I ALMOST GAVE UP ON HEALTHY EATING

Hi,
I was thinking of starting a platform that will at least address the starvation crisis. Then I gave up.

I mean come on, huge industries are expanding in the ready made food section. Still wondering what I'm writing? Well this blog was formed to provide summaries of how to prepare meals but I think I've had an epiphany, thank goodness it's about conflict just like Rango's epiphany. 

I have realized that there are millions of short recipes all over the internet and so i thought I'm only trying to reinvent the wheel that was invented instead of modifying it or using it on something thats a niche. Okay my niche is that I plan to change the name of this blog to 'stop starvation' something, hey any suggestions? 

I don't want to join everyone in providing info that is so much to the consumer. I have a dream and my dream is not for blacks but it mostly involves blacks. I want to contribute to reducing starvation by coming up with a platform to achieve this idea. 

My last post urges the obese to contribute to stopping starvation and in the end they will end up living healthy lives and eating healthy foods. We are different and maybe some took it as an insult but those who believe i'm headed somewhere I request your help in setting up a platform to stop starvation in Kenya and then our exit plan will be to become a global organization. Hey a world order that stops starvation will be cool instead of this illuminati branding that is a financial strategy to make the wealthy even more rich, that is another story for another post.

I realized that the ready made food is a whole industry that employs a lot of people so coming up with a campaign to promote home cooking makes no sense, basically it's like impossible at least for now. My aim now is stopping starvation. It's such a shame that we have all experienced throwing good edible food and yet some folks are dying of starvation. 

For a human being to die is a very hard situation. Killing someone too is a pretty hard experience, hey all I've killed are livestocks so calm down. I'm just saying death is not an easy thing to occur. Imagine the pain of death, slow death. Death by starvation is certainly more painful than a heart break. Imagine anything more painful than a heart break. But we all survive heart breaks but starvation you die a slow painful death.

I was trying to make you sympathetic by the graphic image so that you can be lead to help. In American Hustle it's always said, Necessity is the mother of invention. I'm necessitated to invent a platform to stop starvation. Will you help me or just join me because later you'll not be able to beat me. Let's secure the future for healthy living and healthy eating.       

     

MY TAKE ON OBESITY BASED ON HEALTHY EATING

Obesity, you will agree in developed communities it's disaster (for lack of a more precise definition) whereas starvation is the disaster in developing communities. What is wrong with this picture?

My two cents will not make the difference but if we understand it at least that will be the starting point. Basically my theory is that we cannot change the world as we are headed to the apocalypse. From a religious standpoint the worst is yet to come. Due to my ignorance i'm not sure if food related disasters are mentioned anywhere in religious texts. Anyone?

Having established that the worst is yet to come the best we can do is at least touch souls. This is the most important thing way more than hand outs. I'm so against hand outs. A scenario like giving a beggar a coin and walking away to me is not how to be a good Samaritan.

A story is told by the controversial Jesus Christ. It was a parable of the good Samaritan. What will you do if you were faced with such a situation? My point is what the Samaritan went on to do. He checked the injured fellow into an inn and requested for him to be taken care fully and the good Samaritan said he will settle any bills until the injured was strong enough to take care of themselves.

Okay coming back to Obesity. Some of the smartest guys in the world have spent years to notice that obesity mostly affects very young people. People who have a potential to make this world better than they found it. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs (no relation ... no wait maybe there is) they left the world better than they found it. I now day dream of iOS and playing my favorite 3D game on Windows platform so did Linus Torvalds with Linux.

Enough with that.In starving communities the most productive are the middle aged unlike in the developed world where the young who happen to be at risk of obesity are the future. Okay my point is that i want to establish a platform where the obese cut on food and share this food with the starving. 

Obviously it has been done but not as effective as it should be. Many became obese according to studies because they spend too much time in front of a computer. Then what i'm saying is why don't those who are obese and always on the computer came up with solutions that are geared to kill starvation or at least significantly reduce it.

Get my point? Donating food stuff is a form of hand outs and I hate hand outs. The best solution is raising money not to donate but build a platform that will solve the starvation menace. It's not only in Africa, you will be shocked what happens during winter stricken places. I'm an open source supporter and the obese can come up with a Bitcoin-like open source platform that will sort this starvation issue. 

When you do something to help others you will feel better and I guarantee that you will lose weight. It's called law of attraction. 

I mentioned raising funds. I'm not saying you raise money to donate. When you donate it due to corruption and bureaucracy the starving will never get help they may receive a day's stock just for publicity and the media. The media has a short memory and those brave enough to do investigative journalism are crucified.

