On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> Excuse my naivety,  but what are NightShades?

The nightshades are new world plants which include tomatoes, potatoes,
eggplant, and tobacco. See:
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/Food/RelatedPlantList.html, family "solanaceae",
which are the nightshades.  I'm not sure if they are paleo (they certainly were
not availiable to european paleo), but allergies and reactions to them are
quite common.

 > Also the mention of sweet potatoes being borderline
pale.  I do enjoy > sweet potatoes,  is that something i could add back in
slowly after the > weight loss? Winter squash as in zucchini or yellow
squashes?  I usually > like it dip zuc's in mayo or boil and mash with butter.
In place of > mashed potatoes, *boiled cauliflower works too*

butter, however, is certainly not paleo.  Mashed cauliflower should be fine...
sweet potatoes, I really don't know.  I doubt they are edible raw...  I eat a
yam once in a long, long while.

Erik Hill