Pictures from WAPF Wise Traditions 2008: Food
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I have so many pictures from the WAPF conference last week in San Francisco, I wasn’t sure how to post them all. So I’m going to break this up into a few posts.
This first one will be about the food I ate. There was so much good food there. The lunches and dinners were sumptuous. And every morning there was a massive spread with soaked oatmeal, raw butter, raw milk, maple syrup, fruit and hardboiled pastured eggs.
Unfortunately I couldn’t eat most of the food at the conference (darn it!!) because I was off dairy, grains and starches.
But I still managed to eat really, really well. For starters, I was lucky enough to have a booth right next to Drakes Bay Oysters. Yes! Oysters on the half shell for only $1/pop!
I swear, these are some of the best oysters I have ever tasted. Needless to say, I ate a lot. I ate so many in fact, and sung their praises so vociferously, that they started giving them to me for free.
I had dinner with some of you readers on Saturday night (unfortunately I didn’t get a picture) and I was surprised that nobody at the table was brave enough to eat raw oysters. I know I’m always going on about oysters on this blog, but it’s not just because they are nutritious. They taste really good!
I was extremely proud of reader Christine, who came to my booth on Sunday to tell me she had eaten not just one but TWO raw oysters!
I was usually too busy to stop and eat lunch so it really helped having those oysters. I also noshed at some of the sponsors’ booths since most of them were giving away free samples. I had delicious lacto-fermented salsa and relish at Zukay Live Foods, I had scrumptious salmon, albacore tuna and salmon roe at Vital Choice Seafood, and I sampled the Braunschweiger, head cheese and liverwurst at the US Wellness Meats booth (I decided the Braunschweiger is definitely my favorite). It would taste so good on some dark rye bread and some brown mustard and a nice German pilsner. (Sigh — one day I can have those things again.)
Here’s the lunch I had waiting for me at my booth one day, thanks to reader, Julie, who smuggled it for me. It’s Braunschweiger, chicken liver pate, a pickle and a pear (so artfully done — can you tell she is a caterer?).
I had asked her to bring me the chicken liver pate — but unfortunately I completely forgot that pate is made with butter. Duh! I was sneezing a bit after that. But it was worth it.
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15/11/2008 at 2:52 pm Permalink
The pictures are great. Annie, since you eat raw oysters,what do you think of raw meat? I heard an interview that Rami Nagel did where he stated that cooked meat is actually toxic to the body. I have heard Sally Fallon say that barbecue and high pressure cooking was not recommended, but that cooking would not cause any harm.
Annie, can you check my last comment and make the adjustment to the link? thank you
15/11/2008 at 4:51 pm Permalink
Thank-goodness I am pregnant in that picture. Can I also say that I am beginning to retain some water? My ankles had been swelling all week. I probably gained about 5 lbs. just over the weekend eating all that great conference food. And, those oysters were soooo good! I was surprised. I don’t think they would have been as good without the mignonette sauce. Since it was my first time, I only had two. But eating more would have been no problem at all.
16/11/2008 at 3:22 am Permalink
I forgot that the pate had butter, as well. Sorry. I loved the Drakes Bay Farm Oysters too and was happy to find the jars at Whole Foods in Oakland. BTW, I actually do chew them.
17/11/2008 at 1:11 pm Permalink
Christine,
I think you look beautiful! You’ve got a healthy glow
Cheers,
Genevieve
18/11/2008 at 12:08 am Permalink
I agree – Christine is beautiful IRL. She has gorgeous skin!
Christine – How funny is it that you are preggo and eating raw oysters? So many people would be freaked out by that — but we all think it’s great!
Julie – not your fault! I begged for that pate, remember? Thanks so much for getting it for me!
Kelly – I don’t think cooked meat is bad for us. I think we do need to eat a certain percentage of our foods as raw but I think some cooked foods is fine. (I think they said 50/50 is a good balance — and with all the raw dairy I eat, I’m in good shape).
18/11/2008 at 10:55 am Permalink
Gee, thanks guys for the compliments! You have me blushing
I haven’t told my midwife about all the raw food I eat. Let’s go through the list: eggs, cheese, butter, milk, cream, sometimes raw liver in smoothies, and the raw oysters and salmon ceviche at the conference. Should I be worried? What for? Maybe if it all came from a factory farm, but it doesn’t. I’ll tell my midwife what I ate after the baby is born–and hopefully it will be very healthy!
18/11/2008 at 2:16 pm Permalink
Did I ever tell you the story of the American man who lived in Paris with his wife when she became pregnant with their first child? I forget which book I read this in — but anyway, she went to the doctor (a French doctor, obviously) and when she asked him what to eat while expecting, he said (I’m paraphrasing),
“Eat plenty of cheese, drink wine (for the vitamins), but avoid salads — they are very dangerous because the lettuce is full microorganisms.”
Keep in mind much of the cheese in France is made from raw milk. The French have no problem with pregnant women eating raw milk cheese and drinking wine. I know Italians are the same — preggo women there do drink wine — in moderation of course.
It’s funny because the thought of salad when I was pregnant made me sick.