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Ox tail are fantastic. It’s one of the first things I cook when I slaughter a beef. 

I’m so happy I started this journey!  I have been on beef, bacon, butter, and eggs, with occasional chicken or pork. I started at 209 lbs and weighed 175 today. I’m continuing, but going to Ketovore for a little variety. I don’t post a lot on here, but I do read a fair amount. I’d like to thank you guys for the encouragement along the way.  It’s going to be fun to go back to NY (in fl for the winter) since I haven’t told anyone there what I’ve been doing 🙂

If anyone is interested I did an interview with Kerry Mann the other day. 
 
 

3 oz of ribeye probably has most of the fat trimmed of do you probably would need to add some butter to that but 3 ounces of ribeye is missing a whole lot more than just fat…it’s also missing 13 other ounces of ribeye. lol. 
 

This happens a lot in dogs as the bag food diet is better than it ever was, but nothing compared to what they were designed to eat (a lot like us). I have two dogs in the back that are fed any table scraps we have left (not many) but the staple of their diet is chicken backs. I buy a 40lb case every other week. I step out the back door and toss a couple-three backs to each dog. 
This week our temperatures are atypical, and we have been below freezing since Monday night. I boil a few of the backs and feed them the fatty broth. One is 13 and the other is 12 and both move and act like they are three. 
The 12-year-old had six littermates. Our female died just a few months ago at 12 and he is still kicking at 13. The other five were fed bag dog food by their owners and none lived past 8. I'm not expert enough to say there is correlation between their diet and lifespan, as my wife goes all out on their care, but I think the diet played a huge role in their longevity, healthy and active longevity at that.
As an example, my wife inherited a pet pig from my son. We are in the grocery store a few years back and she grabs a bag of green apples. I speak up and say I'm not a big fan of the green apples and I actually like the smaller, harder red apples. My wife quickly replied, the green apples are for the pig, if you want your own apples, 'get you some red apples'.
And since I am night shift, I will babble some more on her thought process. We had a yard beagle and a house Fila Brasileiro. The Fila weighed about 170lbs. The big dog was let out to do his business and he followed the little dog to the pond. The pond was frozen over. The little dog took a stroll out across the ice and the big dog followed and he broke thru. He was basically in a hole and could not climb out. My wife is screaming, and my son is balling. I take a large rock and break out a chunk of ice. They hand me big rocks and I waded out in the path I was creating. The last rock broke some ice and gave the dog a path to the bank. At 170 he knocked me over as he came by, and I went almost completely under. As I struggled to the bank nearly freezing, feeling the water freezing in my beard, my wife was wrapping the dog in a blanket and rushing him back to the house. I'm not sure she ever looked back.
I was pretty much 'on my own'.
The animals at our house live like kings/queens. 
Scott
 

Just like us, dogs need to eat a species specific diet. 

interesting. what type of minced meat were you giving to the dog? cause i react badly to pork minced meat or mixed, but not to beef.
And talking about dogs, i have an interesting experiance. I have a very small and old dog (14yo 3kg), her health was rapidly going downhill and was getting her face swallen for a bone abscess. No vet wanted to operate her since a full anesthesia is risky on an old dog. we went carnivore together and it was a blessing for her. the entire swelling got better really quickly, her eyes got better, and her energy levels are through the roof. when i cook for myself in the morning i cook for her as well (but without salt), and she is thriving. I'm trying to balance her micronutrient income giving her enough liver. At first she wouldn't eat much and i thought that she didn't like it, but after gaining a lot of weight in a week i realized that i was giving her the same amount of food in terms of grams, but the calories intake was literally 10 times higher XDD
I found what amount is right for her and she is doing so well that she doesn't need to be operated any longer.

This may not be the right thread but it came to my mind:
I once adopted a two year old german shepherd that did not become a good competition dog because of allergies. Everything was difficult. The owner family had three "better" shepherds.
She was my third GS and sixth own dog.
First thing I did , we went strict BARF. No industrial dog food of any kind. Huge success, skin and rash eased up remarkably. I then dropped pork and things got even better. But still cortisone...
Then a vet from Eastern Europe heard that I´m giving minced meat. She said "dogs often react to minced meats , there can be anything mixed in". None of my earlier dogs had  had probs but I decided to try.
So no more mince, full meats instead and VOILA`, no more yeast,rash,anything at all! That dog became completely allergy free and we had many wonderful years together. Super obedient and we had this mind connection that only dog owners know about. I swear she read my thoughts and wanted to obey and act right. Oh man I´m getting emotional,typing this.
Anyway,my point is:
That experience taught me that all meats are not even close to equal when you´re sensitive enough.
I could not take a dog after that one, I decided to stop while on top. She was perfect.

This is my first pan. I bought this with my pocket money when I was ten years old in 1973.
My grandmother used to fry eggs like this and I liked them so much, I had to get the same pan for me at home. Pan was wrapped in brown greasy paper in the store,I still remember the moment when I saw it.

Exactly the same situation here. Felt very empty in the beginning. And then a CAT , of all the possible animals, just moved in a couple of years ago. I never knew a cat could be this nice company. I have taught him "dog things" like to come when I whistle.

This is a "I dare you to turn your back look".
Great pic.
We have had a bunch of dogs over the years. I had several Fila Brazileiros way back when, a Rottweiler, hunted with beagles, coon hunted with English Red Ticks, the last two were an English bulldog that lived to be 16 and her pup (mixed breed/long story) who lived to be 13. We have two in the back that are 14 and 13. 
First time we have not had an inside dog in 25+ years. 
I'm not sure if people know this but without a dog in the house if you drop food you have to actually bend over and pick it up yourself. Who knew?
Scott

They say cats choose their human. I have three and sometimes four when he chooses my company. Two short tailed Manx and two normal long tailed. They stay outside in the shed, unless I'm sitting out. Then the're in my lap..
 
