Rolf Devinci

 With Fall my neighborhood murder of crows are back begging for meals. Surprisingly intelligent creatures I'm positive they recognize me and have become quite bold while demanding I distribute some treats their way.   Maybe it has something to do with the top of the line food scraps I send their way. Generally I cannot afford grass fed steaks so grain fed cuts is the best it usually gets. As a result I tend to trim excess fat on the store cuts rather than eat it like I do from grass fed animals. Seems a damn shame to garbage it out so out to the feeding stump it goes along with other table scraps. I will also make them peanut butter sandwiches cut up into beak sized bites.They really like them, sometimes more than the meat. I also buy bags of cracked corn to help them through the winter.   Tonight they got some sirloin steak. I had to go find them with a walk through the neighborhood and after a "caw caw" greeting I got their attention. I threw a sample on the pave

 I got out this morning to complete some archery practice. I had decided last winter that it would be kind of neat to teach myself how to shoot a traditional longbow so I picked up a Modoc style hickery bow on Ebay. All of my practice (till recently) have been in my basement with a shooting lane of 10 yards. Since my initial objectives were to work on the basics and form it was the perfect setup. I was itching to get out and add some distance so I scouted out an isolated spot in the woods while doing some trail running this summer. Built myself a backdrop from the abundance of deadwood in the area and made myself a target out of three egg flats wrapped in a plastic bag.   The bow is a shelfless style and my shooting is all instinctual- I measured off 16 yards for my first several attempts. At a modest 45 pounds@ 28 the bow is surprisingly powerful using 100 gram target point cedar arrows. My initial shots were low but I quickly adjusted to the additional distance which is what ins

Score! On a muggy rainy Saturday I opted to stay off the bike and headed to the Halifax Seaport Market. It has been awhile since I have been downtown so I was looking forward to any changes, new vendors and foraging up some local primal goodies. The market was hopping this morning so a cup of Java Blend coffee was my primary goal to help bolster my courage to go shoulder to shoulder with the multitudes.Grabbed a table outside to enjoy the delicious dark blend while doing some people watching. http://www.javablendcoffee.com/ Inside I headed to the Cosman and Whidden kiosk to pick up some local unpasteurized honey. I have been cutting way back on my sugar consumption but the occasional taste of the sweet stuff after exercise or in a cup of coffee is prime. Today I lucked out and purchased some honeycomb - it was a delicious treat after a trail run, track sprints and hill intervals this morning. http://www.novascotiahoney.com/ http://rolfdevinci.blogspot.com/2011/01/

Two of my favorite things and a match made in Heaven.What more can I say other than suggest both have benefits for health and wellbeing despite what you might have been told.The noble beast and the noble grape. I could tell you the health benefits of red wine but I won't because I'll let Healthdiaries.com explain it to you.Lets just say resveratrol and other antioxidants in red wine helps everything from aging to cholesterol. I'll grant you that wine is, by definition, a neolithic food but it's an old neolithic food.Some estimates has wine being produced as early as eight thousand years ago in parts of the Mddle East. That said I am still waiting on the discovery of a paleolithic wine press (wink). http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/10-health-benefits-of-red-wine.html Beef and lamb. If those two words don't immediately get your mouth watering then surf on over to the vegetarian websites cause this is gonna get ugly. I could tell you that red meat is not th

 Harvest season here in Nova Scotia means lots of new potatoes at the markets. I do like new potatoes, boiled (in skins) with butter and sea salt. The thin skinned, firm and crisp tuber have always been a late Summer/early Fall favorite.They also tend to be shipped direct from the fields to the markets thus limiting their exposure to light and (storage) damage. That helps limit the amount of antinutrients, specifically solanine, found in fully mature sprouted tubers or those exhibiting green spots,green tints and damage.  I have essentially ceased eating white potatoes (and other nightshade vegetables) since assuming a paleo/primal way of eating during the winter of 2010 due to my predisposition towards joint and muscle pain and a possible connection to the anti nutrients found in nightshade vegetables. "Nightshade family plants manufacture drug-like chemicals within their tissues. These chemicals are of a type known as alkaloids......In some people, the nightshade vegetabl

 Awoke to a beautiful sunny Fall morning this September 11 so after a cup of coffee I opted to go sprinting. A short warmup jog through my "outdoor gym", a small wooded area in my neighborhood, found me at the powerline trail and my sprinting track. It was so quiet and peaceful in the woods with the streaming sunlight and chirping birds I just sat for awhile and soaked up the crisp Fall air. Reflecting upon the day it seems surreal what happened ten years ago...the day the whole world changed. Did some  track drills and a couple warmup sprints at the softball diamond then a series of 80 metre sprints on the hard pack of the powerline trail. The sprinting shoes are working out well now that I have adjusted to the minimalist design. Once home I figured the morning was too nice so decided to do a solo loop of the Halifax Harbour on my road bike. I skipped the Saturday morning club ride to take care of some domestics and was itching for a bike ride. Heading out towards Bedfo

Question  - Are we apex omnivores designed to consume a wide range of whole foods based upon seasonal availablity? "******** are omnivorous and will consume practically any food item, plant or animal. They prefer corn, crayfish, fruits, and nuts, but there is a seasonal shift in diet depending on availability of food items. During the spring, animal matter, including invertebrates, or small animals without backbones, and insects, makes up the major portion of the diet. While they prefer crayfish, ******** also consume muskrats, squirrels, rabbits, waterfowl eggs, and freshwater clams. In the summer, plant material, including fruits and nuts, becomes more important. Wild cherries, gooseberries, elderberries, wild grapes, strawberries, and garden items such as potatoes and sweet corn are relished. They also eat frogs, small fish, turtles, beetle grubs, grasshoppers, earthworms, crickets, and snails during the summer....." Sounds like your typical hunter/gatherers.....eat wh