Are Fats Healthy?

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Pickles

Who doesn’t love pickles? Crunchy and salty, they satisfy two of the three addictive food cravings (you'll have to go somewhere else if you want sweet). Did you know that you could pickle any fruit or vegetable? Chutneys, sauerkraut, kimchi, carrots, beets, garlic, tomatoes, corn, green beans, even ketchup – the list is endless; you are only limited by the space in your refrigerator.

Pickling – also known as lacto-fermentation – preserves digestive enzymes, increases natural probiotics and enhances vitamin absorbability. Pickles can sit in your refrigerator for months and only increase in flavor. They also provide valuable nutrition during the winter months.

Traditionally, pickles of all kinds have been served as a garnish to meats. Medicinally, they can be used to aid digestion and resolve many gastro-intestinal disorders.

Modern mass-production techniques have changed the nature of pickles and eliminated their health benefits. So if you want to buy the real thing, look for words such as 'lacto-fermented,' 'raw' and 'unpasteurized.' If you find vinegar among the ingredients, the health benefits will have been lost. My favorite place to buy pickles is the Hawthorne Valley Farm stand at the Union Square Greenmarket. They have a huge selection and they'll let you sample. Personally, I live on their kimchi.

If you're adventurous enough to try your hand at pickling, you will find it incredibly easy. Some great books that can help along the way include:

the now infamous Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
and the good old standby Making Sauerkraut and Pickled Vegetables at Home

Last, but not least, I would like to invite you to a pickling class and tasting. You will learn basic traditional pickling techniques and have an opportunity to taste a variety of pickles and chutneys. We will be making garlic pickles, ginger baby carrots and dill green beans. The workshop will take place on Saturday, August 9 at 7:30 PM and will be limited to 10 participants. Admission is $15. Please email me at sandra.dubrov at gmail.com to reserve your spot.

Michael Savage attacks autistic kids.

Although this, clearly, was no off-the-cuff rant, inflicting more pain onto those who already suffer daily is plainly inhumane. But, that’s why Michael Savage gets the big bucks, kicking up shit storms to perk up media interest and ultimately advertiser dollars. This too shall go away after the requisite apology to the autism community and maybe some appropriate display of outrage by WOR.

Don’t know what I am talking about?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200807170005?f=h_top

Angry? Here is an opportunity for a possible outlet. For every letter they receive, they expect 13,000 more feel the same way without acting.

Michael Savage’s major advertisers and contact info:
• Buckley Broadcasting/WOR Radio
General Phone Number: 212 642 4500
111 Broadway 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10006
• Home Depot
public_relations@homedepot.com.
(770) 384-4646
• Sears
Sears Public Relations And Communications
(847) 286-8371
Website Contact: searsmedia.com/tools/inquires/feedback.htm.
• Radioshack
Media Relations
Riverfront Campus
Mail Stop #CF7-130_300
RadioShack Circle
Fort Worth, TX 76102-1964
Phone: (817) 415-3300
Fax: (817) 415-2585
E-mail: media.relations@RadioShack.com.
• AFLAC
1-800-99-AFLAC (1-800-992-3522)
Laura Kane, 2nd Vice President External Relations Aflac Incorporated
1-706-596-3493
Mechell Clark, Media Relations Manager, 1-706-243-8004
Email: media.relations@RadioShack.com.
• Budweiser
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, MO 63118
Website contact: contactus.anheuser-busch.com/contactus/email.asp.
1 800 DIAL BUD (1 800 342 5283)
• Michael Savage
Email: michaelsavage@paulreveresociety.com.
• Talk Radio Network
P.O. Box 3755
Central Point, Oregon 97502
Phone: 541-664-8827
Fax: 541-664-6250
• The Savage Nation
The Paul Revere Society
150 Shoreline Hwy, Bldg E
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Fax: 415-339-9383

WOR advertisers:
ABC
Acura
American Express
Ancestry.com
Boca Java
Bochringer
Bosch
Campbells
Citrix
Consolidated Resources
Direct Buy
Dish Network
Ebay Motors
Efax
General Motors
Gallo Wines
Hoover
Legal Zoom
Marshalls
Nautilus
Nivea
Outback Steakhouse
Prudential
Purina One
Simon & Schuster
Staples
Subway
Texaco Chevron
United First Financial
Volkswagon