At 05:05 PM 1/16/97 -0700, Kirt wrote: >I came across (and even bought) a raw foods recipe book in a secondhand >book store in Milwaukee over the holidays called, "EVERYTHING RAW: The >No-Cooking Cookbook" (by Jennie Reekie, 1977, Penguin Books) >It may be the first, only, and last non-vegetarian raw recipe book ever >published. I wonder how many ever sold! :) >Cheers, >Kirt Not so! I own "feasting on raw foods," edited by Charles Gerras, 1980, Rodale Press (found at a used book store). "Featuring over 350 healthful no-cook recipes for every part of a meal - from appetizers through main course dishes to desserts." I almost left it because it had "Fish" and "Meat" sections. At that time I was shocked by it. Now that I have been exposed to the persuasive arguments of instinctos, I am much more open to the idea of eating RAF. Personally, I am hampered by cultural taboos and fear of the food supply. Besides which, I know I would be condemned by many people if I walk away from an 18-year commitment to vegetarianism and would lose my position in the local vegetarian society. As time goes on, I have been restricting my diet more and more for the sake of health (when I don't even have any major health problems), and I am now questioning why I do it. First I dropped meat, then dairy and eggs, then most cooking methods, then extracted fats, then many food combinations, and finally most cooking. I think most of the limits have been positive, but I wonder if I haven't gone too far. After all, the extreme limitations of the strictest macrobiotic diet (brown rice only) turned out to be unhealthy. I would rather listen to voices of experience than go down a path that may lead to deficiencies later on. I just bought used copy of Schaefer's "Instinctive Nutrition." There were actually two copies on the shelf, which makes me hope there may be people I can talk to here in Albuquerque. A few days ago I shared a can of (dolphin-free) tuna with my cat. I know, it wasn't raw, but I trusted it. I just wanted to see if I could still digest flesh after all of these years. I had no gastro-intestinal stress at all. But the next day I got a muscle cramp in my foot. I had forgotten that such a thing could even happen. Coincidence? patric <*> Patricia Rathbone http://www.unm.edu/~patric <*> University of New Mexico [log in to unmask] <*> Albuquerque, NM, USA (505) 277-0171 Beyond all that seems to divide us, there is a unity, and that unity transcends ourselves, our world, and the distances between the stars.