Comments | notnotabouthim: dear god, I've become a hippy

notnotabouthim

dear god, I've become a hippy

Jan 13, 2008 18:57

So, as mentioned, I recently changed my diet a little. However, I soon realised a couple of things:

1. I don't like cooking
2. I really don't like tofu.

Looking at "easy, honest!" tofu cooking instructions just about drove me nuts.. soak it? squeeze it out? This is not simple food. Plus, you know, by default tofu is kinda disgusting.. unless ( Read more... )

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ambilevous January 13 2008, 08:02:51 UTC

(I find tofu to be pretty filthy to eat, too. It doesn't seem to be food to me.)

notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 08:19:29 UTC

kinda like slime with a good PR agent really :)

ambilevous January 13 2008, 08:30:57 UTC

I can only assume it delivers a dose of smugness or some such that I just don't know how to appreciate.

notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 08:42:18 UTC

A good friend of mine was vegetarian for years. I asked him if he felt better while he was, and he said "Not noticeably, but I felt a lot more righteous". That'll be the tofu smugness at work.

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notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 08:20:57 UTC

well, exactly.

The only time I've had tofu & really liked it was the Udon noodles from Midnight... but then I realised that I just liked it because:

a) it was fried, so it had hardness, and none of the icky slime texture, and

b) the sweet thai chilli sauce they put on it

So, I went out and bought the sauce by itself, and have been happy since (it goes with everything)

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ambilevous January 13 2008, 19:57:08 UTC

"I made it myself" sweet thai chilli sauce is amazing++ and also very easy to make.

(Chopped chillis + vinegar + sugar in pot, heated until syrupy. I think. There might also be salt in there.)

rivet January 13 2008, 08:28:11 UTC

Raw food is throughly delicious, and makes you feel great. The challenge I have had with it is the amount of time dedicated to shopping for and preparing food. And in the winter, the desire for warm, filling foods.

[I quite like tofu, but won't bother attempting to sell it to you.]

notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 08:40:57 UTC

Ahh, where you are is EASY! Willis St market is your friend. Wow, I wish I had a market like that near by, I miss it. Our nearest one is a bit further away, not as fresh, & ridiculously more expensive (au import tarrifs at work ( ... )

theheretic January 13 2008, 09:19:39 UTC

Raw is delicious, if your liver and kidneys and internal flora can tolerate all the fruit and vegetable toxins they give you. That's a downside compared to cooked foods. Additionally, cooking converts starches to sugars in a certain chemical reaction (I forget the name), which is why some veggies turn brown when sauteed.

If you can handle the toxins, you get the benefit of more vitamins by eating raw. Its just not the only answer.

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notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 08:42:46 UTC

jeeze! what the hell IS that?

Those Japanese. They're so nutty. I love 'em.

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Binary Solo? notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 08:55:34 UTC

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yes, transcribed exactly. no, not actual binary, I checked

Soy is toxic theheretic January 13 2008, 09:16:29 UTC

Tofu is also mildly toxic. Soy beans, which tofu is made from, contain an endocrine disrupter which mimics estrogen. This doesn't sound so bad until you learn what getting estrogen in your system does. For males, this leads to some reproductive problems, and eventually cancer. In females this is one of the possible causes of ovarian and cervical cancer (not the now-well-known viral cause). It also messes with your brain chemistry and results in some behavioral problems ( ... )

Re: Soy is toxic notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 09:41:59 UTC

Interestingly, I used soy milk on my breakfast for about two weeks.. until my body gagged, and just wouldn't take it any more. That surprised me, but maybe it was picking up on that toxicity you talk of ( ... )

Re: Plastic is toxic theheretic January 13 2008, 10:00:23 UTC

Part of why you feel better without industrial farm meat is you're no longer getting massive doses of the chemicals crammed into the animals to keep them alive in those conditions, mainly growth hormones, antibiotics, and various other chemicals which unfortunately stays in the meat, milk, and eggs when it gets to you. You're not supposed to be full of that, thus it makes you feel crappy if you eat it. Its not a surprise, and if Australias FDA is like the USA's, well I know they take bribes, organize the laws to ignore the crimes, and look the other way "for the public good". I can't afford organic meat as much as I'd like, but I am much less squicked out when I eat it than I am with the industrial meat. The EPA says you should avoid any processed meats, any nitrated meats (as the nitrates are powerful toxins, like eating formaldehyde), and the US EPA used to list some 50 known endocrine disrupters. One of the nasty and common ones is called Plasticine, which makes plastics flexible/durable. Its very commonly used in soda bottles, ( ... )

Re: Plastic is toxic notnotabouthim January 13 2008, 10:14:27 UTC

Hehe.. the drought here isn't a surprise, no. It's well talked about (by you, me, everyone else).

Water clarity/health is an issue anywhere, but particularly big cities.. and yeah, here too. Not keen on buying bottled water (doesn't seem to be any benefit to it), but filtration is.. complicated. Not any easy answers. Only drink coke? Heh.

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