On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Amadeus Schmidt wrote: > You are right, of course. Just red meat *alone* is. > Well - I admit, I said this to cause a little thinking about the difference > of paleo meat and meat of today. > From the one (agro-meat) you can eat as much as you want. > From the other (paleo meat), you have to fear that rabbit starvation. > More different than it looks at first blush. Agreed. Of course, the paleo-meat statement has to be qualified according to fat content. When animal fat was available, it would have been consumed completely. As you (and Ray) state, agro-meat is bred and raised to have a fat content similar to that of cold-climate megafauna. The fat *composition* is different, of course. That's the point stressed by you and Cordain, and somewhat neglected by Ray. > Alas, with paleo-veggies it's similar. Today's veggies are also rather > modified. Mostly also in the direction energy-dense. Yes. > Roots and tuber seem a good savannah tip. Ben's (ex.?) favourites. > Where can we find things like this? > http://biology.uindy.edu/Biol345/LECTURE18/diggingstick.htm Yes, that's an excellent site, isn't it? These would be the most available high-density energy sources, with nuts and fruits being denser but only briefly available. > You once mentioned that quinoa was biological a fruit. > Could you tell where-from? >From South America. Quinoa is not botanically a grain, although it is used like one. I have no idea whether it is edible raw. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]