Nooks & Crannies & Horror

Terrible thought:

There existed a time 

When there were humans

But there was not yet any butter.

Man Cannot Live by Bread Alone

But it sure is tasty, or so I remember. 2+ weeks in on Raw February and a little over 1 week to go. I've gone 100% except for a couple of pieces of pizza and a soda the first Saturday and a single beer last Saturday. Social gatherings are tough.

But...

Sleeping better? Yes.
Waking easier? Yes.
More alert? Yes.
Dropped 10+ pounds? Yes.

I haven't had any real cravings, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to a pizza and a Coke next Wednesday night.

Raw February - I think I'll do it again next year. Maybe I can even convince my esteemed co-blogger MeatAxe to join me. I don't think he minded last time.

No Thanks, I'm Not That Hungry

I'm trying out a raw diet again - me and a work buddy declared "Raw February". So for a month, my diet will consist of:

- Raw beef. Sometimes I 5-second-sear the outer edges for variety, but 100% uncooked is yummy too.

- Veggies. Always a problem for me since I literally can't eat things like broccoli, and I really don't like most other vegetables. Carrots, cucumbers, and other weak tea-types are pretty much all I've got.

- Fruit. Love fruit. bring it on.

- Raw nuts, some roasted types.

- Raw cheese.

- Water

The last time I did this I had an easy 1st week and a rough 2nd week. This time the first couple of days were hard - messed-up sleep, not feeling well. 2 weeks was enough last time, but since I know what to expect, I think I can make the whole month this time. Problem is, eating raw is boring - no cooking, no smells, and for me, relatively low variety.

Now, after a couple of days you stop eating to be full and start eating to not be hungry, which is easy to say, but weird to experience; and eventually food just stops being important. Eating is something you do to not feel that hunger pain. You don't even drink a lot of water - you don't need it.

I like food being important, and I love to cook, so I would never want to try this as a permanent thing, but even a few days brings changes that are almost embarrassingly-indicative of how poorly I normally eat: excess weight just drops away (mainly because of no carbs), everything physical improves (hair, skin, breath, "functions"), I wake up in the morning and don't zombie around for a half-hour feeling dead - I am just "awake".

Anyway, this is only Day 4, but still, I just had 3oz of beef and a couple of pieces of cheese and a glass of water, and man, am I not hungry.

Yummy Beastie Parts

I have a new love, and it is bottom round sirloin.

Words.

All those words are stupid. It should just say "Remove from package, begin ripping chunks off with incisors and eat until sick, glaring paranoiacally over your shoulders for thieves as you chew."

I bought about 8 pounds of this stuff for this last weekend's MST3K and Rifftrax shindig, and only kabobed about 6.5 pounds. A half pound of that went straight in my mouth as I cubed it for the marinade. (For those of you grossed out by eating raw beef, too bad. Better yet, buy some nice fat-trimmed bottom round sirloin steaks, look at them, imagine eating them raw, get grossed out, then put them on ice and mail them to me.)

I'll be trying different grilling methods on these for the rest of the summer, but I can't imagine that it'll need much more than a sprinkle of salt or rub, show it a picture of the hot coals, then toss it on a plate.