• 1 year ago
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    Is it true that broccoli, cauliflower etc are modern man made products? That seems weird, our ancestors never ate them, they're not in our evolution.

    What exactly did our cave men ancestors eat? Just meat and berries?
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      Editing … Broccoli, cauliflower, kale and brussels sprouts are the result of breeding a wild ancestor cabbage plant (if I remember correctly) to exaggerate certain features. In broccoli the flower buds are fatter for example. They did this in the middle ages I believe. Yes you are in essence eating retarded cabbage. But when it comes down to it it’s not like we cannot eat them because they were cultivated. Most of the foods you eat have been tailored to our liking. Even the animals you eat. They are not like the wild animals they came from. That’s how we do things now I guess. But oh my lord. Who cares about cavemen really? Nobody here is a caveman.
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      Editing … If you really want to know about cavemen there are new techniques to find out more about what ancient people ate. From a recent archaeological study about the mouth micro biome of early humans for example we learnt that even long before agriculture, starchy foods were a very important part of the human diet (so things like your beloved tatties, grains, rice and so on). Amylase, the most abundant protein in our saliva is a digestive enzyme that turns starch into glucose to fuel your body and brain. The streptococcus bacteria binds to amylase and likes to eat the sugars that form in your mouth from starchy foods and it forms a film around your teeth. High amounts of streptococcus bacteria have been found on early human and Neanderthal teeth. These bacteria have been found on early human and Neanderthal remains but not in chimps. So it is something uniquely human. Because starchy foods are mostly in the ground or protected by a hard shell and thus more easily absorbed through cooking and chewing with amylase (that not a lot of animals have mind you, only a hand full) humans probably had that energy dense food source pretty much to themselves because other animals leave those foods alone for the most part. Even Neanderthal teeth have been found that have ancient starch on them that had probably been cooked. So cooking has very probably been with us for a long time and starch as well. We’ve been eating grains long before cultivation. Lots of fiber and plant remains have also been found in ancient poops. Cavemen did not only eat meat and berries. They were eating a whole bunch of things. Probably a greater variety than we do because we typically always buy the same foods.
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      Editing … I googled it. It seems they ate loads of stuff that we don't have anymore because of plant breeding. So like, what foods grow naturally in Europe then? If the world ended and shops and farms and stuff just weren't a thing anymore what would we find to eat wandering the countryside?
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      Editing … Think it’s interesting what this lady says: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlTIL2nSjE She says she has been researching ancient gut microbes and that she has not seen a dramatic change in gut microbes between pre and post agricultural humans but she did see a massive shift in industrial times. So it's probably due to the way we process foods now.
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      Editing … If you want to eat ancient vegetables you can eat dandelions or goutweed.
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      Editing … I was thinking how screwed I'd be. I'd have to hunt dogs and cats or something or I'd starve to death.
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      Editing … I think you would die anyway since you seem so pessimistic about your survival and are not thinking in opportunities. So the dogs and cats will eat your carcass instead. I think if any caveman were around now they would be raiding our cities to get Cheetos and McNuggets and they would become obese and addicted to Netflix within half a year.
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      Editing … I don't think there's much nutrition in dandelions. I could eat a whole garden full of them and not be full.
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      Editing … I CARE ABOUT CAVEMEN
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      Editing … You mean calories. Not many calories in dandelions but lots of nutrition. But who eats vegetables for calories? You cannot eat enough leaves to get enough energy for the day. You don't eat leafy greens for energy but for fiber, vitamins, minerals and all that good stuff. They are nutrition without the calories. They are the opposite of empty calories. Perfect for all dorito addicts that need to rehabilitate their gut.
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    I did it! I fucking did it!! I only went and convinced Claire to have a meat free tea! We had pasta in tomato sauce with a garlic bread and salad.

    Might try pushing it now and try to get 1 a week in.
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      Editing … carb coma
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      Editing … Chicken curry for tea tonight. She's talking about hot dogs on friday, there's definitely no meat in hot dogs. Teeth and hooves and arseholes aren't technically meat, just animal parts.
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      Editing … Ah, thank you. I was tempted to have hot dogs lately. You snapped me out of it.
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      Editing … They so tasty though with mustard mmmmm...... I'm having them Friday!
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    I told Iz she will be big and strong and really clever if she eats all her veg. She said I'm already big and clever.

    Touché ya little cunt.

    And apparently I once told her chips(potatoes) are veg and so are beans and she eats chips and beans.

    This is karma, this is God's way of telling me I was a little cunt too.
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    This is interesting: https://youtu.be/fD07raxrJVo
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      Editing … I didn't really learn anything by this vid, and my veg diet is pretty much solid. Maybe I could eat kale and spinach a bit more often but apart from that I seem to be getting everything I need just fine. It was interesting to see it all laid out in view though.
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    I'm cooking cauliflower, broccoli and sweet potatoes at 0730am.

