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Primal Recipes: Lazy Beef Stew
I've probably posted some variant of my beef stew before. This was a little different ( Read more... ) -
Grass-fed Bison!
I was delighted to find a rancher selling grass-fed bison meat outside the Kmart here in town. Yay! And apparently they come back every month, and give discounts on bulk orders. So I'll be concentrating on cooking from the freezer this month to make room for more awesome tastiness ( Read more... ) -
Primal: Two Week Check-In
About a week ago, I talked about this Paleo Nutrition / Primal Diet thingy I'm doing, my metrics for declaring it a success, and the caveat that then, having only one week's worth of numbers, I didn't feel I had enough data to have a proper hurrah ( Read more... ) -
Primal Recipes: Ghee, or Clarified Butter
It's easy to make ghee (clarified butter) at home. It's a staple in Indian cuisine, and can handle high temperatures MUCH better than polyunsaturated fats like seed/nut/grain oils.
Here's the recipe for making ghee.
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Morning.
I shamble out of bed, pour a cup of cold coffee, add some cream, and head out to the chair I have claimed as my computer desk.
Sabbath, who had been napping on the couch, stretches and comes over to say hello.
"Good morning!" I say, "How's my handsome Prince of Darkness?"
He purrs softly, puts up with a couple of head scritches, and helps ( Read more... ) -
Recipe: Fungus, Kale, and Cow Shavings
Well, it IS.
But judging by the reaction we all had to it, it could also be called "Hamburger Help-me-kill-the-others-so-we-can-take-their-portion". At least, it could be if it used hamburger. Which it doesn't.
Okay, so it PROBABLY needs a better name*. Suggestions welcome in the comments.
Fungus, Kale, and Cow Shavings
2 tbsp ghee or coconut ( Read more... ) -
Primal Diet / Paleo Nutrition
Okay, so I thought the primal diet thing was a little kooky. I didn't know much about it, and it seemed like a bland, boring, limited diet (ooh, look, ignorance!).
Then adammaker started posting about it. And anything adammaker is looking at is definitely worth a second look.
So I read the stuff at Kurt G. Harris' blog (thanks to adammaker for the link). It was ( Read more... ) -
Content-Free Friday: Boticelli! (Round 2)
(Round One was over on featherynscale's journal. I'm game, if y'all want to keep playing ( Read more... ) -
Skills Everyone Should Master
Skills Everyone Should MasterI LOVE lists like this. I often find things on them that make me think, "Oh, right, I wanted to learn that!" or "Pffft. I think XYZ is much more important than this thing, and it's not even on the list ( Read more... ) -
Unpopular stance: I support vaccination
No doubt some of you will hate and deride me for this. I wholeheartedly agree with this article:
My Child Has Autism and I VaccinatePlease, people, educate yourselves about what vaccines are, how they really work, and what the statistics mean before you join in any kind of hysteria. And maybe learn from textbooks and scientific studies, and not ( Read more... )