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Hi PUMAS –

Great post Murphy – I already follow rules of my own – I read labels and anything that says it has high fructose corn syrup goes right back on the shelf – I try to buy organic but only those fruits & veggies that most commercial growers spray with insecticides & crap – I do wash those items when I bring them home…………….

I don’t eat a lot of meat – never really have – but try to buy the stuff that tastes good – most of the meat has no taste which is why everything has a pan sauce……………..

I make my own ceral/granola – which is very simple & easy to do – I don’t drink pop & anything that says DIET on it is automatically a no-no – that synthetic crap induces the appetite which is why everyone is beginning to look like whales

Some talking head on the tube said to take a look at a grade school picture when you were in elementary school and compare it to a picture today – I did – WOW – not good – Cargill & ADM have taken over control of our food supply and it’s not to make our lives good but for them to make lots and lots and lots of money while pretending it’s “for our own good” – fuck ‘em all – I don’t want to be taken care of

I called my grandparents – grandma & pappy – my little great niece calls me gramma – she has different names for her 3 sets of grandparents…………..my mom & dad are both dead so no one calls them anything anymore………………

gotta go run some errands – O/T – Sarah Palin’s husband Todd & his partner are running in the 2010 IronDog Race – started yesterday – 2,000 miles of ‘snowmachining’ – we call it snowmobiling – anyway – there a couple of women in the race too

My grandmothers were called Nonna and Yaya.
Yaya was oopah! more fun but Nonna was comforting. Neither spoke English.
I’d want to be called Yaya. “ya” is more affirming than “no”.

Michael Pollen. Michael’s Rules are what bumperstickers are to philosphy. He has taken 1000s of years of macrobiotic history (Asian and vegan in origin) and turned out a fortune cookie version of dietary wisdom.
Murphy, you’re right, eating healthily means more time in cooking preparation, but, I think, as it was with me, it is more of a lifestyle all the way around, rather than incorporating the discipline into an already established on the go lifestyle.

Pollen could have written a postcard:

- Eat food that is as far away from you on the food chain as possible.
- Eat whole foods
- Eat food that is in season
- Eat food that can be grown within 500 miles of your location.
- Your environment provides (or can provide) that which is required to survive in said environment. (i.e. Whale meat in Alaska = warming food; spices in Mexico = cooling foods.)
- Balance Yin (expansive) and Yang (contractive) within every meal.

My paternal grandmother was Gamma, and she was a fantastic cook – mom’s mom died when mom was a child. When my dad married again, I gained a Nanny, a Granny, and a Little Mama.

My kids call my stepmom Mimi and their dad’s mom Grandma. My mom, had she survived, would have probably wanted something like Gigi to be her name.

I would like to be Nana.

I love to cook, but who has time? My best for my kids is to avoid high fructose corn syrup, avoid fried foods, push veggies, insist on fruits, juice, organic milk and free range hen eggs, and use other sources besides meats for protein. I try to cook fresh and avoid a diet consisting mainly of pizza, but . . .

If we lived communally where women supported each other, this would be achievable. The women and fathers who work full time outside the home would contribute to the groceries and those who have the time to cook would do so for everyone’s kids with the financial help of those who can’t.

I have had two daughter-in-laws that dont cook, i have come to realize there is something my granddaughter will never say to any of her friends, Wait til you taste my mana’s homecooking” LOLOLOLOL yeppers that’s amazing isnt it LOLOLOLOL

gretawire @carolflowery I know…if teachers can’t speak grammitcally correct it is difficult to teach students

today’s twit i got from Greta, she’s kinda upset with all the grammatical errors even some news people are making these days, so am i, is this what our schools send out

I dont think it’s so much what you eat, but the portions and the eternal snacking that goes on today with so many. When i was in my mother’s house, we didnt get to snack, we ate breakfast, lunch and supper, maybe at night sometimes some popcorn or ice cream but not daily, i dont think it takes anything but common sense when it comes to eating like a million other things, it’s all about balance

OT
Did anyone else see this;http://www.veoh.com/search/videos/q/documentaries+cleopatra#watch%3Dv18075983n2XPntGM
It turns out Arsinoe the younger sister was a more facinating player in the story.
Arsinoe made Julius Ceaser run for his life. She was high school age at the time .

