To be ... to fully be ... THAT is the question.  Whether 'tis nobler to
exclude what is in question ... that is the question.


----- Original Message -----
From: Hans Kylberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] food bar!


> At 15:19 2000-01-08 -0500, Norman wrote:
>
>
> >>   I don't consider geographical location of a food to be reason to
exclude
> >> it from paleo. I would'ent touch the flax seed tho.
> >>      `
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> >>
> >
> >No?!?!?  Then, exactly what are you doing in this list?
> >
>
> I basically agree with Norman, but many on this list do not consider
> ancestry of food species. I basically try to avoid "geographically
> foreign" veggies, but not fruits, unless there is some extra reason
> for it (ex: tomatoes, which I have currently discussed). Bananas?
> It is not possible to get too strict, we do not still live in the
> ice-age african savanna, but have to choose among what is available
> here and now. And there is a lot we can not know for sure.
>
> What we are doing here is, among else, discussing our different views on
> what is paleo and not. If someone is convincing, someone else might change
> his/her view.
>
> Paleo-Hamlet (looking at a pumpkin in his hand): "To eat, or not to eat,
> that is the question!"
>
> - Hans
>