Tag Archives: real meat recipes

Multiple Themes

This morning I read on Nina Teicholz’s book website, “TheBigFat Surprise.com”, a complete blow-by-blow takedown of the advice that Doctor Dean Ornish put forth in his New York Times op-ed from about a month ago. At that time I had written … Continue reading

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Unsustainable, Sustainable

Modern farming is unsustainable. It costs more to raise corn and soy that a farmer can get at market prices. If it were not for the welfare of the Federal government, farmers would all go broke the first year. 2 … Continue reading

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Eat Fruit or Die

Today was a very busy day. Stayed home from work and worked on the home. Ate a good meat only breakfast, got some already cooked baked chicken from the grocery store for lunch. Ate four pieces of chicken. Had a … Continue reading

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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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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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Gotta Eat It All

If you are contemplating eating only meat for a living, you have to come to terms with the fact that you will be eating from the entire animal, not just the pieces you are used to eating. Primary muscles may … Continue reading

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Ribs, Ribs, Ribs

Nothing is better than a daily diet that includes pork ribs. Kansas City has a couple of the best rib joints in the world. Conveniently for me the best rib joint in a thousand miles is close by, Jack Stack. Yesterday … Continue reading

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Cooking Vacation

It never occurred to me that I could take a vacation and learn how to cook something. This morning in the Washington Post I read about a day camp for smokers–beef and pork smokers. Smoking meats was the second thing … Continue reading

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How It All Began

I love to cook. I love to cook things that lots of people don’t even realize that you can cook for yourself. I make my own salad dressings, like ranch and Russian. I make my own mayonnaise, yogurt, bacon, corned … Continue reading

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Enough, With the Doom and Gloom

And now, for a little light reading… The past few days have been very heavy information days. With the new government dietary advice coming out, and that advice not being one hundred percent in agreement with the advice that I … Continue reading

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