Monday, February 17, 2014

Breaded Pork Chops Without Bread!

Time for a recipe!

Breaded and baked pork chops without any bread to speak of!

Ingredients

For coating:

8-12 boneless pork chops

2 cups corn meal (gluten free organic)

1 cup ground flax seed

1/2 cup hulled hemp hearts

There is much disinformation in N. America about Hawaii and GMO's .... this solidifies it. Straight from the horses mouth.

#momsforrealfoodinitiative

"Vaseline" - the Other "Gasoline"

Still use Vaseline? We don't recommend it. Especially on babies and children. It doesn't "moisturize" but simply "lock in moisture". (water & hydration are the only sure-fire ways to moisturize- from within!)

It's vacuum distilled crude oil, filtered through bone char to yield petroleum jelly. It also houses hydrocarbons. (Hydrocarbons are bad: like causing a nerve disorder called "peripheral neuropathy")

If you remove the "V", and replace it with a "G". It's a petroleum product. Would you smear gas, petrol or oil on your skin? Of course not. So why do you think it's ok for Vaseline to be on your body?? Just because it's odorless and colorless? So is natural gas, but it will still kill you.

A Fun "Yikes" fact:

"Petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline, glows bright blue under a black light. Anything you paint with the petroleum jelly will glow blue under ultraviolet light."

Anne Helmenstine

“Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we’ve built around them.”

~ Jamie Oliver

Why you should listen to him:

Jamie Oliver has been drawn to the kitchen since he was a child working in his father's pub-restaurant. He showed not only a precocious culinary talent but also a passion for creating (and talking about) fresh, honest, delicious food. In the past decade, the shaggy-haired "Naked Chef" of late-'90s BBC2 has built a worldwide media conglomerate of TV shows, books, cookware and magazines, all based on a formula of simple, unpretentious food that invites everyone to get busy in the kitchen. And as much as his cooking is generous, so is his business model -- his Fifteen Foundation, for instance, trains young chefs from challenged backgrounds to run four of his restaurants.
Now, Oliver is using his fame and charm to bring attention to the changes that Brits and Americans need to make in their lifestyles and diet. Campaigns such as Jamie's School Dinner, Ministry of Food and Food Revolution USA combine Oliver’s culinary tools, cookbooks and television, with serious activism and community organizing -- to create change on both the individual and governmental level.

Join Jamie's Food Revolution: Sign the petition >>

Read more about Jamie Oliver on the TED Blog »

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South Street Burger Company: Good Fast Food??

I don't normally do "food reviews", but this is one of the few occasions where I will.

My reasoning simply boils down to: sometimes you just want to go for a really good burger and fries.

So, when you are careful about what you eat, where your food comes from, & what's in it etc, where do you go?

FIRST. Let me give you a little back story - because I love a good back story ....

So we recently had some comments on our Facebook site from someone who is very pro GMO, I would like to let everyone in on what the current state of GMOs are and why they are killing the family farm. Why 'Big Ag' is driving out the smaller producer.

Firstly, my sweet Hubby and I are trying to go back to the 'simple life'. We want to start by growing our own food to feed our family first, then get a little bigger everyday so we can help feed our community with fresh, organic, local food at a fair price. Here is what I have been learning, and why we are both so passionate about our choices. Here is my open letter to Mr. Brian

Dear Brian,

I understand that you are convinced that GMOs will save the world,

Anna Lappé & Food MythBusters -- The Myth of Choice: How Junk-Food Marketers Target Our Kids

This is a frightening, yet thought provoking and educational video about how the fast food industry literally TARGETS our children with advertising.

At Moms for Real Food we can't cave in! Go Moms!

BUD NIP, the Nasty Secret of Produce Resellers. (Chlorpropham)

This YouTube Video was my first introduction to a product called BUD NIP, also known as Chlorpropham ...

This little girl and her grandmother deserve a medal for simply wanting to know more, and to seek out the truth, and then letting us all know about it!

Here is the PIP (or Pestcide Information Page) from Cornell University for this Chemical.

I encourage you to read it then decide for yourself if having food which does not bud in your fridge is worth the outcome.

