Guest guest Posted February 16, 2010 Report Share Posted February 16, 2010 My mom worked at Cal Poly Pommona in the library. It was a cool campus. I miss going there. Even in the desert it was pretty easy to garden year round. Georgia is more challenging to me. My family still eats meat, but I went way down on how often and portion sizing.  " The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how to make facts live. " --Oliver Wendell Holmes ________________________________ From: " 99tomatoes@... " <99tomatoes@...> Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 3:19:34 PM Subject: Re: Re: Question for EW & anyone who knows!!  , If it were up to me, I would be a raw foodie. But I married a butcher's daughter, who had plenty of meat growing up, even during WWII when meat was scarce. I cannot take meat away from her. I keep a lid on what we eat. I am the shopper and the cook. So I control our diets. I am a gardener, and have loads of fresh produce daily. Here in SoCal, I am able to garden year round. Cal Poly Pomona is nearby and they have a great farm store. ew Re: Re: Question for EW & anyone who knows!! Speaking for myself, a vegan, attepting to be as raw as possible diet-wise, I think it best to avoid any and all animal products. Besides the fact that animal products are full of antibiotics, growth hormones etc., and even the organic free range products are suspect, never mind the fact that they are a negative energy source and full of saturated-artery clogging fat, the plain fact is that animals and animal food products should not be part of a humans diet. Cow milk is for baby cows and goat milk is for baby goats. If one was to even take a casual glance at the proven studies of the hazards of ingesting animal products, they would run from any and all animal products. The only milk humans should be consuming is Mommy's milk as a child. I understand, not everyone is vegetarian/vegan/ and/or raw foodist, but with all the healthy, life and energy giving, non animal food sources out there, and with the almost daily new study pointing out the dangers of animal products in the diet, why would one not logically say adios to animal products in the diet?.....Just wondering?.. ...... peace and love Re: Question for EW & anyone who knows!! > > > Sherry: > > I just went over to Neurotalks where I have lots of cool online experts who > advise me on everything. One of them just explained the T3 and T4 thing to > me. She also said that this does NOT refer to sprouts, only when you ground > up Fenugreek seeds. > > So, given that I do not now, nor have I ever had a thyroid issue, and I > don't grind up Fenugreek seeds, but I do have diabetes, then I think I'll > continue to keep eating them. I don't fill the bowl up. I just take some and > and add my other sprouts and other ingredients to the salad. > > Take for example tofu and other soy products. I have read that if a woman > has had fibroid tumors, that if that woman eats too much tofu, the tumors > can enlarge. That's why I don't eat a lot of tofu. Maybe once a month or so. > > I try and eat a healthy balanced diet. I'm doing fine doing this and I > absolutely adore my sprouting, especially broccoli sprouts and radish > sprouts. > > I shall carefully monitor my use of Fenugreek. And since I never grind them > up and cook them, hopefully there won't be any issues. > > Oddly enough, my mother (when she was in her 40's) had a thyroid tumor, and > my Aunt who is now 86 has beenon Synthroid for years. > > Everyone on my mom's side of the family (and I mean 99% of them), have had > some kind of cancer in one form or another. That's why I sprout, for all the > anti-oxidant benefits. > > They also all smoked (because I gather one did that back in the day). I > have never done that. > > So let's hope we all do the best we can do to maintain our health. I truly > believe that our health is directly related to what goes in our mouths (and > in our tummies). > > lol > Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just had a thought. You all know how, when we sprout mung > beans, that we have to put a weight and the little beans fight to get to the > light so they grow stronger and bigger because of weights on top of them? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I myself have used bricks and these hearty things grew nice and > full. I haven't been sprouting them lately (maybe I got a bad bunch?) but > they smelled bad after 2 days and this happened 3 times in a row from the > same bunch so I threw it all out. I'm hesitant to buy them again. I got them > from the same place I always bought them. they were in this HUGE sack at the > asian market. And I would get 2 to 3 lbs at a time, and I always kept them > in the freezer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well for some reason, and I have no clue, because I always grow > them the same way, well, they smalled. So I threw it all out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I got to thinking about weight and compressing and > sprouts, so here's my question. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now that I am using the accordion type steamers to sprout my > radish and broccoli sprouts (and they are doing nice and plump, thank you > very much, well I noticed one thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I am going to rinse and drain two times a day, well all I > did was close the steamer and held it in my hand and I shook it and ALL THE > WATER DRAINS BEAUTIFULLY, I couldn't believe it. Much much easier than mason > jars, or green trays (that you have to go tap tap tap), to get the water > out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > With this steamer thing, I just close the accordion type things > onto itself, and press. Depending on how plump the sprouts are, well, it > does one heck of a job on draining the water. Then I open the steamer thing, > spread all the sprouts all over it, place it on my shelf and I put them near > my greening lamp (this is after 5 days or so), and they get SO GREEN. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But for the first four days of sprouting, I have one of my > bowls over the steamer thing (as a mini greenhouse so to speak). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What if I closed the steamer and kept it closed until rinsing > and draining time? No bowl needed, no nothing. Just put in seeds, close > steamer, 12 hours later, open steamer, rinse, close to drain, and when all > water is drained, put it back on the shelf. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Now can I do this? Can these type of sprouts be compressed and > will they act like the mung beans and grow bigger, plumper, taller? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or would that NOT LET THEM BREATHE? You know what I mean, > right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've done them in mason jars, where they get all clumped > together and I have to get a wooden spoon and un-clump them. And in the > green trays, (well, I didn't have much luck so I stopped using the green > trays). So I moved on to colanders. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But this way IS SO SMOOTH, EASY, FAST AND MUCH MUCH easier to > do than anything I could have done. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Believe me, if I can not use a bowl, and just have little > closed steamer things on my shelf, I could buy two more, and I could REALLY > GROW A NICE BUNCH OF SPROUTS. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If any of you think that closing the steamer thing while they > are sprouting, well if that would ensure a NICE CROP of sprouts, I'll give > it a try. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any and all comments are most welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > your sprouting buddy, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Melody > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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