Hello Gyrobob, for starters I'm glad you and Drums have declared a truce.
With the two of you getting into an epistular quarrel, what would be other Forum members gain... a dizzy bongo?
OK, back to business...
Flour made from almonds is NOT flour, it is ground almonds.
Please verify the nutritional value of wheat flour and almonds (by 100g, by the oz., whatever) and you will see you CANNOT use nuts for grains, anymore you can substitute a baked potato with a baked apple...
When I made my comment on "apple vs. bio-grown seedless no-skin fruit replacement etc." I was making a little fun of a dangerous fad which is taking on in the US (and Northern Europe), that of seeking out replacement ingredients nuder the assumption they "must certainly be better".
An example is a "Expert Dietician's" suggestion I read in a magazine ni the hotel during my last stay in the US:
"Cut down on fats! Replace your salad oil with a dash of spray cooking oil on your salad, you'll get a lot fewer fats and your salad will taste great!"
U G H !!!
For starters, I am sorry most bottled salad dressings have that staple ingredient, XANTHAM GUM, to make it gooey and slow to pour...
Salad dressing thick as glue ?
I will use this as an example
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Wishbone-Italian-Robusto-Salad-Dressing-16-fl-oz/10...OK, never mind that no Italian worth his moustache would ever EVER use soybean oil anywhere but in his diesel tractor...
But why the need for... xantham gum, high fructose corn syrup and... water ? and then add GUM to make it thicker?
What's wrong with olive oil and wine vinegar?
Taste a little olive oil, pure, just a teaspoon, it'll taste like... olives.
Now taste soybean oil, or rapeseed oil, or...spray cooking spray in your mouth
What do they taste like ? Any taste at all? Or just an oily, messy sensation? Mouthwash, anyone?
This is not to make fun of anybody or anything, it's about traditions, customs and habits, which in one word can be summarized as "local culture".
Mind you, nobody can say "I have more culture than you", it's like two desert stragglers quarreling on who gets more sunlight...
So when I said "Dr.Davis' culinary habits may be limited in variety" I meant exactly that.
I have not read "Wheat Belly" because it is not marketed in Italy (never mind the translation...) but I am not sure it would be well accepted.
It would be like telling you all "beef is bad, eat lamb" on whatever grounds...
To sustani that the human digestive system is not geared for grains and wheats is... arguable.
In school we are taught that Man is an omnivore, not a carnivore, not a herbivore, but an omnivore. Hence, McDonal;ds have made zillions of dollars putting dr.Davis' favorite beef patty in a wheat bun.
Well, the Ancient Greeks, Romans, and before them the Ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Chinese have been eating starches (wheat, rice, whatever) and sustaining their populations off grains.
There is no way any civilization could have sustained a population of millions on a meat-rich diet.
The Aztecs and Mayas had such a system and soccumbed to famine.
The Incas developed farming and ... survive to this day, albeit as the underproletariat of "hispanic" populations in S.America's Pacific Coast.
The "Food Pyramid" was not thought up after an evening drinking beer and throwing darts in a London Pub... or Boston for that matter.
The Food Pyramid is about a sustainable diet in a generic nation with a minimum of 5% population dedicated to agriculture (which includes raising livestock) and concentrates on a diet which is balanced ni minerals, salt, has reasonably low cholesterol and favors fresh fruit or a home-made sandwich to a packaged snack.
I had promised many of you my home-made recipes, and some even wrote or PM'd and reminded me "please".
I'm sorry I never got back to you, It's been a horrendous last few months.
As they say in Wales, "I'll do it when I get a Round Tuit"
OK, now that I've got my Round Tuit I'll get cracking on a few dishes
Entertain yourselves with some solid British humoUr in the meantime
PS Any news from Sir Nick Rowe ?
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