Going OT with a story] Raw cow milk and eggs--was Re: Grain-Free Crackers using nut or soy pulp

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This reminds me of the story my Mom told of her childhood. I think she

was maybe 6? She was chasing her brother, or being chased by him,

through their house in Cashmere Washington. Their Mom, my Grandma, had a

basin of boiling water under the sink into which she had just tossed a

bunch of potato and other veggie peels, so as it cooled their hired hand

could come get the basin and toss it to the pigs and chickens, warm

enough so the animals could eat it before it froze (winter in Washington

is cold). During the chase, my Mom slipped and fell back first into the

basin of just poured boiled water. Needless to say, she was burned, and

blistered. She said her Mom, my Grandma, put her face down on the sofa

in the living room and made dressings out of butter and not sure what

else, and kept her there face down until she got healed enough to be up.

No infection and Mom literally had NO scars! Mom said that her Uncle, a

doctor later said, the potato peels had absorbed enough of the heat to

save her life and that Grandma did a wonderful job. He was the same

doctor who re-set my Mom's arm after she hit a cut glass door knob and

broke her wrist. I say re-set it because, again, it was mid winter and

they were snowed in so all they could do for a while was splint her on

their own. When Grandpa could get out to bring Uncle/Doctor back,

Grandpa held Mom's arm/elbow, while Uncle/Doctor re-broke the arm and

set it. Can you even imagine that????? Again, she had little to no

arthritis in her arm and lived into her 80's. Amazing how much we need

now that they did without back then.

Velda

On 1/12/2012 6:04 PM, wrote:

> I actually cleared my allergy to eggs, but just avoid them now because I sort

of lost the taste for them. They are a staple for my vegetarian daughter

though, and we are obsessive about avoiding eggs from soy/commercially fed hens.

The man who takes care of my cows has chickens, and we get our eggs from him-he

feeds them free range in the summer and spring, and veggie/fruit scraps and

grains in the winter. It is VERY hard to find chicken feed that isn't also

" medicated " , meaning it is full of antibiotics and steroids! CRAZY what goes

into our food supply! My cows also get hay and wheat straw, but I am allergic

to both of those too, lol.

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>>> Lynn, I have my own cows, but I avoid their milk during the winter, since

they need to eat grains then (gluten DOES pass in to milk of grain fed critters)

During the times I am without raw milk, I use rice, buckwheat or

sunflower/pumpkin seed milk, all of which make a great substitute and are easily

made with the Vitamix. I can't do almonds, but do make that for my

daughter-Vickilynn's recipe for almond milk is great! You can also do chia,

flax, bean or legume milks-all work a charm. (thanks to the Vitamix, that is,

lol)

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[Guest guest]

Hi Velda,

I'm always fascinated to hear real family stories from yesteryear (so much

better than " reality TV " ). Your grandma sounds like she was a tough, no-nonsense

woman, and long-lived, too.

I'm trying to emulate that " old-timey " medical paradigm where much less medical

stuff is much healthier. Five years ago, I quit most of my prescription meds and

OTC meds (mostly ibuprofen and antihistamines for allergies) COLD-TURKEY. At the

same time, I eliminated wheat and most other grain foods, cut way back on sugar

intake, and started consuming raw cow milk and other raw dairy foods. BTW, I

don't recommend the cold-turkey part to other people, but, yes, weaning oneself

off meds using healing foods and nutritional supplements is far superior to

suffering from the ever-present side effects of pharmaceutical meds. At 65

years, the only prescription med. I use now is occasionally two different

inhaled asthma drugs (bronchodilator and corticosteroid). But I am confident

that when I start to increase my intake of raw veggies and fruits (very small

amount of fruits), my general inflammation level will decrease, which should

decrease my asthma symptoms. (Asthma is really a condition caused/exacerbated by

inflammation occurring in the bronchial airways.)

Chronic inflammation, as some of you know, is really a prolonged over-reaction

of one's immune system. The basic solution, then, is to re-balance the immune

system to get rid of this condition. I know Lea Ann is herself currently engaged

in an anti-inflammation effort. This is NOT easy or quick to do, but I believe

that persistence in finding out exactly what works for each person's body is the

key to recovering from chronic inflammation.

My new Vitamix was shipped yesterday and should arrive early next week. So,

re-balancing my immune system will commence shortly! ! (while on

.com) ;-)

Lynn G

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> Amazing how much we need now that they did without back then.

> Velda