Paleobird's Adventures in Carnivorousness page 12

[TCOHTom]

Potted is a specific method of serving meat/shellfish. It's sort of like pate, but not quite. Sort of like terrine, but not quite.
Think gentleman's relish, think servants bringing tea and toast - about 4pm, in the library.
Potted means cooked, seasoned and smooshed into a ramekin and then covered with the cooking juices and melted butter and allows to cool until set/sealed by butter.

Sounds like rillettes. I had the pork version recently and it was a real treat.

[sbhikes]

I always thought potted meat was something like devilled ham, you know the kind in the white paper-wrapped can with the little devil on it? Way too processed to be any good for you.

Anyway, I keep a lot of people around here who add little value on my ignore list and it helps a lot.

Last night I had to have dinner alone so yay, I made a HUGE steak. It was so good.

[TCOHTom]

Oh that's interesting. I didn't know that the DC site was an offshoot of ZIOH.

Along that same line--ZIOH is an off-shoot of Jimmy Moore's LLVLC forum. C Washington was a moderator over there. The two had a falling out over (mostly) the efficacy of a long-term ZC diet. Jimmy invited him to start his own site, which he did, obviously. It's all one big family. Or so it seems…

Unless one has a medical/health condition that requires specific intervention, I'm now starting to believe that any diet that eliminates processed junk, recommends real food and moderate exercise can be a healthy diet. Excess weight may not be the health threat we've been led to believe; in the same twists of the studies that made people "know" saturated fat and red meat were killers.

[janie]

Paleobird-
I've been a member here for sometime but rarely post. I just want to say how much I appreciate your posts. This is another good one! Like you and so many others here I eat a relatively low carb diet because that is what works for me. . I'll look forward to reading further about your experience with your new plan.

[Paleobird]

I could never give up limes, particularly key limes, either... so I'm safe.

My meat comes from a farm that raises lemons and limes but just keeps some animals as a side line for underbrush control. One of the perks of ordering is that you get to pick all the fruit you can carry. Next time I'm bringing a bigger bag. Lemon/lime Pelegrino is great.

cerviche with lime juice... yumm!!!!

Another winner.

How was todays food PB?

6 eggs for mid morning meal. 2 lamb shoulder chops sfor dinner in Indian hot sauce. Rooibos tea with raw hwc. This morning I'm not hungry at all. Interesting.

badgergirl, the potted shrimp looks wonderful. Shrimp and butter - what's not to love.

Two of my favorites.

We are actually able to head out and get our own -- forage for it! It's amazing! There are certain limits, but overall. . .yeah. People are always right outside of our house getting mussels. We went out with a couple the other day, and they were telling us all kinds of interesting foraging stuff.

When I was a kid you could forage for shellfish on the rocks in San Diego including nice big abalone but they are gone now.

I don't know why you started listening to him in the first place. The guy is a complete fruitcake. From browsing their forum it doesn't take long to realize they are all complete loonies. They don't sound interested in health at all, only espousing their cult like fringe views.

Please read the OP again. Particularly the part about this being something I'm investigating. There are some interesting scientific references and such on that site among the personal nuttiness. I dismiss him because he doesn't see the value in nose to tail eating or in grass fed meat, not because he (and disciples) are carnivores.

I finished reading my kids the book "My Side of the Mountain." Anyone remember that? The boy in the book runs off to live off the land---but in the winter is eating mainly venison and starts to feel unwell...UNTIL he begins to eat lots and lots of rabbit livers! Vitamin C it is!

Oh, Yeah! I had that book as a kid. I think I'll take the lamb liver out to thaw and start on a batch of pate'

Along that same line--ZIOH is an off-shoot of Jimmy Moore's LLVLC forum. C Washington was a moderator over there. The two had a falling out over (mostly) the efficacy of a long-term ZC diet. Jimmy invited him to start his own site, which he did, obviously. It's all one big family. Or so it seems…

Unless one has a medical/health condition that requires specific intervention, I'm now starting to believe that any diet that eliminates processed junk, recommends real food and moderate exercise can be a healthy diet. Excess weight may not be the health threat we've been led to believe; in the same twists of the studies that made people "know" saturated fat and red meat were killers.

Wow. That's a bit incestuous. I think that any diet that makes you be cognizant of what is going in your face, stop and think before eating, is helpful.
I disagree on the excess weight thing although of course there are people who take their quest for the perfect body to unhealthy skinny levels. I was perfectly healthy by biomarkers with 30 extra pounds on me but I *feel* so much better without it. I really think long term damage issues such as wear and tear on knees have to be taken in to account too.

Paleobird-
I've been a member here for sometime but rarely post. I just want to say how much I appreciate your posts. This is another good one! Like you and so many others here I eat a relatively low carb diet because that is what works for me. . I'll look forward to reading further about your experience with your new plan.

Thank you Janie and Welcome.

[NZ primal Gwamma]

cerviche with lime juice... yumm!!!!

and what may I ask Seas is cerviche ???? it sounds a little internal ???? LOL

People are always right outside of our house getting mussels.

and seas and zoes please be careful getting shellfish around NZ in the summer. I realise that it is mainly a problem in the north, but those diseases that you can get from infected shellfish are NASTY !!!!!

Cori - thanx for the lime heads up. I need to experiment a little more

PB - you rock


G x

[NZ primal Gwamma]

sorry - found cerviche !!!!!!

[patski]

LOVE this thread, Robyn. So much so, that you are now fixed in my signature

While I don't think I could ever go ZC (love my sweet potatoes too much), when I did experiment with verrrrry low carb, I was very clear headed, mood was stable, but I also felt like a fucking VULCAN. Like my emotions had FLATLINED. That and my heart was racing at night and it woke me up. So I figured since I have no need to be ZC or even VLC, I stopped. But it is fascinating nonetheless.

[seaweed]

and seas and zoes please be careful getting shellfish around NZ in the summer. I realise that it is mainly a problem in the north, but those diseases that you can get from infected shellfish are NASTY !!!!!

it is too cold down here to get anything i think. i have stopped breathing from shock at the cold leaping in the sea one hot summers day when even the sand was too hot to walk on bare foot!

[Ayla2010]

yum PB that food sounds good!