Lentils, OTOH, are 100% good. They are used a lot in Indian food, and Mamoon's in the East Village on St. Marks, has a lentil soup you have to try at least once in your life.
Yes! indeed. There’s nothing better on a chilly day than a bowl of homemade lentil stew . . . with sausage! It makes a yummy curry too.
Colin Fletcher, the “father of backpacking” was a big proponent in the 1980s. He moved to California in the 1950s, so it was a natural.
His first book talking about his California walk in 1958 laid out his diet in meticulous detail. He carried a 60+ pound backpack. He ate the same thing every day, basically beef & gravy over mashed potatoes.
He also consumed about 4 pounds of pure sugar every week, on top of the massive protein intake. Kool-Aid, in Tea, “sprinkle liberally in everything”, and Raisins, Chocolate, etc.
By the 1980s he was on the anti-sugar bandwagon. But he wasn’t averaging 18 miles a day with a 60 pound backpack either. Veggies have their place (right next to the mashed potatoes) but they are not really adequate for heavy exertion.
One small glass, and you feel like lighting bolts are shooting off of your fingers.
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Is that good or bad?