Well, it might be difficult to find this one, as it has been in and out of print. George Leonard Herter, an 'oddball know-it-all' in the words of the New York Times, ran a sporting goods company and he wrote most of the copy for the catalog. Check out this NYT appreciation of Herter's culinary and literary gifts: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/Collins-t.html?_r=0 Or, just read my review at Amazon; mine is the one that calls him 'The Cliff Claven of Cuisine'. It's a hilariously off-base polemic by a self appointed food know-it-all. Priceless. Here is a link that might be useful: Herter's Bull Cook This post was edited by arley on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 16:17

I'll tell you what, I definately have a wheat and cheese monkey on MY back, lol! They both have opiate like substances in them apparently, but I'll bet peaches do too! ;) I was reading long ago about the possibly inflammatory properties of wheat gluten, and I went on a wheat free diet for months and months, (along with many other strategies) trying to lessen my severe menstrual cramps and migranes. Did not do a thing! I do have my problem foods, but thankfully it is not gluten. Salt, red meat, artificial sweeteners, alcohol and tea and refined flour and sugar are the things that bother my system. Like I said, I balance carbs with protein and fats to avoid the blood sugar spikes that go along with eating "unopposed" carbs. A sugar binge can trigger a migrane for me. But a sugar binge also piles on the pounds so I try not to do it for so many reasons. But along the way I picked up the idea of eating a balance of whole grains and not overdoing the carbs. Luckily I actually do not like refined white flour or heavily spiced and salted products and really sugary stuff, so I have no trouble staying away from it. Really good bread and cheese is harder for me to moderate myself on. One thing that is troubling to me is the COST of some of these wheat alternatives. I wanted to get some brown rice spinach linguine at the health food store, but it was $3.50 for 12 ounces and the whole wheat Barilla was $1.30 for the same amount. I'm unemployed right now and can no longer afford these types of products. I stick to oatmeal, cornmeal and brown rice for my carb alternatives. Occasionally some quinoa or barley. Pasture raised chicken by me is $3.50 per lb. and the regular old store bought stuff ins $2.00 and below. Needless to say we can't afford that either! And fish is a rare luxury.

One doesn't "go on a diet" for a limited period, succeed in getting the surplus pounds off ... then go back to the previous pattern of eating. One chooses to reduce the fat-loading stuff that one's been eating, preferably adding some more useful, and really tasty new items ... ... and that's one's newly-chosen style of eating, that continues ... as long as one lives that lifestyle. And reduces the volume some as one ages and gets less active. Or gets less active for other reasons than plain old aging. ole joyfuelled ... with some help for the joy from rather plain foods P.S. When I was a teen-ager ... Dad said that he figured that I must have had a hollow leg. World War II began in'39, when I was 10, and with cows, horses and pigs plus lots of fields ... we three boys had lots of work to do helping Dad when the hired hands went to war. o j

Update on my Black Krim and Cherokee Purple that I planted based on your recommendations! These seeds were planted on June 2 and they went in the ground about two weeks ago. BK on the right, CP on the left. Nice blossoms growing in on both although as of yesterday I had not seen any baby tomatoes peeking out from the flowers yet. Two extra Black Krims that came up were potted up unto 10 gallons. Doing nicely...though I attempted an experiment on them by using azomite and mycorrhizae in one pot (the right one). It's a tad behind if anything though both have about the same number of blooms forming. I have one CP left (the third seed never did come up) that's in a 1 gallon and suffering. It was the smallest so I let it be for awhile but now it's budding and having a hard time. I hope to get it into the ground later today but am messing with my planting bed and waging war or roots about as thick as my thigh. My guy bought a chainsaw LOL, so hopefully it comes out today and the CP can go in.