Maximum Freshness

Real Food. Really fun.

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Anonymous asked: Barry, I love your stuff. I am addicted to Obamaland, for one. I cannot stop watching it. Damn you. And keep it up.

Hey thanks!  I really appreciate that.  Glad you like Obamaland…my favorite part is Sam Schampagne on the drums.

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Barrett McLaughlin
A Ripe Banana

“A Ripe Banana.”  #3 in the Songs About Produce series. 

Bananas are helpful, sensitive, and soothing.

While I would like to take credit for the piano, it’s a Jeff Buckley karaoke track.

Currently in the works: Broccoli, Yams, Tangerines, Plums, and Eggplant.

Which one is the most delicious?  YOU.

You are the most delicious.

Filed under songs about produce, songs, banana buckley

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Barry McLaughlin
Apricots

Apricots!  This is #2 in my Songs About Produce.  I plan on making a song for every fruit and vegetable in the world…some covers, like this one, and some originals, like Carrots of Love.

Stop in every Monday for a brand new song, and don’t forget to eat your fruits and vegetables.

Or I will KILL YOU.

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URBAN FORAGING

Join our adventure following the free fruit map for sunset junction from www.fallenfruit.org.  Then go follow a map yourself.  Sucka!

Warning:  Do not pick cactus fruit with your bare hands.  The pricklies are tiny and will stick in your skin for days.  Also, some people have allergic skin reactions to the milky sap from fig trees, even though they’re not allergic to the actual fruit.  Both of these things happened not to me, but to my fruit-picking partner.  Maybe the third warning is to not be my fruit-picking partner?

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Barry McLaughlin
Carrots* 9/2/10

Carrots of Love!  I made this song with the wonderfully talented Jason Miller, and I wanted to put it on my blog before it goes on iTunes.  It’s part of an album I’m making temporarily titled “Songs About Produce for Kids.”  I hope you dig it!

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Carrots!!
This amazing gang of cowboy carrots is by Jo Edwards, my good friend and amazing artist from Joannatorium.   If you’re an artist of any kind, you’ll find her drawing-a-day blog really inspiring.  
She made these hilarious carrots for a song I’m currently writing with the talented Jason Miller for my kids album:  Songs About Fruits and Vegetables.  I can’t wait to share it with you.
What’s your favorite fruit or vegetable?  Maybe I’ll write a song about it!
Mine is currently arugula.  Who knew lettuce could taste like pepper?  Did anyone know that?  Am I the first person?  No way.  Really??  No…

Carrots!!

This amazing gang of cowboy carrots is by Jo Edwards, my good friend and amazing artist from Joannatorium.   If you’re an artist of any kind, you’ll find her drawing-a-day blog really inspiring.  

She made these hilarious carrots for a song I’m currently writing with the talented Jason Miller for my kids album:  Songs About Fruits and Vegetables.  I can’t wait to share it with you.

What’s your favorite fruit or vegetable?  Maybe I’ll write a song about it!

Mine is currently arugula.  Who knew lettuce could taste like pepper?  Did anyone know that?  Am I the first person?  No way.  Really??  No…

Filed under arugula, jo, edwards, carrots jason miller album joannatorium

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This is the intro/teaser for the pilot episode of Maximum Freshness.  I’m hoping to team-up with a production company and get this monkey rollin…

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Hi-ho Superforest!
So my good friends Jackson Nash and Jesse Carmichael have started a permaculture farm in Hawaii and it is breathtaking.  The short definition of permaculture is: Farming land in a way that maximizes productivity and minimizes effort by using the terrain, plants and animals in natural ways that all benefit each other exponentially.  Essentially, you set up a system where most of the work happens with little human interference.  
It makes sense…think of all the natural biodiversity in the world that occurs without us:  Bees pollinate flowers and make honey, ducks freely give their droppings to the fish below them, chickens control weeds and bugs while providing eggs and fertilizer…and on and on.  I guess permaculture is just a way of replicating systems that occur in nature already…and the goal is always abundance.  
To see what’s happening at Zero One (the name of their farm), check out Jackson’s really cool blog SUPERFOREST.ORG.     


http://teamsuperforest.org/superforest/author/jackson/

Hi-ho Superforest!

So my good friends Jackson Nash and Jesse Carmichael have started a permaculture farm in Hawaii and it is breathtaking.  The short definition of permaculture is: Farming land in a way that maximizes productivity and minimizes effort by using the terrain, plants and animals in natural ways that all benefit each other exponentially.  Essentially, you set up a system where most of the work happens with little human interference.  

It makes sense…think of all the natural biodiversity in the world that occurs without us:  Bees pollinate flowers and make honey, ducks freely give their droppings to the fish below them, chickens control weeds and bugs while providing eggs and fertilizer…and on and on.  I guess permaculture is just a way of replicating systems that occur in nature already…and the goal is always abundance.  

