Doe
05-11-2007, 04:56 PM
Welcome to RFT and congradulations on your 6 days raw. I found your post below in another thread.
Questions: I love potatoes. Are potatoes possible on a raw diet? Is there any way to make a potato from the raw state? What about vinegars are they raw? What about Beans? It is so great having you guys! So far this is day 6 for me and I love it but I don't want to get bored and can't afford to buy the book yet. I went to half price books but they didn't have it.
Some people like fresh raw potatoes. When she was growing up my daughter used to steal piecss out of the colander before I cooked them. I asked her about it once and she said she always waited until after they were washed because it removed the starch. She is plum happy to this day to slice a potato, wash it good, and eat it just like that.
If that doesn't appeal to you, there are lots of recipes for chips here. they do require a dehydrator. Wal-Mart has some for around $37 I believe. If you check yard sales, thrift stores, or even www.freecycle.com (http://www.freecycle.com) they are easy to find second hand. I found that after dehydrating, if a little water were added to rehydrate they tasted very much like cooked.
I do not personally use any kind of vinegar. Alissa sells raw cider vinegar I believe. Just click raw foods in the menu on the left of the screen.
Raw beans are the hard ones that can be planted. Some of them can be sprouted and eaten. I do not do this either. Some of them are poisonous. It would probably be best to get sprouting seeds from the Health Food Store because they will be edible varieties.
As for not wanting to get bored, just go to the produce section and look carefully at each item, try the things you've never eaten before. You will soon find many things you just love and not be concerned about boredom.
Until you can buy the book you might try the library. If they don't have it, ask if it can be ordered through the Inter Library Loan System. I've gotten many books that way.
Hope some of this helps,
teri
Questions: I love potatoes. Are potatoes possible on a raw diet? Is there any way to make a potato from the raw state? What about vinegars are they raw? What about Beans? It is so great having you guys! So far this is day 6 for me and I love it but I don't want to get bored and can't afford to buy the book yet. I went to half price books but they didn't have it.
Some people like fresh raw potatoes. When she was growing up my daughter used to steal piecss out of the colander before I cooked them. I asked her about it once and she said she always waited until after they were washed because it removed the starch. She is plum happy to this day to slice a potato, wash it good, and eat it just like that.
If that doesn't appeal to you, there are lots of recipes for chips here. they do require a dehydrator. Wal-Mart has some for around $37 I believe. If you check yard sales, thrift stores, or even www.freecycle.com (http://www.freecycle.com) they are easy to find second hand. I found that after dehydrating, if a little water were added to rehydrate they tasted very much like cooked.
I do not personally use any kind of vinegar. Alissa sells raw cider vinegar I believe. Just click raw foods in the menu on the left of the screen.
Raw beans are the hard ones that can be planted. Some of them can be sprouted and eaten. I do not do this either. Some of them are poisonous. It would probably be best to get sprouting seeds from the Health Food Store because they will be edible varieties.
As for not wanting to get bored, just go to the produce section and look carefully at each item, try the things you've never eaten before. You will soon find many things you just love and not be concerned about boredom.
Until you can buy the book you might try the library. If they don't have it, ask if it can be ordered through the Inter Library Loan System. I've gotten many books that way.
Hope some of this helps,
teri