Dieticians of Canada (DC) has “Advice for the general public about COVID-19. “Updated May 5, 2020 – The advice below is reviewed and updated regularly since it’s original publication on March 24. DC is keeping a close watch on new and emerging information. […] “What can I do to support my immune system? “A healthyContinue reading “Hangry May 10, 2020 Stock up on whole grains and pasta?”
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Hangry May 3 2020. The Newish Normal
1. Cancel Culture. Do you recall, a few months ago, when people were talking about “Cancel Culture,” wherein politically incorrect or controversial speakers were cancelled at North American universities and colleges? Hello folks, THIS is Cancel Culture, where meetings, conferences, career fairs and K – U in-person classes are cancelled. 2. “Shut Down Canada” wasContinue reading “Hangry May 3 2020. The Newish Normal”
Hangry April 25, 2020 You’re not welcome
Bernard Avishai muses on April 21, 2020 at newyorker.com, “How does one close a town border?” He was interviewing Nassim Nicholas Taleb (The Black Swan) who said that during a pandemic, “The government should encourage an eclectic array of management norms: drawing up political borders, even down to the level of towns, which can, inContinue reading “Hangry April 25, 2020 You’re not welcome”
Hangry April 18 2020 Science and pandemic dough
Michelle Ghoussoub (2020) posted for CBC news on April 5 about sourdough in the pandemic . “[Karen] Bates said she noticed the trend when she, one day into her own quarantine, baked a loaf of sourdough and went to post it on Twitter — only to discover dozens of people had already done the same.” “Bates,Continue reading “Hangry April 18 2020 Science and pandemic dough”
Hangry April 12, 2020 Spying in the age of Shelter in Place
The website imdb.com gives us the synopsis of Rear Window (1954). “Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man acrossContinue reading “Hangry April 12, 2020 Spying in the age of Shelter in Place”
Hangry April 6, 2020 Feeding the wildlife
Part 1: What my crows like I have a backyard flock, which is allowed, but usually around here they are chickens. I believe it is allowed to have two or three egg-layers, and people are trying to get rid of the roosters who crow contrary to the bylaws. My free tree, a red maple, wasContinue reading “Hangry April 6, 2020 Feeding the wildlife”
Hangry March 29, 2020 Pass the zweibach
Wesley Peters writes in the March 27, 2020 issue of Steinbach Online: “A former microbiologist and Steinbach resident, Dr. Glen Klassen, conducted research on the pandemic back in 2008 at the Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. […] What he found, he says, was startling. ‘The death rates for Mennonites were pretty well double the deathContinue reading “Hangry March 29, 2020 Pass the zweibach”
Hangry March 21, 2020 How we hoard here
On the day Trump got elected, my hubby started a Trump Box and gradually filled up our cellar with bottled water and canned goods. Now that COVID-19 is scaring us here in my northern town, we see that Toilet Paper is the mainstay of Panic Shoppers. The following are excerpts from social media. March 14Continue reading “Hangry March 21, 2020 How we hoard here”
Hangry March 14, 2020 No hammer stone required
Simmering and braising bone-in short ribs in bone broth feeds your expensive brain, helps maintain insulin sensitivity, and you don’t need a hammer stone to get at the bone marrow. Jess Thompson talks about Pliocene-era “Lucy” and argues that Lucy was not wanting meat, but wanting fat, specifically marrow bone. (Using a hammer stone toContinue reading “Hangry March 14, 2020 No hammer stone required”
Hangry March 7, 2020 Healthy soils
This weekend I taped an episode of Char Can Cook Keto on Thimbleberry Farm, talking to Young Agrarians who care about keeping nutrients in the soil and growing sustainably. Serious and well-informed, Vicky explained her small farm’s technique of no-till agriculture. For one, they don’t need to use petroleum products to fill a motorized tiller’sContinue reading “Hangry March 7, 2020 Healthy soils”
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