I'm Encouraged to See....

[Marathoner]

Oho, I suddenly have the ability to delete my own posts!

What's this? Royal Member? Well... I do believe this calls for chocolate-covered bacon. 

 

[Alive]

You are cracking me up, Marathoner.

[Marathoner]

1 hour ago, johnthebaptist said:

You might say we need less protein than we've been told, but I will believe my doctor. I tried a TV dinner (I don't cook) that had rice and beans, and I enjoyed it, but it upset my digestive system.

Many years ago I worked construction jobs with a former Mennonite. A fascinating fellow. We traded: I cracked silly jokes until he caved in and laughed (the man never smiled), and he taught me a few things about farming. His lunch every day at work:

A bucket of beans and rice. Yep, a bucket. Back then a meal of beans would have... unfortunate... consequences upon me, so I asked Ronald how he managed to put that bucket down without the aforementioned consequences. His answer:

"You'll get used to it. Just keep eating beans."

That's true. Beans are an excellent source of nutrients and they're inexpensive. I finally had the chance to put Ronald's advice into action when I arrived here in chile and bean country. Pinto beans and chiles were critical to my recovery after my brush with the grave. 

My body adjusted so I no longer suffer... consequences... from devouring beans. 

[Marathoner]

In all seriousness, we could use more vegetables in our diets. I left beef behind after the Lord provided me with stable work and a place to rest my head. The staples of my diet these days:

Beans
Brown rice
Blazing hot chile peppers. The hotter they are, the better they are. 
Oily fish (salmon, tuna, herring, et. al.)
Lentils
Kale, chard, and cabbage
Tomatoes, garlic, peas, celery, and onions
Olive oil 

I avoid junk and processed stuff. In a twist of irony, processed food has the same effect on me that beans used to have. The last time I ate something from a fast food place I felt positively ill. Blergh. 

My dietary staples are cheap, making it possible for me to splurge on fish. I'm poor and yet I'm wealthy.  

 

[missmuffet]

44 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Oho, I suddenly have the ability to delete my own posts!

What's this? Royal Member? Well... I do believe this calls for chocolate-covered bacon. 

 

Please make it maple covered bacon since I love bacon and I can't have chocolate 

[Marathoner]

5 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

Please make it maple covered bacon since I love bacon and I can't have chocolate 

Can do. I bought some organic maple syrup at the store a few days ago. I saw a recipe for maple glazed salmon that I wanted to try out. Once in a while I do indeed have bacon, because bacon is good! 


 

[missmuffet]

26 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Can do. I bought some organic maple syrup at the store a few days ago. I saw a recipe for maple glazed salmon that I wanted to try out. Once in a while I do indeed have bacon, because bacon is good! 


 

I don't eat salmon any more although I love it. Salmon has worms in it. 

[Tammy Roesch]

You all will probably have a hard time believing this, but I've never even TASTED a bite of ANY KIND of meat or fish. :). To me, meat is absolutely REPULSIVE.  The thought of eating a dead animal.....well, I'd starve first.  My mom was raised as a vegetarian and my dad became one when he married my mom.  People always say, "You don't know what you are missing!" and I say, "But I do! That is why I don't eat it!" :).  Or they will say, "WHAT do you eat????" as if, if you don't eat meat, you must be starving to death! :).  I love to cook/bake...etc.  And when we had our walk-in health food store, I would have cooking classes, sometimes as many as 70 people would attend the classes.  We did homeschool and our kids helped me cook up all the food. Yes, my boys know how to cook :).  Our son who owns a tree business now, made all the bread that we sold in the store.  Each week, the 5 kids took a turn cooking for the family....I'm a firm believer that men should know how to cook as they never know when they might have to do it for themselves :).

[Tammy Roesch]

I'm by no means a PETA advocate.... But I honestly don't know how people can raise a beautiful calf or goat or even chickens, feed them everyday, look into their trusting eyes, and then kill them to feast on.  It's barbaric if you ask me.  

It's one thing if people are starving and really NEED the meat....but that isn't the case with 99.9% of the people in America.  The vast majority of people eat meat because they LIKE it, not because they NEED it...

Have you ever looked up and studied the effect that meat has on the human body?  We all know the effect sugar has....makes kids bounce off the walls, right?  Well, meat has a different effect, it makes people more CARNAL and AGGRESSIVE.  They did a study in a prison and found that prisoners on a vegetarian diet were much less aggressive and they had fewer fights.  My grandfather was a PRIZE FIGHTER.....before he became a Christian....and he would LITERALLY DRINK BLOOD before he fought, because it made him much more aggressive....  That is what  meat does.....

 

[Tammy Roesch]

59 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

I don't eat salmon any more although I love it. Salmon has worms in it. 

So does pork