"jmcquown" > wrote in message
. ..
They were about to take her foot
> off due to cholesterol blockages in her leg. She had laser surgery in
> 1988
> which cleared the cholesterol blockage.
>
> Last year she had a clot removed from her carotid artery; they were very
> worried about the laser surgery breaking up the clot and sending pieces of
> it up into her brain (thus causing a stroke). Fortunuately the surgery
> went
> well and she is now more healthy than I am. Mom is going to be 80 in
> January.
>
> OB Food: her favourite soup courtesy of Mrs. Sam Stafford of Charleston,
> SC.
>
> She-Crab Soup
>
> 2 Tbs. butter
> 2 Tbs. flour
> 1 quart whole milk
> 2 c. blue crab meat plus roe (you may use canned crab)
> dash Worcestershire sauce
> salt to taste
> 1/2 tsp. pepper
> 1/2 tsp. mace
> 1/2 tsp. onion powder
> 1/3 c. dry sherry
> 1 c. whole cream, whipped
>
> Melt butter and blend with flour until smooth. Add milk and whisk until
> smooth. Add crab, roe, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, onion and
> garlic
> powder. Cook over very low heat about 30 minutes. Add the sherry.
> Remove
> from heat and blend in the fresh whipped cream just before serving.
> Garnish
> with freshly chopped parsley. Serves 4-6
>
> Jill

hello .. no woder she had Cholesterol problems.