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slynne
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response 50 of 158:
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Jun 29 20:17 UTC 2007 |
Yeah denise, even I, with my "no bad foods" philosophy, am not going to
claim that eating potato skins with bacon, cheese, and loads of sour
cream is something that one should do with any great frequency ;)
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denise
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response 51 of 158:
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Jun 29 20:42 UTC 2007 |
But it does taste great every once in awhile. :-)
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slynne
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response 52 of 158:
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Jun 30 13:17 UTC 2007 |
Yes. Those do taste very good. And, like *any* food, they can be part of
a healthy diet :)
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cmcgee
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response 53 of 158:
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Jul 3 04:22 UTC 2007 |
Warning about the salsa recipe: I like fairly hot spicing. You may
want to start with a smaller amount of pepper flakes, or else eliminate
them entirely and use a few drops of your favorite hot sauce instead.
Looks like plums will be my fruit of the week. I remember a
pflaumekuchen from my childhood that might be fun to re-create. It is a
plum cake with concentric rows of plums laid on a yeast-based cake and
baked like a fruit tart. I'll have to dig that one up from my
Foremother's Cookbook.
My mom and I spent a pleasant week digging up family recipes and
assembling them with genealogical information to track the matrilineal
descent of some recipes that go back to the early 1800s. We called it
our Foremother's Cookbook, although a few of the men's recipes got
included.
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furs
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response 54 of 158:
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Jul 3 09:37 UTC 2007 |
that salsa sounds awesome.
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slynne
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response 55 of 158:
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Jul 3 10:45 UTC 2007 |
Yeah, I thought that the salsa sounded pretty good too.
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cmcgee
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response 56 of 158:
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Jul 3 11:51 UTC 2007 |
It is interesting to me that I'd never bought a mango before.
In Hawai'i as a child, we had a mango tree in our yard, along with a
papaya and banana tree. I took them for granted, and grabbed hand-fruit
from them often, but I'd never actually used a mango as an ingredient
before.
I think I had some vague notion that they were an imported, tropical
fruit and therefore had to be more expensive than locally grown items.
And they offend my "think globally, act locally" ethic because they need
to be shipped so far to reach my table.
A question was raised at the Happy Hour about whether I was trying to
keep to some previously-important shopping rules, like the "top-15
fruits and veges to avoid unless they are organic".
I decided to start afresh with this experiment. You can lock yourself
into some very limited eating patterns if you try to superimpose a lot
of different rule-sets. So, here at the beginning, I'm trying to
overcome previous ways of thinking and let the cost issue be trump.
Of course I'll try to get back to the "eat locally" and the "avoid toxic
chemicals" rules, but for right now, it's complicated enough just trying
to find the cheapest eats.
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jadecat
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response 57 of 158:
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Jul 3 13:33 UTC 2007 |
I love the idea of the Foremother's cookbook!
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cmcgee
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response 58 of 158:
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Jul 5 14:06 UTC 2007 |
If anyone wants to try the Armenian green beans, and doesn't have a bit
of mint growing under the water hydrant outside, let me know. I'll
bring sprigs to Happy Hour on Friday.
If you want a bit of mint to start your own patch, let me know too.
Mint is invasive, but needs a lot of moisture. It self-limits pretty
well if you plant it under the outside water faucet, where the drips
keep it moist.
You can also use dried mint, stealing it from a teabag if that's all you
have. Use the herbal mint tea, not a black tea with mint bits in it.
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slynne
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response 59 of 158:
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Jul 5 15:08 UTC 2007 |
My folks have a bunch of mint growing on their beach. It is pretty cool
actually to have such a large supply of it handy when it comes time to
make mojitos ;)
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cmcgee
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response 60 of 158:
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Jul 6 15:02 UTC 2007 |
Give us the mojito's recipe? I'm always on the lookout for recipes that
use herbs. Most of my mint goes into iced tea, or the once-a-year mint
juleps.
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cmcgee
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response 61 of 158:
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Jul 6 15:55 UTC 2007 |
People Chow 0.2 will be available for beta testers at HH.
PC 0.1 has been tested and found deficient in several areas. PC 0.2 has
been reformulated and now has crunchier walnuts, and more maple taste.
Ingredients: Rolled oats, egg whites, walnuts, maple syrup.
Current macronutrient breakdown: 19% protein (46 gms), 57% carbs (143
gms), 20% fat (27 gms), 1001 calories. Protein comes from egg whites,
and rolled oats, carbs come from rolled oats and maple syrup, fat comes
from walnuts and rolled oats.
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edina
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response 62 of 158:
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Jul 6 16:14 UTC 2007 |
I was under the impression that nuts had protein too...am I wrong?
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cmcgee
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response 63 of 158:
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Jul 6 16:42 UTC 2007 |
oops, yep, you're right!
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cmcgee
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response 64 of 158:
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Jul 6 16:53 UTC 2007 |
Yeah, most of the protein comes from the egg whites and the nuts. The
oats contribute a little, but not much.
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edina
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response 65 of 158:
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Jul 6 16:59 UTC 2007 |
I eat a fair bit of nuts, especially when I'm hungry. They really
hold me over.
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slynne
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response 66 of 158:
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Jul 6 17:43 UTC 2007 |
resp:60 basically you take mint leaves and lime juice and sugar and put
them in a glass or pitcher. You mash the leaves in with the juice and
sugar. Then you add club soda and rum. My brother makes them with more
rum and less sugar or club soda that other people seem to. The really
important part though is mashing the mint leaves in with the lime
juice. If you want to get fancy, you can use leftover mint leaves as a
garnish
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edina
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response 67 of 158:
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Jul 6 17:44 UTC 2007 |
You can also make a simple syrup, so you don't have granules of
sugar.
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slynne
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response 68 of 158:
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Jul 6 17:46 UTC 2007 |
I am bummed because I cant go to HH today. I am really interested in
the people chow experiment. If others think it tastes ok, I would love
the recipe :)
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cmcgee
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response 69 of 158:
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Jul 6 18:58 UTC 2007 |
Lynne, you're my main subject!!
I'll be making more experiments. This is the first public version, and
I've already figured out some changes that cut costs by about 30%.
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slynne
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response 70 of 158:
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Jul 6 19:51 UTC 2007 |
I gotta tell you...Just LAST NIGHT I got home and I was exhausted and
just way too tired to make something. I was out of milk so my dinner
was a couple of handfuls of cereal. Not a balanced meal but I had eaten
plenty earlier in the day so I am sure I wasnt hurting myself. But man,
I was thinking as I ate it about what a good idea the people chow idea
is :)
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keesan
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response 71 of 158:
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Jul 7 01:05 UTC 2007 |
Peanuts are cheaper than walnuts. So are sunflower seeds.
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samiam
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response 72 of 158:
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Jul 7 03:29 UTC 2007 |
PC 0.2 is quite tasty.
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mary
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response 73 of 158:
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Jul 7 10:52 UTC 2007 |
I agree. The taste, without any additions, works, but add some cinnamon
and raisin and you'd have a mighty fine granola. Too, I found the crunch
just right, meaning, it takes some time to eat it.
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samiam
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response 74 of 158:
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Jul 7 11:59 UTC 2007 |
Yes, cinnamon! That would make it perfect, I think.
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