No pork, shrimp,oysters or anything considered bad in biblical terms

#1

looking for tips on how to replace the macros I lose due to me not eating pork shrimp and oysters or any other type of shell fish

(Wendy) #2

Fatty cuts of beef, cheeses, HWC, full fat Greek yogurt, butter, avocados, lamb, goat…

(Amy Ramadan) #3

I don’t eat pork either, and I really have had no problems so far!! Good luck!!

#4

Thank you I was in a hurry but I meant more along the lines of breakfast recipes that I can replace pork with lol and does anybody have a list of sweetners I would need to use for desserts and waffles ?

(Amy Ramadan) #5

For breakfast I just have either turkey or beef versions of sausage or bacon alongside some form of eggs. Splenda, swerve and Stevia are all good options for sweeteners. Hope this helps!!

(Brian) #6

FWIW, I don’t use the meats that are considered unclean in Biblical terms. Really, it’s a non-issue.

There is beef, bison, lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, many kinds of fish, and wild sources such as deer that are perfectly fine to use. It’s not like there isn’t anything to eat.

Bacon can come from turkey or beef as can sausages. (I’ve actually been wanting to start making my own, haven’t yet, but would like to.) If you don’t want to eat a pork chop, there is always lamb chop, steak, or a nice fillet or tuna or salmon.

Eggs are great, especially if you can get them from pasture raised chickens. We have Amish and Mennonite families around us that raise chickens out on pasture and the eggs are really, really good.

There really isn’t a whole lot of difference between a beef sausage and a beef hamburger except maybe a hamburger typically being a little larger size and a sausage usually having a little different seasonings. Honestly, there’s not a thing wrong with having steak and eggs for breakfast or even a burger and eggs for breakfast.

Truthfully, I rarely think much about the things I don’t eat. There are just so many good things that I DO eat that I’m pretty contented and well satisfied with the variety I eat.

Just my own thoughts. :slight_smile:

ETA: Sweeteners are usually either stevia or erythritol here. On occasion, I will use a tiny bit of honey, blackstrap molasses or maple syrup, but when I say tiny, I mean tiny. I doubt a years’ supply of all three of those last ones would fill a pint jar, maybe half, maybe. We don’t have any real granulated table sugar in the house, haven’t for a long time. We just don’t use it.

#7

@macpaul107
Those foods aren’t macros. The ones you mention in the original post are mainly protein, but you can replace them with any other protein source, and not suffer any lack.

There are just three macronutrients; protein, fat and carbohydrate. All foods are made of one or (usually) two or three of them.

As for sweeteners, you can use any of them, provided they don’t upset your tum or cause blood glucose spikes. There are lots, from natural(ish) to very chemically. Just go with your preferences.

What are you going to make your desserts and waffles out of? The usual recipes are carb loaded, but there are some very low carb recipes around, if you look.

(less is more, more or less) #8

true, that.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

. . . elk, antelope, duck, goose, pheasant, grouse, squirrel, opossum, rabbit, . . .

(Brian) #10

You were good till you got to the squirrel, opossum & rabbit. :wink:

(bulkbiker) #11

crickets?

(Wendy) #12

Only with a good coating of dark chocolate.

(Brian) #13

If you were asking if crickets are Biblical to eat, the answer is yes, as are grasshoppers. Can’t say I’m much interested in eating either but I suppose if one were really hungry…

:slight_smile:

ETA: In case anyone is interested, the Gospel of Matthew mentions John the Baptist eating locusts and wild honey. Locusts are also considered clean to eat. Not planning to eat any of those either. LOL!! But it’s kind of a fun little fact, at least to me. :slight_smile:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #14

I’ve always wondered about that story of old John and the grasshoppers. I mean, they don’t have cloven hooves, and they don’t chew their cud, do they? :grinning:

(Ethan) #15

Lots of us no-pork eaters here. We can drowned out by the bacon pushers though.

(Brian) #16

Insects are a tricky bunch, and the language used to describe them in the ancient Hebrew can be challenging to unravel. I’m not Jewish, though I do appreciate some of the perspective that particular group can offer, but I find it quite fascinating to listen to various rabbis work through such topics.

:slight_smile:

#17

Leviticus 11:21 (NIV)
There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.

There’s a lot more to the dietary laws than cloven hooves and cud chewing.

(Running from stupidity) #18

Crickets are super high protein sources - about 60+ percent IIRC.

(Adriana) #19

They are also tasty! In Mexico we fry them and eat them with salt and chili powder or guacamole.

(Brian) #20

Just out of curiosity, is there anything out there that we are more likely to be familiar with that would compare to the tastes and textures of fried crickets? I always have this mental image of cricket legs getting stuck between my teeth. LOL!!