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Post by frggr1981hottie on Sept 30, 2006 11:02:00 GMT -8
jalepenos? wow really? how do we prepare those for an ig.. HOT.. HOT... HOT!!!? is there anything that we should be aware of when making a meal for igs??? what parts can they eat.. what parts cant they eat? does anything need to be cooked like.. asperagus? do certain things need to be skinned... ahhhh... so many options and different foods..i just want to do things right for my new baby.... i use a grader to make pieces small enough but what about skins?
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Post by buck on Sept 30, 2006 14:54:41 GMT -8
really.? they can eat that stuff. Its not to hot? or are you talking about the beet soup?
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Post by prism_wolf on Sept 30, 2006 15:15:06 GMT -8
froggr...you've asked some very good questions. Most of the foods we give to the igs can be fed in it's entirety. Here's some of the ways I process the food.
As long as you remove the seeds and the white "lining", jalapenos are a great change. Igs don't have the same reaction as we humans do with the juices. Remove at least the seeds from all bell peppers.
IK...I've never tried habeneros for them. I know the jalapenos are a safe food, don't know about the habeneros. The group I think has the info I removed myself from. They're a good food for birds, too...the jalapenos that is.
You can use the flesh and skin of squashes. Grate them up as you would cheese. Squash tends to be very hard and grating it "cheese style" puts it in it's most digestible form. Feeding fresh is best, but a lot of people nuke the squash JUST long enough for the aroma to really come out. Some igs really have an extra zest for the extra scent of their fav squash. You can also feed squash flowers. These are very healthy foods.
Green beans should be chopped up very fine. Leaving in large pieces can often get caught in the throat or mouth of an ig. I chop mine so it's no bigger than say BBs for a pellet gun.
Figs are an EXCELLENT source of calcium, but very dehydrated. Cut up the figs into smaller pieces and then soak the pieces for about 20 mins in hot water...or in cold water overnight. This will add moisture back into the fig and into the ig, as well.
Asparagus should not be fed. It's very high in what's called goitrogens. There's enough good food out there to add to the salad instead.
Parsnips should have both ends removed before grating like cheese.
Greens can be placed in a vase like you would cut flowers to add longevity to them. Cut of the end of the stems before doing so. They soak up the water which adds life to them. Don't put the greens in a bag soaking wet...so just add them to the vase and allow the stems to rest in as little water as possible. The wetter the greens when going into storage...the faster they rot.
Those are just the ones I can think of right now. Someone else may have other ways, but these, at least, are pretty good guidelines.
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Post by frggr1981hottie on Oct 1, 2006 20:30:53 GMT -8
lol no i was talking about the jalepenos.. but the soup...ick. not a fan of beats unless pickled by my grandma... and thank you so much for the info...i have excluded asperagus from my list of shiznits food...
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Post by Merlin on Oct 3, 2006 5:38:47 GMT -8
LOL Buck I don't think you will find Dandelions in the grocery stores around here! In our area they are looked on as something to spray weed killer on, not something to eat!
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Post by buck on Oct 3, 2006 12:20:00 GMT -8
haha thats funny but so true lol
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