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.
That clabbered milk sounds like something you need to have grown up with to appreciate, even thinking about it is making me squeamish XD
IKR! When I first read about it I literally had a gag reflex in the library!
But kefir is pretty good. I had it straight even though I was sure I would hate it... and it's not bad at all. I even accidentally left the old jar unwashed for the day and it still smelled good, even though it was in the fridge for maybe two or three months, and then left out on the counter for the day. It smelled like fresh yogurt.
I had another batch today with a teaspoon of lime juice and liked it a lot.