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[neadods]

Mini trampoline: Good low-impact workout, or disaster waiting to happen?

Also, I am in the market for a good, general cookbook (think "Joy of Cooking") for:
- Mediterranean Cooking (esp. Greece and Italy)
- Recipes for Lent
- Jewish cooking

Any recommendations?

I am trying to deal with the incredible paucity of fish and bean recipes in most "generican" cookbooks. Vegetarian cookbooks are slightly better. Slightly.

Comments

Re: Trampoline

[neadods.livejournal.com]

*Not* for religious reasons! It's the discovery that the Greek Orthodox spend about half the year fasting - not in the "eat no food" sense, but in the sense of having no meat or dairy, and right now I'm very much in the market for time-tested recipes that avoid butter and animal products. If there are cultures out there who've been making tasty food like that for centuries, I have no problems coming from behind and gleaning the results.

I love fish poached in wine. Salmon, heavily covered in dill sprigs and poached in May wine? YUM!

Re: Trampoline

[olivia-sutton.livejournal.com]

"*Not* for religious reasons! It's the discovery that the Greek Orthodox spend about half the year fasting - not in the "eat no food" sense, but in the sense of having no meat or dairy, and right now I'm very much in the market for time-tested recipes that avoid butter and animal products."

Yeah - somehow I didn't THINK it was for religious reasons. I'm not that religious, but I keep Lent, well, religiously (sorry about the construction of THAT sentence) - I just think that, somehow, following a daily or at least seasonal diet that's different and (sorta') involves sacrifice is a good idea. Makes you appreciate things more. It's not about "giving up" really.
The ironic thing is I absolutely adore fish. Not so wild about shellfish (I can't abide shrimp for example). But fish - I actually like it.
In case you're wondering tho - over the years I've become pro-Choice simply because I'm strongly in favor of separation of church and state (and AGAINST state religion. Because if you look at history whenever a state or country had an official state religion it ALWAYS resulted in persecution of people who refused to change their religion to the state religion. And, oddly enough, it didn't really matter WHAT the state religion was.)
I also happen to be in favor of adoption (especially closed adoption) for both the pregnant mother and the potential parents. This is 'cause, due to medical problems, I can't have children - so if I ever want a child, adoption is my ONLY option.
But enough politics.
I'll have to look up some fish recipes for you and send them on.
--Olivia

Re: Trampoline

[flaviarassen.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I was wondering why you'd need a
kosher cookbook, too... Or did you mean Israeli?

Re: Trampoline

[neadods.livejournal.com]

No, I mean kosher, for the same reason - either meat or dairy, but not both in a recipe.