First full carnivore day? I do actually have a salad planned for tomorrow, the last of the salad fixings in the house, but today was full carnivore except for some red pepper and a small amount of mustard.
Of course, anyone reading these probably know I went carnivore for a few weeks a little while ago, and that I was mostly carnivore for three years (thinking) maybe 2010-2013. The only time I would eat plant foods was for flavoring in my meats, like onions in stew beef. I didn't expect, or experience, any noticeable difference in my condition either time and I don't this time.
I think I handle salad greens and spices pretty well. I'm just doing this for a hobby. Something to write about in this journal. If I get any beneficial results, that will be a pleasant side effect.
Today's food is easy enough to list. But adds a little extra surprise.
Bone Broth with egg yolks
Pastured Ribeye
Pastured Bacon
Commercial pork flank steak.
The extra was home made dairy kefir. As with greens, I handle real dairy just fine. I believe my Pastoral diet can include a little hard fermented cheese, I would also like to think I can have what my ancestors might have called "Clabbered Milk", which is near yogurt. I'm a little squeamish, so I'm not going to just let my milk get warm on an open windowsill overnight like they did, so I got some kefir grains a while back. I've been storing them in the fridge for maybe 4 months in a small jar of milk since I used them last. They seem to have come directly to life and made wonderful kefir in 24 hours out of 2 cups of whole, but pasteurized (not "ultrapasturized") milk.
When I made it before, I blended in some fresh blueberries, and I think that was a bad idea for me. It's that squeamishness again. So today I bit the bullet and just drank it straight. Not as bad as I imagined. I think all this time of eating sauerkraut has refined my taste for the sour.
I do fermented foods for two reasons:
- Why not? It's food that my ancestors ate for 4000 years or more
- Unlike those ancestors, I no longer have an appendix. If there is any reason for an appendix it is to store enough bacteria to re-seed the lower bowel with bacteria. Since I don't have one, I try to keep a small amount of beneficial flora available in case my gut wants it.
The only photo is an unfortunately composed shot of when I was resting the Rib eye before sitting down.
