Discoverying new foods

[Guest guest]

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]

Yea, I rely on dates from time to time for that sugar burst, there's

no other raw food like them. But I feel a little guilty about them,

like there's something wrong with them or something. But logically I

can't come up with any reason why I shouldn't eat them so I do. I

bought a bag of some different kind of dates at a store the other day

and ate a bunch late last night. Late at night is when I'm nastiest

with my raw food diet going after bananas and raw nuts and dates if I

have them and staying away from things like lettuce. Something about

the late evening that makes me want to be evil. So I understand your

question about them being safe. All I know about fennel is it is a

Eurasian plant (Foeniculum vulgare) having pinnate leaves, clusters

of small yellow flowers grouped in umbels, and aromatic seeds used as

flavoring. And it has edible seeds and stalks. Don't know that I've

ever tried it. I'm willing to try pretty much any new, raw, plant

food item that I come across.

 

Rich

 

www.rawfoodeaters

 

rawfood , " Laura " <lalumai@g...> wrote:

>

>

> 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]

Fresh, raw fennel is wonderful. It is crunchy and has a texture similar to

celery, but it has a licorice-like flavor. It is great to thinly slice it

and add it to salads. It is often combined with orange slices in salads.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

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