Biology
Nutrients For Better Mental Performance by Steven Wm Fowkes
A very good presentation on nutrition and how it can affect not only mental performance but aging and weight loss. Everyone should watch this. Especially Eric Fast.
Beans
Brazilian Cold Bean Salad
I encountered a delicious bean salad at an "a kilo" restaurant in Brazil. You make it as follows:
- cook great northern beans with a little salt, olive oil and garlic. Drain afterwards
- put in a large container and add some more olive oil and mix to lightly coat the beans
- add chip chopped green and red bell peppers and onion
- add some sort of acid. I like to use lime juice but you can also use vinegar. Add and mix a bit at a time until it suits your taste.
Beans
Hot Sweet Jalopena Beans
One of the secrets of good beans is adding acid to them. Vinagar and lime juice suit this purpose. If you like the hot sweet combination here is a recipe for you.
- molasses – used in the 1800's alot to make beans more zippy.
- oregano
- vinagar
- red bell pepper
- onions
- garlic
- tomato
- olive oil
- 1 red jalopena
Use the above ingredients to suit your taste. Cook in your pressure cooker. Nothing like the sweet of the molasses beating against the hot flavor of the jalopena.
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Pressure Cooker Repair – Mirro Matic Jiggler
I bought a pressure cooker on ebay. It is a Presto Model A603A.
Note the sharp point on the vent tube that the Mirror Matic jiggler sits on. The vent tube that came with my pressure cooker as blunt. Beans did not cook after 1.5 hours. They should have cooked in 40 minutes maximum.
The best way to fix the situation was to order replacement parts of the newer design style. I bought the parts here:
- cookingandcanning.net – had trouble calling them at the number on their website: 800 851 3266 so I called the credit card company and got a number they answer! : 623-327-1443 – Order Status
Another site with parts is: pressurecooker-outlet.com
Follow Up
- I installed the replacement parts for my pressure cooker and started a new batch. I can tell by the smell! I can tell by the smell of the food cooking inside that the pressure is correct. It has a distinctive smell when the pressure is sufficient.
- The sound of the jiggler presssure valve is correct. With the incorrect parts excessive steam was being vented and making quite a bit more noise than when operating correctly
- The jiggliing of the jiggler pressure valve is what you are accustomed to. This proves it is regulating pressure because in order to do so it must "float" on the excess pressure of the steam venting. It is an unstable hover that you would expect a wiggling motion. With the incorrect parts it simply laid to one side.
Update 6/9/2019: I want one of these now
Health-Fitness
Berry Yogurt Delight Shake Whip Smoothie
I am a single man and I eat like it. I need easy to make recipes. This one is fantastic especially after a run.
- Measure out frozen fruit berry meddly into a tall glass – about 1.5 cups worth
- Draw an amount of water on top of the fruit till the level is a little above the fruit – let this sit while you are grabbing a container of yogurt out of the fridge
- Add a single portion container of fruit flavored yogurt to your blender – my fav is blueberry
- pour the water / fruit into the blender
- Add a banana if you want – ( try it both ways ! )
Whip up the mixture as little as possible. The seeds in the raspberries get broken you'll have a seedy concoction. I blend it very little and use minimum speed settings.
Just had one of these after a 2.5 mile run while I am sitting breathing oxygen from my oxygen concentrator. Oooh baby. This is good.
BTW: You will find that your bowel movements the next day are more healthy. I know TMI but its true.
Hat Tip to Eric who turned me on to the recipe.
Health-Fitness
Eat Hot Chili Peppers like Jalopena or Habaneros to increase athletic performance and feel better
If I want to run a long distance or go up Squaw Peak I try to remember to thin my blood before going. This allows more rapid flow of the blood with the same cardio effort. Thus you find you do not lose your breath as easily. Red wine is Read more…
Health-Fitness
Bread with Cheese, Dried Tomatos and Salame
The bread is from a really good padaria near here. In the morning I get up and ride my bike to the mercado. I pick up what I want for breakfast and ride home. Talk about stress free living. The cheese is "colonial" and is fresh and alive yet. The dried tomatoes have a great sweet taste with herbs. Put it all together with some salamie and you know why I think its great to be alive!
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Brazilian Beef from the edge of the South American Texas
Beef from the south of South America is great. I can tell you after eating this its very hard to stomach even the idea of eating beef in Phoenix,Az.
Some things I've noticed….my finger nails are much more thick and smooth now that I am eating this quality protein on a regular basis. The cuticles are not nearly as irritated as when I am in the USA.
The pieces on the right look alot like tuna because there is not much fat in this beef. Its easy to sense from various physiological clues that this beef is by far more healthy to eat. As a side issue you should see the hair of the women here. Part of the hair issue is genetics and part is the quality proteins easily available. The above pictured 1/2 pound of beef cost about 3 USD. Needless to say I do not go longer than 2 days without a dose.
I love the USA but there are some obvious problems with the food there. Agribusiness is trying to squeeze every last dollar out of their products. Quality is quite obviously far down the ranking list of important issues. Its more important than just about any other "environmental" issue. But people are so in a daze because of their irritated lifestyles that their enfeebled minds grasp on to the hoax that is global warming.
Here me now believe me later: Breathing clean air and eating quality proteins leads to sleeping like a baby at night. Sleeping like a baby at night leads to a very sharp and crisp mind.