moeshe Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Well, the 'slip' may have happened last night. Our family went out to eat at a local restaurant that serves almost all organic and locally sourced foods. I ordered the Lamb shank in fire-roasted tomato & curry stew that specified that the lamb was prepared confit style (in duck fat) and vegetables. At the time the waitress came to take an order, I didn't even remember to ask questions about all of the ingredients. The curry was amazing, the lamb perfect. But the stew included red potatoes and garbanzo beans. I did find out the curry base was homemade veggie stock but since the stew was made together is there cross 'contamination' so to speak? I avoided the potato wedges and hopefully all of the beans, but if I didn't, is today Day 1 again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 The starch from potatoes and beans are in the sauce when everything is braised like that. It's different than when you just place them on a plate. How far into the 30 days are you? It's more the beans that concern me than the potatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeshe Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Yesterday, the 9th, would have been our 7th day. We began on the 2nd, thinking may 31st would be our 30th day. In no way am I trying to make an excuse or justify the order, and I wondered last night about the simmering nature of stews melding not only flavor but other properties in the foods as well. My solution wasn't to reorder something new, but to avoid the non-compliant foods and stick with the onions, carrots, tomatos, garlic cloves, and I think parsnips. Bummer. It sounds like I blew the no cheating rule on something I typically don't dig anyways... beans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Well don't call it cheating but a learning experience instead. I find it much easier to ask for grilled meat no butter no sauce and a double portion of grilled veggies. Hopefully a moderator will weigh in on the bean thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee Lee Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 It could be a problem, but I wouldn't restart unless you have GI or autoimmune issues that you're trying to resolve. If you don't feel great when day 30 rolls around, consider tacking 7 days on the end of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeshe Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thanks for the tips Renee and Susan, I appreciate it. I won't be too hard on myself, I just need to remember that's it's not an issue to ask questions to any server we have while out to eat. I may tack on the extra 7 days, I don't have any GI issues, but I am living with a diagnosis of a rare autoimmune skin disease that has no known cure, no known cause. It doesn't cause me any pain/itching/problems... it's just that my body is attacking all the elastic properties that my skin has in little patches. So, if there's no evident halt in the 'spread' of those patches by day 30 I'll continue gladly on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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