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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Naturally Better
You can’t beat natural. In this case, the topic is human mother’s milk. Today in the New York Times is an article “Breast Milk Becomes a Commodity”. Apparently human milk is something that is unmatchable in it’s ability to help … Continue reading
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Tagged breast feeding, breastmilk, milk banks, natural, real food, selling human milk
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Save Yourself
I often hear people say that the reason they eat processed foods is that it’s all they can afford to eat. Ninety eight cents for a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese sounds like a good deal, hard to beat … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial ingredients, eating healthy, Eating Right, healthy eating, inexpensive food, saving money, savings
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What is Fake?
A while back I determined to stop putting any of my leftovers in hard plastic containers. I had a lot of tupperware-like containers. I had some snap-lock plastic containers–lots of different sizes and shapes. If you looked in my refrigerator … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-vaxxers, autism, ball jars, BPA, bpf, bps, glass containers, mason jars, plastic containers, plastic hazards, vaccines
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Getting Heads
Until earlier this month it never occurred to me that I was missing out on anything at mealtime, as far as the main entree was concerned. I know where to get good steaks, chops, ribs, briskets, poultry, etc. I know how … Continue reading
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Tagged antique recipes, hog's head, Jennifer McLagan, offal, real food, real meat recipes, sweetbreads
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Real Food, From the Pages of History
Our language is alive and well. I know this because I am trying to interpret the menus and recipes (receipts) from 1764, and many of the words I can’t even find on the internet, the techniques are lost to the … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient wisdom, eating food in season, real food, real meat recipes
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Sharing a Lucky Streak
I watched a movie from the 80s in which a habitual gambler gets a sure-thing tip on a horse from a friend, he bets the horse and wins. Thing is he has a gambling problem and shouldn’t be betting but … Continue reading
Shame and Blame
I was reading the Times this morning and ran across this article, “The Problem With ‘Fat Talk’”. Is it really such a big deal if you tell everyone how fat you feel? After all, a simple “I’m so fat!” can … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 Step program, advice, atkins diet, being change, blame, carbohydrates, gary taubes, shame, sugar, Why We Get Fat
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How To Read A Label
By far, the best way to look at a package of food in your local grocery is in another shopper’s cart. Going down every aisle is an exercise in futility. Trying to decide which highly-processed artificial food is healthier than … Continue reading
Local Beef Bottleneck
I love eating meat that lived well and died happy. In my opinion, the most critical thing in my diet is my quality supply of meat. If food animals live on the diet that they prefer, not the diet that … Continue reading
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Tagged bandwagon, industrial meats, local food, local meat, meat processing
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One Small Change at a Time 