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Galen Young wrote:[Maize] It does lack two essential amino acids — lysine and tryptophan — as well as riboflavin and niacin. ... Carbohydrate-rich squashes are a great source of vitamin A, and their seeds provide quality vegetable fats that corn and beans lack
https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/three-sisters-corn-beans-squash-zmaz01fmzsel
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Scott Foster wrote: Does anyone know what deficiencies you would have if you ate nothing but Dent Corn, Winter Squash, and Dry Beans?
Trace Oswald wrote:Thankfully, no one should have to. There are so many plants that grow well with very little care and are vitamin and mineral powerhouses that I would never try. Things like kale are super easy, as are lots of other leaf crops, and as mentioned, potatoes are great. Filling, lots of calories as vegetables go, mix with lot of other things, great yields.
My own strategy (every year) is grow as many things as possible so that the inevitable failure of some doesn't set me back terribly. I would be concerned that if I grew just three crops, I may very well lose one or two of them, and then things look pretty bleak.
Catherine Windrose wrote:
Scott Foster wrote: Does anyone know what deficiencies you would have if you ate nothing but Dent Corn, Winter Squash, and Dry Beans?
This begs more information. For how long? A winter, a year, or years? Are there existing health conditions to consider? For an adult or a growing child?
Genetic predisposition(s) could be a factor. Some individuals don't seem to have a problem with consuming lots of corn, while others become diabetic over time though I feel that might be more relevant with certain non heirloom varieties.
I think consuming what grows seasonally where we are is a good guideline.
Joseph Lofthouse wrote:
I just ran a nutritional analysis. If you ate 5 cups each per day of corn mush, cooked pinto beans, and butternut squash, you'd meet your caloric needs, and most vitamin and mineral needs.
However, you would be completely deficient in B12 (from animals), D (which the body can make), and K (from green leafy things). You'd be severely deficient in omega 3/6 oils, and choline.
Galen Young wrote:[Maize] It does lack two essential amino acids — lysine and tryptophane — as well as riboflavin and niacin. ... Carbohydrate-rich squashes are a great source of vitamin A, and their seeds provide quality vegetable fats that corn and beans lack
https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/three-sisters-corn-beans-squash-zmaz01fmzsel
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. (E.E.Hale)
Anita Martin wrote:I guess for Northamericans this is a known fact (as opposed to Europeans), but for higher nutrition you should look into nixtamalization of the corn:
Nixtamalization
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Adoption of the nixtamalization process did not accompany the grain to Europe and beyond, perhaps because the Europeans already had more efficient milling processes for hulling grain mechanically. Without alkaline processing, maize is a much less beneficial foodstuff, and malnutrition struck many areas where it became a dominant food crop. In the nineteenth century, pellagra epidemics were recorded in France, Italy, and Egypt, and kwashiorkor hit parts of Africa where maize had become a dietary staple.
Weeds are just plants with enough surplus will to live to withstand normal levels of gardening!--Alexandra Petri
Mk Neal wrote:For a fascinating description of traditional Hidatsa methods of growing, processing, storing, and cooking the "three sisters"and other native crops, read "Native American Gardening: Buffalobird-Woman's Guide to Traditional Methods." by Gilbert L. Wilson, Dover Publication 2005. This is a republication of a 1917 University of Minnesota bulletin titled "Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation."
Buffalobird Woman describes many treatments and uses of corn in particular that surprised me. Some portion of the corn crop was picked green (e.g. like sweet corn), parboiled, shelled, and dried for winter use. I wonder if this method of preparing corn for storage at its "green"stage preserves some of the vitamins present in the green corn that may be different from those in the fully mature grain corn? Could be a way to get a fuller range of nutrients through the winter.
Mk Neal wrote:For a fascinating description of traditional Hidatsa methods of growing, processing, storing, and cooking the "three sisters"and other native crops, read "Native American Gardening: Buffalobird-Woman's Guide to Traditional Methods." by Gilbert L. Wilson, Dover Publication 2005. This is a republication of a 1917 University of Minnesota bulletin titled "Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indian Interpretation."
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Larisa Walk wrote: You can do this with dent, flour, even pop corn and sorghum
Galen Young wrote:[Maize] It does lack two essential amino acids — lysine and tryptophane — as well as riboflavin and niacin. ... Carbohydrate-rich squashes are a great source of vitamin A, and their seeds provide quality vegetable fats that corn and beans lack
https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/three-sisters-corn-beans-squash-zmaz01fmzsel
With the correct microbes, minerals, humates in the soil, water will be sequestered and released as needed, greening the dessert. Weeds won’t grow because you are providing the correct mineral/microbe base for the target crop, eliminated need for herbicides. Healthy resulting plants don’t need pesticide as insects will not attack them.
Melba Streiff wrote:Don’t forget about eating the weeds that come up in your Three Sisters patch....lamb’s quarters, creasy greens or wild mustard, chickweed, nettles, etc., etc. They have a lot of good nutrition to round out the diet also.
Scott Perkins wrote:
Melba Streiff wrote:Don’t forget about eating the weeds that come up in your Three Sisters patch....lamb’s quarters, creasy greens or wild mustard, chickweed, nettles, etc., etc. They have a lot of good nutrition to round out the diet also.
I always wondered if there were some edible nutritious weeds because they are so prolific they might even be a better food source since they are more hardy and robust about spreading etc. You dont even have
to plant them.
Further, I have a back yard full of weeds that I feel is a fantastic ground cover which is really all I want. The current variety is via a process of natural selection over twenty years and I dont want to mess
with perfection. But how do you know what to eat ?
This topic is especially interesting because this season I am growing a salad garden with exclusively several kinds of kale, swiss chard, Arrugglia, and some varieties of spinach all mixed together. I have no idea what is coming up and am afraid some of what I pick might be weeds. Could that make me sick ?
With the correct microbes, minerals, humates in the soil, water will be sequestered and released as needed, greening the dessert. Weeds won’t grow because you are providing the correct mineral/microbe base for the target crop, eliminated need for herbicides. Healthy resulting plants don’t need pesticide as insects will not attack them.
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Jen Fan wrote:I know people that have been surviving for years on top ramen, cheese, and beer. I'd be inclined to think corn, beans, and squash would carry you longer and leave you feeling far healthier
Jamin Grey wrote:
Jen Fan wrote:I know people that have been surviving for years on top ramen, cheese, and beer. I'd be inclined to think corn, beans, and squash would carry you longer and leave you feeling far healthier
I'm not a beer-drinker myself - I barely touch any alcohol (don't like the taste, and doesn't sit well in my stomach), and never beers, but I think you'd be surprised how nutritious certain beers are. I forget which one, but one was designed specifically to provide sustenance to people during a famine, and is basically as dense as an entire meal.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. (E.E.Hale)
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