Southwestern NH

Submitted by Segwyne on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 11:51am.

Hi, I'm in Keene. I am pretty new to this site. We have 5 children, ages 10, almost 8, almost 5, and 3 are all girls, and our son is 5 months old now. My oldest lives across the state with her father, but we see her frequently. I homeschool our 8 year old and I am a huge fan of the book Nourishing Traditions.

Anyone else nearby here?

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Welcome

Submitted by Zillah on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 1:26pm.

Welcome Keene Smiling I'm half a world away from you in Scotland with an almost 3 yr old daughter. Enjoy TNH.

Zillah

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Hi Keene!

Submitted by Lynn on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 7:21pm.

I'm in Oregon. You'll find several NT-friendly people around here, including yrs trly. Smiling Welcome!

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

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Welcome!

Submitted by Anhata on Wed, 03/21/2007 - 10:37pm.

I'm in Oregon, too. An at-home mom of a charming, dear 6 yr old girl, though I'm currently job-hunting. I generally follow NT as well. Lynn got me started on it but although the spirit is willing, my lacto-fermenting is weak! I've managed to kill off both my kefir grains and my kombucha culture and can't make saurkraut to save my life. Sigh.

But I make a really good kim chee, so I'm not hopeless.

Anyway, nice to have you here! There's loads of great info archived here--articles, posts, blogs, this is an amazing resource for homemakers, homeschoolers, and families.

Welcome!

Anhata
www.familynaturally.com
Your Family's General Store, Naturally

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Well, I'm totally clueless

Submitted by jennye on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 7:41am.

Well, I'm totally clueless on NT and everything Anhata said might as well have been in greek. LOL! But welcome just the same! I'm in New Mexico with 4 kids (DD9, DD7, DS4 and DS16months). My DH and I raise angus beef cattle on 1,200 acres and farm an additional 1,500. It's a good life. I stay at home, but am seldom at home between all the kids school activities, sports, 4-H, church, and helping DH with the farm (I'm the parts and lunch go-fer). I'm the resident hick around TNH. LOL!

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Welcome! Hope you like it

Submitted by Andrea on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 10:55am.

Welcome! Hope you like it here.

Jenny, NT is Nourishing Traditions - the cookbook Lynn has talked about that focuses on the Weston Price type of eating plan. I don't know much about it either, but it is a low carb type of plan that uses no processed foods and also uses pickled items such as kimchee, yogurts, and other fermented items.

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not necessarily low carb

Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 2:03pm.

...though a lot of us end up eating that way because we feel better--it's a "your mileage may vary" thing. Smiling It emphasizes avoidance of certain foods like unfermented soy, overprocessed anything and most vegetable oils, and increased eating of fermented foods, raw (and cooked) animal foods including dairy, organ meats and bone broth. Traditional food prep is also emphasized--fermenting, the soaking of grains and legumes before cooking, for instance, and long simmering of bone broths (I leave mine on the stove for at least 12 and usually 24 hours--until the bones are soft). It's definitely a "scratch" cooking method, but if it agrees with you it can make dramatic changes in your health.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

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Thanks for the clarification

Submitted by Andrea on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 4:19pm.

Thanks for the clarification Lynn. It piques my interest because I do better on low carb eating and I love pickled and fermented things!

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