I wrote earlier about how much I love cashews, and a reader of this blog kindly pointed out a MAJOR issue with cashews. You can bet I am switching to peanuts or pork rinds or something. Wow, this world is harsh. See below!!!
I LOVE CASHEWS and why YOU should too!
Seriously, is there anything better????? Holy cow. Cashews provide EVERYTHING YOU NEED to be healthy (well almost everything), and did you know that there is a socially responsible aspect to cashews?? Just look at what Intersnack is doing: http://www.intersnack.com/responsibility/social-responsibility/. Wow. I will never eat this little moon shaped golden colored crunchy again without thinking about these people:
Cashew cultivation in West Africa
One-third of all cashew nuts come from Africa. Most African cashew farmers live in poverty due to the primitive agricultural system and processes. As a partner, Intersnack supports the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the GIZ (the German foreign aid organisation www.giz.de) in the endeavour to improve the livelihood of 150.000 cashew farmers in the West African countries of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin and in Mozambique. A key objective of the project is to enable the farmers to increase their annual salary by at least $100. Furthermore, the project will create 5.500 jobs in cashew processing.
Eating Rocks?? A REAL dinner challenge to serve REAL food - PICA??
Well, this is a first. I am just a couple months into my journey to eat REAL, and guess who is coming to dinner? One hint, it's not Sidney Poitier (if you think it's a challenge to me to cook a meal for one of this country's finest actors, you're nuts!). No, it's a cousin of a friend of mine who has PICA -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder). Bottle gourds and backyard raised chickens won't cut it with this guy. So here I am, looking up every recipe in a PICA cookbook and they all sounds disgusting. How do you serve someone REAL food who doesn't eat food??
I will NOT serve crushed rocks or animal feces to anyone at my house. That is NOT hygienic. But what about dirt? I will probably need to get my soil tested for hazardous substances, but I am thinking something like a "mud-pie". Why not? I mean the one dairy queen serves probably has more chemicals in it than the soil in my backyard. I know this sounds crazy, but I would rather be thoughtful and respectful for my dinner guest and help him eat something healthy within his rather odd dietary restrictions. Kosher, gluten-free, or PICA...I think these people all deserve access to REAL eating.
I am NOT condoning PICA, and if you think you suffer from PICA, please get help (maybe here http://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/pica). But if you just can't help yourself, than at least eat safely! Wish me luck this Sat night. Have absolutely no clue what to do for beverages.
I will NOT serve crushed rocks or animal feces to anyone at my house. That is NOT hygienic. But what about dirt? I will probably need to get my soil tested for hazardous substances, but I am thinking something like a "mud-pie". Why not? I mean the one dairy queen serves probably has more chemicals in it than the soil in my backyard. I know this sounds crazy, but I would rather be thoughtful and respectful for my dinner guest and help him eat something healthy within his rather odd dietary restrictions. Kosher, gluten-free, or PICA...I think these people all deserve access to REAL eating.
I am NOT condoning PICA, and if you think you suffer from PICA, please get help (maybe here http://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/pica). But if you just can't help yourself, than at least eat safely! Wish me luck this Sat night. Have absolutely no clue what to do for beverages.
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