Comments for Eat Free or Die!

Comment on Theresa’s Decadent Chocolate Cookies by Rob

Rob — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:37:14 +0000

Dude – what did you think cookies were made out of? They’re a butter and sugar delivery device. Almost every sugar cookie recipe is in a 1:1:1 ratio of butter to sugar to egg.

And the broccoli thing? I think it’s more that people need a package and directions to figure out how to cook a simple veg.

And stop shouting, or you will have that heart attack.

Comment on Theresa’s Decadent Chocolate Cookies by gorge

gorge — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:54:32 +0000

TWO STICKS BUTTER, TWO CUPS SUGAR AND TWO EGG YOLKS!!! AND YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PACKAGED BROCCOLI. GIVE ME A BREAK!

I HAD A HEART ATTACK BY JUST READING IT.

Comment on Tea Tales: Assam Teas, Part II by Eric Hundin

Eric Hundin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:00:11 +0000

I found your blog on MSN Search. Nice writing. I will check back to read more.

Eric Hundin

Comment on Support Your Local and Regional Growers, Save Cash by kerry

kerry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:05:41 +0000

Thanks for submitting your post. I’ll have this week’s Farmer’s Market Report up tomorrow by 10AM. Hope to see you then!

Comment on Support Your Local and Regional Growers, Save Cash by Rob

Rob — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:39:22 +0000

I think that people complain about market prices because they are buying local produce the way they buy supermarket produce. In other words, buying what they want rather than what’s local and in season. When the tomatoes, eggplants, squash, and melons all come ripe in force, prices drop because there’s a lot of supply. People don’t understand that anymore, because they’re so used to buying produce out of season from growers thousands of miles away.

Thanks for your comment! Paid a visit to your blog. There are more and more of us out there trying to spread the word that good food is within anyone’s grasp.

Comment on Support Your Local and Regional Growers, Save Cash by kerry

kerry — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:08:04 +0000

Some people say their farmer’s markets are expensive, which is really too bad. Ours is reasonable, although not always cheaper. Still I’m willing to pay for local.

Hey, I’m hosting a Farmer’s Market Report. Maybe you’d like to submit this post? Come on over and check it out: http://toeverymeal.blogspot.com/2008/08/farmers-market-report-august-23rd.html

Comment on It’s All About What You Do With It by Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:09:55 +0000

I almost tossed your comment because of your link to an industry promotional site (which I removed), which smelled canned-pink-meatish. However, I have to speak to this because I’m sick of people who can’t do math, nor think rationally, responding to every scary-sounding compound with horror and alarm. I’m sorry if I’m being harsh with you.

Yes, coumarin is used in rat poison, and cassia bark contains coumarin, but rodent metabolism is very different from humans. A healthy human would have to eat 275mg per kilogram of body weight (2 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon) to have a 50% chance of consuming a lethal dose. For a 110-lb woman, that’s over half a pound of cinnamon.

Coumarin can be problematic for people who have compromised liver function, or have a rare sensitivity to it. Cassia “cinnamon” contains 4-5% coumarin by weight.

The 1/2 teaspoon in this recipe (1.15g) would contain about 57 mg total, and each serving (the recipe serves about six) would contain less than 10mg. The recommendation for people who might be sensitive to coumarin is 1mg/kg of body weight. A 120-lb. individual with compromised liver function would have to eat the whole pot to exceed the recommended limit.

Lots of foods have toxic compounds – almonds, stone fruit seeds, and apple seeds contain cyanide compounds. Rutabaga, spinach, and beets contain oxalic acid. Plants don’t want to be eaten. However, for the average healthy person, these compounds present little to no risk, and it irks me that panic-mongers want to make food “dangerous.” No wonder the American diet is so damned pitiful.

Comment on It’s All About What You Do With It by Cinnamon

Cinnamon — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:17:41 +0000

Make sure that you use real Cinnamon and not Cassia.

Cassia has a chemical called coumarin which could be toxic. Please click the below link to read more.

http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/8487

Comment on Diet Without the “Die”? by donna

donna — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:08:36 +0000

hear! hear! agreed on the what you’re eating, not how much, and to heck with diet dictators — eating grapefruit for however long isn’t going to produce the lifestyle change required for a healthy weight maintenance over the long run. going gluten-free has improved my eating. i have weeks, like this past one, in which i pretty much craved what everyone else was eating, partly because i really could just taste the reuben just looking at, but mostly because g-f means i can’t just eat anything. i have to calculate my g-f meal and snack needs when i shop, otherwise i end up gazing longingly at Geren’s snacks that I can’t eat, and nothing of my own that’s safe for me to eat. it’s a pain my arse keeping up with the shopping sometimes. anyway, your entry gave me a little boost for choosing whole, healthy, “pure” foods.
Oh, and my favorite sweet food? Sweet potatoes!! i add a dollop of butter (and some brown sugar if i’m really craving sugar) but the potato alone has wholesome good sweetness and usually takes care of my sweet tooth, in a fairly healthy way!