Digest Number 330

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Thank you! This looks good. I'll definately try it out.

Mika

 

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> Carrie's Lentil Stew

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You're welcome! Just to remind you though.... I don't measure anything, so

watch the spices. I was conservative in my estimates, but it could end up

being bland. Just throw in whatever you want, if you come up with something

interesting let me know!

 

Carrie

 

Mika wrote:

 

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Message: 19 Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:54:53 -0000

" ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll

~*Weekly Roll Call*~ QOTW....

I thought I would make this a weekly roll call post

since not everyone is able to check in here every day.

Please post who you are, where you are and what type

of vegetarian you are or aspire to become... share

whatever

else you wish beyond that as well. Doesn't have to

be long, or detailed. This is just for fun.QOTW

(question of the week)

If you were hungry and putting together your best

salad,

what would you put in the bowl? Describe it...

 

 

 

Hello All,

My name is Vale, I don't post very often, but I love

to read the discussions that go on here. I live in

North Carolina. USA. I am a vegetarian because I was

determined to beat a family history of high blood

pressure. Which I have done by altering my diet,

taking herbs and bicycling.

My best and favorite salad is fresh spinach leaves

with fresh mushrooms, for a dressing I vary it

sometimes a light oil and vinegar sometimes a light

ranch style dressing. I love spinach and will

threaten violence to get the last mushroom in the

bowl. Vale

 

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Now that is a perfectly feral thing to say. *lol*

I love it!

 

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believe and those who do not believe, but the difference

between those who care and those who don't.

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banazir2002> wrote:

 

I love spinach and will

> threaten violence to get the last mushroom in the

> bowl. Vale

[Guest guest]

Apologies for not cropping the digest in my bean

reply. Feel free to beat me with an organic cyber

carrot!

 

A recipie I found but have not tried:

1 C chickpeas/garbonzos

1 small jar cilantro chutney

1 medium onion slivered very fine

lime juice (knowing my source, probably 1-2 limes

worth)

roasted garam masala

 

sort of a heat-through-on-low-and-eat method.

I'll try it soon. I make no guarantees, but it sounds

like tropical channa chat to me.

 

robyn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Vegans can get Omega-3 essential fatty acid from seaweed*, ground flax

seeds (better for you than the oil), and walnuts. I think I read

somewhere that avocados have this kind of fat, too.

 

*I buy O-Mega-Zen3T Vegan DHA Supplement by NuTru. It is made from

seaweed and comes in vegan gel caps. I get it from Vegan Essentials:

http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/o-mega-zen3-vegan-dha-supplement-

by-nutru.htm.

 

 

 

from Maida

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[Guest guest]

Two notes discussing yesterday's e-mails:

1) Pollution and food esp. seaweed

2) Getting enough protein

 

I wouldn't worry about different seaweed brands being

more or less contaminated. Although I don't know if I

would harvest my own unless I really knew what I was

getting into, plants generally carry very little

pollution. Excepting pesticide residues (fairly mild,

despite what people think) that are applied directly

to the plant but not generally to seaweed, most

pollutants that are problems in the diet are

" bioaccumulative. "

That's the fancy word for not decomposing, and

increasing up the food chain. Each plant may have a

little trace of a pollutant. For bioaccumulative

pollutants, the animal that eats that plant keeps in

its system most of the pollution from each plant it

eats. The predator that eats those animals gets all

the pollution from each prey, which was from all their

plant food... etc. This is why Mercury is a problem

in Tuna and Swordfish -- they're top predators so

concentrate thousands of plant meals. That is why

these pollutants are so bad for whales, and birds of

prey (remember DDT?). And, of course, for us. We're

the top of the food chain. Except for vegetarians.

Veggies like us are either the first step, or the

second when we eat dairy.

What that means is that you don't have to worry

about most commerical seaweed, because its pollutant

levels are probably going to be very low. And this is

one of the many environmental arguments for vegetarian

diets, or any diet where you eat lower on the food

chain (e.g. " mostly " vegetarian).

 

****

 

2) Getting enough protein is occasionally a problem

for vegetarians, but less than most people think. In

fact, many of the " low carb " products like breads

replace carbs with a combination of fiber and protein,

both of which are valuable.

Maida is correct that we are accustomed to more

protein than is necessary. I use tofu, and nuts, and

so on. In addition to the " protein items " that are

often expensive, it is surprising how much you can get

from little, cheap things. Bulk roasted sunflower

seeds have more protein than carbs, and you can get

1/10th your protein needs from one ounce in your

oatmeal or cereal (watch out for fat and sodium,

tho'). My favorite is " Vital " Wheat gluten at >3:1

protein to carbs. A tablespoon mixed into pasta sauce

or soup is five grams or 2/3 of the protein in the

meat of a McD hamburger! (Note: will change texture

of baked goods, and some people are on low-gluten

diets, so don't surprise them with hidden gluten).