OMG GRETA IS TWEETING With our very own Sistermoon WOOHOOOO what is this , three or four times now?? are you sisters or what? When are you going on GRETA CAROL ?? LOL woohooo

My grandmother on my mothers side was from Italy , the Abruzzi region , and my grandfather on moms side was Italian as well …from Trieste — Venezia area. They were both superior cooks and deeply connected with the products of the earth and the food they made. My grandfather had a wonderful garden and grape vines . My mother told me he used old world techniques ( like making a concrete trench to catch the cow urine and use it for fertilizer along with the manure ), and that he grew giant vegetables in abundance. My grandmother had brought her own tomato plants from Italy , and they canned everything . My mother to the day she died coudn’t stand to touch a peach because she peeled so many ! My grandma made her own pasta …and cooked a fantastic italian chicken vegetable pie .
My fathers parents were Jewish from Russia ..and my mother learned to cook many of the dishes my Grandma Ida cooked , including noodle koogle YUMMMMMM . I learned to cook at an early age; 3 or 4 LOL and I sit and watch the cooking channel and think those women had nothing on my mom , and I wish she were here to watch them with me . So ….for me cooking is an art form . I still need to lose weight, but I am not physically active enough but that is just me and I am trying to change that.
I do eat free range eggs ..and fast food can be really healthy …and healthy food can be fast too … but I really think that food manufacturers have to go the extra mile and make food healthier … I think as the demand increases it will happen . In the meantime … small changes can be really great..
I am also extremely fortunate in that I live in an agra area … people here on the shore grow everything locally … I always have herbs growing because I love cooking with fresh herbs..
I think the greatest dangers in processed foods are the salt and sugar contents…

Oh, and Murphy…! That has to be the cutest picture EVER, below, of Skipper!!!!

Even tho she is holding Ben and Jerry’s…boutique ice cream, for sure, but they’re major caterers to the overly-sweet palate.

When it comes to high end ice cream, I’m firmly in the Haagen-dazs camp.

omg…has anyone tried their “Five” series?

Hey….I ate 1/2 a pink grapefruit today. Free pass for continued eternal snacking…

Swannie…I agree with you on the small changes. Every baby-step is worth it! And I’ve been working on weekends…grueling, plus I have to miss the radio shows…

But, dang….the physical aspects of the job make a huge difference on the body.

President Barack Obama The Fraud, on Monday unveiled his most detailed proposal yet to reform the U.S. healthcare system in a gambit to breathe new life into his signature domestic policy initiative.

The measure posted on the White House website Monday morning is intended as the starting point for the discussion at a bipartisan summit the president will host with Democratic and Republican leaders on Thursday.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/82617-obama-issues-healthcare-reform-plan-in-advance-of-summit

And the spin, lies and boogers are here details are here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/health-care-meeting/proposal

Neither of my grandfathers lived long enough for us to know them, but my maternal grandmother was called ‘Ma’ and my paternal grandmother was a very formal Grandmother (her last name). I suspected that was my mother’s way of keeping us from feeling really close to her, but I was never sure who decided we should call her that. My mother had her grandkids call her Grannie (from the Beverly Hillbillies) and my grandkids call me Grandma.

I’ve been eating low meat, whole grain, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc for 30 years, but that’s because I’ve had health problems for that long. I love pastas and don’t like heavy fatty foods, so I eat the way I would have chosen anyway, even if I didn’t have to.

Men can and do cook their own healthy foods, so it doesn’t have to just be the woman’s job, although my ex-husband never did – he wouldn’t even grill out like other men did. One reason he’s my ex.

Trying so hard for my sister to change our
food habits—money always tight, so you got what
you could, and ate what you had—–or you didn’t
eat.

My dog eats better than me, and I read her labels, cuz
of her allergies. I enjoy everything, but really watch
how much I eat, it’s not a DAILY thing.

