June Thread for NT Mamas

[member]

Hee! Mountain Mom said I could. Here is the link for the May thread.

[mountain mom]

Hey Selu!

Happy June everyone, ours came in with rain, thank goodness.

Oh and Selu, I meant put a link on the may thread to link here, so all the subscribers would know to come here instead.

[member]

I knew, that why I did not do that I am not sure. My brain is fried. :LOL

[mountain mom]

[mountain mom]

[artisticat]

HI! Just started saurkraut (sp?) for the first time yesterday. I hope it works. I have been so interested in fermenting, but finally got brave enough to try something. Also almost have my garden in (first garden of my very own) and am so excited. I walk through it every morning. What a wonderful way to wake up!! Hope everyone is enjoying the beginnings of summer!

Oh a question about the kraut. I didn't have anything to hold it down with so I just keep occasionaly pushing it back down under the juice is this ok?

[halah]

newbie with question

Hi all,

I am relatively new to NT/WAPF we've joined a co-op that gets us raw milk, buttermilk, grass fed meat and the most wonderful orange-yolk eggs. I have been soaking our oatmeal and pancakes and even tried liver (uh...not so great )

I have been giving my 19 month old CLO (Nordic Naturals, about 1750 IU's Vitamin A per tsp) and found that her skin is softer, eczema patches healed, and she's gained weight. Great! I really like this whole approach to eating and children.

Here's my question: When giving kids cod liver oil, especially if we switch to the high-vitamin kind, what do you do about the other vitamin and minerals? I like to give my kids a multi because it seems to boost their immunity and energy. But I don't feel safe giving them such an enormous daily dose of Vitamin A. (CLO + multi) Rainbow Light for kids has both Vitamin A palminate and beta carotene, but it doesn't tell how much of one vs. the other.

Am I making any sense? How do you guys supplement other vit/minerals for young children, if at all?

Thanks!

[mountain mom]

Originally Posted by artisticat

Oh a question about the kraut. I didn't have anything to hold it down with so I just keep occasionaly pushing it back down under the juice is this ok?

Fill an appropriate sized bag full of brine water (in case it breaks) and use that as the weight to press the kraut down. According to Sandor the weight is an important part of the kraut preparation.

Also skim the top for mold often.

[mamamillie]

Hi mamas. Signing on
Who is Sandor?

So I got my kefir grains and they are working...I can't really stomach it; I guess I have to psych myself into enjoying it. I just keep thinking it is rotting milk, sitting out on the counter for days... just a little grossed out. It is fine in my smoothies, though, so it is being used. My ds drank some and liked it, he is calling it "old milk." :LOL The batch I strained last night was made w a smaller amount of milk (I ran out) for a longer time, and it was THICK and smelled seriously yeasty, like bread dough. So I am thinking it will be excellent for using in waffles and maybe other quick breads.....

Happy June! The cicadas are going strong already, here; this morning they started up full blast before dawn. I found a huge organic farm only about 35 miles from me and I am looking forward to running over there and filling some bushel baskets and two coolers...I plan to ferment a LOT of stuff and will also get canning going on. I can't raise much here by the river, and there are NO organics available here locally. SO I will feel so much better when I get my freezer and pantry stocked w clean whole foods.

[mountain mom]

Sandor Katz....he wrote Wild Fermentation.

[Gale Force]

mamamillie -- try a kefir smoothie with fruit and stevia. It's very good. I can't drink it straight myself.


In about six weeks our freezer will be full of grassfed beef. A local rancher grazes his cattle on land that is watered year-round. They have water rights to the streams and water their land to save on hay and grain costs (I assume). They aren't doing the grassfed thing for health reasons. I talked to him about what a gold mine they have and that they need to market the beef to our market, not just take them to a regular auction. I got his attention with the prices of beef. In the meantime, he just called us with one that's available.

[HerthElde]

Well, I just finished the best sandwich ever, and wanted to brag. It was kimchi and raw cheddar on two slices of homemade 100% whole wheat sourdough bread toasted and spread with organic butter.
Mmmmmmmm . . . I think I'm in love with kimchi. It's sure staving off the morning sickness . . .


. . . was that too subtle?

[mountain mom]

HEY!!!!

(non-alcoholic)



:stork


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

[member]

Congratulations, HerthElde!

Question... can I soak my oatmeal in yogurt? Overnight covered lightly but on the counter? I am thinking yes, but wanna get feedback.

[mountain mom]

Yup I have done it. The only thing is when you cook the oatmeal tomorrow the good beasties will not survive.

But the phytate bond will be broken.

Can you seperate the yougurt?

[member]

Into cheese and whey? Yep, I do that often. I could live on yogurt cheese, but that's another post.

I am not cooking the oats. I've been doing thick oats with yogurt, desiccated coconut and a touch of honey soaked for a minute in the AM, but not over night. It's really, really good.

[toraji]

Congratulations HerthElde!!!

(I'm LOL at kimchee and cheese though! But my mom swears that in Korea they serve kimchee as a pizza topping.)

[*solsticemama*]

Blessings HerthElde. I'm in for that sandwich!

We always soak our oatmeal in yogurt. I add lots of raw ginger, dried ground cardomom and a handful of coconut to the muesli recipe. We eat it with chopped apples and raisins and coconut or almond milk. Delish.

This morning we began our day with soaked kamut pancakes and organic, uncured turkey bacon. Later I'll be tasting the almond cookies. They're cooling in the kitchen right now. Have a good weekend mamas.

[Gale Force]

Congratulations HerthElde! That's fantastic!

[eminer]

Hi everyone! Couldn't quite decide where to post this, and figured some of you might know. Our younger dd's doctor is of course telling us to give her tri-vi-sol (she's 2.5 months old). Last time I blew that off, but my older dd has a lot of tooth decay and a very...narrow bone structure, and since reading *Nutrition and Physical Degeneration* I wonder if that could be due to mineral deficiencies. So knowing what I do now about how high the need is and the limited seasonal UV at our latitude (esp. when I am also shading my dd's fair skin), I am reluctant to blow it off again. But I really don't want to give her sugary vitamin syrup, either.

So...does anyone know if it is safe/healthy to give an infant Cod Liver Oil? If so, how much to give? Or do you have some other, minimalist (I would prefer to delay all food but for my concern about vit. D) supplement suggestion?