Kosher for Health
Shrimp is a delicacy to many people, yet we now know that it is a dangerous and even lethal food. A Winnipeg woman died after eating food which had been deep-fried in the same fat in which shrimps had previously been cooked. Shellfish like shrimp, lobster, scallops, mussels, and clams feed near the ocean floor where heavy metals collect, metals which are toxic. My husband has nicknamed shrimp "little garbage cans." When I think of their toxic content, the taste becomes less appealing.
In my childhood, smoked eel was a delicacy, because eel is plentiful in the coves of the Baltic Sea where I grew up, and it is easy to catch. I call it the "vulture of the sea," because it feeds on cadavers and accumulates toxins in its system. After seeing the harvesting of eel in the film "Die Blechtrommel" (The Tin Drum), I lost my taste for this childhood treat.
We have learned in the last century that combining the wrong foods in the same meal will produce LDL or bad cholesterol. So if you cannot resist the temptation of eating North American pizza, at least make it vegetarian, or else, eat the real Italian pizza which my Italian landlady in Toronto used to serve. It contained neither meat nor cheese, but was a yeast cake brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with herbs and onions. My mother's German Zwiebelkuchen (onion cake) was not that different, except that my mother had never heard of real Italian olive oil.
Non-kosher
- Normally, I illustrate articles about good eating with photos of food which promote good health. This time, I decided to give you one last look at what you should not be eating during Lent and what I prefer not to eat at all. If you can make it through 40 days of Lent without these foods, maybe you can give them up altogether.
Anti-allergen, Heart-healthy Diet
- I have adapted many elements of the kosher diet for my own eating, not for religious reasons but for health considerations. My family has no choice but to follow suit, because I am the kitchen boss. This diet is easy on people with allergies, because it eliminates two of the most common culprits, pork and shrimp. It is also good for the circulatory system, because it avoids the production of bad cholesterol in the body.
Reading Material
- About 30 years ago, I
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