Comments on: Dirty Rice with Italian Sausage

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party venues — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:31:25 +0000

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By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:26:00 +0000

Just wondering if u have published the “Stovetop” style stuffing recipe.

I’m in Oz where it doesn’t exist. I think i might be ready to try that.

I have been fortunate to have a dirty rice recipe but it calls for the innards of chickens which don’t seem to be available here. Chickens come w/o gizzards!! So i have had no gizzards for years and i love them and i love dirty rice. Occassionally livers are available.
many thanks for this.

I may submit a few recipes soon too.

By: Van Santos

Van Santos — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:19:57 +0000

I saw a number of things on localharvest.org that I think I may do as one offs to start, then take the CSA route.

By: JT

JT — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:41:32 +0000

Yes on the meat, yes on the veggies, I assume on the raw milk.

By: Van Santos

Van Santos — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:09:02 +0000

The chemical aspect is something that I’ve been thinking/reading about over the last several months. That said, I was unaware of the devalued nutritional aspect.

@JT – the CSAs, are they organic?

By: Van

Van — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:51:13 +0000

I write this as I am eating peanut M & Ms… but what’s wrong w/ Red #5?

By: JT

JT — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:34:10 +0000

I have actually made a lot of changes to how I “source” my food, for lots of reasons. I’ve mentioned some of it before, but basically I know the people who make/grow most of my food now (stupid Michael Pollan audiobook on a plane ride, before him I was perfectly happy eating soy meal, high fructose corn syrup, red no. 5, and hydrogenated oil for every meal.)

Now my free range organic pork, grass fed and finished beef, and free range chickens come from a farm in Iowa (he also sources fish from small family fisheries in Alaska and Florida).

My fruits and vegetables are delivered to my house every Saturday from 5 different farms.

My raw unpasteurized unhomogenized milk, butter etc. is picked up on Mondays from a Wisconsin farm drop off location in my neighborhood.

My pasta is made by a local lady from semolina from Kansas and my bread is homemade from wheat grown in Central Illinois near where I grew up.

Honey and olives from my sister in law in Califormia.

Except for wine and beer that covers most of my meals. I haven’t been to a grocery store in months and even then its for oil, spices, condiments and the occasional canned or random vegetable.

By: giannakali

giannakali — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:38:17 +0000

chemicals and nutrition…there is evidence that mass farming methods and high degrees of hybridization has diminished nutritional content of food…so does shipping food long distances…buying local is also something I try to do.

also I eat humanely raised animals and eggs and milk all hormone free…I’m very chemically sensitive and I don’t need additional gunk making me unstable…

some pesticides are actually zenoestrogens and I have too much estrogen in any case so I don’t need artificial chemicals raising it higher…I’ve also cut out plastic bottles as they too mess with estrogen.

I also don’t eat soy because it too is high in phytoestrogens.

I actually have a disease that is caused by too much estrogen and all this stuff effects estrogen…it’s really not good for anyone but for me it’s actually noticeable.

By: Van Santos

Van Santos — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:28:16 +0000

I’ve really started to change the habit and I’m slowly moving toward unprocessed as much as possible. You are right, once you do make the switch the processed loses it’s appeal… processes ends up tasting very unhealthy.

Why do you do the organic? Is it a taste issue or because of the chemicals?

By: giannakali

giannakali — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:24:54 +0000

WHOLE FOOD…I’ve been doing it for 3 years now. I don’t touch processed stuff at all. And I do all organic too.

The only boxes I buy now are pasta (brown rice) and I do get few canned items as well, but very few.

Once you make the switch and get used to it the processed stuff really loses it’s appeal. Then again, I never ate much of it in any case, so it wasn’t a horribly hard habit to break.