I really thought we were done with raspberries but Mr. GV tells me no. There are still a few more out there, but it will be up to Mr. GV to get them. The cultured blackberries are starting to ripen, as are the wild ones on the edge of the woods. There are thousands upon thousands of the wild ones, but a lot of them are a few feet into the woods, and I would have to be suited up in armor to go in there visiting the snakes. Or starving of course. The ticks are bad enough. We pulled 5 or 6 off of me yesterday, plus had a couple more crawling. There are lots of new canes on the very edge of the woods, so if all goes well next year hopefully those will fruit.
And we have a few potatoes too.
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Did you ever think and pretend, "Could I survive today on what I grew or foraged myself?" I do when I see what people post.
Sometimes I have thought about that. Especially when I look at pictures of veggies and know that 100 calories of broccoli has twice as much protein as 100 calories of steak. :)
I am sure that you have figured this out, so can you give me the figures on the amount of steak and broccoli it takes to make 100 calories? And also the amount of broccoli? Thanks.
Alrighty, I will try. :) You have found my biggest weakness---math! I got good grades in college math but had to work very hard for them, as opposed to my husband who is a math whiz. lol
Anyway, I found that steak (just a general "steak"--the different cuts would be slightly different from each other) has 170 calories/100 grams or 100 calories/58.8 grams, and that translates to 2.08 oz/100 calories.
Broccoli has 10 cal/28 g, so 100 calories has 28 g, or 9.8 oz.
So (using my mad math skillz):
100 calories steak=2.08 oz
100 calories broccoli=9.8 oz
So of course it takes more broccoli to equal the protein of flesh, but of course we don't survive on veggies alone. lol We are so overfed on protein in this country anyway, leading to a whole host of diseases.
Mainly I just love this little tidbit because one of the questions vegans especially get is "Where do you get your protein?" :) People in general don't think of vegetables as having protein, but they do, and of course we eat whole grains and legumes. Yum! And now it's time for supper!
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