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« Reply #420 on: March 21, 2010, 01:32:32 PM » |
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I can assure you that I'm not gay... At first I had that aversion, but it went away pretty quickly. I've only eaten lamb testicles so far. The trick is to slice the skins, there are two layers. Inside there is very soft tissue.
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« Reply #421 on: March 25, 2010, 01:44:57 PM » |
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Raw junk foods:- when I'm unable to get high-quality raw animal foods, I compromise either by buying raw (often nonorganic) fruit or I buy what is more or less raw junk food. That is , I go to a local fishmonger's. Sometimes, they'll have good quality stuff such as raw wildcaught swordfish, if I'm lucky, but at other times, they provide me with raw prawns as I find the rest of their rather small selection to be fish with too many small bones or lacking taste or consisting of farmed salmon etc. The raw prawns are, IMO, raw junk food as I'm sure they are farmed, but it's better than eating cooked foods. I think(?) that farmed shellfish has higher standards than farmed fish re what the creatures are fed on, judging from reports, so it's not the end of the world - and I eat so much raw wild game that I'm not worried about more minor diversions from RPD diet, at times.
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« Reply #422 on: March 28, 2010, 06:15:05 AM » |
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I just paid a regular visit to my local farmers' market. Anyway, I saw a new stall offering organic meats. I was , as usual, highly sceptical, but decided to ask how they raised their animals. Sure enough, I was told that the animals were fed on the highest quality organic grains(wheat etc.) which made groan inwardly . This is, unfortunately, quite common. Those crooked farmers know they can make a better immediate profit if they stuff their animals on grain(and thereby fatten them up faster for slaughter), and they know that most of the public, however health-conscious, have no real clue about the better taste(and better health-benefits) of 100% grassfed meats. Plus, the public are easily conned by the organic status label which they foolishly accept as implying that the animals are all raised on healthy diets.
The most insidious are those farmers who boast that their animals are on grassfed diets but quietly forget to mention that their animals are fed on grains during the winter.
Of course, the farmers are fools as raising their animals on grains, however "organic" those grains might be, means they have to pay much higher costs re curing their animals from grains-derived illnesses.
Anyway, I naturally, bought raw meats from a reliable seller elsewhere in the market who has provided me with excellent-tasting meats in the past. His sheep/lamb are, apparently, raised on grass and stubble turnips, no grains. The meats are not organic(merely "free-range") but are very cheap.
In a way, I'm lucky as the LFM markets, unlike most other shops/markets, have strict rules so that it would be extremely unwise for farmers to lie to customers about what their animals are fed on. That said, I mainly rely on the taste of the meats, rather than a farmers' say-so or some official label like "organic".
There was some talk by the UK Soil Association of creating 5 different categories for the organic label, with the topmost category only being available for raw wild game , the 2nd rank being for 100%grassfed cattle(?) and the like, but it seems not to have gone ahead., unfortunately.
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« Reply #423 on: March 28, 2010, 07:35:39 AM » |
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In a way, I'm lucky as the LFM markets, unlike most other shops/markets, have strict rules so that it would be extremely unwise for farmers to lie to customers about what their animals are fed on. That said, I mainly rely on the taste of the meats, rather than a farmers' say-so or some official label like "organic". Yeah, I've noticed that some meats sold in the healthfood market taste and look much better than the meats in the supermarkets, and even between the supermarket meats there are differences, with the cheapest supermarket having meats that look fattier and more unpleasant and don't taste as good. My guess is that the cheaper the meat, the more grains/soy/molasses/chicken feces/etc. they are fed. It seems that when it comes to meats you do generally get what you pay for. I've noticed this with fats too. The suet (perinephric fat} labeled 100% grassfed tastes, looks and feels better than the suet and pork leaf fat labeled organic but not 100% grassfed, and the supermarket suet that doesn't have grassfed or organic labels is the worst of all.
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« Reply #424 on: March 28, 2010, 07:49:32 AM » |
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I've noticed this with fats too. The suet (perinephric fat} labeled 100% grassfed tastes, looks and feels better than the suet and pork leaf fat labeled organic but not 100% grassfed, and the supermarket suet that doesn't have grassfed or organic labels is the worst of all.
Wow... I've never been able to buy suet except on a special offer at the farmers market. And all of the suppliers save one are very unreliable. If it weren't for that one, I wouldn't be able to find any raw animal fat consistently. The hunter said the butcher doesn't give him the suet and they throw away the back fat when taking off the hide! I'd gladly have the grainfed organic stuff in the market if I could..
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« Reply #425 on: March 28, 2010, 07:57:03 AM » |
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Wow... I've never been able to buy suet except on a special offer at the farmers market. And all of the suppliers save one are very unreliable. If it weren't for that one, I wouldn't be able to find any raw animal fat consistently. The hunter said the butcher doesn't give him the suet and they throw away the back fat when taking off the hide! I'd gladly have the grainfed organic stuff in the market if I could..
If people are in a position where they just cannot get hold of 100% grassfed meats/fats, then by all means go in for organic, grainfed meats but make sure to supplement with Mercola's cold-extracted krill-oil capsules so that you get the necessary large amounts of omega-3s. I'm convinced that they play a major role in health, especially in old age. That said, my own past experience has shown me that even in places where high-quality raw foods seemed completely unavailable at first, that, after long off-line and on-line searches I was always eventually able to find sufficient high-quality foods.
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« Reply #426 on: March 28, 2010, 07:59:57 AM » |
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YMy guess is that the cheaper the meat, the more grains/soy/molasses/chicken feces/etc. they are fed. It seems that when it comes to meats you do generally get what you pay for.
Well, much of the non-organic but 100% grassfed meats I've come across actually have proven to be cheaper than many grainfed meats I've come across. You see with many grassfed animals, one just has to leave them out to graze (for free) most of the time so maintenance costs are lower than with grainfed animals, then there are lower costs re health maintenance etc.
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« Reply #427 on: March 28, 2010, 01:58:01 PM » |
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Another caveat:- I've done some recent experiments with adding sauces and it confirmed what I'd thought before, that adding spices, however raw, distorts the "stop" signal one gets from raw meats so that one inevitably ends up eating more than one should. In short, while newbies should use raw spices at first to get used to the taste of raw animal foods, they should eventually stop doing so, and get used to eating raw animal foods on their own, without any extra spices.
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« Reply #428 on: March 28, 2010, 10:44:33 PM » |
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Well, much of the non-organic but 100% grassfed meats I've come across actually have proven to be cheaper than many grainfed meats I've come across. You see with many grassfed animals, one just has to leave them out to graze (for free) most of the time so maintenance costs are lower than with grainfed animals, then there are lower costs re health maintenance etc.
Interesting. That's not the case in my area, but the USA has huge factory farms that probably have greater economies of scale than the grain-fed cattle operations in the UK. Once again there appear to be major differences between nations.
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« Reply #429 on: March 28, 2010, 10:59:22 PM » |
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Hmmmm....... How exactly does a day in the life of Geoff go? Well, Geoff. What's your average day like from start to end? 
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