Thank you  very much Amadeus ,   for theese VERY  interesting links  :-)


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From: Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] yams and sweet potatoes


> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:53:02 -0700, toni mettler <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>
> >1. what are tubers exactly?  examples beyond carrots and turnips?
>
> Very good reading of paleo theory is at
> http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_vegetables.htm
> also see articles on meat/fruit/seeds
> accessible via the backlinks or my links at
> http://www.geocities.com/paleolix/
>
> >2. what do you mean by "basic" being in parenthesis?  (sometimes its hard
> >to decipher connotations via e-mail.)
>  * * is ment to be a slight emphasis of the word inside.
> In contrast to BIG letters which are more like shouting ;-)
>
> If you think farer back than only a few 1000 years, I mean 1 mio years
into
> the paleolithicum then various tubers constitute a very probable
> paleolithic staple food.
> Some info on this at:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/16/science/16FIRE.html
> There's a Dr.Wrangham's theory about tubers and fire
> the very good article isn't available for free anymore on the net.
> "Lucy at the fireplace with tubers" :-)
> Of some 40 different tubers in africa the half are edible raw and the
other
> half only cooked.
> But cooking enhances the availability of their carb energy.
> I don't refer on tubers in the botanical sense only.
> Any underground storage organ of plants are a food niche for humans with a
> (digging) stick. Including roots.
>
> Ray is a diabetic. He has to hate everything containing carbs.
>
> >3. Ray says cashews are not paleo because they are not able to be eaten
> >raw.  what am i eating then when i buy raw cashews at the health food
> >store?
>
> They are edible raw, provided that the very aggressive skin is removed.
> I think the bought cashews are usually heat processed (boiled a little).
> However legumes could have stronger lectins or toxins as they are so
> nutritive.
> Ray hates all kind of legumes and cashews are a kind of legume.
> But read
>
http://www.naturalhub.com/natural_food_guide_grains_beans_seeds.htm#Domestic
> ation of Legumes
> The guy is informed.
>
> Amadeus
>