> > Boy, and I thought this was an easy question.
> Maybe
> > next time I'll just start a new religion thread.
>
> LOL!  Sounds to me like oil is paleo according to
> the letter of the
> law, but there's disagreement as to whether or not
> it's paleo
> according to the *spirit* of the law.  ;-)

New motto: Got oil?

> Ha!  I have the same problem.  I've learned to
> substitute raw, organic nuts
> from the local health food store for grains.  How
> about grinding (I use the
> "grind" key on my old blender) up some nuts and
> mixing them with a little
> oil and using it as the crust when baking a no-sugar
> pie?

Here's a couple of web sites that have cookbooks
(actually "un"cookbooks) with what sound like very
healthy recipes for Paleo folks. The sites are both
Natural Hygiene (raw vegan), so take some of what you
read with a grain of salt. http://www.chetday.com and
http://www.hacres.com

> Salads can be made "not dry" with a number of other
> additives. I love
> putting salsa
> >on salads, which makes them "not dry". However, I
> don't think that caveman
> Grog one day said to himself, "Hmmm. Salad too dry.
> I invent oil to fix".
> >
> Caveman Grog was probably not eating too many
> tomatoes either.  Using a
> stone to grind olives seems more paleo to me.

Huh? Why would you assume tomatoes were not eaten and
olives were ground? Are tomatoes "new"? And if
tomatoes were used (eaten), who wouldn't notice that
squeezing them produces a "juice" of sorts? (MMMM
paleo catsup).
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