In the book Rebuild from Depression, I highlight about seventy-five foods that I call "depression busters." These are foods high in our depression fighting nutrients and fats: B-12, B-6, folate, iron, magnesium, zinc, and Omega-3 fatty acids.
Seventy-five foods sounds like an awful lot of food, but I can assure you that some are so obscure and exotic that you have never eaten them. There are a number of foods (or perhaps a whole lot) that you would probably choose not to eat even under duress.
As a person recovering from depression, I look for opportunities to laugh everyday. Sometimes I make opportunities. This is one of those times.
Your task is to submit entries to the contest "Depression Buster: Pest or Dinner?"
Here are the rules:
• The entry must be a food of some kind, or at least theoretically digestible.
• The food must also be considered a pest, at least by you.
• You must give some reason why you think it is a depression buster and a pest (if it's not obvious).
• You must submit a picture or video clip of the food or would-be food (not pirated, please).
I have already received one entry for this contest for a hamster. I will post that entry soon so you can check out your competition. We have a number of potential foods living in our walls and under our deck that might also be depression buster foods.
A skunk scratched on our sliding glass door a few weeks ago and I ran for the camera. As I returned I thought "Are you crazy? You're going to use a camera flash at night on a skunk at your front door?"
So this contest may carry some risk. Please use your judgment.
If you have a blog, you are welcome to post your entry there and I will link to it from here.
There will be at least three winners chosen based on your comments for the most amusing entry. All winners will receive a copy of the book Rebuild from Depression and, of course, internet glory.
Deadline: Midnight March 31, PST.
Enter via email on our contact page or via a track back to this blog entry.
Enter early and often.
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To assist in your planning, future contests will include:
Rock Group or Depression Buster?
Rock won't be an absolute requirement, but you get the idea. There are at least three rock bands or personalities that are also depression buster foods. At least one is vegetarian.
Depression Buster or Roadkill?
Would that roadkill also qualify as a depression buster food? Anything that has run across the road or fallen off a truck would count. Start working on pictures.
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Comments (4)
Amanda,
I've loved reading the posts in this contest - at least the buggy ones (I haven't read the others... yet). I've even shared the contest with my homeschool group, as we occasionally talk about entomophagy. I also love to watch Bizarre Foods and sometimes think I could actually eat some bugs.
About your mom's recipes - are these tested? If so, by whom? Does she try them out first? :D
Posted by Barb | May 24, 2007 6:37 PM | Reply
Barb,
I do believe that my mom's recipes are untested. :)
The "Halibut with Pillbug White Sauce" does come out of an old cookbook.
Were you interested in a particular bug recipe, Barb? I'd be happy to find one for you. :)
Amanda
Posted by Amanda Rose | May 24, 2007 6:58 PM | Reply
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Posted by cobra insurance | June 12, 2007 6:45 AM | Reply
What about nutria? They have been imported up to the US from South America, known as the capybara, AKA the World's Largest Rodent...they are clogging the waterways, destroying local habitats by munching, and terrifying local ducks, etc., by raiding nests. Heard they make great jerky, and bbq--(they get up to 50 lbs.).
We have heard they might, depending on diet, be high in Omega 3s...
Posted by Sharon | October 26, 2009 4:54 PM | Reply