Raw Chef Dan

Thailand update

OK OK so these cashews are not raw BUT I just had to try this salad.
Yes we will make it in my Thai Class June 27th and maybe for the dinner
Jun 26th http://www.rawchefdan.com/raw_chef_dan/eventspage.html#RTD

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Rice Pudding in the raw

OK Ok I know I promised you all the Rice Pudding video a few months ago but realized I needed to edit the end first so I sent you another video instead.
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Need a detox and well Ann Wigmore, Tree Of Life... Just too far?

How about upstate NY, like Spencer, NY? Google Map

I can't say that I have been here to tell you how great it is but fashioned of the teachings of Ann Wigmore, it has to be effective and educational.

I say give it a go, at least you don't have to fly to Pueto Rico to find out!
Body Mind Restoration Retreats http://www.bodymindretreats.com/

Are Nuts Seeds? That is the question

Nut is a hard shelled fruit of some plants that has an indehiscent seed. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts. Nuts are an important source of nutrients for both humans and wildlife.

Nuts are a composite of the seed and the fruit, where the fruit does not open to release the seed. Most seeds come from fruits, and the seeds are free of the fruit, unlike nuts like hazelnuts, hickories, chestnuts and acorns, which have a stony fruit wall and originate from a compound ovary. Culinary usage of the term is less restrictive, and some nuts as defined in food preparation, like pistachios and Brazil nuts,^[1] are not nuts in a biological sense. Everyday common usage of the term often refers to any hard walled, edible kernel, as a nut.
Source Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_(fruit)

My question was; can you sprout a walnut or a pecan or a macadamia... ?
I have seen almonds sprout but is it possible to have a pine nut start growing on you?

Well Nuts are indeed seeds but once treated for consumption most will not actually sprout, yes even raw nuts. When a nut comes from a tree it is wet and fibrous inside and very vibrant and viable. To eat them they are dried, mostly at below 100^O F, but dried never the less. Are they dead? Not really, the enzymes and living force is still there but other conditions for germinating and sprouting have all but gone.

To get the skinny an all nuts (that we eat anyway) I am going to send you to my friend's website where all that typing has already been done.
Check it out HERE!
http://www.living-foods.com/articles/nuts.html

Raw Food on international flights --- Really

So I was book a flight and found Swiss international Airlines had a huge food category selection like, Kosher, halal, Plane, and may others but the thing that really stuck out was their 4 selections of Vegetarian, i.e. vegetarian, lacto ovo veg, vegan, and yes Raw Vegetarian. They didn't say Organic but WOW, Raw Food available on flight means. How cool is that?

This is the list online but when I was in the booking aria they offered Raw Vegetarian as one of the selections

Vegetarian Hindu menu Indian-style menu omitting meat, fish, eggs, poultry, lard and gelatine products

Vegetarian Oriental menu Chinese style vegetarian products

Vegetarian Jaina menu Indian style vegetarian meal prepared in accordance with jainistic customs

Vegetarian lacto-ovo menu Contains dairy and egg products, but no meat or fish.

Vegetarian / vegan menu Meat-free Western style meal without dairy products.

Hindu menu Meals are prepared in accordance with religious guidelines.  May contain lamb, poultry or fish. Beef and dairy products are excluded.

Kosher menu Meals are prepared, packed and sealed only by rabbis in accordance with kosher guidelines.

Muslim menu Meals are prepared in accordance with religious guidelines and contain no pork.

Diabetic menu Diet meal without sugar and carbohydrates.  The nutritional values and information are clearly stated.

Bland menu Light, low-fat meals including mildly seasoned lean meat or fish.

Gluten intolerance menu Contains neither cereals (wheat, rye, barley, oats) nor starchy foods.

Low-calorie menu Meals prepared with low-calorie foods.  Meals do not include any pasta, baked goods or products containing cream.

Low-salt menu Mildly seasoned, low-salt, low-sodium meals.

Low-fat menu Ingredients containing minimum levels of fat, no cholesterol.

Lactose-free menu Diet meals containing lactose-free products.

Baby menu (up to 24 months) Consists of a glass of vegetable purée and a glass of fruit purée.

Children‘s menu (2-11 years) A balanced, child-friendly menu without the addition of hot spices.  Some examples: pasta with tomato sauce, chicken nuggets etc.