This reminds me what i just noticed. Say for example an global NGO gets funds let's say for charity purposes or projects like setting up social amenities. They allocate the funds after receiving a budget and then there is always an instance of corruption and fund misappropriation. What I noticed is that the same NGO allocates others which is a waste if you ask me, to investigate the the misuse of funds. The NGO spends almost all resources to deal with corruption which is an internal activity and only publish few success stories just to cover it all up. 

My theory is that those who have experienced healthy eating disasters are in a suitable position to make a difference. Okay what i will say next is a patent idea of mine of how to solve starvation and promote healthy eating in both communities.

The obese should came up with funds from cutting back on what they eat. If you eat two burgers a day at least try one a day and a lot of cheap healthy fluids. Healthy foods are natural foods and they are obviously cheaper than obese causing foods. 

Save some money and form a fund for the starving and this should be corruption free. After coming up with enough funds invest the funds in an agricultural project obviously located in the areas where starvation is prominent and let the starving to manage such projects. Not just any agricultural project but integrated agriculture that yields better and never depends on climate or weather.

GMO, genetically modified organisms if produced without chemicals are healthy. I support such projects. GMO is actually the secret to healthy eating and food security.

I have said a lot of nothing but my take on obesity is that as the obese will definitely contribute to their healthy eating by contributing to eliminating starvation. Please tell me what you think. Thank you.     

     




  

THE SECRET TO A HEALTHY LIFE #2

They say or rather I have heard the saying what doesn't kill you makes you stronger way too many times that I'm actually starting to believe it's true. Achieving a healthy life is too and there are secrets to how to spot that body that is perfect. Yes I know nobody is perfect but there are those who are close to perfection than others. The only secret to a healthy lifestyle is follow the rules.

Yes we all know rules are not as fun as say freedom and that is why many people actually fail miserably at achieving certain goals that seem so easily done by others. Take me for example, I have failed in many business ventures, it took me four years to realize that hey i didn't follow the rules of entrepreneurship. I sometimes find it funny that millions of how to become wealthy books exist for free and yet there those who succeed actually never read these books page by page.

I will become the next George Lucas actually a combination of Jerry Buckerheimer, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron. I know very well it will not happen if I do nothing. I have to pick up a camera and start shooting anything that comes to mind. Learn from experience and not just experience but hands on experience. I mean watching TED talks is a form of experience but once you hear a talk about how to peel an orange. That is experience but you will never have the full experience without getting an orange and struggling in all ways to peel it ... then we can say so and so is an expert at peeling oranges because they have hands on experience.

The next secret to a healthy lifestyle is simple. Get hands on experience. Sitting around reading stuff on healthy lifestyle is not going to make your lifestyle healthy. You  will have to follow that diet schedule that your role model follows. I mean why do you think super stars always have drug issues? Take Justin from Blue October for example. That guy is a genius at what he does so is Evanescence, Linkin Park, Florence and the Machine, James Blunt, Enya, Amanda Miguel, Marco Antonio just to mention a few.

These are normal human being but they have a strict schedule that makes them extraordinary. It's never easy keeping that abnormal schedule ask Meek Mill or Diamond Platnumz for example. It's stressful but the rewards far outway the challenges they have to go through.

The next secret is get out of your comfort zone. All my experience has taught me that the secret to something great like marrying the perfect partner is usually working hard. Working hard is never a pleasant experience. Hell, I struggle waking up every morning (one of the side effects of self employment). Hard work is getting out of your comfort zone. Saying something is easier than doing it and action speaks louder than words. 

There are endless information on the secret to healthy living but you have to sacrifice. My perspective of a healthy life is having a comfortable body. Accepting that you are slim is not being comfortable neither is accepting that you are fat. Simply put acceptance is not comfort. Typical example, our parents or our families obviously most of us secretly would never accept our families but we are comfortable having them as our family. 

Accepting a situation is like being employed. You are being forced to do something that you don't love but being comfortable with a situation is being your own boss. It's hard but you are always satisfied no matter what. My point being that, the secret to a healthy life is understanding what your body is comfortable with and working hard to satisfy it and you will naturally have a healthy lifestyle. 

The last secret I will give you is a healthy life is natural. We know diseases are not natural and if you find yourself blessed like I'm (Thanks to God) you will spend years without visiting a hospital or being admitted. Obviously small issues like cold, stomach aches those will poke us once in a while to remind us there is something we are doing wrong. I will expound later on my philosophy of the secret to a healthy life. If you paid attention this article is enough to point you in the right direction. This is a metaphorical map of the secret to a healthy life. Feel free to enlighten me with your suggestions. Thank you and be blessed.

