@Jennifer Oops! My typo caused the confusion. I meant to type French toast, not French bread. There is a common bread brand, like Nature's Own, that has a Brioche that is pretty good. I just looked it up: Artesano. I've seen that everywhere.
That does make sense, the growing conditions for potatoes being key. Where the soil, water, and sun provide the quality. Interesting that baby potatoes are easier to digest. I'll keep that in mind. I do remember using Yukon gold for another recipe, and they are creamy. I think I read they're less waxy than red potatoes, but not as starchy are russet. I'm wondering now, if the red are too waxy, and the gold would be better, for the potato salad. I may try them next.
Wow, that dairy farm sounds like the best of both worlds: modern and traditional. And how nice of him (to say the least) to tailor the cow's diet to address your need. I've never heard of Louis Kervran, I'll have to look him up when I get a chance. I've never heard of biological transmutation either. I've lightly touched upon the subject of transmutation, in other reading, but not in the subject of health. I remember you, and others, mentioning Brix before, which is another subject for my list.
No problem, on the Vital Farms tip. It sounds like you have the knowledge, and access, to get the best eggs where you live, let alone anything else you need. You must keep up on all of it, with you and your dad's health needs. I've slacked off a bit, once my health took an up turn, and my budget a down turn. At least the timing wasn't too bad. I would imagine the quality of food, and how animals are treated, goes hand in hand. And I know that more care equals more cost. Do you buy those eggs locally or are they available in stores?
Yes, I was pretty shocked that I can eat bananas again. I don't recall If I had any issues from cooked bananas, but I could guess I did. Everything gave me trouble. I could hardly eat anything during that time. Ray's advice makes sense, cooking the raw starch. And needing them to be overripe raw, as well. Just like with plantains. I used to love cooked plantains. They're not native to my diet or cultural heritage, but I adopted them and ate them for a long period. I have not had them in many years, though. Years back I hypothesized that my heavy plantain habit may have contributed to my poor health, with all the starch, but I could guess stress caused the poor health and the plantains were proof of the poor state. I think when you're healthy, you can basically eat like a goat. I completely relate on the need to simplify meals. I'm doing that everywhere I can now.
That's a lot of potatoes. You must've gotten creative eating that much. Yes, we are more than just our bodies, though it's easy to focus the fixing of our defective systems on the mechanical, because it's the most evident and immediate. No doubt, sometimes a mechanical fix is what's needed, and brings some relief. I'm glad you've turned some of your focus beyond the physical. A fit mind and spirit, I feel, is the most important. Like the body, it has to be worked at and honed. Which is what it sounds like your repetitive hikes, a change of perspective, helped you with.
That is quite the epiphany. I like the Biblical analogies. I think it was King David, and some other writers in the Bible, who dealt with severe depression and burdens, who contemplated nature just as you've explained, recognizing the trees and mountains that stood before them were made by the same Creator who made their very body. There really is relief in that. I hope you continue to find relief and hope in that. I feel we are brought to the end of ourselves, through our hardships, so that we might know Who made us, and that we might know our true self. I find it interesting that you come back to your water analogy, where the idea of free flowing water gives you relief. You're not the only one. One of my favorite authors, C. S. Lewis, had a big draw to water, and found relief both in the idea of it, and in literally floating in it.
You have the right perspective, about simply being thankful. I know it's hard for me sometimes to maintain that under the burdens. But whenever I get my wits about me, I do come back to that.