    I'm out-klemoibing klemoib.
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      Editing … Congrats! I had porridge with water, cinnamon, apple, flaxseed, raisins and walnuts for breakfast. I have that almost every day. It might be boring to eat the same thing every day but I feel really great after I eat that. The apple is the best. It tastes fantastic after I put the apple in the slightly cooled porridge. Then the apple warms up a bit but it is not cooked to death. I eat my veggies throughout the rest of the day. For some reason I’m just condittioned that I need to eat something like cereal for breakfast. But sometimes I have soup in the morning if I have some left over. Soup is probably my favourite food. Soup with bread and hummus on top and the dip the bread in the soup. I could eat that every day. Oh I want some now……
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      Editing … I have some mulligatawny soup in the cupboard just waiting for me, I'm quite excited about it, I love dipping bread in my soup. I only ate those veggies for breakfast because they were well past their dates and I bought a whole new bunch of veg yesterday for next week. I aint wasting any food in this house!
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      Editing … I could do with some new veg to eat. What goes well with everything and is really easy and quick to prepare?
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      Editing … I dunno. I usually just get bell peppers, carrot, onion, spring onion, oyster mushrooms and maybe thinly sliced broccoli or brussel sprouts and cut them up and pop them into the air fryer. I just use the veggies I like and think go well together. Then sometimes I toss some noodles in afterwards. Courgette and eggplant are also nice if you bake them in the pan. I like spinach and kale too. Mini tomatoes and cucumber I just snack on or put on bread as a topping.
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      Editing … Aw man I get all that stuff already. I was hoping for a secret super veg
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      Editing … It was kind of funny. At my birthday I got lots of junk food but I also cut up raw carrot, cucumber and mini tomatoes just for the healthy option. I expected my little nephew to just munch away at all the junk food because he is spoilt and in his house veggies are always an afterthought, but my nephew actually willingly ate a lot of veggies. Everyone actually ate a lot of veggies. Just the fact that they had been cut up and placed in front of them made people want to eat vegetables out of their own free will, for a moment forgoing the many tasty junk foods. I think it really is just laziness and the inability to properly spice up vegetable dishes that puts people off of vegetables (maybe also the price?). Vegetable take by far the longest to prepare but when they are finally done and brought up to taste they are delicious. I wish I had been brought up with this veggie knowledge.
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      Editing … If you are looking for a secret super veg look at traditional forgotten veggies. There are many you have never heard of and are difficult to find in regular supermarkets. Even something simple as the bulb of a celery plant is stranger than most veggies.
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      Editing … what about turnips?
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      Editing … salsify?
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      Editing … black radish?
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  • 2 years ago
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    I just bought a load. I haven't had any for a week!
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      Editing … There's nothing like a fresh load of vegetables ripe for the airfryer.
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      Editing … With chicken!
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      Editing … NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :-O
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      Editing … Same again tonight, a chicken dinner. This time I'm adding root veg mash.
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      Editing … I'm trying to cook carrots in the air fryer
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      Editing … I need carrot cooking tips oh wise veggie master. Mine were crap.
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      Editing … lol it's not hard. Cut them in thinner strips or rounds cover in oil and then pop them in and you get roasted carrot. It tastes different from boiled. I chop my veggies into chunks cover in oil. Then 180 Celsius for 9 to 12 minutes depending on how many veggies there are. Stir halfway.
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      Editing … I did rounds but I put them on 200 degrees. They weren't soft enough for me and started to burn slightly. I think 180 might be better
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      Editing … yeah that sounds like you need a lower temp.
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      Editing … Thank god for your veggie wisdom. You should charge for your services and we can all enjoy tasty carrots whilst you get rich.
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  • 3 years ago
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    The absolute best thing ever, 7/10
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      Editing … Except sprouts UGH! minging little balls of evil
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    Favo(u)rite vegetables, go!
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      Editing … Corn, onion, turnip/swede, brussels sprouts, mushrooms
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      Editing … Top 5 because I don't eat a lot of veg.
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      Editing … #FatGamer #Sugaraddict
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      Editing … Also I appreciate the u
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      Editing … And I appreciate "U" <3
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      Editing … Mushrooms count?? That's dirty. Mushrooms at first place. If potato and sweet potato count then they are 2nd and 3rd. Followed by broccoli, carrots, onions, lettuce, cucumbers/pickles, brussel sprouts, bell peppers.
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      Editing … I used to like broccoli, but for some reason I've gone off it. It's weird how your tastes change.
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      Editing … Oh and BEETS. Remind me to buy some. I still have yet to eat any since I started cooking for myself as opposed to eating takeout.
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      Editing … Oh damn, beets are great.
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      Editing … In no particular order: corn, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, and onion
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