DELICIOUS FRIED SPIDERS

I will say it again. Frying is the best mode of cooking stuff that's not normal delicacy. Normal human beings eat insects and other small cousins of ours but we don't eat bugs. I can swear (not in religious context) ... for others bugs are as normal as French fries (crunchy and oily) just yummy. Now forget Joe's Apartment  There is another vintage silent film on cockroaches. I saw it about two decades ago and it still lingers in my mind (they invaded the whole city and killed everyone). 

I find bugs to be funny in a social sense as in how they go about their daily life from an observer's point of view. But from a natures point of view they are predictors and can extinct our race if they decided to.

Good thing some guys in Vietnam already know how nutritious they are ... but not all bugs just the arachnid family mostly at least. Spiders in particular are actually nearly being considered a staple food there.

I guess there is some benefit to eating bugs like say medicinal value or anti-aging ... I actually know the benefits but i will have to kill you after I tell you. Now my Creator obviously warned His chosen people what to eat. That explains why some of us who eat whatever .... will always be His unchosen people. Not to worry though ... frying spiders is as fun as frying bacon. Clean those eight legged insect like folks well after harvesting of course or just buy them fresh from a Vietnamese market. Don't just go eating any spiders or else you will find yourself in hell ... forever ... with no hope for paradise you will be nicknamed bug eater...

After cleaning then ... remember they are obviously dead unless you enjoy a few poisonous stings in inappropriate places like say under your armpits. Come to think of it, some people's armpits will kill these dangerous edible creatures. 

After cleaning ... make sure they are dry. Sun drying is the best form of drying food that you just can't wipe dry or put in the oven. If you dry using the microwave you will have slimy remains after they explode. Next heat some frying oil and deep them in. After they look or smell ready and crunchy serve hot or store to consume like crisps. They are a delicacy so in Vietnam you can cook however you choose, boil, roast, eat raw ... as long as you quench your appetite. You can just get them shipped ready made from Vietnam or wherever else they are found. All bugs can be cooked this way. Frying is actually softening food with hot oil. It's not rocket science but it's food science that even toddlers know where their 'kitchen' for milk is ...  that was defiantly inappropriate ...

I know this post talks of everything but saying nothing and if you never got my point then it's obviously your own damn fault.  

HOW TO FRY A DELICIOUS SNAIL

If you are like me then ... sorry there is no one like me. But my point is: I find disgusting stuff delicious, I mean food wise just get those irrelevant mental images out of your head right now. Thank you.

Moving on ... I happen to find Kenyan snails more eatable and clean in short delicious not that I eat them .. (hey don't shy away from offering a kiss).

It's very rare to see Kenyan snails with shells otherwise they would not be as appealing to me. A typical Kenyan will not eat a snail even if their life depended on it but if money was involved then snails will definitely become extinct. Offense intended ... 

For those of us who eat our slimy yakish  friends then all you need is a bunch of them, probably enough to satisfy your appetite. First clean thoroughly with a food disinfectant (any disinfectant that is not harmful to your health) After this make sure they are dead by hitting them or just crushing. You can expose their insides and get rid of them or just ignore them (hey it's an extra source of proteins)

After cleaning ... have some hot frying oil ready. Deep them one by one or all at once, until they are golden brown and they are floating. Scope them and put aside and have another pan ready for onions and tomatoes. Add some oil and add onions, when the onions are about to burn or brown NOT BURNT. Add the snails.   

Stir for a while as you add the volume on that stereo because you are enjoying your cooking listening to whatever M$***K you love. Don't let it burn .... add the tomatoes and other spices if you are Indian ... no offense ... but you know the order. Stir and you may add some water to make a stronger source or just let it be. 

When it smells ready ... when it smells delicious and it makes you salivate then serve hot with any accompaniment, a drink this time alcohol is okay but i disapprove alcohol. The best professionals don't drink alcohol. Hey even ugali is cool. BON APPETIT you will definitely need it. Actually I've just forgotten what i was to say but I will update when i remember ...  they taste awesome by the way.

I was just imagining if you every find yourself in a situation like Pi in the life of pi, You have to eat what is available. The best tip for a first timer just eat while eyes closed and think of your favorite meal or have very loud metal rock or angry music as you eat snails. Just saying ... By the way those fat snails having lunch on Turbo (2013 film) can get it ... I mean delicious. 

