Re: Pickled Foods /was: Vegetable that Heals Health Benefits of Okra

[Guest guest]

GB,

I am sorry, i am not familiar with ayuverdic medicine.

What is Pitta? Does it mean acidity?

[Guest guest]

I am not so sure if pickling vegetables with plain

salt and cooled down boiled water would make it

acidic.

I have tried pickling real pungent mustard leaves, and

boy, are they strong but delicious. An acquired taste

really. I smelled of " acetone " when i first opened

the jar on the third day of fermentation. But yummy!

[Guest guest]

I'll try to give you a simple explanation. It takes 5 years of study

to be an Ayurvedic doc (vaidya). In fact, some WesternMDs have gone

through the training and say it is much harder than med school. It

is very complicated.

Pitta is fire energy. We all have it but to different degrees. We

need to balance that with the kapha (earth and water makes mud or

physical matter) and vata (air energy which is our mind and thoughts

and nervous system). Of the 3 main digestive tract organs, the sm.

intestine is the one that actually digests food and produces the

digestive " fire " . Tastes like sour, salty, and punguent agravate

pitta or fire. Sweet, bitter and astringent tastes pacify pitta.

GB

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> GB,

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> I am sorry, i am not familiar with ayuverdic medicine.

> What is Pitta? Does it mean acidity?

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[Guest guest]

Sauerkraut is made from cabbage and salt and it turns acidic.It takes

awhile though. I have never tried the mustard leaves. I cannot

comment on the acetone smell though.

GB

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> I am not so sure if pickling vegetables with plain

> salt and cooled down boiled water would make it

> acidic.

>

> I have tried pickling real pungent mustard leaves, and

> boy, are they strong but delicious. An acquired taste

> really. I smelled of " acetone " when i first opened

> the jar on the third day of fermentation. But yummy!

>

>

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