tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post5101397235184924078..comments2024-03-23T17:56:49.446-04:00Comments on Pain, Pain, Go Away!: Girls: Eat a Steak!Lori Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-6689430948623587372014-11-15T15:14:08.210-05:002014-11-15T15:14:08.210-05:00Adding herbs might have also been to make bland, s...Adding herbs might have also been to make bland, starchy meals taste better. Roots and beans are generally bland and dry on their own.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-69873795212765275502014-11-15T14:16:13.628-05:002014-11-15T14:16:13.628-05:00Mint is also ignored by pests in my garden. I don&...Mint is also ignored by pests in my garden. I don't know about cinnamon and vanilla, but I guess tropical tries synthesize such flavors for a good reason - nature is not wasteful. Humans are resilient creatures, no wonder arsenic was used in tonics for centuries and our Western civilization grew despite drinking water was supplied through lead pipes.<br />However, flavors are not only tolerated by humans, but strongly desired. There is more in it than just resilience and ability to tolerate small dose of a potential poison. I guess, one of desirable qualities - exposure to flavors makes immune system more active. It could be bad or good depending on a personal situation.<br />Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-74270727549765001582014-11-15T13:31:27.759-05:002014-11-15T13:31:27.759-05:00Ha! I'm sitting here drinking my first Candy C...Ha! I'm sitting here drinking my first Candy Cane Lane tea of the season. It's mostly mint and vanilla. Ingredients here. http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/holiday-teas/candy-cane-laneLori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-7945867828758233262014-11-15T12:43:18.240-05:002014-11-15T12:43:18.240-05:00People without doubt crave plants which create hea...People without doubt crave plants which create heat sensation inside one's mouth and spices other animals hate. Squirrels in my garden definitely think that citronella is a poison and pests stay away from a Rosemary plant, but we humans like both flavors , chicken flavored with lemon and Rosemary is a popular recipe. I think it is possible that our drive to spices is the part of an ancient behavior aimed at controlling intestinal parasites.<br /><br />Probably, it is better not to chop your broccoli in small pieces before cooking.<br /><br /> When I make a sauerkraut, it is ready to eat only in couple months , earlier it is too bitter.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-27242046076859952142014-11-14T20:26:16.464-05:002014-11-14T20:26:16.464-05:00I've come to realize that poisonous and non-po...I've come to realize that poisonous and non-poisonous plants aren't two distinct categories.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-37951504861444126992014-11-14T15:25:55.011-05:002014-11-14T15:25:55.011-05:00More about my vegetable video reaction. I remember...More about my vegetable video reaction. I remember thinking about making a mustard souse out of ground mustard seeds. The ground seeds powder is just slightly bitterish, but after adding water to it the seeds the resulting paste gets intensely hot, much hotter than a mustard from a jar in a store because it is fresh and unpasteurized. I can't imagine how tortures it could be for an animal who ate it.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-85637501524041428202014-11-13T16:54:35.406-05:002014-11-13T16:54:35.406-05:00No need to make excuses if you're happy with y...No need to make excuses if you're happy with your diet. I like to eat vegetables, too--I'd get bored eating just meat and eggs.<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed the video.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-45440776758970388342014-11-13T15:46:37.983-05:002014-11-13T15:46:37.983-05:00I forgot to mention I enjoyed the talk about veget...I forgot to mention I enjoyed the talk about vegetables. I got tired of reading that green things are the source of health, even though I enjoy my salads, soups and vegetable side dishes.<br />Today post on Old foodie blog features cucumber. Long time ago it was used at the beginning of a dinner to sharpen appetites. Many people could consume more food accompanied with spicy and vinegary condiments and vegetables.It is the ultimate flavor enhancer. It is my case, but I use the excuse that vegetables are low in carbs in my defense and continue to indulge.<br />Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-56474728110953029342014-11-12T13:41:14.362-05:002014-11-12T13:41:14.362-05:00Same thing again today on the Paleo Diet blog: a f...Same thing again today on the Paleo Diet blog: a female writer blogging about plant fats. The article is fine as far as it goes, but what about lard and tallow?Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-6699738843024944352014-11-12T00:24:30.337-05:002014-11-12T00:24:30.337-05:00Yup. Through the ages, women from wealthy families...Yup. Through the ages, women from wealthy families were cultivated to be pretty and useless and expensive. And easily grossed out, probably. If a woman is so delicate that she can't even touch a piece of raw meat, she kind of fits that mold--or at least aspires to. <br /><br />I'll let RN and his ilk win the race to the hygienic bottom. Was it really a paleolithic practice to deliberately offend members of one's tribe?Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-55803626291957200072014-11-11T23:00:36.177-05:002014-11-11T23:00:36.177-05:00Yes, Lori is right - it is very lady-like nowadays...Yes, Lori is right - it is very lady-like nowadays to be yucked out , it is what is socially expected from a high-ranked female and others who want to be the one, similar to not to walking around with hairy legs, burping, smelling of anything but a perfume. Richard could tell the whole world that he skipped some personal hygiene practices in consistence with being more "paleo" person ,for a female it would be the straight road to being a ridiculous social outcast, but not for a guy. While I am not a proponent of a sloppy appearance or a burping, but it is sad for me to see that eating hearty foods and not pretending to be an appetite-free creature is THE things which guys do. Girls are expected have the perfect control over most of human body body functions - smell, appetite, anger, tendency for hairs to grow in undesirable places, aging.Galina L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09156132815504279615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-45548903187205132122014-11-09T12:14:13.526-05:002014-11-09T12:14:13.526-05:00I think it's definitely cultural and not anyth...I think it's definitely cultural and not anything based on science or self-experimentation. In the media, only poor people are shown eating fast food, women who've been dumped have their heads in a bucket of ice cream, magazine articles still tell women to eat whole grains and lean protein and plant fat. There was an episode from Designing Women (a show from the 80s featuring professional women) where a young, thin, successful woman ordered a salami sandwich. That would never happen on TV now. Add to that, most young women haven't grown up helping butcher animals or seeing carcasses hanging in the butcher shop, but have probably seen conditions in factory farms, and that's all. And women are more easily yucked out than men. They've grown up with fairy tales about the dangers of red meat, and even now some people say that saturated fat and red meat haven't been shown to be safe--but few people raise concerns about vegetarian diets. Loren Cordain is one of them, and he's changed his position on fat, yet the warnings from nice paleo girls persist.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-19283433795102132642014-11-09T10:42:30.088-05:002014-11-09T10:42:30.088-05:00did blogger eat my comment again? iIt's been ...did blogger eat my comment again? iIt's been doing that a lot lately.... :-P<br /><br />It IS interesting as you say, the women seem particularly devoted to the plant-sourced end of the paleo spectrum. Do you think that bunch might be influenced by the constant tv/movie images of thin women who have it all eating nothing but SALADS? :-) That imagine leaped to mind while I was reading your post.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-57206171016378601682014-11-08T23:57:01.633-05:002014-11-08T23:57:01.633-05:00Besides being a non-ancestral food for most reader...Besides being a non-ancestral food for most readers here, coconut oil is a natural antibiotic. As Dr. Ede says, that could be a good thing or a bad thing.<br /><br />Wild boar country reminds me of a one-panel comic where two travelers are looking at a sign pointing one way to sunshine and beaches and the other way to snow and ice. One guy is looking towards the snowy direction and says, "Do I smell bacon?"Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-74198861473835207192014-11-08T23:09:29.836-05:002014-11-08T23:09:29.836-05:00Lori:
I've noticed this time around doing the ...Lori:<br />I've noticed this time around doing the almost all meat, fish and eggs diet, that cooking with lard instead of coconut oil is producing amazing results. Don't know what's up with that(probably genetics as my ancestors come from a place that has never seen a coconut but is teeming with wild boar) but who cares. It's working.horfilmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985242055432277616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-47034670249933539922014-11-08T19:10:06.994-05:002014-11-08T19:10:06.994-05:00I've had to save more money myself with all th...I've had to save more money myself with all the expenses I've had lately--car repairs, new dryer, and plumbing repairs. <br /><br />Glad you like Living Stingy. And the vitamins sound like a great deal.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-74875233107933578212014-11-08T18:59:08.033-05:002014-11-08T18:59:08.033-05:00I appreciate all the budgeting tips but honestly, ...I appreciate all the budgeting tips but honestly, things aren't that bad (however I rarely miss an opportunity to bitch about my ex-husband, a tightwad w/everyone except his own precious self!)<br />I'm also checking out the Living Stingy blog, it's got LOADS of great stuff!<br />Today I couldn't resist, Costco had a bottle of generic "Hair Skin & Nails" formula gelcaps for $13.99 - roughly 13 cents/d... I'll be monitoring my poor brittle nails & thinning hair closely.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.com