Re: Beginner Here.. Legal foods question

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At 04:11 PM 11/10/2008, you wrote:

1) Are Chia seeds

ok?

No -- most seeds are heavy in lignins.

2) Is Kombucha tea ok? ( if it

is pure with nothing added)

No. It's a great probiotic (I used it myself, pre-SCD), but it's a mix of

yeasts and bacterias, and is not a good idea until significant healing

has taken place.

3) Is Barley grass juice powder

legal?

No. Barley grass juice, if you make sure all the seed coats are removed

from each individual blade, then juice the grass, could be legal if

properly diluted. (Full strength WILL give a body the runs. Tried it.)

With a commercial powder, you don't know what else they might have added

to it during the processing, or how many of the seed hulls may have

gotten dried and ground in.

4) Why are Hemp seeds illegal?

All seeds are heavy in lignins which are difficult for us to

process.

5) also, I am in Newport Beach

CA, does anyone know where I can get Organic Dry curd cheese?

Can't help you with this one. Closest I came to organic DCCC was a

product made by a local dairy which is not being made since Hurricane

Katrina. But then I found regular DCCC and haven't worried too much

about. Most of the time, I still use yogurt cheese from my homemade

yogurt.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

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> 5) also, I am in Newport Beach CA, does anyone know where I can get

> Organic Dry curd cheese?

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> thanks,

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> Ron

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Hi Ron,

Welcome to the group and to SCD. It WILL seem overwhelming and

incredibly restrictive at first, but I can testify to the absolute

healing that occurs! And ... it DOES get easier.

If you have a Gelson's Market in your area, they should carry DCCC.

It is produced by Friendship Dairies and the Gelson's here in Ventura

County where I live calls it " hoop cheese. " They don't typically

carry large quantities, but I've learned that I can call the person

who manages their speciality cheeses and they will order me a full

loaf (usually about 3lbs or so) and that also gives me a 10%

discount. The stuff is not cheap, but it freezes really well. I don't

really care for it, so I don't use it much except to make zucchini

lasagna (as a replacement for ricotta). For the cheesecake in the

intro diet, I always used well-dripped half and half yogurt instead

of DCCC. But if your wife liked cottage cheese, she'll like DCCC.

Good luck!

Kathy

UC since 12/05

SCD since 7/07

med-free since 7/08

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> It is produced by Friendship Dairies and the Gelson's here in Ventura

> County where I live calls it " hoop cheese. "

I just picked up some Friendship Dairies Farmer cheese (is this the

same thing as this hoop cheese?) and it does not say it's organic.

Their web site didn't specify either.

> For the cheesecake in the intro diet, I always used well-dripped half and half

> yogurt

What's half and half yogurt?

Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08

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>> It is produced by Friendship Dairies and the Gelson's here in Ventura

>> County where I live calls it " hoop cheese. "

>

> I just picked up some Friendship Dairies Farmer cheese (is this the

> same thing as this hoop cheese?) and it does not say it's organic.

> Their web site didn't specify either.

It's not organic - doesn't have to be. Don't know about hoop cheese.

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>> For the cheesecake in the intro diet, I always used well-dripped

>> half and half

>> yogurt

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> What's half and half yogurt?

Yogurt made from half and half instead of plain milk.

Mara

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> > I just picked up some Friendship Dairies Farmer cheese (is this the

> > same thing as this hoop cheese?) and it does not say it's organic.

> > Their web site didn't specify either.

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> It's not organic - doesn't have to be. Don't know about hoop cheese.

The original question was about organic -- just thought I'd mention it...

> > What's half and half yogurt?

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> Yogurt made from half and half instead of plain milk.

Ah, now I get it. I assume you like this better than just with milk?

Cheers,

DF in MA

UC June '07

SCD Nov '08

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>>> I just picked up some Friendship Dairies Farmer cheese (is this the

>>> same thing as this hoop cheese?) and it does not say it's organic.

>>> Their web site didn't specify either.

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>> It's not organic - doesn't have to be. Don't know about hoop cheese.

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> The original question was about organic -- just thought I'd mention

> it...

I guess I didn't see that message yet.

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>>> What's half and half yogurt?

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>> Yogurt made from half and half instead of plain milk.

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> Ah, now I get it. I assume you like this better than just with milk?

It's yummy - also yogurt made with cream or any combo thereof of

cream/milk/half and half. For a while I was making this yogurt

from two parts goat milk and one part heavy cream that was just

yum.

But they all have their purposes. Depends on for what.

Mara

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> I just picked up some Friendship Dairies Farmer cheese (is this the

> same thing as this hoop cheese?)

The easiest way to tell if it's the right stuff is that the nutrition

label should show 0 carbs and when you open it up, it will crumble into

curds that look just like dry cottage cheese. There are a lot

of " Farmers Cheese " packages out there, but none of them are crumbly

except the real " dry curd cottage cheese " . I bought a couple

of " Farmer's Cheese " packages, but the cheese seemed more like

mozzerrella or Jack, so I knew it wasn't the right stuff. I threw away

more than one thing early in the diet. ;-)

I discovered that the Gelson's " hoop cheese " was the right stuff simply

by looking at the Friendship Dairies website (posted by another member)

and looking at the package in Gelson's. I took it home, opened it up,

and it crumbled ... it tasted like dry cottage cheese ... and I

said " yeck, this must be it. " (I never did like cottage cheese.)

Kathy