I'll be interested, both practically and academically,* in what others consider the ideal diet and I would consider buying a list cookbooks if it weren't too biased in the direction of "eat nothing but bacon all the time."
I'll start. I don't like to cook, tho' in the past and in the right circumstances I've cooked largely and well, but living *solus* I find it a bore. So in addition to certain types of food I prefer simple food; but I detest poor food and therefore I dislike most prepared foods. Besides all this, I belong to the Orthodox [Christian] church where fast days -- basically, no animal products, tho' the principle of *economia* always applies -- outnumber non-fast days. Lastly, I gave up meat entirely for multiple reasons. So my repertoire ranges from vegan recipes to spinach quesadillas and cheese sandwiches with mayo and lettuce and pickles (don't laugh; a good cheese sandwich goes well with a fine Shiraz). I tend to like breads and, somewhat less, potatoes and rice -- and beer. My mother controlled type 2 diabetes and incipient heart trouble for 30 years by avoiding salt, fat, sugar, and eating lots of vegetables, styrofoam chicken breasts, and lots o' rice, being Filipina. Me, I prefer to ride my bikes. One very simple vegan recipe that I like: a modified Indian dal recipe. The basic recipe is cook the dal (I use, in order of preference, red, orange, or green, but not brown lentils from the bulk bins at Sprout's) until it is soft but not mushy. You can use vegetable broth in place of water. Prepare a savory oil: heat 1/8 cup [for large single serving] of neutrally flavored oil (not olive! which I use for most things) and "sautee" or "boil" small amounts of some or all of cumin, coriander, garlic, mustard seed, red pepper, fenugreek, and/or black pepper for 30-60 seconds. Put lentils on long-grain rice, strain oil and pour over lentils, eat like this or add any, some, or all of full-fat yogurt, hot Indian mango pickle, and English sweet chutney. As I tend to overdo things I've turned this into a lentil stew: sautee chopped onion, add liquid and cook lentils partially, add chopped spinach, cook until lentils are soft but not get mushy. Serve as above. Another recent "recipe" I invented recently because I had little in the fridge and didn't want to bother shopping: sautee lots of garlic in olive oil, liberally add red pepper, after a bit add a cup or 2 of peas, I use frozen, sautee some more until peas thawed and mostly cooked, add 14 oz can of *full fat* cocoanut milk, cook som more, eat over long grain rice. Oh, and peanut butter: Sprout's has an inexpensive house brand pure peanut butter, just peanuts and salt. The oil separates so you have to stir thoroughly; I store it upside down in the pantry until use, and after stirring store in the refrigerator. Decent bread and a wee bit of jam with whole milk ... Tip: If you cook a lot of dried legumes, get a pressure cooker. Crockpots are also useful. [Aside: I am very proud to say that when bringing up my daughter part time as a single father she never ate prepared foods, not even for school day breakfasts. (Well, some exceptions: I briefly bought Annie's Mac 'n' Cheese until I decided it wasn't good enough, and we once tried McDonald's chicken nuggets -- she got sick. We did order in pizza occasionally.) She got home-made scrambled eggs and chips in the morning, or real oatmeal, home-made chicken nuggets and chips in the evening, or else home-made mac 'n' cheese or occasionally home made pizza. One recipe she loved, again short of ingredients and unwilling to go to Albertson's 1/4 mile away, was garlic spaghetti: sautee lots of garlic in lots of olive oil, serve over pasta with grated Romano or Parmesan. She would clamor for this when friends visited. Funny, now, she is a very accomplished and very inventive cook; she spontaneously invents interesting recipes based on what ingredients are at hand.] *Very odd, now that I think of it, that this term should come to mean "without practical import" -- I know that this is not *all* that it means, but it does have this meaning in certain uses. So: "academic" has come to mean in part, "Not important except for a few isolated eggheads." Now that's something to think about! On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 8:41 AM Coco Menk <cocom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I've got a couple thoughts for this thread - > > 1) How many of you all have read Grant's *Eat Bacon, Don't Jog*? Anyone > subscribe to his food ideas or any other "alternative" diets? Cyclists tend > to be pretty health-conscious and independent minded, just curious what > kinds of ideas people are jiving with these days. Vegan? No-carb? 100-mile > diet? Anything goes? I love hearing about what works for people. I know > Grant's book has definitely informed my own choices a bit, specifically in > regards to processed sugar and carbs and simpler forms of exercise. (Not > looking to sh** on which diet is working or not working for anyone at this > time! Save that for a different thread) > > 2) I'd love to compile a collection of favorite recipes! What do you make > for yourselves/your families? What's your favorite sandwich you bring on > your bike rides? Any bike tour go-to's? > > 3) If I were to compile the recipes into a nice looking book/zine, would > that be something folks would be interested in purchasing? > > Stay people powered! > xx > Coco > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1a78fbbf-4b55-4ffe-a13e-fbb4b42c9dcfn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1a78fbbf-4b55-4ffe-a13e-fbb4b42c9dcfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other less well defined but still important writing services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage,* *Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like* *A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes* *With words that made them known.* Shakespeare, Tempest, Act 1 Scene 2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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