Keep a can of black-eyed peas or other unusual beans

on hand and throw in a handful to pasta sauce, salad,

casserole. Whole grain anything like brown rice.

 

These are all examples of cheap sources of protein

sneaking into your diet if you have them in the

kitchen. While tofu dishes are great, you don't have

to have a major protein item to plan a meal around,

and still find a lot of protein in your diet. Just

add a bit to the same meals you're used to.

 

Good Purim and Good Eating!

Jeffrey

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you Jeff for your answer about seaweed. I do believe some pollution

must seep into seaweed, because it matters where we grow everything and

oceans are polluted as well chemicals, raw sewage, etc. There is a variety

of seaweed available, some of them cheap, some expensive. I do not believe

quality necessarily relates to price. It is about commitment of company and

individuals where things are harvested. I eat a lot of vegetables and

fruits, but after years of eating a lot of it, I felt poisoned. I think we

are never told a full story about anything. I believe we do not know what we

are ingesting most of the time. The only way to decrease chances is to

support organic farming. There are places that must have greatest, cleanest

seaweeds. This I guess in some indirect way connects to Kosher eating. We

should select the best for us, even it is inconvenient, we should care where

things are made and how they are made. I do not know what company has this

commitment. I know some of the seaweed tastes like fish, it is awful.

Anybody likes some special brand?

Thank you for your thoughts Jeff, you might be right.

regards,

Daniela

 

PS: Thanks to Shoshana for wonderful Pesach recipes and brownies--I felt

inspired!

 

 

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" Jeff Firestone " <nottires

 

Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:28 AM

Re: Digest Number 330

 

 

> Two notes discussing yesterday's e-mails:

> 1) Pollution and food esp. seaweed

> 2) Getting enough protein

>

> I wouldn't worry about different seaweed brands being

> more or less contaminated. Although I don't know if I

> would harvest my own unless I really knew what I was

> getting into, plants generally carry very little

> pollution. Excepting pesticide residues (fairly mild,

> despite what people think) that are applied directly

> to the plant but not generally to seaweed, most

> pollutants that are problems in the diet are

> " bioaccumulative. "

> That's the fancy word for not decomposing, and

> increasing up the food chain. Each plant may have a

> little trace of a pollutant. For bioaccumulative

> pollutants, the animal that eats that plant keeps in

> its system most of the pollution from each plant it

> eats. The predator that eats those animals gets all

> the pollution from each prey, which was from all their

> plant food... etc. This is why Mercury is a problem

> in Tuna and Swordfish -- they're top predators so

> concentrate thousands of plant meals. That is why

> these pollutants are so bad for whales, and birds of

> prey (remember DDT?). And, of course, for us. We're

> the top of the food chain. Except for vegetarians.

> Veggies like us are either the first step, or the

> second when we eat dairy.

> What that means is that you don't have to worry

> about most commerical seaweed, because its pollutant

> levels are probably going to be very low. And this is

> one of the many environmental arguments for vegetarian

> diets, or any diet where you eat lower on the food

> chain (e.g. " mostly " vegetarian).

>

> ****

>

> 2) Getting enough protein is occasionally a problem

> for vegetarians, but less than most people think. In

> fact, many of the " low carb " products like breads

> replace carbs with a combination of fiber and protein,

> both of which are valuable.

> Maida is correct that we are accustomed to more

> protein than is necessary. I use tofu, and nuts, and

> so on. In addition to the " protein items " that are

> often expensive, it is surprising how much you can get

> from little, cheap things. Bulk roasted sunflower

> seeds have more protein than carbs, and you can get

> 1/10th your protein needs from one ounce in your

> oatmeal or cereal (watch out for fat and sodium,

> tho'). My favorite is " Vital " Wheat gluten at >3:1

> protein to carbs. A tablespoon mixed into pasta sauce

> or soup is five grams or 2/3 of the protein in the

> meat of a McD hamburger! (Note: will change texture

> of baked goods, and some people are on low-gluten

> diets, so don't surprise them with hidden gluten).

> Keep a can of black-eyed peas or other unusual beans

> on hand and throw in a handful to pasta sauce, salad,

> casserole. Whole grain anything like brown rice.

>

> These are all examples of cheap sources of protein

> sneaking into your diet if you have them in the

> kitchen. While tofu dishes are great, you don't have

> to have a major protein item to plan a meal around,

> and still find a lot of protein in your diet. Just

> add a bit to the same meals you're used to.

>

> Good Purim and Good Eating!

> Jeffrey

>

>

>

>

>