Thank you very much Amadeus , for theese VERY interesting links :-) Esben ----- Original Message ----- From: Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 >