Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Let me explain -- I, obviously, eat Paleo -- and in doing so, I eat plenty of veggies and fruits, the other day I had business lunch near *Santa Barbara, California and in my salad, I was given an avocado.

It blew my mind. I haven't tasted an avocado like that for +10 years.

Everything about it --- texture, fragrance, taste -- sung the fact that it had been left to ripen on the tree and picked at the right time from the tree.

Even we Paleo folks, who buy fruit/veggies from farmers markets, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's -- eat so much "fauxd" (fauxd = faux food e.g. tomatoes that look & feel ripe but have no flavor to speak of), that sometimes you forget what real food tastes like.

When was your last non-fauxd experience?

*They grow avocados in the Santa Barbara area.

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lunabelle · Answer 1 · 2011-07-25 04:21:53Z UTC

This morning I had an omelet made with eggs from my pastured chickens and thinly sliced summer squash and tomatoes from my garden.

While I was working in my garden I picked and ate the juicy miniature plums from my neighbors tree that grows over my fence.

turkeytyme · Answer 2 · 2011-07-25 04:16:02Z UTC

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The best thing ever is eating a tomato from my mother's garden. Oh. My. God. There is just no comparison. Supermarket tomatoes are just so bland.

answered Jul 25 2011 at 4:16

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Vern · Answer 3 · 2011-07-25 04:55:28Z UTC

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There are many farms here in Colorado that allow you to pick your own. Organic Strawberries picked in the summer, right from the vine to your lips... No greater taste in the world.

My son and I go several times throughout the year, and he eats more than we pick. Such fun.

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Fresh picked strawberries are the best!!! So much fun for the kiddos, too! – jared Jul 25 2011 at 15:07

ben61820 · Answer 4 · 2011-07-25 12:16:53Z UTC

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Basil that I grow on my balcony tastes pretty darn good. Its led me to believe that eating-right-after-it's-picked is perhaps more important than organic-or-not, etc. i eat this stuff like 5 minutes after I snip it off the plant.

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henny · Answer 5 · 2011-07-25 05:30:44Z UTC

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We went to Mexico and ate mangoes ripened on the tree- maybe bad, but oh so GOOD!

Now our raspberries are ripening in the yard and they will be the next treat.

answered Jul 25 2011 at 5:30

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jesuisjuba - paleorepublic.com · Answer 6 · 2011-07-25 10:33:31Z UTC

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Teeny little strawberries and tomatoes from my friends box garden around the corner. Warm from the sun, no water to clean just brushed off with fingers and popped into mouth. The best candy in the entire world.

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barefeet · Answer 7 · 2011-07-25 10:09:36Z UTC

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Fresh local blackberries and blueberries from the farmer's market yesterday. So good. And yes, I trust the grower - it was picked when ripe, the day before.

answered Jul 25 2011 at 10:09

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jared · Answer 8 · 2011-07-25 12:32:36Z UTC

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Just enjoyed some freshly picked Michigan blueberries this weekend with some homemade whipped cream. Ohhhhhhh, baby!

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Kelly · Answer 9 · 2011-07-25 13:35:53Z UTC

eating local fruits here is an adventure as I'm not sure what they are most of the time, sometimes neither are they!

Mangostinos

Guanabana

Guava

Mangos

fresh figs

passion fruit

papaya

dragon fruit

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all exotics and generally fresh from the vine, tree, etc.!!

The Loon · Answer 10 · 2011-07-25 14:46:49Z UTC

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tomatoes from my garden

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jared · Answer 11 · 2011-07-25 15:06:38Z UTC

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The wife brought some fresh basil and tomatoes home from the farmer's market and made a homemade creamy tomato basil soup with full fat whipping cream and a full stick of grass fed butter. Liquid heaven.

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wheelhouse · Answer 12 · 2011-07-25 19:16:31Z UTC

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Ive been making a lot of my own ice cream (since going paleo I can get away with almost no sugar). The mint in my garden was starting to take over so I made fresh mint chip that was out of this world. Literally minutes from being cut to steeping in the pot.

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yum! that sounds good! – Kelly Jul 25 2011 at 19:26

Christa G · Answer 13 · 2011-07-25 16:56:10Z UTC

Living in southern california I have to ditto the amazing avocados fresh from the farmers market. Even the "local" avocados from Trader Joes don't match up. Also my hubby gets strawberries from a local farmer at a farmers market near his work every Monday. Picked that very morning. They are truly divine!

Jan · Answer 14 · 2011-07-25 19:09:44Z UTC

I went to a forrest today and gathered some wild porcinis (boletus edulis) and some chantarelles. Theres a ton of them. I am sure nordic caveman wouldnt bother much to hunt in summer, much easier just to pick some berries and mushrooms. I can pick like 4lbs of berries easily in one day. Experienced grok maybe much more :)

Senneth · Answer 15 · 2011-07-26 18:32:00Z UTC

Just to play devil's advocate...My co-worker brought me a big bowl of beautiful cherries from his tree. (His only form of pesticide is a giant net over the tree to keep out birds). I took them home and sat down to pig out, every single one of them had lots of live worms!! So much for fresh from the tree and organic.HaHa! Ok so that story was an exception - There is something extra yummy about eating a tomato and lemon cucumber salad when they are still warm from the sunshine.

When & what was your last real-ripened (non-fauxd) fruit/veggie experience?

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