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15 years ago
baltochef
The horizontal Benrinner spiral slicing tool is the better of the spiral slicers until one gets into the $300.00 plus range for professional kitchen tools..
The blades for the horizontal slicer are approximately twice as thick as the blades for the vertical model..This means that the prongs of the blades are less likely to bend (they all bend, even the super expensive blades) as the cook pushe
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
Polycarbonate plastics are rigid..They are not, as a general rule, designed to withstand cold temperatures very well..Their molecular structure fractures easily when cold, much easier than at room temperatures..And, most polycarbonate plastics break fairly easily at room temps..
Bruce
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
iLIVE
I need more info from you if I am going to give you proper advice..
Where do you live??..
How is the climate where you live??..
What growing zone (North America) do you live in??..
What is your annual average rainfall??..
Are there micro climates in your zone that might dictate the fruits & vegetables that it is possible to grow??..
Do you live on a piece of land that you own
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
The things that I wrote about concerning apples in the above post also apply to virtually all species of fruits & vegetables now available for sale in the United States..This applies, as well, to tropical & temperate fruits & vegetables being grown in other parts of the planet for export sale to the United States & other countries wealthy enough to import produce..
Large-scale
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
The thing about our modern system of growing food is that variety as far as cultivars has been reduced drastically compared to when I was a child..
There is a greater variety of fruits & vegetables available for purchase in our grocery stores in the year 2008 as far as differing species are concerned compared to the year 1960, when I was 6 years old..But, the number of cultivars within eac
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
Sunshine
I think that you are on to something with the minerals..When Western scientists first studied the Hunza peoples living high up in the Himalayan mountains to try & determine why they had such a high ratio of people living into their 80's, 90's, & 100's they came to the following conclusions..
1. Their hearts were substantially larger (some were 50-60% larger than people liv
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
Any weapon that fires a metallic cartridge has its muzzle rise upwards when fired..This is the results of physics..It happens with all weapons regardless of whether it is a handgun, rifle, shotgun, sub-machine gun, machine gun, canon..It happens regardless of the caliber of the weapon being fired..The larger the weapon's bore, the greater the muzzle rise..
The Uzi is considered a sub-machine g
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
Raised beds with new soil over top of the infected or polluted soil are only a temporary solution..Unless the raised beds are 24" deep the roots of many plants will extend downwards through the good soil & start pulling nutrients & pollutants from the bad soil..
It sometimes takes as long as 7 years to clean up really polluted soil by continuous cover cropping..And, of course, the
Forum: Sprouting and Organic Gardening 15 years ago
baltochef
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden supply has small quantities of all the items I mentioned for sale..
Bruce
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
Most bone meal formulations have approximately 3% Nitrogen 6-15% Phosphorus 0% Potassium content..When planting mums & bulbs in the fall you are trying to encourage root growth so as to establish the plant & give it the best possible chance of surviving the winter months..Any high-quality compost made with vegetation in the proper proportions of green to brown matter should have the nitro
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
The difference between Iraq & Vietnam is that the media had pretty much unrestricted access to anyplace in Vietnam that they wanted to go to report on the war..They were limited mostly by their own fear of death, by their willingness to go into hot areas where fighting was fierce, & not by the military..In Iraq the military learned it's Vietnam & Gulf War lessens well & has limite
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
Bumping this thread..
Has anyone else made & used this recipe for laundry soap??..
After doing 12 or so tubs of laundry I can state with certainty that I am quite happy with the results from using this laundry soap recipe..
After doing further research on the Fels Naptha bar soap that is recommended in the Family Homestead link that coco provided in her OP; I have come to the conclus
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
communitybuilder
Instead of posting trite one-liners, why not post an intelligent response explaining why you have chosen to take supplements..
Explain to the forum what supplement(s) you take..What differences, before & after, these supplements have made in your life..Any information that you might feel that would help another raw vegan..Let newcomers to the forum seeking advice &
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
richard blackman Wrote:
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> Hey Bruce...
>
> Yeah the problem is that it's the wheel that
> squeeks the loudest that gets the oil!...it's
> always the negative folks that get heard, the
> successful folks go about their business or they
> get over looked. I think that if people took more
> notice of the raw fo
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
richard blackman Wrote:
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> Good points Bruce....
>
> The same can be said for a lot of people in the
> raw community, they can be very hateful too....one
> thing I've noticed with a collective of people and
> their diets is that some MEAT EATERS will hate on
> the VEGETARIANS and some of the VEGETARIANS will
>
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
Because it threatens the very core of their belief system..The existence of those who are obviously healthier, & often happier, is an affront to those whose food choices are causing them to be unwell..The majority of humans are incapable of remaining silent in the face of anything or anyone that threatens their core beliefs..
