Pomegranates?

[OneCrazyCleric]

(In small dose as treats, yay or nay?)
Also a question about thyamine (sp) (aka the stuff that you're supposed to sprinkle over defrosted greens). Is it something special that one has to get seperately, or would an ig supplement that has it in its ingridient list work? ('ve been using the supplement.)

[Merlin]

I wouldn't. Pomegranite's fruit is full of seeds. I would suspect that it would be a possible impaction danger.
Thiamine is Vitamin B1. You can apply it directly by crushing a B1 tablet. You can also supply it by using brewers yeast.
You are freezing the greens? Yuck! The fruits and veggie mix can be frozen but freezing the greens and then thawing turns them into goo!

[prism_wolf]

I'm with Merlin. Nix the pomegranate idea...and frozen greens...blech...tried that before...Zair looked at them like "You're kidding, right?"

[Tesa]

I sometimes make a veggie mix in the food processor
with greens added to it.
(cause I can't bear to let them go a day with no greens.)
My greens get frozen when I fix that stuff.......the igs love it.

and yep.....pomegranates have more seed than fruit! not a good thing.

[jbgoalie31]

Hi All,

I am only able to get good greens here every couple of weeks or so, so I need to keep the greens good for longer and buy they in larger quantites.

To solve this problem I started freezing the greens in ziploc freezer bags, and here is what I found:

When the greens are chopped in a food processor, then frozen, they basically freeze solid because of all the water from the greens. Then when thawed out they are basically goo!!! and as Merlin said YUCKK!

But I have overcome this problem using the following method:

>First I wash the greens, and shake all the water I can off of them.
>Next I just shred the greens by hand, and keep each different green in a seperate bag. (By hand shredding the greens, most of the moisture remains in the greens iteslf)
>Add a small amount of B1 to all bags

Since the greens are in fairly large pieces, and they were hand shredded, they don't freeze solid. So everyday I just pick a little from each bag, and chop them in a min-food processor with some fresh squash and beans, or peas.

When you chop the frozen greens and fresh veggies together they turn into a nice fluffy mixture, NOT MUSH. I actually have to spray the greens about half way through to give them a little extra moisture.

The best thing I have found about doing it this way is I save money on wasted greens, and my IG eats more than ever!

Anyone else use method!

[OneCrazyCleric]

Allright.. thanks.
've been ripping the washed leaves, actually.. don't have a food processor. ;p
The reason 'm freezing them is that the greens are sold in huge bundles and Icky can't eat them all before they start to seriously wilt.

[IguanaKing]

Ah yes...the joys of having a baby ig. ;D Just wait until Icky is an adult...you won't have to worry about your greens going bad anymore. Instead, it'll be the nightly question as you're coming home from work..."Do I need to buy more veggies for my iguana?". I have two adults and visiting the produce department is a thing that happens about every 2 or 3 days. (3 days IF I'm lucky, which I almost never am) Be careful with freezing vegetables, freezing destroys the cell walls of plant material and kills the flavor of the veggies (as well as releasing alot of the good stuff to the air rather than your ig's body). Heh...if you're not on a first-name basis with your local produce manager, you're not doing it right. ;D

Edit: Oh...BTW...for daily feeding I put EVERYTHING in the food processor, they can eat more that way. Then, of course, I hand-feed them whole collard green leaves in the early evening and on weekends...Iguanas LOVE to tear things apart, so I do this to satisfy their wild side. ;D

[WillemsMom]

I'm able to buy in smaller quantities from a market just down the street, so I don't have a lot problems with spoilage

But here's what I do to keep Will's green fresh. I bought a bunch of those white terry cloth squares that Sam sells tied up in a bunch for washing cars, etc. I put one on the counter near the sink. I cut the heavy bottom stems off each bunch of greens. I wash each separate leaf under filtered water and then place it on the terry cloth. Once I have done a bunch, I wrap the towel around the greens and press gently so that they're not too wet. Then I sprinkle the wrapped towel with filtered water. It makes sense to me since they keep the green sprinkled in the market. Then the bundle goes in the fridge drawer with a humidity control.

I haven't been blending anything for Will. I tear pieces up about 1 inch square and at the end of the day, I give him nearly a whole piece of collard to tear up. Now that Will's eating again, nothing has time to go bad. The leaves stay crisp and crunchy.