Captain Vegetable!

I felt like posting something totally different today.  Admittedly, this is a bit out there, but what the heck, I can't be serious all the time :^) When I was a little kid, my favorite TV show was Sesame Street.  (From what I've heard, Sesame Street has a major international audience outside North America as well, so I'll assume most of my readers have seen it too.) Among my many childhood memories are a number of scenes from that show.  Most of them are totally unrelated to the t[...]

This article was syndicated from Mike's Real-World Raw Blog.

 
 

Pineapple

Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is the common name for an edible tropical plant and also its fruit (although technically multiple fruit merged together, and perceived as one). It is native to Paraguay and the southern part of Brazil. Pineapple is eaten fresh or canned and is available as a juice or in juice combinations. It is used in desserts, salads, as a complement to meat dishes and in fruit cocktail. While sweet, it is known for its high acid content (perhaps malic and/or citric). Pineapples [...]

 
 

Calling All Vegetarians! Get Your Priorities Straight. (Part 2)

In my previous post, I used an anecdote about a recent staff function to illustrate a couple of issues I see with many vegetarians and vegans. My first point was that they "make their diet into a religion and define their lives by it".  I've already elaborated on this and explained why I feel this is a sign of vegans losing their focus somewhere along the way. My second point was that they "blindly follow the notion that nothing is healthy unless it's totally plant-derived; and vice versa,[...]

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Are you Roundup Ready?

Take ten minutes to watch this video about Monsanto. I thought I had a good understanding about the "State of Our Food" until I took the time to watch this film. Now, I hesitate as I prepare my grocery list....One thing, of many, which caused me to pause began about 1:43 in the video...Roundup Ready? At 2:35, food registered as an insecticide?....Please watch and feel free to comment.

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