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Mishka’s Tapeworms

When we were growing up I remember we used to get our cat food from the local butcher. He would keep scraps of meat and we’d go and pick up a big bag of it, take it home and divide it up into smaller portions, and freeze it for later. Our cats loved it and all lived long healthy lives.

tapewormsWhen we took over the care of Mishka, our cat I figured she might like eating raw meat. I went to the butcher and got some raw ground pork. Mishka hadn’t had raw meat before and it took her a while to actually try some, once she had she was sold. A couple weeks later we noticed that she was sleeping even more than ever and there were little bits of dry rice looking things left behind when she moved. I soon realized she had worms and a little research soon showed that it was probably tapeworm. I felt like a real retard, as raw pork is a typical place for such parasites to hang out. I should have been freezing the pork for a week or so before feeding it to her to kill unwanted micro-organisms.

HD 106 – Homemade Yogurt

HD 106 – Homemade Yogurt

Demonstrating how easy it is to make healthy, live-cultured yogurt from fresh raw goat's milk. This slow heat method ensures as many enzymes as possible will be available for digestive health. Also shows three methods of incubation. The towel method has the best track record, and the cooler ...

Granny’s Helpful Hints

Granny’s Helpful Hints

Food Tips The water in which vegetables has been cooked and leftover vegetables should be used for making soups. (Vegetable vitamins and minerals are often water soluble, don't throw out the water). A quick way to cut raisins and other sticky foods is to use wet scissors. Dip the scissors in wa ...

Tenderly Tossed Burmese Salads

Tenderly Tossed Burmese Salads

One of my many favorite places to eat in Yangon is at an excellent Burmese fresh salad bar on the street right next to Sule Pagoda. It opens in the evenings as the parking spaces empty, spilling off the sidewalk and across the street. This place is famous in Myanmar for the best hand-tossed rice ...

Cream Cheese and Whey

Cream Cheese and Whey

Makes about 1 cup cream cheese and 2 cups whey. This is incredibly easy. Simply take about 2 quarts or 1 litre yogurt. Put it into a strainer lined with cheesecloth or linen (I use a clean tea-towel) over a bowl. Wrap it up and let it sit for about 12-24 hours. Remove the cream cheese ...

Traditional Diets

Traditional Diets

Notes from a Seminar conducted by Sally Fallon author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats Auckland, New Zealand, Feb 2003 Traditional Diets generally: Used no refined and denatured foods Contained some sort of an ...