To see what’s happening at Zero One (the name of their farm), check out Jackson’s really cool blog SUPERFOREST.ORG.     

http://teamsuperforest.org/superforest/author/jackson/

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Chicken Feet Soup for the Soul
So I forget why he makes it, but every other week my healthy-eating roommate Josh boils up an evil concoction made entirely from slow-cooked chicken claws. 
I remember him explaining it to me one time, but that’s all I remember. 
It eventually makes a gelatin that he later turns into a drinkable broth.  Which he drinks.
Does anyone have a guess as to the benefits of Chicken Voodoo Soup?   I’ll ask him in the morning and let you know what I find out.  My guesses are:
It makes him more powerful, similar to when Aztec warriors would drink the blood of their battle victims.
Did Aztecs ever do that type of thing?  After saying that I’m not so sure.
I do remember in grade school learning about a game that the Aztecs would play that was like a cross of handball and basketball, and the teams that lost would be killed.
I think that same year I did a report on maize and brought in some delicious homemade cornbread,  “Just like Aztec cornbread!  Except it wasn’t made a thousand years ago!”

Chicken Feet Soup for the Soul

So I forget why he makes it, but every other week my healthy-eating roommate Josh boils up an evil concoction made entirely from slow-cooked chicken claws. 

I remember him explaining it to me one time, but that’s all I remember. 

It eventually makes a gelatin that he later turns into a drinkable broth.  Which he drinks.

Does anyone have a guess as to the benefits of Chicken Voodoo Soup?   I’ll ask him in the morning and let you know what I find out.  My guesses are:

  • It makes him more powerful, similar to when Aztec warriors would drink the blood of their battle victims.
  • Did Aztecs ever do that type of thing?  After saying that I’m not so sure.
  • I do remember in grade school learning about a game that the Aztecs would play that was like a cross of handball and basketball, and the teams that lost would be killed.
  • I think that same year I did a report on maize and brought in some delicious homemade cornbread,  “Just like Aztec cornbread!  Except it wasn’t made a thousand years ago!”

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Acidity vs. Alkalinity vs. Silent Lucidity

So I should apologize that this post actually has nothing to do with Queensryche.  Sorry.  But it does contain some information that has been profoundly life-changing for me, which is the understanding of our bodies’ pH balance. 

Now I use the term “understanding” loosely because as we all know I have a tiny brain, but I’ve gleaned enough information to know how it affects me personally, and it’s amazing.

Here’s the Barry Breakdown®:

  • Our bodies range from 1 (most acidic) to 14 (most alkaline) on the pH scale.  The optimal range for “us humans” is 7.4, which helps our blood stay healthy and distribute oxygen to all of our cells, as well as carry away acidic waste.  We want to be more alkaline than acidic.
  • An acidic body (Acidosis) is a welcome mat for sickness, disease, retention of fat cells, and tiny trolls.  An acidic body has to work MUCH harder to heal itself and fend off the junk.
  • The biggest factor in our ph Balance is the food we eat, but it is also affected by stress, air quality, exercise, and sleep.  Zorp.

I drink coffee.  A lot of coffee.  I love the entire ritual…scooping out the aromatic grounds, listening to it percolate from the other room, mixing-in some milk and sugar, putting it in my mouth, feeling it go down my throat, sensing it swish around in my stomach, thinking about it a few hours later, writing about it in my blog that 5 people read, and so on.  BUT coffee is acidic.  DOUBLE-BUTT, that doesn’t mean I can’t have it.  The general dietary belief is that we should eat 75% alkalizing foods and 25% acidifying.  So I can have my delicious coffee…so long as I off-set that with lots of water, fresh produce, and maybe some kombucha or veggie juice.  The stuff to really avoid is processed food, refined sugar, too much meat…ok, there are actually lots of things to avoid…

As soon as I started leaning more toward alkalizing foods I felt a huge difference.  I feel lighter, I have more energy, people look me in the eyes, it’s amazing.  I’m probably still somewhere in the 50/50 range because it’s just expensive to eat this way…but slow, steady improvement is fine by me.  The main thing for us to focus on:  MORE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 

Whoops

Now a lot of information on this topic seems to be contradictory, mainly as to which foods fall into which categories.  One person says Quinoa is alkaline, another acidic.  The same goes for raw milk.  And blueberries.  I don’t really get it.  I’m attaching a chart that seems to be the best one I found so far. The they have more info HERE.

Thanks to Tony Robbins for turning me on to this topic, as well as wikipedia and my favorite new website name www.dontdieearly.com.

Do any of you pay attention to this already and have some helpful tips?

Filed under acid, alkaline acidic ph balance coffee trolls