Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[txdon]

I heard about this too. While I'm overrun with hogs, I do like to process a few of the small ones to eat. What concerns me is what if someone nearby poison them and ends up on my dinner table.

135 mg/kg-1 of sodium nitrite is a lethal dosage for a hog.
Sodium nitrite lethal dosage for a 143 lb person is 71 mg/kg.

Question: What does the "-1" mean on the mg/kg-1 ?

 

[farmgirl19]

jinman; I think eating whatever sounds and taste good to you is the best thing. I know the oncology wards always encourage you to eat, and don't care what, as long as you keep eating. Chemo takes a lot out of you, as some of you know firsthand, and those that eat seem to do better than those that do not.

If you want bacon to go with your tomatoes, enjoy!!!

 

[TomSeller]

So ... I spend all day cutting hay and come home to SAUERKRAUT PIZZA .. I've got a suspicious feeling Cher has been in the Marquita's ... The glass ... The mix ... The tequila ... The lime .. The salt ... Oh life is good!!!

This is a new one for me, I have never heard of sauerkraut pizza and I am a sauerkraut fan. Sounds great. Is this a Texas thing?

 

[NativeSon]

jinman; I think eating whatever sounds and taste good to you is the best thing. I know the oncology wards always encourage you to eat, and don't care what, as long as you keep eating. Chemo takes a lot out of you, as some of you know firsthand, and those that eat seem to do better than those that do not.

If you want bacon to go with your tomatoes, enjoy!!!

FG & jinman--I second the motion to season your tomatoes with Bacon. When our tomatoes first started coming out of the garden I made BLT's for Denise & I for dinner one night. Best BLT's in the world with homegrown tomatoes..... Well, as she's finishing dinner I asked her if she wanted another. When they are that good there should be a 2 Sand. minimum. A pound of bacon is perfect for 4 Sandwiches. Another of her favorites is "Grilled Cheese and Bacon Sandwich" with Tomatoes in the middle......Let's see Cheese, bacon, and tomatoes, oh yeah.

Charlie

 

[Western]

Charlie, that sounds good, I have had the bacon and g cheese and it is awesome, tomato and bacon as well, both great "samiches". Since I quite eating "poke" though, no more for me:laughing:

 

[farmgirl19]

This might be more scientific information about diet and food than most want to read, but I throw it out here because it is relevant.

GNOLLS.ORG - Home of J. Stanton and The Gnoll Credo

 

[txdon]

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn has just finished another study on heart disease which will be published soon. No changes for me. Yesterday my Cardiologist gave me the thumbs up on my annual, and next month I continue year two of the Century Study. Nothing like being in the middle knowing the decision you make will be the difference between life and death and then seeing results to really appreciate a plant based diet.

 

[blueriver]

This is a new one for me, I have never heard of sauerkraut pizza and I am a sauerkraut fan. Sounds great. Is this a Texas thing?

Nope it's my wife's thing ... She's been making them for yrs ... Be sure to drain the sauerkraut very well .. Add any ingredients you want and put it in the oven just like any other pizza

 

[farmgirl19]

I'm not changing my diet either, TxDon. I am active and healthy. If you could allow yourself bacon, you would find that the bacon BlueRiver has raised to be absolutely awesome!!! Has me almost ready to try to raise my own!! Just easier to let him do it, especially after he had to go out in the cold to tend to the farrowing sows last winter!

Here is an article on nitrites that you might find interesting. Be careful about eating those veggies!

Sodium Nitrite

 

[farmgirl19]

Nope it's my wife's thing ... She's been making them for yrs ... Be sure to drain the sauerkraut very well .. Add any ingredients you want and put it in the oven just like any other pizza

Tell her that she managed to get a lot of us addicted to that, after you shared the idea with us a few months ago!! :licking:

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Don we are happy that you are happy. We do like having you around. The worst thing that can happen is when someone has to make a change in their lives and they hate it.