Below is an actual professional Blog on the snail delicacy.

 http://www.kitchenbutterfly.com/2013/09/18/how-to-cook-eat-nigerian-fried-snails/

THE SECRET TO A HEALTHY LIFE

Okay the truth: our society is becoming obese and we are enriching the medical community by being regular patients of nutrition related symptoms simply because we don't eat like our forefathers. Yes i said it and you may say it's stone-age or is it Stonehenge but those guys pretty much die in their 90s or over, and us who mock them die before 50 years old. Anyone above 50 years actually is a healthy and conscious eater. Some people ... take offense if you like but some guys look 40s when they are barely 20s. PLEASE EAT THOSE TRADITIONAL FOODS AND NOT PROCESSED 'NUTRITIONAL FOODS' I MEAN FRESH FARM PRODUCE. milk a goat if you have to, let a hen and a cork wander in your back yard and collect some eggs later. There is an true (maybe the only true rumor) that the healthy President Moi actually eats pretty much only traditional stuff thats why he's still young. By the way we share a birthday with that famous president... connect the dots and don't hate me for it. Respect to my mentor ... part intended though.

TRADITIONAL LUHYA SPICE

I actually don't know what it's called in English but it's like vinegar/soda bicarbonate, that you add to traditional greens like omurenda, livubi, the famous terere, just ask anyone in Kenya they know them. Now to my point, all you need is a clear container, water, ash and a sieve. The ash must be fine just from firewood but some people still make it with charcoal ash. Anyhow it's your choice, so after mixing, remember not too much water, 500ml is okay with little wood ash. after mixing let it settle for some days, the ash will sink and the water looking like alcohol or cooking oil will be on top. Then sieve into another container and store the ash for recycling another day. The liquid you have sieved can be used the same way soda bicarbonate is used in boiling some traditional green veggies, some white folks eat blackjack leaves (with the way climate change is going so will we start eating weeds as they are more climate resistant than food stuff) and you can boil it with this too, herbs are healthy. It's called omushereha. IT'S A FACT LUHYA'S ARE THE BEST NATURAL COOKS. i'm just saying don't eat me. random fact: a cork is called okutaiwa in luhya, ingoho is chicken.

HOW TO SLAUGHTER A CHICKEN

This is probably the longest post i have so far.

I actually know this by heart. It's a feeling similar to memorizing the shortest verse in a religious text. I'm actually a certified expert in chicken slaughtering, i offer services just order at: ianjob244@gmail.com. Thank you very much. Now; okay you will obviously need the main culprit or is it victim, whatever. Get the hen or cork you want to kill, yeah all you animal rights' keep your opinions to others but me. In some large community a chicken is much sweeter after you out-chase it. Never mind though.

Take a sharp knife, a blunt knife is being inhumane. Hold the bird firmly on the ground and make sure the blood won't spill all over you.You can hold it down by it's wings and feet. Stretch out the head being in your palm. Cut fast just beneath the beak, control the bleeding in whatever way you know best. You may prepare the head or be generous to some cat or dog. Find some extremely hot water and deep the dead bird in. This loosens the feathers, then carefully without burning yourself pluck the feathers off, the scales from the feet and beak. 

Then you may as well get rid of the scarce fur that still remains by placing the featherless bird over a small fire or charcoal.

Take the naked chicken and slice it into smaller pieces by cutting along the joints. Now; near it's rear, make a small incision, enough for your hand to go through. Get your hand in there and pull out the insides, all of them. Sort them out and mind the green bag, gallbladder. everyone says it's poisonous, oh it will make the meat bitter. Well i have never tried it out but you can try it out for me ... please! (I'm not begging) Enough. Now; wash the meat and cook it however you want, boil it, steam it, barbecue it, fry it (personal favorite) or make a stew with it,include potatoes, tomatoes, onions spices oil and all. Eat with anything, Ugali, Rice, Chapati, anything carbohydrate. For those of you who are scared, remember this is food not a pet, FOOD. I know this posting is vague but as Nadia Favre is fond of saying at her 105.5 Xfm show. If you didn't understand it, then it's your own damn fault. PS though: I'm always here to clarify and explain anything.  

CRUCIAL COOKING TIP #2

This also applies to anything in life. Always concentrate on the task at hand until you complete it. We are not microprocessors to multi task. Maybe a bunch of guests who probably hate you are waiting for that recipe you seem to have fetched from your kitchen and it just burns and you have to order take out. SHAME ON YOU all of you who have cool kitchens and still order take outs. As Diego was told in 'ice age'; YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY.

HOW TO BECOME FAT TIP #3

FAST FOODS are your best friend my friend if you are looking to become fat like me.I mean i'm also thin trying to hide my rib-cages and sharp pointy elbows. So if you want to gain some weight fast start eating anything from a fast food joint. Chew that ham, pop those oily fries, pick a slice of cheesy pizza and bite that chicken steak. Don't forget to mouth wash with some diet coke or just coke or any soda, anything but water. Not alcohol. Remember that too much of anything is poisonous. When you have achieved your goal of being fat stay away from those fast foods. Too much of those delicious stuff is bad for you. Order something from fatburger,  maybe you will get some fat cheeks like someone i know. no offense taken.