Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and The... (156 page)

In a food processor, process dates and almonds until they form a sticky mass. Press into a buttered 9-inch by 13-inch pyrex pan to form a crust.

Put egg yolks and milk in a sauce pan, beat lightly, sprinkle with gelatin and warm slightly until gelatin is dissolved. In a food processor, combine cream cheese, honey and vanilla and process until smooth. Add yolk mixture and process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and place in refrigerator while beating eggs. Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff, fold into cream-cheese mixture and pour into crust. Chill several hours before serving.

Her majesty's government, with its vested interest in both slavery and sugar, spoke loftily of the Empire. Britain was the center of the sugar industry of the entire world. "The pleasure, glory and grandeur of England has been advanced more by sugar than by any other commodity, wool not excepted," said Sir Dalby Thomas. "The impossibility of doing without slaves in the West Indies will always prevent the traffic being dropped." William Dufty
Sugar Blues

ORANGE CAKE

Serves 12-18

2 ½ cups freshly ground and sifted spelt, kamut or whole wheat flour

1 cup
piima cream
or
creme fraiche

1 cup whole plain
yoghurt

½ cup water

1 cup butter, softened

1¼ cups Rapadura (see
Guide to Natural Sweeteners
)

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

grated rind of 2 oranges and 2 lemons

1 cup crispy pecans, finely chopped (
crispy pecans
)

juice of 2 oranges and 2 lemons

¼ cup whey
Whey and Cream Cheese

½ cup raw honey

¼ cup brandy or dry sherry (optional)

This delicious cake incorporates the principles of both lacto-fermentation and enzyme nutrition. The flour is soaked in cultured cream and yoghurt and, after cooking, the cake is soaked for another day or so in a mixture of orange juice, lemon juice, raw honey, whey and brandy or sherry. This imparts enzymes to the cake along with flavor and moistness.

Mix flour with yoghurt, cultured cream and water. Cover and leave in a warm place for 12 to 24 hours. Cream butter with Rapadura and eggs. Beat in baking soda, salt, vanilla and grated rind. Gradually incorporate the soaked flour and fold in the nuts. Pour batter into a well-buttered and floured fluted bundt pan or angel food cake pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1½ hours or more, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool. Place lemon juice, orange juice, honey, whey and optional sherry or brandy in a container and set in simmering water until honey is dissolved. Slowly pour this mixture over the cake until the liquid is absorbed. Cover with a towel and leave at room temperature for 1 or 2 days. To serve, loosen sides with a knife. Turn over onto a serving plate and tap pan until cake falls out.

It would be extraordinary if sugar and white flour, known to wreak havoc on the teeth, did not also have profound repercussions elsewhere in the body.

Coronary disease has heretofore been regarded as a "complication" of diabetes. Both coronary disease and diabetes have a common cause: White sugar and white flour. William Dufty
Sugar Blues

POPPY SEED CAKE

Serves 8-10

¼-
¹
/
₃
cup poppy seeds

2 ½ cups freshly ground spelt, kamut or whole wheat flour

1 cup
piima cream
or
creme fraiche

1 cup whole
yoghurt

1 cup butter, softened

1 ¼ cups Rapadura (see
Guide to Natural Sweeteners
)

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon sea salt

grated rind of 1 lemon

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

¼-½ cup water (optional)

juice of 1 lemon

¼ cup whey
Whey and Cream Cheese

½ cup raw honey

¼ cup dry sherry (optional)

Mix flour and poppy seeds with yoghurt and cultured cream, cover and leave in a warm place for 12 to 24 hours. Cream butter with Rapadura and eggs. Beat in baking soda, salt, vanilla and grated rind. Gradually incorporate the soaked flour. Beat in ¼ to ½ cup water to thin batter if necessary. Pour batter into a well-buttered and floured fluted bundt pan or angel food cake pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1½ hours or more, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool slightly.

Place lemon juice, honey, whey and optional sherry in a container and set in simmering water until honey is dissolved. Slowly pour this mixture over the cake until all liquid is absorbed. Cover with plastic wrap and leave at room temperature for 1 or 2 days.

To serve, loosen sides with a knife. Turn over onto a serving plate and tap pan until cake falls out.

Variation: Irish Seed Cake

Use
¼ cup caraway seeds
instead of poppy seeds and
rind and juice of 2 oranges
instead of 1 lemon. Omit water.

Excess sugar eventually affects every organ in the body. Initially it is stored in the liver in the form of glucose (glycogen). Since the liver's capacity is limited, a daily intake of refined sugar (above the required amount of natural sugar) soon makes the liver expand like a balloon. When the liver is filled to its maximum capacity, the excess glycogen is returned to the blood in the form of fatty acids. These are taken to every part of the body and stored in the most inactive areas: the belly, the buttocks, the breasts and the thighs.

When these comparatively harmless places are completely filled, fatty acids are then distributed among active organs, such as the heart and kidneys, and these begin to slow down; finally their tissues degenerate and turn to fat. The whole body is affected by their reduced ability and abnormal blood pressure is created. . .the circulatory and lymphatic systems are invaded and the quality of the red corpuscles starts to change. An overabundance of white cells occurs, and the creation of tissue becomes slower. . .. Our body's tolerance and immunizing power becomes more limited, so we cannot respond properly to extreme attacks, whether they be cold, heat, mosquitoes or microbes. William Dufty
Sugar Blues

CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE ICING

Serves 16-20

2 ½ cups freshly ground spelt, kamut or whole wheat flour

1 cup
piima cream
or
creme fraiche

1 cup whole
yoghurt

1 cup butter, softened

1¼ cups Rapadura (see
Guide to Natural Sweeteners
)

4 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, water packed

2 cups finely grated carrots

1 cup
dried sweetened coconut meat
or commercial dried unsweetened coconut meat

½ cup crispy pecans, chopped (
crispy pecans
)

2 cups cream cheese
Whey and Cream Cheese
, softened

½ cup butter, softened

1 tablespoon vanilla

½-¾ cup raw honey

Mix flour with yoghurt and cultured cream. Cover and leave for 12 to 24 hours in a warm place. Line a buttered 9-inch by 13-inch pyrex pan with buttered parchment paper (See
Sources
) and coat pan and parchment paper with unbleached flour. Cream butter with Rapadura. Beat in eggs, baking soda, cinnamon, vanilla and salt. Gradually add flour mixture. Fold in pineapple (with juice), carrots, coconut and nuts. Pour into pan and bake at 300 degrees for about 2 hours. Let cool slightly and turn onto a platter or tray.

To make icing, place cream cheese, butter, vanilla and honey in food processor and blend until smooth. Generously ice the top and sides of the cake. Decorate with flowers.

Variation: Stars and Stripes Cake

Use
blueberries
and
raspberries
to make an American flag on top of the cake.

It's a bit embarrassing to the lowfat people, as the truth is beginning to come out about vitamin A. A recent
New York Times
article noted that vitamin-A rich foods like liver, egg yolk, cream and shell fish confer resistance to infectious disease in children and prevent cancer in adults. A
Washington Post
article hailed vitamin A as "cheap and effective, with wonders still being (re)discovered," noting that recent studies have found that vitamin A supplements help prevent infant mortality in Third World countries. . .. Serious students of nutrition know that foods rich in vitamin A, like liver, eggs, and cod liver oil, are vital to good health. If you—or your children—don't like liver, eggs and cod liver oil, don't despair. Studies show that the best and most easily absorbed source of vitamin A is butterfat, a food relished by young and old alike. So use butter and cream liberally for good taste and wise nutritional practice.
Vitamin A Vagary