Watermelon Moon by Shirley Burris I grew up on a farm where we sold fruits and vegetables. It was a roadside produce ® stand, later to become Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When I was three years old, my dad died at the young age of 47. He left 11 children. I was the Patty Up youngest. Our fruit and vegetable farm was how my mother continued to support our family. I had many opportunities to watch my older siblings and learn life’s lessons at an early age. One of those lessons was making our work enjoyable and experiencing the rewards that came from working as a team. Recipes There was no distinction between genders. Work was done by boys and girls alike. To supply the farm store with fruit to sell, my brothers took the truck to purchase the melons. The melons had to be unloaded and stacked in the store. This was accomplished by a relay race strategy. (To the left is my brother Roy catching a very large watermelon.) In a relay race, you use a baton, we used a watermelon. Four of Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian and Paleo Compatible my siblings would each position themselves about six feet apart beginning with the one on the truck and ending with the one standing at the place where the melons would be stacked. This required careful coordination just in case the watermelons landed on the ground instead of the outstretched arms of the one waiting to receive and pass it on to the next. The object was to keep the melon moving at maximum speed at all times – otherwise we would be working all night. The melon relay was like the relay of life. It’s not a one person event if you want to be successful. When the pitching and stacking was completed, it was time for the reward - eating watermelon - which for us was our candy. That is how I learned that real food is good - all by itself. We ate our watermelon by the light of the moon standing along mother’s garden. In those days—all watermelons had big black seeds—not like the hybrids we know of these days. We would have a contest to see who could spit the seed the furthest. As you can imagine, I never won any of the games but I don’t remember caring because it was so much fun. I called that time “watermelon moon” and sometimes I even thought the moon looked like a big round watermelon. Through the years, this has become one of my favorite Burris Country Kitchen™ childhood memories and 717.367.7339 lessons—work hard and have www.burriscountrykitchen.com fun—and most of the times it email: [email protected] involved food—really good— wholesome foods—home grown and eaten immediately. This is probably why I enjoy Also available on Amazon.com creating foods to market through Burris Country Kitchen™. It is real food—and very rewarding to work together with a team of people doing something that I love. 24 1 Experience the taste of ® Think twice before buying products with these ingredients Patty Up that are often found in veggie burgers: Premium Ingredients Neurotoxins & Carcinogens —The majority of store-bought veggie burgers contain some form of soy. Non-organic soy is extracted using hexane, a chemical byproduct of petroleum refining. The food industry uses the hexane • Dried Shiitake Mushrooms extraction method because it is cheap. Currently the FDA sets no limit to the amount of hexane that can be used in non-organic soy products and no one knows for sure how much residue is being consumed by the American public. • Cashew Nuts, Almonds, Brazil Nuts Cheap Oils —If you see the words “canola oil, soy oil, corn oil, sunflower, and/or safflower oil” it is likely extracted with hexane too. But what further • Kosher Almond Flour complicates this matter (if having a neurotoxin byproduct in your burger is not enough) is that the overconsumption of these cheap oils are causing an abundance of Omega 6 fatty acids in our diets. The imbalance of Omega 6 • Kosher, Organic Dried fatty acids increases the risk of inflammation, heart disease, obesity, and Vegetables and Herbs prostate and bone cancer. Onions, Tomatoes, Carrots, Celery, Green Bell Peppers, Garlic, Parsley, Textured Vegetable Protein, aka “TVP” — Several frozen veggie burgers available are developed using soy products and Textured Vegetable Protein Basil, Rosemary, Marjoram, Savory, (TVP). TVP is extracted from soy at a super high heat and made into a powder Mustard Seed, Orange, Lemon, Salt before it is “reshaped” into strips, chunks and granules and put back into food. and Pepper. The processing can also add artificial and natural flavors, MSG, colorings, emulsifiers and thickening agents, including nitrosamine, which is a carcinogen no one should be consuming. • No MSG, No Starch, No Soy, No Texturized Soy Chemically Altered Flavorings & MSG —There are several hidden sources of MSG found in