I've highlighted little bits I found funny, intereting or down right horrifying!

My comments are in bold red.

TRADE OR OTHER NAMES

Beet-Kleen,
Bud Nip,
Chloro IPC,
CIPC, Furloe,
Sprout Nip,
Spud-Nic,
Taterpex,
Triherbide-CIPC
and Unicrop CIPC.

REGULATORY STATUS

( I like this one!)

Products containing chlorpropham must bear the signal word "Caution" (1).

INTRODUCTION

Chlorpropham is a plant growth regulator used for preemergence control of grass weeds in alfalfa, lima and snap beans, blueberries, cane berries, carrots, cranberries, ladino clover, garlic, seed grass, onions, spinach, sugar beets, tomatoes, safflower, soybeans, gladioli and woody nursery stock.

It is also used to inhibit potato sprouting and for sucker control in tobacco (1). Chlorpropham is available in emulsifiable concentrate and liquid formulations.

TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS ACUTE TOXICITY

Chlorpropham is moderately toxic by ingestion (2).
It may cause irritation of the eyes or skin (2).
Symptoms of poisoning in laboratory animals have included listlessness, incoordination, nose bleeds, protruding eyes, bloody tears, difficulty in breathing, prostration, inability to urinate, high fevers, and death. WOW
Autopsies of animals have shown inflammation of the stomach and intestinal lining, congestion of the brain, lungs and other organs, and degenerative changes in the kidneys and liver (2) Irritble Bowl Syndrom/Desease Anyone??
The oral LD50 for chlorpropham in rats ranges from 1,200 mg/kg to 3,800 mg/kg (1, 2), and in rabbits is 5,000 mg/kg (2).
The 4-hour inhalation LC50 in rats is > 32 mg/l (4).

CHRONIC TOXICITY

Chronic exposure of laboratory animals has caused retarded growth, increased liver, kidney and spleen weights, congestion of the spleen and death (2).

No deaths or micropathological abnormalities occurred in rats given diets containing 2% chlorpropham for 90 days (4).

Reproductive Effects

Long-term exposure to chlorpropham may cause adverse reproductive effects (2).
Chlorpropham may cross the placenta (2). MOTHER OF GOD.
In reproductive studies with rats, 500 mg/kg, the highest dose tested, produced no adverse effects (5).

Teratogenic Effects

No birth defects occurred in a 3-generation study with rats (4).
Mutagenic Effects EPA states that, "The single acceptable mutagenicity study (gene mutation) was negative" (5).

Carcinogenic Effects

Long-term exposure to chlorpropham may cause tumors (2). But really, what doesn't anymore? Oh yeah REAL food!
In one experiment chlorpropham initiated skin cancer in mice, but this result was not confirmed by a later study (2).
Organ Toxicity No information was found. Fate in Humans and Animals No information was found.

ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS

Effects on Birds

Chlorpropham is practically non-toxic to waterfowl (5).
Its LD50 in mallards is > 2,000 mg/kg (1, 4).

Effects on Aquatic Organisms

Chlorpropham is moderately toxic to cold and warm water freshwater fish (5).
The LC50 for chlorpropham in rainbow trout is 3 to 6 ppm, and 6.3 to 6.8 ppm in bluegill sunfish (1).
Chlorpropham accumulated in the skinned fillet of bluegill sunfish to 100 times the levels in surrounding water (5).

Effects on Other Animals (Nontarget species)

No information was found.

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE

Breakdown of Chemical in Soil and Groundwater Chlorpropham has some potential to contaminate groundwater because it is highly soluble in water and it has only a moderate tendency to adsorb to soil particles (3, 5).
Chlorpropham adsorbs strongly to organic matter, so it is unlikely to leach through soils high in organic matter.
Chlorpropham does not readily adsorb to montmorillonite or kaolinite clays (4). Chlorpropham is subject to degradation by soil microbes.
Photodegradation and volatilization do not readily occur. Increasing temperatures above 35 degrees C and increasing soil moisture capacity may increase volatilization (4). Soil half-lives from 35 days (3) to 65 days at 15 degrees C or 30 days at 29 degrees C (4) have been reported.
Degradation rates are affected by microbial activity and soil moisture levels (4).
Breakdown of Chemical in Surface Water Chlorpropham is not subject to hydrolysis in aqueous solution (5).
Breakdown of Chemical in Vegetation Chlorpropham is absorbed by the roots of susceptible grass seedlings and transported throughout the plant. It is absorbed more slowly by leaves (4).
It suppresses plant transpiration and respiration and inhibits root and epicotyl growth (5).

