I've recently started putting cinnamon in my coffee, too. I use only a tiny amount of sugar in my coffee (just to take the edge off), so made a mix of Ceylon cinnamon and a little sugar, and I sprinkle that into my coffee rather than just plain sugar. I don't drink a lot of iced tea, but I bet cinnamon adds a nice edge to it. I just bought a bottle of "higher quality" vinegar to take after dinner to try to quell my occasional acid reflux. I also bought a jug of Aloe juice to try in the morning to keep my digestive tract in order. If nothing else, I should soon have a patch of wonderfully medicinal grass growing over my drain field
@Mary Stetler An email from The Lost Herbs about stinging nettle hit my Inbox this morning. It talks about using stinging nettle for joint pain, and gives tips on when and how to harvest it. Link
I love stinging nettle. It is THE most nutritious vegetable on the planet. A vitamin/mineral pill in a food. I don't think I ever got joint pain relief from it. Do you swat yourself to have the sting help your joints? The root is supposed to be excellent for prostate problems. Mine are fixed. I guess it works for that... This is the time of year to pick it (could have started earlier in your area) and I just made a bucket of nettle stew for today.
John Brunner, I, instead, would take lupini beans soaked in water overnight...and SWALLOW them before breakfast. ...it worked for my mother to regain mobility in her fingers and also for me when the pain on my foot was very strong.
I've never heard of lupini beans. The web says they are a popular snack in Latin America and the Mediterranean when pickled. They are sold online in jars, ready to eat, but I don't see any in my local grocery stores (jarred or dried.) The look a lot like lima beans or large navy beans.
Faster than a speeding bullet. I am thinking of getting some. Wonder if I can use them as seed if we like them. Check out recipes if buying them raw. Prep time is DAYS. https://www.northbaytrading.com/mor...MIl7qTkbmShgMV92tHAR0x4wu_EAAYAiAAEgJ3KPD_BwE
Interesting. That site says they are mostly used as a pickled snack. (And $16/pound????) And when you say "Prep time is in days," do you mean to pickle them, or to use them in a soup/stew?
According to a recipe I just picked, you soak them then cook them and then for 5 days, you wash them three times a day to get rid of bitterness. Then you bite off the tip and pinch them out of their jacket into your mouth. I guess they do that before pickling them? I have had to do changes of water cooking some wild foods but not for 5 days Still thinking of trying them Recently I tried 'tiger nuts'. Soaking for 3 days. I liked them but hubby didn't.
Never mind, I looked up instructions. After you boil them, they gotta soak for 8-10 days!!! Then you eat them I've never seen anything like that. The Italian cooking website I was on said nothing about pickling.
We crossed paths. This recipe talks of making a brine with optional parsley, garlic and balsamic vinegar (after the lengthy soaking process.)
I find it interesting that they are not meant to sprout. I wonder why. Have you investigated what it takes to grow them? Is there any special prep?
"John Brunner, They are all over NYC and around. Look for them in Italian and Latin grocery stores. They work. Buy them UNCOOKED.
Mary Stetler, My mother's hands were "paralyzed". We had to cut her meat and feed her. After few months, she started to move her fingers....and in about a year she moved her hands/ fingers as a teenager. The lupinis absorb the uric acid accumulated in the joints and is eliminated by urination....is also used for patients suffering from gout.