RE: Discoverying new foods [s]

[Guest guest]

Yes, dates are wonderful, and you are so fortunate to have access to a

diverse and presumably moist supply. (Most stores carry only a couple of

varieties, such as Medjool and Deglet Nor, and most stores' supplies are all

dried out. The dates from the tree are usually quite moist, depending upon

the variety.) Do you have access to Khadrawi dates? One of my personal

favorites.

 

Regarding the fennel root (and all roots), consider the comparative anatomy

of animals that are clearly designed to eat roots, vs. anthropoid primates

(humans, chimps, bonobos, even gorillas, among others). The former all have

their nose to the ground, quite literally, where as the latter all have

their nose in the trees/air, so to speak.

 

It's not that roots will necessarily " harm " you in any serious way, in

general they won't. But anytime we consume material that our body perceives

as foreign matter, we create a waste disposal task, diverting energy and

other resources from " living " (as in thinking, feeling, expressing, loving,

creating, problem-solving, achieving, etc.) to physiological cleansing.

 

The real question, in a sense, is to what degree does each person choose to

go for optimal, vs. just " healthy. " It's a matter of free will/free choice

for us all.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

 

 

Laura [lalumai]

Sunday, March 13, 2005 7:44 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Discoverying new foods

 

 

 

 

Oh wow!!!! I think my tounge, throat, and tummy all had an (firework

display of complete and utter bliss)

 

When I was a little girl my granny made date balls every year at

Yuletide, but I didn't like them because I didn't like the dates.

Now I remember that she used dried out dates to make them. I just

got back from the fruit and veggie stand and the owners are from

Turkey so they have this huge selection of dates. After reading

everyone talk about them and seeing that they are in many recipes I

decieded to try them again. Wowzers!!!! we as raw foodist can eat

these? It is safe? if so woohoo!!!!! Why didn't I discover this

before? oh yeah I am very nervous about trying new produce. Speaking

of which what can people tell me about Fennel Root? Are they bitter?

I am working up the nerve to try one. Maybe next week, as i have

already used this weeks food budjet. Well wanted to share Lesson

learned here: try new things even if you didn't like them as a child

tastes change

 

Love and kisses,

Lu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Many people seem to find that sunflower sprouts, pea shoots, things that

emphasize little green leafy plants work best. Here we have photosynthesis

taking place, we have a genuine (albeit young) vegetable taking form, and we

can eat the whole thing (as a whole food), even the little root, if we like.

 

 

lalumai [lalumai]

Monday, March 14, 2005 2:22 PM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Re: Discoverying new foods

 

 

Have you tried fennel sprouts? When I first got my spouters I was

desperate for sprouts and hadn't yet gotten many seeds all i had was

mung, fenugreek and fennel. I wasn't sure about the fennel and didn't

find anything online so I went ahead and sprouted them. They we very

sweet and had a kinda carrot freshness taste to them. Maybe I will

stick to those?

 

Love and kisses,

Lu