Comments on: A cry for help, or When Katy Met Sally

By: One of myriad ways you can make your own yogurt

One of myriad ways you can make your own yogurt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:06:59 +0000

[...] first couple of times I made yogurt, it felt like an event. I think it was even part of the string of unfortunate events on that one infamous day when I was ready to send undeserved hate mail to a lady named Sally Fallon. But the third or fourth [...]

By: Culture shock

Culture shock — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:34:54 +0000

[...] drink it, I could get my husband on the bandwagon, too. But, no. So far, he’s still way back, hovering at the crevasse of lacto-fermented grains. I’m working on a rope bridge to get him [...]

By: katy

katy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:23:01 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Ann. I’ve admittedly never read through, page-by-page, the entire copy of NT. So I’ve not stumbled upon that quote, and yes — it is a heartening one. I’m glad that she made a point of saying that we should “not divorce ourselves from the company of fellow human beings at mealtimes,” since I fear that the opposite of this end is so easily where it could go.

Good to know you found a balance for your family. We’re still working on it here, but I’m definitely more comfortable with some aspects, and some I’ve totally foregone for now.

By: Ann Quinn

Ann Quinn — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:35:10 +0000

This is fabulous. I’m going to e-mail it to my husband, because we’ve been through this. I feel somewhat on the other side of it, having found what works for us–for instance, he can detect a trace of liver in anything and will eat it but with a bad face, while I, who never ate liver before, now enjoy cooking up the liver from our pastured chickens, and sharing with my daughter. We are eating very well, but no, no raw meat. My fermenting is limited to sauerkraut. My soaking is limited to oatmeal (lemon juice is the most innocuous acid for this). Sally does say on p. 63, “The challenge to every individual is to determine the diet that is right for him and to implement that diet in a way that does not divorce him from the company of fellow human beings at mealtimes. . .it is the loving heart who will find. . .guidelines for providing an abundance of all the nutrients we need to live healthy, happy and productive lives.” Thank you so much for your post!

By: katy

katy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:28:46 +0000

I’m in. Who wants to start a support-group blog for those of us trying to learn how to cook this way?

But now that I think about it, who of us would have the time? Isn’t that the point?

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:42:33 +0000

Ok, I just found your blog and I’m reading this post laughing so hard because I could have written it WORD-FOR-WORD. Seriously, I felt like such a good, healthy cook until I “met” Sally. Grrrrrr. We really should have a support group. I’d join

By: How To Balance Real Food And Real Life | GNOWFGLINS™

How To Balance Real Food And Real Life | GNOWFGLINS™ — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:08:12 +0000

[...] Some things are more important than others. Do the important things first. But remember, sometimes things in Real Life trump Real Food. Like leaf-raking with your three-year old. [...]

By: Sarah-Jane

Sarah-Jane — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:51:59 +0000

What a quitter. You are going to look so bad next to me.

By: katy

katy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:40:30 +0000

Sarah, thanks for the virtual back-pat ; )

Wardeh and Jen, I’m glad to know I’m not alone — thanks for the encouragement and commiseration! We should start a support group…

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:50:49 +0000

I. Am. Speechless. I’m hiding out in our bedroom with my laptop, notebook and NT cookbook trying to get up the energy to go through it for the 40th time and make my meal list for next week…but instead am checking your blog as a means to avoid the amount of work ahead of me in NT. I cannot believe this is your post!! I have bowls and jars and pans all over the place with lacto fermenting this and that…and am feeling a bit overwhelmed, will I ever succeed at this? Kimchi anyone? Sans the organ meats, I am determined to…And after your post, I’m encouraged that others out there are neck deep in this stuff and still pressing on. Oh my, thanks for this!!