Foods I don't see on the raw list often-- just curious

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Permalink Reply by Lydia Rebekah on March 21, 2008 at 9:20am

I eat raw corn yes in salads, raw eggplant-- dehydrated made into "pizza" yep, artichoke I have heard of.

Really depends what tastes good to you raw?

I would rather eat juicy fruit then a tonne of corn!! but its nice as a treat now and again

Chuck the ingredients into the goneraw search, sure it will bring up plenty of ideas.

I dont eat grains, dont think they are optimal. Beans..bit odd.. you can sprout them, but to me they taste horrible--dosent seem an ideal food to me.

I stick to the simple things!

Sure the others will have far more scientific responses!

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Permalink Reply by april on March 21, 2008 at 11:16am

I loveee raw corn.
I always get the multi-colored organic ones from the farmer's market on sundays...I eat that shit on practically everything..
haha

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Permalink Reply by Charles on March 21, 2008 at 11:22am

If you have a dehydrator, you can make some fabulous corn chips too, which is great for me because I used to eat chips and salsa by the bucket in my pre-raw days.

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Permalink Reply by Guy on March 21, 2008 at 11:28am

Gotta say that I love Raw fresh sweet corn on the cob. I really love it. So much so I can prefer it to fruit some days.
Yes, they say its hard to digest and it most likely a GMO even if its organic but I love it on a hot day.
I only eat it a couple months out of the year when its in season so its a real treat.

Artichokes? hmm I have not had any for a real long time.
I use lots of beans sprouts in my salads. My kids eat sprouted grains. I eat very little grains myself.

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Permalink Reply by sunnied on June 30, 2008 at 3:34pm

Say it ain't so! How can something that is GMO be organic?

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Permalink Reply by Erin Fraser on June 30, 2008 at 5:04pm

Many corn crops have been tainted with seed from GMO corn. The wind can blow the seed onto other farmer's fields (or even from the transport trucks passing by) and some of the corn gets cross-bred.

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Permalink Reply by Raw by Default on March 21, 2008 at 12:15pm

I tried one sprouted garbanzo bean and threw the rest out. They're just not appealing. And as far as grains go, maybe I'll try sprouted wild rice one day, but many of the others cause problems for me.

I'd like to try raw corn, but I am aware that most of it is GMO these days.

I haven't tried artichokes raw. I'd be afraid they'd be too tough.

And I'm not a fan of eggplant at all.

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Permalink Reply by sheri on March 21, 2008 at 12:37pm

what is GMO?

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Permalink Reply by Raw by Default on March 21, 2008 at 12:48pm

GMO = genetically modified organism

Corn, soybeans, canola... much of those crops today are GMO crops. Sadly, that's our new world.

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Permalink Reply by Savrah on March 21, 2008 at 12:51pm

Genetically Modified Organisms- scientists alter the DNA structures of plants and animals to do things like make seedless watermelons and to "protect" crops from"pests". It's super scary. And there aren't labeling laws in the U.S. so sometimes you don't know if what you are eating has been genetically modified. Just because something is organic, doesn't necessarily mean the seeds that grew it weren't GMO. I'm sure someone else can fill you in with much more detail. I simply know that when I buy food, I like to get it from a local farm, where I can find out the details of what it is...or grow it myself.

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Permalink Reply by Raw by Default on March 21, 2008 at 12:54pm

Unfortunately, it's actually easier to find non-GMO packaged food. I've seen crackers and cereals and such that list "non-GMO corn" (or other foods) on the labels. I wish the produce sections would start doing the same sort of labelling. But the stores probably don't know any better than we do!

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Permalink Reply by molliegee on June 30, 2008 at 5:18pm

I second that. Corn is definitely a GMO. In fact, the original corn as we know it today was "made" in Mexico not long ago through early hybrid-izing methods.

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