trouble grinding it. The trick is to avoid using water as much as possible.

3. You can add the chillies, chopped onion and salt now to the batter.

4. Take a plastic sheet/plate, oil it well with vegetable oil, apply oil/ghee/water to your fingers

and make rounds of the batter - small lemon sized and place it on the sheet.
5. Press the round into flat disc - not thin, using your finger tip, make a small hole in the middle.
6. Since the plastic is oiled, it will easy to slide it slowly into the hot oil for deep frying.
You can either mildly slide it into the oil, or first place it first in your hands and then to oil.
Whatever works.

7. The oil must be hot. Once one side is done, the Vadai's will automatically float to the top,
turn them over and fry them until golden brown in color. Take care to see that the oil is not too

hot nor cold. Too hot, the Vadai's will be done on the outside and not inside. If oil is not hot,
Vadai's will be soggy. Make sure that oil is hot first and after dropping the Vadai's, lower down

the oil a little.

8. Using a slotted spoon/ladle, remove them and place them in paper towel. Serve warm or with

chutney.

Source by :Kamalam Attai