 

They say cats choose their human. I have three and sometimes four when he chooses my company. Two short tailed Manx and two normal long tailed. They stay outside in the shed, unless I'm sitting out. Then the're in my lap..
 
 

I'm a cat man now,after six dogs and two horses. This cat just moved in a few years ago. Vet guessed he had lived in the woods for a year or two.
He came to me when I was eating sausage on Sauna porch. He took some sausage when I had gone inside, even looking at him scared him away. It took two weeks to lure him inside the house and he has been happily hunting and eating mice here ever since. Only the guts are left. He sleeps on us now and obviously has a good life, thanks to mice. He has not "destroyed" anything out of frustration because he can hunt.
Name "Hippu" would be "Nugget" in english. He comes to me with a whistle like a dog.
We never thought of a cat, "no we can't have a cat,where would we put it...? Then Hippu simply moved in and is great company.

 

Speaking of bad habits… 
2021 Can Am XMR Trail 1000. We ride the Hatfield & McCoy trails in West Virginia a couple three times per year. Our group had 16 machines last time. Massive group but great time. 
 
I should have taken up checkers instead of hot rods and motor sports. 
 
Scott

This is the last project that was going to be my last project.
1972 K5 Chevrolet Blazer. Factory 350/4speed 4WD.
Scott

Yes, it is quite the project. 
Tw things that I hate to say out loud.....
One, this is not the worst project I have ever taken on and two, this is about the third project that was going to be my absolute last.
In the words of the great philo=so=phizer Forrest Gump. "I am not a smart man'.
Scott
 

I use them all but 95 % I'm using cast. Wife does not let me buy any more cast pans or pots,she THINKS that we have enough.
This roast just came from Sous Vide bath.

 
 

I don't know how many times I've eaten a dish called "Salisbury Steak" but I never knew the story until today.  Some consider the Salisbury Steak the first fad diet.
I always thought Salisbury was a chef, not a doctor.  Turns out he was a civil war doctor and early experimenter and promoter of using diet for health and longevity.  He claimed our teeth are "meat teeth" and our digestive systems designed to digest lean meat, and that vegetables, fats, starches and fruit should only be 1/3 of our diet.  (Oddly the video only says fruits and vegetables)
The entire video is very good but if pressed for time skip tp 8:01 for the most salient part.
 
 

Lol. They are?
"They calculated, approximately, a single day of increase in life expectancy for each year of taking a statin. Slightly more in secondary prevention, slightly less in primary (people who have not previously had a heart attack or a stroke).
The main take away message I believe, is the following. Statins do not prevent fatal heart attacks and strokes. They can only delay them. They delay them by about one or two days per year of treatment. For those who have read my books you will know that I have regularly suggested we get rid of the concept of ‘preventative medicine’. We need to replace it with the concept of ‘delayative medicine’.
You cannot stop people dying. You can only make them live longer. How much longer is the key question. With statins this question has been answered. You can, to be generous, add a maximum of two days per year to life expectancy.
Which means that if you were to take a statin for thirty years you could expect to live about two months longer. (Possibly three, more likely one). Assuming, and this is a big assumption, that none of the trials done have been in any way biased towards statins. Even though every single one was funded by the pharmaceutical industry. Further assuming that any benefits seen in the trials will continue for the next twenty-five years."
Article Source:
https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2015/10/27/how-much-longer-will-you-live-if-you-take-a-statin/
 

Hello everyone!
I'm a 61 years old culinarist keto veteran from Finland, first started low carb in 2004. On and off keto ever since... except 2016 I was diagnosed with many heart related problems,got a stent,too.
So :
Even though I DEFINITELY knew better, I fell in all the scary fat talk trap from docs and ended up eating low fat. "What if I destroyed my heart with fat after all...?" And so it happened that I gained 30 kilos in a few years eating low fat. My condition got worse every year.
Now I figured I don't want diabetes in this coctail so I'm back to keto. I don't want to be fat and weak. This is going great,as always. I feel good. Much less BP meds needed already.
I also quit Rosuvastatin because I noticed my legs are going... and Rosu definitely slowed down my metabolism. I was not sweating even in Sauna anymore, now I do.
My doctor is going to hate me. He said about Rosu "this pill is keeping you alive." Maybe but also fat,sick and weak. I want my legs completely back,they are better already.
I hope all this medical talk did not scare you. I'm doing fine and just bought another Kawasaki ZX-12R. Now I have green and red for different moods.
I know I don't look "fat" in this bike pic from last summer but being 6'3", I weigh 110 kg, waist 115 cm. Suit size #62. I used to be 85 kg, 90 cm waist and #56. And I am going back there no matter what my LDL says.
Now in retrospect,it may very well be that my earlier keto years made my 2016 attack as mild as it was. Had I been obese, who knows...

Normal is a setting on a washing machine. 🙂 

Facebook has always been a thief. They have never really done anything original. 
It started as a MySpace clone. 
Google+ came along, and offer Circles. Facebook steals and adds "Friends Lists".
Google+ starts Communities. Facebook steals and starts "Facebook Groups".
Google+ offers Video Conferencing. Facebook adds video conferencing to Messenger. 
Facebook tries to steal video from YouTube.
Snapchat introduces Stories. Facebook steals and adds "Reels" to Instagram.
TikTok becomes a thing. Facebook modifies "Reels" to function the same and adds it to Facebook too.
Musk buys Twitter. Facebook starts Threads, basically a Twitter/X clone.
Musk champtions free speech on X. And now Zuckerberg is promising free speech on Facebook.

He reminds me of the ferryman in the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales. Whistling Dixie when the Rebs show up and Battle Hymn of the Republic when the Yankees arrive.