Re: A publisher for "The Lost in the Woods Diet"!


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George Cherry wrote:

There often seems to be more diet books than
people on the planet. Every celebrity has a diet
book. As a joke I came up with my own diet: "The
Lost in the Woods Diet"! Almost no one got the
joke, and it "backfired"! I received an email from
a publisher's agent who said they liked the title
and the idea. I figured a joker was trying to play a
joke on me, the original joker. But the agent was
authentic. I told the agent that I posted my idea/
title as a spoof. The agent replied that the best
books sometimes start that way, and that the
publisher would like to get serious about the idea,
and would help me write the book by providing a
nutrititionist to consult on it. The agent had done
her homework and discovered that I had written
five technical books and had scientific credentials.

Okay, so I'm going to go ahead with the venture.
I can push my vegetarian agenda from a new
angle. (The agent wants to keep the bugs part
in the book because bugs add "panache"!)

George


First ask them if you have to give them any money.

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~Stumper

Quite the contrary. They've offered an advance--
as soon as I provide an acceptable first chapter.
Be careful what you joke about: someone may
take you seriously. Today Patti and I walked the
dogs in the woods. We looked for something to
eat. The only thing we found we will dare to try
to eat is acorns. Where the hell are the pine nuts
in pine cones? We couldn't find any. I may have
to pretend I'm lost in a tropical woods. We found
mushrooms. Okay, the idea is that when you go
to the grocery store you only buy stuff you MIGHT
find in the woods. When you have this orientation
and attitude, you discover how much of our food
is manufactured beyond natural recognition.

George

Maybe you should actually go get lost and see what you come up with. :)

And when I say "Get lost" I mean that in the most helpful way possible.

Check the frugal living type websites. frugalliving.about.com is a
good one.

Oh, and one very important word: DANDELIONS!

http://frugalliving.about.com/cs/foodtips/a/042302.htm


Of course, the irony is, that if you're lost in the woods, your best
bet is to kill something and eat it.

Yeah, sure, if you've got a gun. Our ancient ancestors didn't
have guns, couldn't outrun deer, or kill rabbits by throwing
rocks and sticks at them. They must have eaten a LOT of
plant food.

As my dad says, "Vegetables aren't food. Vegetables are what food
eats."

: o ) How old is your dad? Is he in good health?
(Just wondering, since he doesn't eat vegetables.)

Buuuut good luck! :)

Thanks, if I get really hungry there's always Hannafords Supermarket.
Possum planted the idea of cheese in my mind and I'm going nuts
for some cheese (Certified Humane Raised & Handled, of course).
http://www.certifiedhumane.com/

George



Ahhh Hannafords.... my favorite local hunting ground! Didn't know you had
them in Maine also.

Seriously though George, isn't there a book out there about the Cave Man
diet? I have heard some chatter about it here and there. Sounds a little
primitive to me. (did cave men have brie?) I think that might be a lot
like the concept of the "lost in the woods diet".

There is a local woman near here who conducts wild food tours. She goes out
into the fields with people and teaches them about herbs and edible plants
and they gather these and make a meal together out of what they gathered.
She charges plenty for this, and you could probably dine in the best
restaurant for the same price. Her name is Susun Weed, and she has written
some excellent books about herbal medicine and related subjects. She lives
not far from me.

My theory about diets, (and I think you may have heard all this before..)
but if your ancestors evolved on a meat, dairy, grain, and vegetable diet,
if you suddenly start eating like a guy in a Japanese fishing village who
lives on seaweed and fish, you may experience some dis-ease. That is,
unless of course, your forbears really did come from generations of japanese
fishing villagers.

I think we do best eating sparingly, but in the same way our forbears did.
Natural selection caused those who didn't thrive on that to die off early.
Those who thrived, lived on to reproduce. So if you drastically change the
kinds of foods you eat, you may not find your system likes them.

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Best Regards,

Evelyn
(to reply to me personally, remove 'sox')


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