Quotable Quote:
Who covets more, is evermore a slave. ~Robert Herrick
Traditional Foods
Have you ever heard of this book? It's all about presenting the truth about "research" around healthy eating and teaching us how to eat real food. It's touted as a cookbook (there are tons of recipes), but it's really full of information, stories, ideas, and instruction on how to eat well. And what exactly is eating well?
Let's just put it this way: I am buying raw milk at about $5 per half gallon. (I think I may be the only one in my family drinking it, but that will change with time.) I have not been a big milk-drinker in the last couple decades, but this milk is delicious!
I have followed a few of the recipes in Nourishing Traditions to make my own dairy products. The first thing I made was yogurt. I am not a big consumer of yogurt, but it's easy
to make and was VERY delicious. I added strawberries and a little stevia powder. Later I tried buttermilk, which I don't really drink straight (though I bet I will--it's so good!), but use mainly as an ingredient in baked goods and dressings. In looking through and old Danish cookbook from the '40s I found a recipe for buttermilk soup. It was actually delightful. And just the other day I made my own creme fraiche (pronounced "crem fresh"), which I use in place of sour cream. Heavenly!
A by-product of some of the dairy products is whey, which can be used to acidify grain and vegetables for preparation and/or preservation. I am looking forward to more experiments with this type of eating and preparing my own food.
Do you have anything new you're trying in the kitchen?
3 comments:
I haven't really added something new in the kitchen, but I have added to my daily diet one yogurt and 1/2 a grapefruit each day. I do eat the grapefruit with no sugar and I will have to move away from the "parfait" style yogurt to something probably healthier. But it is a start.
Where do you buy your raw milk? If you are interested in fresh eggs, I have about 12 active hens a laying... and boy are they laying. You can have them free!
They have raw milk on Monday mornings at CJ's Evergreen Market by Evergreen Park. If you order it on Friday they'll for sure have some for you. I would love eggs--we only have 1 laying right now. Pathetic!!
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