If the recipe calls for two cloves of a Garlic Pod, in my opinion, 8 will be better.
If the recipe calls for a half of a teaspoon of Cumin, possible three TABLESPOONS will be better…
etc…etc…etc
Early on in my transition from Cholesterol filled Animal Products to Plants (NO CHOLESTEROL at ALL), I learned from folks like Fatmanrants.com that you can and should add SPICES till it tastes like YOU LIKE IT!
I learned from Nutritionfacts.org that SPICES (without added salt) are some of the largest amounts of antioxidants on the Planet for the least amount of expense….so ADD ALL THE SPICES YOU WANT!
It is good for you, and ‘gooder’ tasting too!
(Yeah, I just made up that word)
While learning new things everyday, and trying new recipes almost every few days, I have discovered a SHOCKING TRUTH….
Animal Products are so altered with seasonings, that if we eat them unseasoned, we would not like the taste, texture etc etc…
The taste of dead animal body parts boiled, roasted microwaved, grilled … whatever, is an acquired taste.
You may reply, “… sure I add steak sauce to my steak …”, or “…NOT ME! I like it fresh off the grill or BBQ with nothing added, just the burned fat!”.
Ok, I understand, the later. As I typed, I heard MY VOICE saying those words. That was my preference, the flavor of the the FAT.
Of course we now know the fumes from the wood as well as the charcoal or propane flames are suspect as carcinogenic , as well as the muscle tissue under that much heat.
(You have heard how toxic is it to live next to a Chinese Buffet right?… the fumes from the kitchen exhaust?)
But the acquired taste is what I want to point out.
And the fact is with Animal Products, you are eating a dead Animal, who was put to death in a horrible trauma filled and filthy room, and therefore you are eating the ‘terror’ that coursed through the body of the creature as it realized it was being slaughtered.
‘That’ terror then becomes a part of the one eating the dead body.
Great flavor though! HELL YEAH ! BUTT BACON!!! Hoorah! I AM A MAN!!!! ( you get the picture)
All of this has come to this realization…
When you can take Cauliflower, Walnuts, Mushrooms, AND SPICES and make them in a manner that resembles a learned enjoyment of Hamburger Meat… that is a learned ‘taste’.
It is a learned taste for something that has NO ILL EFFECT upon the HEALTH and Well Being of Humans nor Animals. It is a learned taste of a product that is welcomed as a smart replacement of a product such as Hamburger, be it beef, pork, chicken, or poultry.
When you can take Cauliflower and make a Orange Flavored Stir ‘Fry’ item, that resembles the worse parts of Chicken Dark Meat and in fact tastes better that the real parts of Chicken Dark Meat, and it does not have fecal material, nor worse cholesterol than red beef, then that is a smart thing to do, as you learn to enjoy the taste.
(The thing is with Cauliflower, you can eat it undercooked, OR RAW, and it will not cause harm to you… but the gristle filled 2nd rate parts of the Dark Meat of a dead fecal covered chicken trimming…. ? Good Luck.)
I am quite pleased to find that my taste has changed. I am no longer an addicted victim of salt, sugar, oil fried, and added chemicals necessary to keep me feeding at the trough of an Industry and Government that gives a damn about causing the largest form of cruelty in the known Universe.
Bottom line…..
You can add healthy spices to vegetables, beans, peas, legumes, nuts and create the most delightful meals you can imagine.
I do not count calories, measure protein, nor fear CARBS.
I am a free man on those issues, not a slave.
oldmanskinandbones.com
This link is to a short video that will introduce the POWER of Plants, compared to the Standard American Death Diet. (If you watched all the videos offered at Nutritionfacts.org … you would be much better equipped to make healthy decisions you never dreamed were even possible, nor would they taste SO GOOD!)
Gives a new meaning to “The Spice of Life”, when you understand the true Nutritional and Antioxidant value of real Spices.