Crunchy
November 12, 2006
We’ve gone crunchy in our household this semester. A class on ecological concerns sparked a growing interest in living "green" and a conversation with a nutritionist sparked a growing interest in eating healthy. Fortunately, these two paths converge in many places and so doing one often accomplishes the other. Like, buying local, organic food is great for the environment and the best food to eat, etc.
We’ve had our ups and downs with it all. One of the major food changes was trying to eat more raw food and some days I’ve definitely felt like a bird with my seeds and nuts. And there was the Friday night we just completely threw in the towel and ordered pizza and man was it good. And the fact that beer and avil is still the best solution to cramps I’ve found. But, aside from our few setbacks, we’re going full steam ahead.
Mostly it’s kind of fun. I made a household cleaner from vinegar and water that is way cheaper than the bleach one we were using and it doesn’t ruin our towels with pink spots like the bleach did. And we got a fun salad spinner that makes keeping salad around so easy. And we eat only organic meat, which while definitely more expensive than we can afford, tastes amazing.
Today, however, I believe our crunch has gone a step too far. Adam went to the store to get some much needed groceries and came home with a piece of beef liver. Amazingly, he didn’t mention it to me when he dropped the groceries off in the kitchen. Let me tell you, even without knowing what it is, liver is disgusting. Disgustingly gross looking, and disturbing (and perhaps telling) in the fact that it only cost twenty cents.
Why? Why would my otherwise normal husband come home with a piece of liver? Apparently eating beef liver is good for your liver. Mm. yum. I say drink less and eat no liver. Blech.
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Meghan Foote said:
November 12th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
I learned to love liver as a child, because of all the other good things that my mother would make to go with it. I never eat it out anywhere because it is way too easy to mess it up and over cook it.
Here’s what my mother would do (and I know this completely defeats any health benefits of eating raw foods):
First, she would fry up some bacon, then should would cook the liver in the bacon grease. When the liver was done she would add a mixture of milk and flour to the pan to make a cream gravy.
She would serve all of that, the bacon, liver and gravy with rice. Yumm!
My understanding, though, is that liver is not all that good for you because organ meats tend to be really high in cholesterol.
bethany said:
November 13th, 2006 at 10:46 am
when i first moved back up to l.a. i was living with this couple who was very into the eco-sensible lifestyle. they composted, ate only farmer’s market food (here the farmer’s market is not a grocery store like in decatur, it’s an outdoor place where people bring stuff they grew in their garden/farm), and just before i moved out they installed a “green water system” in their backyard. this means that the water used in the house gets pumped under the lawn to water it, rather than using clean, usable water for the lawn.