Recommended Books
These books are ones that I recommend that I think can be helpful for living a simple and natural, old-fashioned lifestyle. Some of these were written by my friends and fellow bloggers, and some of them are written by authors that I don’t know personally but that have great information that I’ve found helpful.
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Old Sturbridge Village Cookbook
Old Sturbridge Village is a living history museum in central Massachusetts that I love visiting often! This cookbook is a great way to have fun with trying out old-fashioned historic recipes with modern instructions and experience what food was like back in the 19th century.
Nourishing Traditions
This book has lots in interesting information about traditional real foods and includes dozens of recipes for making traditional dishes that use ingredients like animals products from pasture-raised animals, healthy fats, vegetables, etc.
From Scratch: Easy Recipes for Traditionally Prepared Whole Food Dishes
Think glorious foods from scratch are impossible? Think again. “If your looking for a cookbook that is as entertaining as it is delicious, then look no further. From Scratch is a breath of fresh air when it comes to learning how to traditionally prepare and cook nutritious food. Shaye does not disappoint in her recipes and this cookbook reads like a letter from a close friend. These meals are easily prepared and yes, easily devoured.”
The Nourished Metabolism
This book gives lots of great information about how to use your diet and your lifestyle to support your metabolism, including figuring out hidden sources of stress, and learning how digestion, sleep, and exercise are connected to your metabolism and figuring out what will work best for your body.
Have Your Cake and Lose Weight Too!
This books gives tips for how to lose weight without going on extreme dies or calorie counting, or exercising excessively. This book explains how to lose weight naturally without having to restrict macronutrients like carbs, fats, or proteins, while eating traditional foods that are nutrient dense (and even enjoying dessert, too!)
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percy cornford
Saturday 29th of January 2022
survival people stable diet grass weeds grubs insects. lost pioneer skills give us independence self sufficiency to live free independent lives. where does one get this knowledge. leaves contain toxins such as cyanide and nitrates what part of plants safe to eat. chemical property of plants we look to traditional knowledge. to day we have to walk into wilderness survive in a dugout so trying to teach myself skills. like sodium bicarbonate 3 grams bicarbonate to 100 ml pure alkaline water plus juice lemon or lime, preservation of food using yeast probiotics cultured food promote health. recipe for soil bacteria to speed up decomposition compost. planted out rose, hibiscus, blackberry, elderberry, aronia berry, mulberry which leaves form my main diet plus herb garden oregano, mint, basil companion planting. march 04 told most severe and lethal cancer given couple days to live country hospital herbalist doctor from parkistan stopped medication put on herbal march06 surgery lost both adrenal glands may have given me couple of years realized our society all lies and deceit today remaining cancer free so living homeless dugout national park has its merit. regards percy cornford [email protected]