New Danger in Flying everyone needs to know about

It seams as though up to 60% of all flights can be a sickening exposure to PCBs. Protect yourself with a personal Air Supply. The Gaiam or Wain look like the best choices on the market that I could find




The Boeing 787 is the only plan I could find that did not use
a bleed Air System Read More.

Whole Foods Organics can not be trusted

 A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown
and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA.

The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.

Ractopamine is started as the animal nears slaughter.

How does a drug marked, "Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask" become "safe" in human food? With no washout period?

The drug is banned in Europe, Taiwan and China, and more than 1,700 people have been "poisoned" from eating pigs fed the drug since 1998, but ractopamine is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs and 30 percent of ration-fed cattle.

Sources:

  AlterNet February 2, 2010

Read more at:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/06/why-does-fda-allow-banned-drugs-to-be-fed-to-livestock.aspx

So I just got this today from my friend on Facebook Chef Believe, evidently passed on from Vanessa Johansson http://www.meetup.com/slc-rawfood-superheroes-com/members/5900104/

As I never really trusted Sun Food and their over bloated prices this comes to my inbox. Please read and repost as much as possible.

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I have been meaning to post this for a month now and finally have found a moment to do so.
As some of you know I have been investigating the raw cacao industry and raw powder and butter in particular. You heard it here first that basically every cacao product on the market today is actually cooked, and as of right now Essential Living Foods, Big Tree Organics and the paste from Ultimate Superfoods (not the powder) is actually a raw product.

Well, I have a grand finale to this story. After many conversations and emails I have discovered some important info about Sunfood, David Wolfes company.

First of all, it is not David Wolfes company.

As of at least 12 months ago, it has been owned by Doug Harbison, a non raw foodist non superhero cooked wonder bread old school business executive. David Wolfe makes no money off of Sunfood and owns no stock in Sunfood. He tried to get Sunfood off of cooked chocolate products and the owners would not listen to him. In fact, they have over 8 lawsuits against David Wolfe. 

I spoke to the current owner of Sunfood...

Banned in 160 Nations… Yet Used Widly In The U.S

 A livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown
and 10 percent mortality in pigs has been approved by the FDA.

The beta agonist ractopamine, a repartitioning agent that increases protein synthesis, was recruited for livestock use when researchers found the drug, used in asthma, made mice more muscular.

Ractopamine is started as the animal nears slaughter.

How does a drug marked, "Not for use in humans. Individuals with cardiovascular disease should exercise special caution to avoid exposure. Use protective clothing, impervious gloves, protective eye wear, and a NIOSH-approved dust mask" become "safe" in human food? With no washout period?

The drug is banned in Europe, Taiwan and China, and more than 1,700 people have been "poisoned" from eating pigs fed the drug since 1998, but ractopamine is used in 45 percent of U.S. pigs and 30 percent of ration-fed cattle.

Sources:

  AlterNet February 2, 2010

Read more at:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/03/06/why-does-fda-allow-banned-drugs-to-be-fed-to-livestock.aspx

Do you Buy From Sunfood.com? Better think twice!

So I just got this today from my friend on Facebook Chef Believe, evidently passed on from Vanessa Johansson http://www.meetup.com/slc-rawfood-superheroes-com/members/5900104/

As I never really trusted Sun Food and their over bloated prices this comes to my inbox. Please read and repost as much as possible.

____________________________________________________________________________
I have been meaning to post this for a month now and finally have found a moment to do so.
As some of you know I have been investigating the raw cacao industry and raw powder and butter in particular. You heard it here first that basically every cacao product on the market today is actually cooked, and as of right now Essential Living Foods, Big Tree Organics and the paste from Ultimate Superfoods (not the powder) is actually a raw product.

Well, I have a grand finale to this story. After many conversations and emails I have discovered some important info about Sunfood, David Wolfes company.

First of all, it is not David Wolfes company.

As of at least 12 months ago, it has been owned by Doug Harbison, a non raw foodist non superhero cooked wonder bread old school business executive. David Wolfe makes no money off of Sunfood and owns no stock in Sunfood. He tried to get Sunfood off of cooked chocolate products and the owners would not listen to him. In fact, they have over 8 lawsuits against David Wolfe. 

I spoke to the current owner of Sunfood...