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2006-Feb-16
Noursihing My Family With Traditions
I just ordered the book "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon. I am
getting absolutely fascinated with learning how people in "olden times"
or ancient times, even, ate. Did you know that fermeted vegetables are
really good for your digestive system? That those good enzymes from
fermetation make your veggies more easily digested, thus getting more
nutrients in you? Did you know you can use the whey from your home
dairying (or someone else's) to ferment these veggies? It also works
with grains. Another example of traditional ways of preparing foods.
We are so brainwashed into thinking we are helpless without the grocery
store, microwave, and fridge, we can't imagine it's either possible, or
safe, to use tradtional methods to feed our families. Great Scotts- are
we really so prideful to assume we know better than the ancients
regarding survivial? I mean, we live cushy lives. I think it's
honorable and good to keep these traditions alive. I get a feeling of
accomplishment learning these things and teaching my children. I don't
want to be helpless. I don't want my descendants to be either. By the
time I had my own home, I had been thoroughly taught to rely on
packages and boxes, cans, and little envelopes of powder to eat. Now I
know better, so I want others to know too. If I can learn, so can you.
I am the queen of alot, including not too long ago, the queen of
ignorance and apathy.
I
am interested to know more. My curiosity has been piqued by Crystal
Miller's experiments with fermenting veggies last summer, and the set
of Sue Gregg cookbooks I recieved as a gift last birthday. She doesn't
delve into using whey, but does use buttermilk alot. I am excited to
find more uses for one of my biggest commodities: Raw Goat Milk! It's
an ancient food, and so I'm finding more traditional methods to using
it.
I
have been so blessed, as I search for healthier ways to eat and live,
to realize it's not as hard as I thought. It's actually more simple. I
even have found information on making some of my cheeses without buying
cultures or rennet, but just using a natural clabbering practice. This
is another example of traditional methods people used for making food
with what they had. I'll keep learning about clabbering and write about
it later. Until then, send any information you have on tradtional
methods of food preparation my way, I'd be really grateful to you!
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2006-Feb-16 - Historic foods