I’m a republican (yes they do exist in the UK although a rare breed!) so don’t really get the whole Royal Family thing in the UK let alone anywhere else in the world…
What do they do… very little so far as I can see apart from cost lots…
It does indeed amaze me that Americans are the slightest bit interested but then again the whole celebrity culture things makes me wonder if people are just bat shit crazy about some of these non entities.
I’m turning into a grumpy old man … (turning I hear you say…!)
What did you Keto today?
MarkGossage
(bulkbiker)
#7196
Hardrock_keto_chick
(I came for the weight loss and stayed for my sanity... )
#7197
nomm… Thanks for reminding me that ‘shrooms’ exist…
Going shopping before dinner tonight. Indulge before the next fast.
Ernest
(Ernest)
#7198
I find dedicated fryers to be a waste of space and money. Get a cast iron dutch oven.
As far as cooking far goes, I cook with solid fat and use liquid fat in raw form.
Refined coconut oil (Nutiva brand) makes a great frying fat.
Omega ratios, not an issue if one makes the choice of sticking primarily with animal fats.
Avocado oil (raw) drizzled on scrambled eggs mama mia!!!
kib
(karen)
#7199
The problem is that even animal fats & eggs can have elevated omega 6 vs 3 if the animals in question were fed grain. Granted they’re nowhere near the disastrous numbers found in industrial oils, but more 6 than 3 still throws off ideal balance. (We raise chickens for eggs and I’m always arguing with my husband about this; he wants to cage them and feed them cheap GMO corn-based stuff, I say GIGO (garbage in garbage out), I’m raising them so I have Better eggs.) I’m on the fence about a dedicated fryer. I do have a cast iron dutch oven that never gets use, I could probably “dedicate” that. I’ve actually got a whole tub of Nutiva sitting there begging to be used in cups rather than tablespoons …
hedleylo
(Lonnie Hedley)
#7200
I eat basically the same thing every day for dinner. Bacon, ground beef, eggs, and butter. Tonight I wanted to add a little bulk, so after making my regular mixture I tossed some shirataki spaghetti in the pan with sesame oil and liquid aminos. Put my animal mixture back in with the noodles and mixed it all together.
And some “hot” sauce.
Tricia_Roth
(Tricia Roth)
#7201
I had taco with toasted cheese shells, seasoned ground beef (my own seasonings), sour cream and salsa.
My boys just had one each. The youngest said, “this can’t be good for me” but he ate a second cheese shell anyway sans meat.
It was pretty good. I’m still pretty full from eating two!
Becky
(I want abs... olutely all the bacon)
#7204
Ernest
(Ernest)
#7205
I wish I could raise my own yard birds for eggs. I I eat a bunch of eggs… yolks. That I get farmer’s market eggs or free range store ones.
As far as grain fed, I buy pasture raised lard and tallow for cooking. But for the animal itself, grass fed is hard on the wallet. When I find good deals I load up on grass fed. When I can’t, I don’t stress over it.
kib
(karen)
#7206
Yeah, I’m more of an ovo lacto vegetarian not for the belief in being meat free but the $18+ price tag for a pound of pastured steak! I really believe in pasture / grass fed both for health and humane concerns, but it’s certainly not easy to stay in budget.
Capnbob
(Rob)
#7207
Indeed, though I did notice that Trader Joe’s, at least near me, has pasture raised Angus strip steaks at $9.99lb… in the FROZEN section (near the fish I think). Only problem is that it has a terrible carbon footprint since it’s from New Zealand (and you thought they only did lamb).
Nothing’s perfect I guess. 
I haven’t cooked mine yet but I think I will tomorrow and will compare to the grain fed but closer sourced ribeye I had yesterday. It has a decent fat strip around it at least.
kib
(karen)
#7208
Thanks, there’s a TJ two miles from my house. If I actually do walk, maybe I can mitigate the damage, ha ha. The 45% fat grass finished ground beef I scored for $6.99 at Sprouts is from New Zealand too. I sure hope those cows were treated well enough to warrant being flown 7,000 miles!
fischersd
(Steve)
#7209
Put some pork side ribs into the water bath yesterday morning. Got distracted, so had a late meal after they were cooking for about 38 hours.
Tried two sauce recipes that I’ve been meaning to “Keto-ize” - the BBQ sauce and the Coleslaw sauce.
I can definitely say that oat fibre (what I substituted for flour in the recipes) really doesn’t thicken worth a damn. 
Think I’ll add some Xanthan gum to them tomorrow, then put them back in the fridge.
The BBQ sauce was nice, but it doesn’t have the complexity of flavour that I grew accustomed to from the Bulls-eye Guinness BBQ sauce I used to have on these. Going to need some additional tweaking to get there.
The ribs (because they’re so nice to look at):
That’s a half-rack there (738g) - and, no, I didn’t eat the whole thing…though I DID eat too much!!!
Capnbob
(Rob)
#7210
Not pretty but… dessert for a change.
Sugar-free raspberry jell-o, a few fresh raspberries in the jell-o and stiff whipped cream with a little erythritol and cocoa powder… who doesn’t love raspberries and chocolate in a high fat package! (Not good for sweetener dodgers) The chocolate cream was made a pint at a time so I could just spoon it out of the container in the fridge for several days, hence it is very stiff and dense and less fluffy than if I’d just whipped it.
Ernest
(Ernest)
#7211
I have had my fair share of trader Joe’s New Zealand steaks. Leaner but very good.
Under $10 a steak is great price.
My TJ is far so I tend to pick up 5 or more of those.
hedleylo
(Lonnie Hedley)
#7212
Having one of those days where I want to eat the basket of chocolate in the HR office.
Instead, we have packets of butter in the fridge. Just as good at satisfying that urge.
Elle79
(Ellen)
#7213
Anniegirl9
(LeeAnn Brooks)
#7215
Pesto & tomato “flatbreads”
Didn’t look anything like the photo in the recipie book, but still mighty tasty. A bit low on fat though, so looks like I’ll be having my marscapone dessert!
