CAVEMEN DID HAVE BEER!

Finally found out why beer is not affecting my diet…cavemen did have beer! Well, sorta.

Scots have been making beer since at least Neolithic times. In 1985 archaeologists uncovered Pictish pots dating from 6500 B.C. containing remnants of beer brewed with barley and oats, honey or heather, meadowsweet and royal fern. In the late fourth century the Irish High King Niall of the Nine Hostages launched a campaign against the Picts, at least in part to learn the Scots’ brewing secrets. He succeeded in wiping out the Pictish population of Galloway, but was unable to extract the secrets of Scottish ale even from the last survivor.

To my ancestors I say, thanks guys!

CAVEMAN EATS OUT

Run chickens run! The caveman was out and about today with his son and Bailey’s Sports Grille’s hot and honey chicken wings filled the bill! I had at least 16 of them and man, were they ever yummy!

Corey, not a caveman, had the Buffalo wings, 3 of my wings, and chocolate cheesecake.

He drank about 7 or 8 glasses of tea and I had 3 Killians.

Great day for the Paleolithic dude!

RED SNAPPER & SHRIMP FOR THE CAVEMAN

A quick delicious meal of frozen fish and baked broccoli and cauliflower is just 30 minutes away!

Simply fry your choice of fish in a little olive oil. Season the fish with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and fresh lemon juice. Depending on how thick you fish is, cook until the meat flakes apart, usually around 5 to 8 minutes per side for thin pieces.

Bake fresh broccoli and cauliflower buds in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes. Put a little olive oil in a glass-baking dish, salt, pepper, and garlic powder the vegetables and place in the oven. Oh, and place about 8 frozen shrimp in the same dish for added taste with the fish.

Serve as shown and sprinkle a few of your favorite nuts around the plate.

CAVEMAN DIET GOING WELL

I know it’s only been 3 days, but I feel better already - no full or bloated feeling or gas! The best part…I haven’t been hungry.

I went to the doctor today and my blood pressure was 132/78, which is good for me! In my pocket was a baggie of nuts just in case I needed them, but I never got hungry.

This morning we munched on the leftover tenderloin (see below) with a boiled egg, an orange, and a handful of nuts.

I returned home from the doctor around noon and it was time for another handful of nuts, a banana, and some leftover hog jowl! Man it was great.

Tonight we fixed a nice mixed green salad with olives and pecans with some homemade honey, apple cider, and honey dressing, and a juicy strip steak cooked medium well on the grill.

It’s going to work folks! I even have a luncheon date tomorrow at a pizza place and it’ll be blackened chicken salad for me – and yes, I will have two beers. Surely a caveman fell into something fermented occasionally!