SHOCKED no one has posted the paleo flour story here yet

[thatgirl2478]

wait, you mean the paleo diet may be made up?! crazy!

[flex]

It's always been my opinion that early man ate whatever was available because...survival. Even if it meant eating oatmeal because they were out of chicken at Whole Foods. lol

[05heel]

Hee heeeee! This is my favorite part: But she's unwilling to speculate whether the outcome was a kind of flat oatcake or a gruel or porridge.  She should go ahead and make a guess.  Think of the merchandising opportunities!

I'm sipping a mug of coffee right now, so I basically look like one of the Kermit sipping tea memes. Although now I think there should be a new series featuring Kermit tucking into a stack of pancakes. Wait until they find the buried pots of what was most certainly HFCS!

[ProfessorArtNerd]

When I teach about the Paleolithic era, I ask my students if they or anyone they know eats a Paleo diet. Those lucky fucks don't have to watch what they eat...yet. So they don't get my reference.

Same with the duomo as well, when I say architectural spanx. Crickets. I need to teach older students

[scottyderp]

I didn't realize paleo didn't include oats. Wow. They're wholesome.

I read somewhere that people ate whatever they could find, and typically ate a lot of one thing at a time.

[celeste]

Sept 15, 2015 9:39:31 GMT -5 Jennyanydots said:

You mean, we don't know exactly everything that proto-humans were doing thousands and thousands of years ago? Shocking!

Humans who lived 32,000 years ago weren't proto-humans. Our species, Homo sapiens, emerged about 200,000 years ago. (Don't hate me...I'm an anthropologist!! )

[05heel]

Sept 15, 2015 9:54:38 GMT -5 scottyderp said:

I didn't realize paleo didn't include oats. Wow. They're wholesome.

I read somewhere that people ate whatever they could find, and typically ate a lot of one thing at a time.

I didn't know oats were off limits either.  So the overnight oat phenomenon is from something else?  I need a chart or diagram or something. 

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Sept 15, 2015 10:01:06 GMT -5 05heel said:

Sept 15, 2015 9:54:38 GMT -5 scottyderp said:

I didn't realize paleo didn't include oats. Wow. They're wholesome.

I read somewhere that people ate whatever they could find, and typically ate a lot of one thing at a time.

I didn't know oats were off limits either.  So the overnight oat phenomenon is from something else?  I need a chart or diagram or something. 

I just want to know who to blame for quinoa and kale

[05heel]

Sept 15, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:01:06 GMT -5 05heel said:

I didn't know oats were off limits either.  So the overnight oat phenomenon is from something else?  I need a chart or diagram or something. 

I just want to know who to blame for quinoa and kale

PREACH.  Although I don't mind kale cooked down with bacon, onions, and an apple cider vinegar reduction.  That's pretty tasty.  Kale chips can go to hell.  Quinoa is just an ignorant pile of shit. 

[Serenity9]

Sept 15, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:01:06 GMT -5 05heel said:

I didn't know oats were off limits either.  So the overnight oat phenomenon is from something else?  I need a chart or diagram or something. 

I just want to know who to blame for quinoa and kale

The Devil.

[05heel]

Sept 15, 2015 10:25:43 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Next up in breaking news: Researchers discover that cavemen did not make bulletproof coffee in blenders!

I always felt so bad for the animal appliances on the Flintstones.  Especially when they would make a sad or sarcastic aside to the audience. 

[FastHands]

Sept 15, 2015 10:45:04 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:14:39 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

You should point out that the life expectancy for paleolithic humans was 30.  lol. 

Yeah, why are we trying to emulate them? That's what I don't get.

The idea is that it's more in tune with our biology, like this is what we were MADE to eat. Ersomeshit.

The TED talk on paleo just makes me giggle.

[05heel]

Sept 15, 2015 10:45:04 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:14:39 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

You should point out that the life expectancy for paleolithic humans was 30.  lol. 

Yeah, why are we trying to emulate them? That's what I don't get.

Can Paleo mean eating pasta while pantless and braless?  I can do that.

[usuallylurking]

Sept 15, 2015 9:43:22 GMT -5 flex said:

It's always been my opinion that early man ate whatever was available because...survival. Even if it meant eating oatmeal because they were out of chicken at Whole Foods. lol

Fermented seal flipper or muktuk, anyone? Lol.

[laurack]

Sept 15, 2015 10:49:35 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:48:17 GMT -5 FastHands said:

The idea is that it's more in tune with our biology, like this is what we were MADE to eat. Ersomeshit.

The TED talk on paleo just makes me giggle.

Yeah, but why do we think that? Obviously that wasn't the pinnacle of human existence.

they probably looked great physically!

But wouldn't we all if we spent our days hunting and gathering and trying to not be eaten.

It sounds so tiring though! I like sitting.

[lemons]

Sept 15, 2015 10:05:24 GMT -5 05heel said:

Sept 15, 2015 10:02:03 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

I just want to know who to blame for quinoa and kale

PREACH.  Although I don't mind kale cooked down with bacon, onions, and an apple cider vinegar reduction.  That's pretty tasty.  Kale chips can go to hell.  Quinoa is just an ignorant pile of shit. 

Quinoa is delicious if prepared well. I discovered this grain when I lived in Ecuador in the 90's. Some of the ways I've had it recently are disgusting, though. I like it as a rice substitute or adding to broth soups.