congrats paleo dieters, you can eat grains again...

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/14/440292003/paleo-people-were-making-flour-32-000-years-ago

    Oatmeal is generally considered a no-no on the modern paleo diet, but the original paleo eaters were definitely grinding oats and other grains for dinner, according to new research.

    Ya, I was wondering about this while reading "Clan of the Cave Bear" at the same time as the sample portion of "It Starts with Food" (which I didn't buy as I am only interested in learning about the theory behind the paleo diet, not actually doing it. I'll read some more when it comes in at my library.)

    I thought that surely grains were available during the Paleolithic Era and thus harvested and eaten.


  • alias1001
    alias1001 Posts: 634 Member
    I had the most awesome grits in a Holiday Inn in South Carolina. Buttery goodness at 5am. *wipes drool* Can't get anything close to decent up north. :(
  • andrikosDE
    andrikosDE Posts: 383 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    You're right. I completely spaced out that Italians actually use something that is made of corn.
  • Gianfranco_R
    Gianfranco_R Posts: 1,297 Member
    edited September 2015
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    You're right. I completely spaced out that Italians actually use something that is made of corn.

    Well, in fact polenta is typical of Northen Italy. Wheat based foods are more of the Southern regions: pasta was invented in Sicily, pizza in Naples...

  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Gianfranco_R wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    You're right. I completely spaced out that Italians actually use something that is made of corn.

    Well, in fact polenta is typical of Northen Italy. Wheat based foods are more of the Southern regions: pasta was invented in Sicily, pizza in Naples...

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Gianfranco_R wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    You're right. I completely spaced out that Italians actually use something that is made of corn.

    Well, in fact polenta is typical of Northen Italy. Wheat based foods are more of the Southern regions: pasta was invented in Sicily, pizza in Naples...

    And all this time I thought pizza was from New York, very disappointed :(
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited September 2015
    sobriquet01 wrote: »
    I had the most awesome grits in a Holiday Inn in South Carolina. Buttery goodness at 5am. *wipes drool* Can't get anything close to decent up north. :(

    Occasional soul food or southern restaurant, maybe. That's where I'd go in Chicago (although I learned to like them because a southern friend used to serve cheese grits at dinners). I bet you could get something in Detroit (re the Michigan comment upthread).
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Gianfranco_R wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    You're right. I completely spaced out that Italians actually use something that is made of corn.

    Well, in fact polenta is typical of Northen Italy. Wheat based foods are more of the Southern regions: pasta was invented in Sicily, pizza in Naples...

    According to wiki:
    Jeffrey Steingarten asserts that Arabs introduced pasta in the Emirate of Sicily in the ninth century, mentioning also that traces of pasta have been found in ancient Greece and that Jane Grigson believed the Marco Polo story to have originated in the 1920s or 30s in an advertisement for a Canadian Spaghetti company.

    So "invented in" might be a stretch. ;-)
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    I don't even know. I meant sweet, delicious Grießbrei. With applesauce.
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    But isn't corn more "evil" than wheat? Not that I'm even interested in eating paleo since it seems that so many foods are excluded. Maybe that's why people lose weight on it -- there aren't too many things left to eat since we can only eat what the caveman ate...and what was his average life expectancy?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    This corn?

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  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    ldrosophila wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    CallMeCupcakeDammit wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    CallMeCupcakeDammit wrote: »
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Nevermind, I didn't know what grits were. Thanks @CallMeCupcakeDammit

    Grits are delicious. You should try them at least once before you die.

    I've lived in the deep south all my life and I hate them.

    How is that even possible? Maybe you didn't add enough butter. And cheese.

    I hate gravy too...

    How can you even say that? What did gravy do to you? Just wow :)

    It makes biscuits soggy and ruins buttered mash potatoes and chicken fried steaks.

    That's just anti-American! Turn in your semi-automatic weapon, bottle rockets, and McDonald's club card

    I so miss those little bottle rockets that were like a shooting black cat. Best friend and I used to have wars shooting them at each other in the middle of our street in town.

    I don't shoot for fun, so all the semiautomatic rifles I own are hunting focused. I have a 25 round clip for my .22, but I've never had a use for it.


  • lkpducky
    lkpducky Posts: 17,640 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    This corn?

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    Looks like a heavy metal band, Corn Maiden?
  • andrikosDE
    andrikosDE Posts: 383 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    andrikosDE wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    What about Semolina Porridge?

    You mean Polenta? :smiley:

    Polenta is corn, semolina is wheat. Polenta and grits are pretty much the same thing.

    I don't even know. I meant sweet, delicious Grießbrei. With applesauce.

    Oh yes! Also called Grießpudding.

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    It's amazing. Quite easy to make. My kids love it.
  • jaywirth88
    jaywirth88 Posts: 66 Member
    husseycd wrote: »
    I'm still avoiding bread since it's like crack to me.



    I do try to stick to food that's still mostly in original form. Or did. Lately, Questbars have become a daily part of my diet.

    Stupid, yummy Questbars...

    I swear i'm addicted to questbars. I eat pretty much all whole foods except for those delicious pieces of heaven! They fit into my macros so i eat one almost every day. It is like a perfect sweet treat without as much guilt. chocolate brownie and cookie dough are the best!
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