vegetarian meat substitutes. The food industry uses MSG to make processed food that is low in nutrition taste good, tricking your • Certified Low Sodium taste buds into liking something that isn’t real food. Furthermore, MSG increases your insulin response, tricking your body into thinking you can eat • Gluten Free, Non-GMO more than you actually should. • Full of Genetically Modified Ingredients (GMOs) —If the burger No Preservatives contains anything derived from corn or soy, you can almost guarantee it comes from genetically modified seeds unless it is certified 100% organic. Genetically • No Chemicals modified foods have been linked to toxicity, allergic reactions and fertility issues and have not been studied for their long term effects on our health. Unfortunately, here in the US, companies can get away with including GMOs in our foods without us knowing it. 2 23 Beans and Pecans are NOT in PattyPattyPatty-Patty ---UpUpUpUp ® and here is why: Basic Original Patty Up ® Burger Recipe While high in fiber and protein, beans contain oligosaccharide, a type of sugar that is difficult to digest. When this sugar reaches your large intestine, the gas you produce is an unfortunate byproduct. White Beans are bland and mostly ¾ cup firmly packed Patty Up ® dry mix tasteless—typically requiring higher sodium. ¼ cup water 2 eggs Ounce for ounce, pecans have the most calories —200 each — along with the lowest amounts of protein and the highest amounts of fats. 1 Tablespoon oil Directions: Mix all the above ingredients. Drop four ¼ cup of mixture into well-oiled skillet and brown each side until golden. Carb Content of many Garbanzo Beans and Legumes Melt favorite cheese on top. Serves 4. Vegetarians claim beans and legumes as a “protein source” and in comparison to bread and vegetables, this is true. One cup of black beans, for example, has approximately 230 calories, with around 170 of those being from carbs. Only around 53 of the calories in CONTENTS this “protein source” are actually from protein. Egg Replacements .......................................................................... 5 While there isn’t anything wrong with including safe starches in the diet, eating beans as a Strategy for Leanness .................................................................... 6 staple source of calories will quickly deliver many more carbohydrates than your body — ....................................... - needs. In the long term, this can contribute to weight gain and metabolic problems Patty Up ® Ingredients the Benefits 7 9 like insulin resistance. Vegetarian Meat Balls / Meatloaf ................................................. 10 Meatless Chile ............................................................................... 10 ® with Beans, Rice, Veggies ...................................... 11 Garbanzo beans also don’t have much to make up for this; they can’t match the Patty Up micronutrient content of animal foods, so there isn’t any compelling reason why we Make Patty Up ® Exotic or Ethnic ............................................. 11 should eat them. Vegetarian Swedish Meat Balls ................................................... 12 Waffles and Pancakes .................................................................. 13 Paleo Recipes ........................................................................... 14 -15 If chickpeas or kidney beans were extremely high in some vital and rare nutrient, Stuffed Portobello ......................................................................... 15 they might be worth eating once in a while as a kind of supplement food, but the Vegetarian Chimichurri Burger .................................................... 16 reality is that they don’t have anything you can’t get in a more potent and Reuben Sandwich ......................................................................... 17 healthier way from animals or vegetables. Vegetarians love them for the protein, but .................... on a Paleo diet, you have plenty of better protein options; you don’t need to rely on rice Pimento Green Olive Patty Up ® Cheese Burger 18 and beans. Shiitake Patty Up ® Burger with Blue Cheese/Onions ............ 19 Pasta Salad .................................................................................... 20 Retail Locations ............................................................................ 21 And now we have the added benefit of Patty Up ® Dry Mix . Not only can you make quality grass fed ground meat options more affordable by extending the meat, but it Why Beans and Pecans are not in Patty Up ® ....................... 22 also lowers the saturated fats and improves the flavor, moisture and nutritional value of Ingredients often found in Veggie Burgers ...............................