Much cooler today and overcast. I did a few outside things – cut and poisoned a few thistles going to seed, picked up the fallen Canary Island pine pinecones, and moved the sheep to their third tranche of Front paddock pasture. I also mowed the lawn under the washing line and alongside the cottage kitchen windows.

Karola contoinued her heroic raking up of the long grass on the house lawn. There is an awful lot of it.

In the evening I mowed the Goose paddock using the highest mower setting of 400. But 400 what, I hear you cry – goodness knows, it doesn’t say. It was much easier than with the old Fergie and the orchard mower.

For dinner we had minced lamb with the strange noodles Dave Moss suggested trying – konnyaku flour. I also included some cauliflower rice and asparagus spears. Tasted OK but the noodles were texture, didn’t change the taste, and Karola agreed. As it said on the packet, out of the packet these noodles smelt horridly fishy but after running in water for a few minutes the smell went away.

Konnyaku

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Konnyaku a.k.a Shirataki is a Japanese traditional food.
Konnyaku is a traditional Japanese jelly-like health food made from a kind of potato called “Konnyaku potato” and calcium hydroxide or oxide calcium extracted from eggshells. Noodle type of Konnyaku is called Shirataki. Shirataki is sometimes called as “Miracle Noodle”. The Konnyaku potato is native to Indonesia and is a kind of herbaceous perennial plant called “Amorphophallus Konjac”(K. Koch). Konnyaku potatoes are cultivated for food only in Japan, but wild forms grow naturally in Southeast Asia and China.

We Japanese have been eating it over 1500 years.
It was originally introduced to Japan as a medicine in the sixth century and has been eaten for almost 1500 years in Japan. It is a totally natural food. Ninety seven percent of Konnyaku is water and three percent is Glucomannan, or dietary fibre. It is also rich in minerals and very low in calories.

Full of dietary fibre
Glucomannan is a dietary fibre and it is extremely difficult for humans to digest. Therefore, Konnyaku usually just goes through your body and sweeps your intestines. That is why it has been regarded as a no calorie food for a long time in Japan. Konnyaku does have calories, however, the calories would be so few in the normal quantities that they are negligible in number.

Konnyaku is a marvellous health food
It does not have fat, it is rich in dietary fibre and is low in calories. Moreover, it has recently been found that it normalises the level of cholesterol, prevents high blood pressure and normalises the level of sugar in the blood. Because of these scientific findings, it has been perceived as a excellent health food in Japan.

Goose Paddock Topped Today

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