When you take a real hard look at all of the religious wars that
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
What I find interesting about the entire modern-day career versus motherhood argument is that those societies in the past that afforded women the opportunity to participate in every aspect of daily life, to include being hunters & warriors, treated every child in the society as if each & every man & woman in the society was that child's mother, father, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, gr
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
Sunflower
No, I was not referring to you in my last post, although I can see why you might have thought so with my second post coming on the heels of yours..
I was referring to the many prominent folks within the raw community that cannot seem to make up their minds on exactly what they espouse as far as the foods that should comprise a raw vegan diet..
After 2 years of intense everyday
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
Other than the negative effects that cacao has on my brain & body, I have to take issue with cacao for another reason..
It is pretty much accepted across the board within the raw community that all drugs & foods that stimulate the brain & that have addictive properties are to be avoided..People transitioning from a cooked food diet into a raw vegan diet are encouraged, implored wit
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
Well, I've done 6 tubs of laundry with the newly created laundry soap..So far I'm pleased with the results..I do, however, want to make the next batch with the Fels Naptha bar soap instead of the Ivory bar soap..Some of the web sites I visited recommended rubbing the Fels Naptha bar soap onto stains as a pre-wash stain removal technique..So, I'd like to try it for removing stubborn stains, as wel
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
When you look at cacao in the countries that it is native to you don't find very many animals or birds feeding on it..That should be the first indication of it's suitability for use as a food for humans..Then, when you look at it's chemical make-up you find that the majority of it's chemical constituents are not vitamins, minerals, enzymes, etc. that are necessary for everyday human cellular acti
Forum: Living and Raw Foods Discussion (Vegan) 15 years ago
baltochef
coco
Interesting indeed!!..
I wonder if this technique will prevent her first two teeth from being extra long??..You know, like FANGS!!!!..LOL..
Bruce
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
So, I'm now on my third tub of laundry today using the home-made, semi-gel laundry soap that I made up yesterday afternoon..So far, I can discern no appreciable difference in cleaning power between the home-made laundry soap & the commercially-manufactured Bio-Pac liquid laundry detergent..
If this works out over the long run, as it seems that it might, it will reduce my per tub detergent
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
Soapnuts are to be my next experiment as far as laundry is concerned..They are available in the USA, but at widely varying prices..I'm on a strict budget right now, so I'm not willing to spend the money to purchase them..I want to purchase a large amount at the best possible price so I can experiment with them..My only concern is that they are not native to North America..So, from a green perspec
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
OK
So I put in the first tub of laundry using the homemade laundry soap per the recipe in coco's first post..I washed sheets, pillowcases, towels, wash cloths, & dish towels..
I'll post my variation on the recipe below..I used an accurate kitchen scale that weighs in grams or ounces to measure the bar soap & powders..
In a 3 qt. saucepan I placed:
60g (2/3's of a bar) plain Iv
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
I could not find the Fels Naptha soap at my local grocery store..They used to carry it, but no longer..I could order a case, which would give me enough Fels Naptha bar soap to make batches of the laundry soap that would last for at least a decade..I purchased the plain Ivory bar soap..I went ahead & made up a batch of the laundry soap per the instructions on the End Times Report website in co
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
coco
If I can find the bar soap at my local Giant grocery store today I'm going to be making a batch later this afternoon..I have a single clear 1-gallon jug that's empty that the Bio-Pac detergent came in, & I'll just transfer the white vinegar in it's clear 1-gallon jug into other containers so as to free up a second jug..
I'm already using both the Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
coco
Can I take it from this post that you have made & are using this laundry soap??..If so, how do you like it??..
Back in 1998 I made bar soap from scratch with olive oil & lye purchased from the hardware store..I've still got all the equipment except for a digital postage scale, which is needed to accurately weigh the ingredients, especially the lye..It was a fascinating thing to
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
I have a cousin that before she was capable of speaking coherent words in the form of complete thoughts, was able to sing in their entirety the jingles for the toys & foods that she watched on television both pitch perfect & word perfect..
This was due to the fact that my aunt was of the first generation of mothers that felt it was OK to use the TV as a distraction, read baby sitter..
Forum: Other Topics (not health related) 15 years ago
baltochef
From June of 1976, when I was inducted into the U.S. Army, until July of 1983, when I moved from Anchorage, Alaska back to Baltimore, Maryland; I was basically television-free..It was only during the last year that I had part-time access to a TV..When I did not have a TV, I found things to do whenever I was not working..At the very least, I read books..I played 8-Ball billiards, I rode a bicycle,
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