Links to traditional foods diet, part 6

[Tina]

I think all responsible dairies sterilize and clean what needs cleaning these days. When the laws were put in place for pasteurization there were backyard cow owners who sold cheap and weren't as responsible in general. I am sure those laws saved millions of people from discomfort and children from death.
But if you get raw milk from a savvy farm you should not have those same issues. Things like e. coli can be found anywhere. It is partly our responsibility to handle foods at home safely too. We have actually gotten lazier about that than our grandparents were. Convenience foods have done more damage than just their lack of nutritional value. They have made us a little lazy about washing and handling our food. <---Experienced at lazy.

[bayou girl]

yep.  that'd be me.  in some ways.  but in some way, i've gotten pickier.  of course, part of that is because i have trouble with a lot of food anyway.

sarah loo, will you post that tuscan soup recipe?

barb, there was a big hoopla about hunts being sold moldy tomatoes and kickbacks that prevented them from being properly inspected at the various locations where they would have been.  but no recalls.  they said they were just substandard, but safe...

[sunsoaker]

Interesting. I generally buy store brand anyhow, but was just wondering.

[landofoz]

I'll post the toscan soup recipe tonight, Jen, sorry for the delay!

So Adam loves the new milk.  In the past, when he would drink a lot of milk, or drink a glass for a few days in a row, his big toe would hurt.  Although not diagnosed by a doctor, he is bent and convinced that he gets gout and that it is from the milk.  His symptoms pair up very nicely to gout, so I've never bothered to argue.  He has had no issues with his toe and he has been guzzling the milk!  We're talking 16-32 oz a DAY.  The boy suddenly loves his cereal, chocolate milk, white milk, and just today he insisted he get strawberry syrup for strawberry milk. 

[Tina]

That is cool, Sarah. Are the girls enjoying it too? How about you?

[landofoz]

The girls are getting used to it.  They really like it with cookies.     I've even drank a couple glasses which is probably more plain milk than I've drank in the past 4 years combined.  I hate store milk and will not drink it.

[Tina]

Awesome

[bestofour]

It amazes me that Harris Teeter Grocery Store is the only store in Monroe that carries regular yogurt.  Everywhere else only has the fat free or 98% fat free.  I remember when fat free was hard to find.

[bestofour]

Now I can't find the yogurt in Monroe at all.  I had to go to Matthews to buy it.  The grocery store I go to here, Harris Teeter, has all sorts of brands but they are all fat free.  Remember when fat free was hard to find?

[Jessica]

Ask them if they can order it for you, Sheri. 

[bayou girl]

i looked for regular yogurt today but it was all fat free.  looked at puddings and such, all had hydrogenated oil and artificial sweetener or hfcs.  didn't get any of it.  i will check the health food store tomorrow.  i did get my peanut butter

[barleychown]

Now that it's not so hot, I'm ready to get back into the kitchen...how is everyone doing?

[Jessica]

I have room for improvement but have been doing better.

[barleychown]

Baby steps are good. Better is awesome! 

I found pastured butter recently...it was awesome. I plan to pick up more for the freezer, as it is a seasonal thing. I'm also focusing on local, humanely raised meats...not as easy as it seems.

[Jessica]

I have been trying to cute more and more red meat out of our diet. No complaining from my family yet.  I think we ate too much of it.  I want it to be an occasional thing.

[Tina]

Funny, I logged on  and read this while munching on a breakfast of oatmeal pancakes.
I am going to be trying to eat out of my freezer and pantry without purchasing a lot this month.
I have been more and more diligent about reading labels and leaving more and more HFCS on the shelves although not all. I am lucky in that my store brand seems to favor cane sugar ingredients so I can often find reasonably priced items when I take the time to read.
Vegetables and some fruits have been plentiful from friends' gardens this year.
I will really be ready to read more about food this winter. That is when my foodreadingappetite seems to perk up.

[barleychown]

Jessica, we too have cut way back, and more if we can't find better meats.

Tina, you are lucky indeed that your store brand favors cane...I am not that lucky. Add to that trying to avoid BPA, and things get complicated.

[Dianna]

I am still eating coconut oil, along with the corn oil. I just plain like the clean taste of the coconut oil better than the olive or the canola. Reading, reading, reading has convinced me that the insurance nurse needs to do some reading, reading, reading...

Could you list all the initials I am supposed to be trying to avoid? I keep getting confused with what is what...

I don't even know what BPA is, though I am sure you have posted it before...

[barleychown]

I use a lot of coconut oil. In fact, I have replaced most of my body care items with it as well...lotion, bath oil, hair de-frizzer...

BPA is a plastic additive, and is found in way too much. Can lining, water bottles...any flexible plastics can contain it.

[Jessica]

I love the coconut oil!  Sarah, I never thought to use it as a hair defrizzer.  I have to try that.  Does it make your hair greasy or do you just put it in a bottle and lightly mist it on?

[barleychown]

It stays solid in my bathroom, so I just warm a pea sized chunk in my hands and smooth it on, then cobm it through after a shower. Works as well or better than other things I used.

[Jessica]

So you put it on wet hair?

[barleychown]

I do. If I waited until it was dry...yikes. Ever felt a horse's tail? That's my hair.  And curly to boot!

[Tina]

Frizz is not an issue with me. And now that I have short hair, neither are tangles or dryness.
And Dianna, it is rarely listed as HFCS, it is high fructose corn syrup. So when I get to "high" on a label I usually put it back. I do need to take my reading glasses with me though. Most sodas have HFCS. I still buy sodas but I am drinking less of them.

[Dianna]

Thank you, Sarah and Tina. I got lost with the alphabet...