Date: January 17, 1998 10:15 AM
Author: Dr. Gene (carvgene@eci.com)
Subject: How do we balance the diet?

I have read a great deal about storage of grains/beans/milk and the like. I anticipate a great deal of work involved in raising enuf veggies etc for our consumption, but since I have had a garden for years, that doesn't seem impossible. But having read about raising animals, I wonder how the average person will cope-even with chickens. We have raised a cat and a dog and that is it with animals. We of course had access to a vet. when problems came up. All that said, how do we get a REALLY GOOD BALANCED DIET with adaquate amounts of meat which apparently we need (in spite of what vegetarians say). We personally plan to try some chickens and possibility some other birds. But on the piece of property we will have, other animals don't seem to be much of an option. Goats apparently eat almost anything, including fences, sheep are stupid beyond belief and very vunerable to coyotes etc. Any suggestions on how the balanced diet is to be accomplished. God bless, Dr. Gene

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Date: January 17, 1998 09:01 PM
Author: Chrissy (chrissyb@usa.net)
Subject: meat


Dr. Gene,

From personal experience I would like to recommend rabbits. You can raise as much as you can eat in a relatively small space. They are cleaner than chicken and their meat is white but more moist than chicken. We have chicken, goats, pigs, turkeys and rabbits. The rabbits are by far the easiest to deal with. IMHO if you have a limited amount of space you really should give them a try. You could start out small and see how you like it. We are raising them for meat as well as to sell. We started out with 12 does and in 3 months have 90 rabbits. We are down to 10 does. We put two in the crock pot because they would never breed. That leaves us with 80 rabbits ready in a few weeks for market (@.90/lb live weight) or the freezer.

The two breeds you should look for are California and New Zealand. They are a good combination and a meaty rabbit.

If you have any questions, I would be glad to answer them the best I can.

Chrissy

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Date: January 18, 1998 06:56 AM
Author: J.C. Sage (ladysage@rocketmail.com)
Subject: Rabbits


You might check into Angoras for meat production. That way you kill two birds (or rabbits) with one stone. Angora wool is warmer then sheep wool and softer then silk. If we have to produce our own cloths, they are the way to go. Very little space and effort, and very high yield. If they are also good meat producers, you could bread them as fryers. As for getting proper nutrition with out meat, if you mix beans and rice you have a whole protein which is as complete as meat. J.C.

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Date: January 18, 1998 06:54 PM
Author: Ken Seger (Kenseger@primary.net)
Subject: Cornell Bread


Any recipe that calls for wheat flour can have an improved amino acid balance by doing the following:

For every cup of wheat flour required - take a one cup measuring cup, add 1 tsp soy flour, add 1 tsp wheat germ, add 1 TBLSP non-fat dry milk, fill the rest of the cup with wheat flour.

This will give you the same amino acid balance as meat.

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Date: January 19, 1998 12:33 PM
Author: Ann Gersdorf (anng@dmv.com)
Subject: Sprouts

If you combine wheat and dry beans or wheat and dry milk you get a complete protein. Also if you sprout the wheat that gives you the vitamins that are in vegetables. Sprouting the wheat also softens the kernel so you can then grind it in a meat grinder and add to breads, pancakes etc. I add sprouted wheat to casseroles and scrambled eggs and soups.

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