Hi Ron,
Yes, I am in total agreement with you. I read somewhere that the Inuit's favorite "dessert" was seal fat mixed with dried berries - the original recipe for ice cream.... I was referring mostly to what I know from my own bioregion, being upstate NY. We can keep roots half a year in the winter in storage. I usually dehydrate or freeze my berries using modern appliances, but if I buy the Amish farm for sale nearby , it comes with an insulated off the grid ice house. They keep buckets of berries cold in there from August until December. I also have a shagbark hickory tree on my land that yields tons of nuts. The natives used to put them in a bag, and hang them from the branch of a tree submerged with rocks in the creek. The constant motion of freshwater would rinse out the tannins, before they would dry the nuts for winter storage, thus making them more digestable and less bitter. I've tried this method, in addition to
scooping out almond butter from the local food coop....I can be a lazy paleo girl.. LOL.
Warmly,
Batsheva
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From: Ron Hoggan <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: Paleo diet newbie..............
Hi Batsheva,
Sure, but on the Canadian prairies and the northern plains of the USA frost
is in the ground for more than half the year, and most stored tubers and
squashes, etc. will not keep well in the freeze-thaw cycles of spring and
fall above ground. The further north you go, the shorter the season during
which eating such foods would be possible or likely. They probably relied
more heavily on meat and fats. In season, berries and other forage would
definitely be on the menu, but they had to compete with birds and bears for
these treats. Even in the far north, eating habits varied from one location
to another. This variation especially reflects their proximity to sea foods
and mammals.
Best Wishes,
Ron
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> Okay, but didn't the indigenous tribes of this country add stored roots,
> dried berries, cattail tubers/milkweed bulbs and flours made from
> acorns/hickory/wild walnuts/chestnuts into their wild game stews. Why
> the zero carb? The word squash in one of the native tongues literally
> translates to "stored".
>
> Batsheva......
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