Blood pressure? Gosh I hardly know what blood pressure is. . .mine hovers at 80 over 60 and sometimes doesn't register at all if I have been asleep. . .

As far as Joe's blood pressure? I dunno. I probably raise his blood pressure more by just being myself than with the salt. . .ha ha ha

We only eat salt in the foods that are commercially purchased. . .mostly cheeses, sausages, pickles and hot sauce. I don't even put salt in our Sunday gravy or meatballs. . .so our once a year Feast of Seven Porks is followed by a year of repentance so to speak. . .

I made 3 gallons of chili and a gallon and a half of chicken noodle soup for last night's HAM radio fundraiser and almost forgot to salt them. . .at the last minute I remembered that other people like salt! The chili got very little. . .I figured the garlic, thyme, oregano and cayenne would work without much salt. . .but the chicken soup I salted a bit closer to normal although I relied on garlic a lot as well. . .and then I couldn't eat it. . .it was the first soup finished off with people coming back for seconds before the line was completely finished . . . so I must have gotten it right. . . and one guy even told me he would pay me to make up a batch for him to freeze in 2 cup containers. . .so I guess, to each his own. . . .

It's really cool to learn about your Christmas traditions. . .and I always delight in hearing about the boys. . .Joe has talked about them quite a bit in just the few hours he has been home. . .so I know he really enjoyed his visit!