Bad Tad, MD

Author: Tad

  • Red and Black Bag

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    I didn’t have quite enough red straps to go all the way around the bag four times. You can see how I handled it by looking at the back.   

  • Covid-19

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    The other night, the charge nurse came in with cookies her daughter had made to celebrate our crazy times. I think she did a great job!

  • Tamarind-Jaggery Gingersnaps

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    I am always looking for some cookie that sounds like something I have never tried before. I am familiar with tamarind from my years living in Mexico, though I admit I never developed a taste for the candy Mexicans make with tamarind, sugar and chile. I like Indian food but admit, as well, that I…

  • Assaulted in the Emergency Department

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    Working in the emergency department can be dangerous. It is a stressful place for everyone. Many patients are impaired from drugs and alcohol. Mentally ill patients frequently end up in the emergency department. Gun shots have even been fired while I was working in my emergency department. I have been an emergency physician for over…

  • Cocoa Nib Chocolate Cookies with White Chocolate and Fleur De Sel

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    If you have not baked with cocoa nibs, you should really give it a try. They are roasted, cracked cocoa beans. They have a great, nutty flavor and add a fun crunch to your cookies. Recipe By: The Grand Central Baking Book by Piper Davis and Ellen Jackson Yield: 48 Ingredients: 1¼ cups all-pose flour…

  • Last of the Blue Straps

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    I have always been limited in my bag making by what straps have been discarded in my emergency department. I recently made these bags, using the very last of the blue straps I have. So, no more blue bags.   

  • Chocolate Peppermint Surprises

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      These cookies were billed as “Fudgy and rich, like brownies.” That is certainly true. They are very chocolatey and decadent. You can adjust the amount of dough incorporated into each cookie. The more the dough, the more fudgy they are and the subtler the mint flavor. I am excited to make them with other…

  • Human Experimentation and Medical Malpractice on Mexican Children

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    This is a complaint that a patient submitted to Customer Service at the hospital. Customer Service sent it to me as Medical Director of our emergency department. When I would get such a complaint, it was my responsibility to look at the medical record, talk with any staff involved and reply to Customer Service. Just…

  • Drunken Mormon

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    Maybe you are tired of hearing stories about drunks, but I am afraid any blog about emergency patients is going to be full of stories about drunks. We see so many drunks it takes a pretty amazing drunk to be remembered many years later. Here is a sad one I will never forget. An elderly…

  • Jam Cookies

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    I made this with LeBonMagot White Pumpkin and Almond Murabba with Cardamom and Vanilla. (Murabba means Jam.)  It was a gift to me from my daughter, who went into a specialty store in Manhattan, where she lives, and asked the clerk for the most interesting ingredient they had that could be use in cookies. Quite…