A Successfull Re-Growth!

This was a successful experiment.

We wanted to try it for ourselves and within 22 days we have nearly full re-grown onions.

Tips - Don’t try planting into soil, in our climate (Alberta) it’s too dry and I found they withered almost immediately. Keep them in clean water, just enough to over the roots.

I’m thinking we could do an entire window box of hydroponic-style re-growing of succulents! (onions, celery, lettuce etc.)

#momsforrealfoodinitiative

That's BANANAS!

Do you you remember - or maybe you don't depnding on your age - bananas that you could actually smell?

When you opened one up & that gorgeous aroma of 'banana-ness' wafted out? I do!

For some strange reason Walmart, Superstore and other "fine" retailers would like you to believe that a "Yellow banana with a green tip and green ends" is ripe and ready to eat.

Well, back in the day - the 90's that is - Chiquita Banana told us to "display colors 5 - 7 for maximum sales potential".

What's changed?

Nothing.

Except the bananas.

And the need to fill massive orders of them. The only was Dole, Chiquta and other growers can fill and ship these high demands is by cutting them off when they're not even close to being ready. This way the retailer doesn't have to throw any way due to spoilage.

How do you get ripe bananas? You can get them CHEAP. And organic. Go to your local grocery store and find their produce "out of date" section. There you'll find all the lovely ripened bananas for 50% off.

Nice.

WATER - What is it good for???

Well - absolutely EVERYTHING!

We live in a Buy'N'Sell, Toss-Away, Fast-food society!

Bottled water [2] was probably the biggest scam and farce ever introduced to us. And we drank it in, so-to-speak!

Is all Water created equal?

Resounding: NO.

While bottled and tap water a re regulated by our governments, and are run through a series of scrutinous filtration and purification processes - this does not mean they are "good" for us.
Water needs to fit a certain criteria of cleanliness before being allowed on the market, according to Health Canada. [1]
Thus making it no more than - well - wet.

We humans do need to be hydrated, there's no question about that.
There are, however, several contradicting opinions as to how much, how little, what form (is coffee and tea considered water intake) we need to consume water in.

Well, no.

But I certainly opened one when my mom asked me; "Were you were the one who told me Dole was GMO? Well in the Rose Bowl parade their float had NO GMO signs all over it."

My inner response was to immediately go and research it - "there must be a loop hole" I thought. I found a BOAT LOAD of information. So I will do a fair amount of "back and forthing" between good and evil. ;)

Let's start with ... What the HECK is a GMO??

GMO- genetically modified organism:

A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. Organisms that have been genetically modified include micro-organisms such as bacteria and yeast, insects, plants, fish, and mammals.
Genetically modified foods are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering.
These techniques have allowed for the introduction of new crop traits as well as a far greater control over a food's genetic structure than previously afforded by methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding.

FHEW.

So Dole says "We do not use GMO's in our products".

A Note to all Members!

Yes, YOU are a MEMBER!

We are a Canadian community, based in Alberta. Our goal is to have many moms across our fair country helping each other find the resources they require locally!
SO, we need ladies to volunteer for the following:

• Find local farmers who sell meat, eggs and produce

• Find organic, non GMO farmers markets in and around their areas

• Research local farms, find out what they grow: gmo, organic, pesticides etc.

Finally, compile and list them! We want your feedback, information and knowledge to share with everyone!

Until we find a better suited venue, we'll use the NOTES section on Facebook, and then on Birth of a Mother's website once that is set up.

Long live the Real Food Revolution!

¡Vive de largo la revolución real de la comida!

Vivent longtemps la vraie révolution de nourriture !

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