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn has just finished another study on heart disease which will be published soon. No changes for me. Yesterday my Cardiologist gave me the thumbs up on my annual, and next month I continue year two of the Century Study. Nothing like being in the middle knowing the decision you make will be the difference between life and death and then seeing results to really appreciate a plant based diet.

 

[txdon]

I'm not changing my diet either, TxDon. I am active and healthy. If you could allow yourself bacon, you would find that the bacon BlueRiver has raised to be absolutely awesome!!! Has me almost ready to try to raise my own!! Just easier to let him do it, especially after he had to go out in the cold to tend to the farrowing sows last winter!

Here is an article on nitrites that you might find interesting. Be careful about eating those veggies!

Sodium Nitrite

Be careful what you post, remember do no harm. I know it's confusing but the very short videos below will clarify it for you.

Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients? | NutritionFacts.org

Vegetables Rate by Nitrate | NutritionFacts.org

Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad? | NutritionFacts.org

When Nitrites Go Bad | NutritionFacts.org

Hearts Shouldn't Skip a Beet | NutritionFacts.org

http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bacon-and-botulism/

 

[farmgirl19]

I'm not doing any harm, TxDon. However, you pushing things condoned by the pharmaceutical companies, telling you to lower your cholesterol might be harming many. And while you are spouting about your doctor's beliefs, remember, his training, as well as his yearly Continuing Education, is all sponsored and taught by those on the payroll of the pharmaceutical (and indirectly thru them, food) companies. Following such is truly a conflict of interest, not really using one's brain!

Sort of reminds me of the story about the guy and gal out necking behind the bushes. The guy asks, "Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?" To which she relied, "You bet I would!" Then the guy asks, "Would you sleep with me for a quarter?" To which the girl replied, "What do you think I am?"

The guy calmly relied, "Honey, we've already established what you are. Now we are just haggling over the price."

Most doctors have their price, no matter if they admit it or not. And the big companies, be it pharmaceutical or food (Monsanto, Cargill, etc), etc., buy the doctors with luncheons, vacations and many other amenities. Next time you are at your doctor's office, (which seems to be awfully frequently for someone that is as healthy as you claim to be), ask him/her who sponsors their studies.

 

[blueriver]

Well I for one don't know about all the hog wash written on the great big web ... I do know however when my name comes up in a post .. Either intended to be related or not .. I will stand my ground about my BACON!!!

Read all you want but remember this ... Every hog on this farm is all natural 100% non GMO fed pork .. No injections, antibiotics, hormones ... The best of the best .. Whatever you eat veggies or meat you owe it to yourself to each the best available !!!

 

[farmgirl19]

BlueRiver; Would you please PM me when you have more of those hogs going to slaughter? I still say that is the best bacon that I have had in many years. My only complaint is that I did buy enough!!

As far as continuing arguing with TxDon, well, I think we just have to agree to disagree. I could go thru your most recent list, but I will not.

1. I do not have time. I am going to be airborne at daybreak! Going to have a little fun before work!

2. I do not want to make the Texas Thread a food debate thread. Making this thread about food and diet will only serve to make it a slow and less participated in thread. It has already lost a lot of great, fun postings and participation from some regulars, after the zealous moderating it received last winter.

Make it a great day!!

 

[txdon]

Have a great day flying FG19. looks like a good day to be up in the sky. I have to take a sink apart to replace a hot water heater, going back with a tankless - I'd rather be tractoring.

 

[blueriver]

Don ... My understanding is that some nitrates come from the curing process of bacon ... Our body itself produces them.. . I also understand that our own saliva has more nitrates and we take in nitrates every time we sallow. A lot of different controversy on the subject .. As Forest said ... That's all I got to say about that !!

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I used to know an old guy whose favorite saying was, "If I had a farm in Texas and a home in ****, I'd sell the farm and go home."

 

[bindian]

I used to know an old guy whose favorite saying was, "If I had a farm in Texas and a home in ****, I'd sell the farm and go home."

What, does that suppose to mean?
Brandi