Hi Arbor
an e-newsletter for vegetarians
V.4 No.11
November 18, 2004

 www.hiarbor.org

CONTENTS:

 Hello, and welcome back to Hi Arbor. I've got another small newsletter for
you but I hope each of you will find something you like. The website on wild
edible plants is interesting, and the cherry website is informative while also
offering a recipe for cherry pie. This year has been a big one for me with
many changes. That has slowed down my work on the newsletter. I'm not a
nutritionist or food specialist in any way and am learning as I go. Thus,
sometimes when I find information that might interest you, a closer look
makes me want to be careful about what I pass along. That's what happened
as I researched what I wanted to put in this newsletter. I need more time to
take a deeper look at the subject.

The next issue of the Hi Arbor newsletter will go out on December 16,
2004. If you have any information, suggestions or recipes you would like to
share, please send them to HiArborNews@aol.com.
Take care and have a nice Thanksgiving.
Roxanne

 The recipe below was on a can of coconut milk I bought recently to use in
a soup. I've removed the meat and adjusted the amount of water (the original
recipe calls for two cups of water) and thyme ("two sprigs" in the original
recipe). Coconut milk adds a creaminess to a recipe like this. Perhaps I'll
have the above mentioned soup recipe for you later. I'm seeking permission
to use it. After the soup had chilled in the refrigerator, the fat had solidified on
top and could be scraped off like fat off a cold meat gravy so if you want to
give coconut milk a try, you might want to get a light version.

JAMAICAN BEANS AND RICE

1 small onion, chopped
1 scallion, chopped
1 jalepeno pepper, seeded and diced
1 can red kidney beans, drained
1/2 cup water or to preferred soupiness
1 can coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon thyme
salt to taste
2 cups cooked rice
Cook all ingredients except rice in a covered pot for 10 minutes or until
texture of ingredients is as desired.. Serve with the rice.

This recipe was in the coupon section of the Sunday newspaper: It's a
little different from the traditional recipe.

PIMENTO AND GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
Serves 6

1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1/4 cup milk or substitute
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
3 cups cut green beans
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
4-oz. jar diced pimentos, drained
2 Tablespoons canned French fried onions

Mix soup, milk or substitute, soy sauce, pepper, onion powder, beans,
mushrooms and pimentos in 1-1/2 quart casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees
for 25 minutes or until hot. Stir and sprinkle with French fried onions. Bake 5
minutes.

 PURSLANE

PURSLANE: "A common garden herb with reddish green stem and leaves
and small yellow flowers, used as a salad." [Funk & Wagnalls Standard
Desk Dictionary]

According to Mrs. M. Grieve at botanical.com. "purslane is a pleasant
salad herb, and excellent for scorbutic [scurvy] troubles."

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/prugol77.html

PURSLANE POTATO SALAD

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Web%20Recipes/Purslane%20Potato%20Salad.html

WILD EDIBLES COOKBOOK:

The purslane Potato Salad recipe comes from "The Wild Vegetarian" by
Steve Brill, Harvard Common Press, Boston, 2002 (Barnes and Noble Online,
hardcover, $29.95]. "Wild" refers to edible plants usually found in the wild.
There is a lot of interesting information as well as recipes at
www.wildmanstevebrill.com

 CHERRIES AND GOUT

 CHERRIES AND GOUT: While doing research on another subject, I came
across the word "gout" and checked for information.
Gout arises from a defect in uric acid metabolism that "causes an excess
of the acid and its salts (urates) to accumulate in the bloodstream and the j
oints." This in turn causes painful inflammation in the joints or "acute gouty
arthritis". [The Bantam Medical Dictionary, 1994]

According to the information at the website below, tart cherries may relieve
the pain of gout because "cherries contain flavonoid compounds that may
lower uric acid and reduce inflammation, so cherry juice concentrate could be
effective in reducing the pain associated with gout."

http://www.mi-cherries.com/gout1.htm

Below are more pages from the same cherries and gout website:

CHERRY PIE RECIPE: [scroll down at website]

http://www.mi-cherries.com/recipe.htm

GOUT COOKBOOK:

http://www.mi-cherries.com/book.htm

CHERRIES HOME PAGE:

http://www.mi-cherries.com/gout.htm

The End