questionable ingredients

crystalbat

hello everyone. i have been lurking here and on a few other boards for about 3 months, so hello waves have been enjoying my raw journey so much and feel i’ve done quite well so far.

even though i am starting to want much simpler foods, i still enjoy mucking around in the kitchen. so, just as they keep popping into my mind, i thought i’d ask opinions on the following:

capers? i don’t know much about the processing of these little things, but there were some in my fridge to use and they really help jazz up salads and are great with things flavoured with dill. i have sea salted ones (which i rinse) and some stored in brine.

plaintains: i used to really enjoy these cooked with sugar, salt and spices i tried one (veeery ripe) sliced raw with the spices and it was quite nice. most people say they should always be cooked. anyone have any views? or recipes hehe

i have also seen breadfruit on my local market. in case i have a random urge to experiment, anyone know if this can be eaten raw? (never heard of it raw)

also i find if i eat raw onions i get TERRIBLE, painful bloating and gas. even the mild sweet ones. i dont remember it being this bad before raw hehe. anyone get the same thing? spring onions arent so bad (scallions/green) but still.. i find im starting to not really miss them but i’d like to know other ideas for preparing them. once i made cauliflower tabblouleh which was delicious but made me very ill, i cant work out if it was the onions or the cauliflower and i’m too worried to try again!

love and lychees ;)

crystalbat

hi :) yes, i like chives and even spring onions far better, there is a small chive plant in my garden which i keep forgetting about :D i just wondered how many people have problems with digesting onions really.

i just never remembered such bad pain and wind after eating raw onion on a cooked diet!

i am beginning to understand people when they say onions/garlic etc interfere with various things…i read something about right and left brain functions, along with the boycott of them in some forms yoga. hmm

i should research capers!

crystalbat

weird, according to most basic ‘type’ questionaires and things, i am pitta too. plus i never experienced problems at all before this! i used to think people who can’t digest peppers/onions as weird or just fussy haha.

i dont know. maybe it was the combinations..

doubleDlittleZ

i have never heard of vata/ pitta body types what are these and where can i learn more?