it seems likely that on wed, 9 oct 1996, meredith westfall wrote: > Hi Bodhi, > I've been having a hard time recently with my more raw/less cooked > ideals. I do eat for psychological reasons at times. What do you eat > during the day? aloha meredith! i've never eaten the exact same thing on two different days. even if i eat only apples for four days from one tree, each apple registers its own unique individuality. different vibrations. circumstances also greatly influence my daily eating patterns. for instance, this quarter i have dance on mondays, wednesdays, & fridays, and aikido on tuesdays & thursdays. five days a week i get home at the earliest at 2 or 3. i won't eat anything solid before the early afternoon. this brings me to the most regular feature of my day's feeding: morning nectar. i start just about every day with this delightful concoction. oooohhh, a recipe: *** morning nectar *** - 4 cups water - 3 lemons, juiced - 1 tablespoon raw honey optional: - 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar - 2 herbal teabags - 1 lime - 1 teaspoon cayenne powder directions (suggestions) the simplest way i've handled this drink involves mixing the first three ingredients in a large mason jar. i'll describe how i fancy doing it, and you may model what interests you and leave the rest. upon awakening, i swing down from my sleeping loft, don minimal clothing to avoid arrest (legalize nudity!), and walk barefoot through the wet morning grass to a neighbor's lemon tree. having procured permission from many local lemon grower's, i never fear citrus deprivation. with reverence i thank the tree for offering such beautiful fruits. smelling the spot where the stem once connected with the yellow orb puts a little pep in my step. in my room i assemble the three pieces of the "mighty o.j." hand juicer sent to me by those nice folks at _perfect health_ (plenty of incredible resources for the rawist in their catalog. get one sent to you by giving them a ring at 800.444.4584. i don't financially benefit from any transaction of _perfect health_, or raw dentist thomas stone). then i juice three lemons into a cup with a bamboo strainer filtering out seeds & big chunks of cellulose. leaving the great-smelling juice situation to itself for the moment, i turn my attention to mixing honey in a mason jar. ideally, i've made tea the evening before by going into the front house and using the stove to warm water to around 108F. i use a candy thermometer and ceramic kettle. the water & herb tea steeps overnight in a thermos. i use a nissan stainless steel model for travel and a fat plastic (glass lined?) house thermos for here. this warm herbal liquid dissolves the honey quickly. if i didn't get into the front house the night before, i use unherbalized cold water (i moved out the microwave, toaster, toaster-oven, & hotplate first thing when i moved in). this water has gone through "vapor-compression" distilling, spat into five-gallon jugs, lugged home, then meted out a gallon at a time into an old apple-juice jar. with a long quartz crystal permanently tinkling on the bottom, i leave the crystal water jar outside to soak up sunrays, moonbeams, & starlight. getting back to the lemon juice, i lift the lemon-drenched bamboo implement from the cup of liquid sunshine. i buy limes when away from lemon trees, like in canada. pouring a shot glass of lemon juice, i deposit this ounce into the mason jar of honey water. usually i'll follow this with a shot of (raw, organic) apple cider vinegar into the jar of masons. with a long-handled spoon, often made of wood, i vigorously stir the mixture, mesmerized by the fast spinning vortex whirlpool. reversing the direction 5, 7, or more times, i get a good amount of oxygen mixed into it. for more research into this whole life-force vortex topic, check out dr. patrick flanagan's books. also, _secrets of the soil_ by peter tompkins & christopher bird covers some good material on fluid dynamics. what to do with the majority of lemon juice that didn't make it into the shot glass? i use a straw strategically placed at the back of my mouth to avoid enamel-unfriendly acids from carrying away some of my teeth. i used to put all the juice into the drink, but tender teeth forced a reconsideration of my morning ritual. for a spell i mixed a teaspoon or three of cayenne powder into the undiluted lemon juice. having this as the first thing to hit your stomach at dawn will certainly wake you up! i've discontinued regular use of dried cayenne powder because of the standard practice whereby the stem & leaves get ground up with the red fruit & seeds. i've just finished my first batch of home-dried hot chile peppers. .... drink & enjoy! (i sometimes have 2 or 3 before finishing my aikido or modern dance class) > What is your favorite salad dressing? avocado-lemon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with optional additions: bee pollen garlic greens nasturtium flowers namah shoyu basil parsley cilantro salad dressings can end up as salads! > Mnay people have > said that fruit makes their sugar levels crazy. Does that happen to you? i don't recall ever having my blood sugar level measured. i still experiment & listen to my body. i'd like to try fruitarianism (hawaii probably), along with keeping an open ear to what brian clement has to say about high-sugar modern fruits & the praises sung to starch by the american living foods institute. morris krok hasn't lost my interest yet. > What do you do when you're invited to a mainstream typical SAD diet > person't house for dinner? if they don't already know, i may shed a bit of light on my raw habits. i emphasize that i don't mind not eating, ("i can think, i can wait, and i can fast"--siddhartha, by hermann hesse) or just having a couple pieces of fruit. usually the host will exclaim "i'll make plenty of salad." sometimes they'll really want to make something special, so i have had almost-strangers soaking almonds & sunflower seeds before my arrival. i don't get invited to too many dinners, actually. > And when the gang wants to go to the local cafe? occasionally i'll go, but i don't crave the cafe experience. plenty of hang-out spots in santa cruz have odwalla juice or some type of acceptable refreshment. mostly i'll stick to my water bottle for support. > Would love to hear your tips. > Thanks. > Meredith plenty more where these came from. dance with it and see what happens. cookless, bodhi