Hey there

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Hi. <br><br>I'm just kind of snooping around more

than anything right now. <br><br>Because I'm friends

with various people whose religion recommends (but not

required) they become raw foodists in being guided by

nature's laws, I've kind of had some exposure to it.

<br><br>I tend to be someone who is sick a lot... so a

friend who is a raw foodist and another in the group

have both been urging me to try it. <br><br>I tell you

this mainly as a disclaimer.... maybe to make my

questions sound a bit less silly! <br><br>Honestly, things

like juicers and sprouting and that sort of thing is a

different planet to me. I live on things like cans of

ravioli, boxes of mac and cheese, and frozen dinners. So

there is a heck of a lot of space between me and most

of you I'm sure! LOL! Which is part of why I'm

writing this. <br><br>I guess my biggest question is

basically along the lines of asking how difficult it is to

do if you know very little about fruits and veggies.

<br><br>I like fruits ok... but don't know many of them.

Just the basics... apple banana orange etc. Same with

veggies. Avacados are about as far towards odd as I

know... and I don't particularly like most veggies. I'm

one of the people who usually only eat salad deep

enough in ranch dressing that you can't see the green.

<br><br>I mean, when I consider it practically, about what

I can see myself doing is eating apples, bananas,

avacados, mushrooms, and cans of black olives. I like

cashews roasted, but I can't imagine them raw if the

taste changes as much as peanuts do between roasted and

raw. <br><br>I guess I'm just a picky eater when it

comes to raw foods. But something that narrow sounds

like it couldn't be very balanced... not to mention

not a lot of variety would make it get old fast...

but to be realistic if I don't like the taste of the

things I am eating I'm probably going to ditch the whole

thing when it gets to the tough times. <br><br>I could

try new stuff, but I would not have the foggiest idea

what to do with a mango if you handed me one, nor

would I have any clue what one even looked like. If I

figured out what parts I was and was not supposed to eat,

and did happen to like it, I probably wouldn't ever

manage to track down another one. <br><br>So basically

my questions are whether I'm a lost cause on this...

or if it can be done that narrowly... <br><br>And a

silly question I have just been wondering... is peanut

butter a raw food? I remember seeing on an infomercial

or some other thing once where someone was making it

with a food processor or something and raving about

making hers with no sugar. Does it have other stuff in

it to make it non-raw or is it basically just mashed

up peanuts? That might make celery edible... and

make the apples more interesting....