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Deep Nourishment and Trust vs. Survival Foods | (Read 696 times) |
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pennielinkpc
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June 25, 2007, 10:52:00 AM |
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I have been thinking that this distinction is important to me -- to know what I CAN eat in dire circumstances AND to know what is deeply life sustaining and supports me and my family to THRIVE in the best of circumstances. So this is a question I will keep in mind as we go. I like to explore best practices for getting the most nutrition out of food sources (wild or otherwise) and appreciate knowing how a plant is used traditionally by those who've used it over multiple generations. Also, sometimes current scientific understandings are helpful, but not always.
The Friday night walk with Arthur was full of information and interesting flavors. Thank you, Arthur! I'm really glad we went in depth, and I tasted the plants carefully, in small amounts and with awareness.
Later I made a stupid mistake, I think, when I ate a good sized chunk (though small, really) of the mystery berry "cake". The cooks were not present to describe the ingredients. I wound up in the wee hours of the morning with a bad case of the runs. I wonder if it was all the little seeds? Something else? It would be great to know what, specifically, I was reacting to!
Did anyone else have this experience? I have to say my digestion can be sensitive, so I may be the unique case.
My learnings: Know and trust the food source and the ingredients (something I already apply consistently elsewhere -- why did I suspend this then? I was hungry, I was in the mode of tasting new things, I went "unconscious".....) Sheesh. This also leads me to wonder if tasting only a very few new things (or even ONE?) on each walk is a good idea. ??
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M. Kachi Cassinell
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June 26, 2007, 11:34:44 AM |
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Elderberries can be quite the laxative, maybe that's what the secret crunchy seed thing was.
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