I will never be a grandma, but my mother was called
MAMA – first A is the short sound—and we have:

PAPA SLIM JIM, PAPA JOHN and BIG POPPA—Big poppa is my dad.

Never knew my other grandparents—-I have Junior PUMA so this
is her family and my sister is “grammy” or “gramma”—-

(((pumaland))))

HiPUMAs -

Back from errands – picked up some food – crap – now I gotta cook it – I consider grocery shopping the biggest waste of time & money – first ya gotta go buy the stuff at the store – oh joy – then ya gotta bag it up yourself & my apt doesn’t have an elevator & I’m on 3rd floor – poor me – then ya cook the stuff you just bought, dragged home & put away somewhere – then you start all over again – I’d rather make reservations (if I could afford it)

Oh prplevette – remember when we were talking about the chocolate bacon stuff from that outfit in Chicago?? I had bought the chocolate chipotle toffee & the pancake chocolate bacon mix for my sis for xmas -well, I was (up north) visiting her last week & she made the pancakes – needless to say – was underwhelmed – pancakes were more like crepes (sis followed the instructions to the letter (melted butter, egg, buttermilk, etc) – don’t know if the stuff was old or if baking powder was forgotten in that particular batch – also – a little bag of chocolate pieces with little (I could’t taste bacon – only chocolate) bacon pieces in the chocolate was included – she chopped it up & instruction said to put on top of pancakes – only bacon taste I got was from the bacon she fried to go with the pancakes – now I wonder why do I do this? if it sounds too good to be good, it probably isn’t……………. I hate expensive lessons & no, I don’t learn from them – eternal optomist I guess……………

Great Post Murphy! I called mine gramma. My mother was Nanny and I am NANA.
As far as food goes, I have like my grandparents always grown my own garden, I love to cook, and I love fresh veggies and fruits. When I moved from Cali to Colo I was in shock, because fresh fruits and veggies were so expensive. I Had to have my own garden. Even when I was raising my kids and working 2-3 jobs, I would garden and cook on my day off, and freeze for the weeknights. I taught my daughter and son to cook early in life. I did go vegan for 3 years, but since I love to cook and eat, went back to normal eating. I do make my own homemade everything, so I try to use healthy ingredients. I think healthy “whole foods” are so expensive now, because it is the “trendy” thing right now. I think you can eat healthy and still eat what you want. You just have to know how to moderate. I also think that everyone got more exercise back in the day, because they had recess at school, gym class was mandatory, and kids did not sit at the computer or in front of video games. They played outside after school, rode bikes things like that. I think everyone has got to be more lazy with all the technology. Take away the video games, the computers, the cell phones and today’s kids would go ballistic

Goofsmom,
Dances,
I would like to know what you are cooking that is cheaper than what you used to eat. Saving pennies and dimes but want to eat healthier.
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When I was macrobiotic I ate veggies, fruit, grains, legumes…
also seaweed (nori), tofu, seiten, etc.
I didn’t eat meat and that was the biggest expense of my grocery shopping, grains (mostly brown rice… short grain in winter (warming), and long grian in summer (cooling).
Because I was eating well balanced nutritious meals, I didn’t crave sweets or junk snacks. Also, because my taste buds weren’t blasted out of whack due to eating “clean” food and were therefore more sensitive, eating a slice of fruit felt like the equivalent of eating a teaspoon of sugar…
I also had a cup of miso soup every day with tofu and sliced scallion
to detoxify my system.
If I craved some specific american traditional food, like ice cream or cheese, I’d just substitute a higher quality food containing calcium, etc.

This isn’t a macrobiotic site, but it’s one I was very active in for several years, it might help as it has many categories for living simply:

http://www.simpleliving.net

The owner, Dave Wampler, is close friends with John DeGraaf who wrote “Affluenza”.

Awww….love the food threads….goofs, there are movements to help urban people get more veggies. There are “reclaimed” spaces where groups raise veggies. And there are “sprouts” people who teach others how to sprout veggies.

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