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Please only list the foods here. (No discussions)

Any comments you would like to make about the list (or foods in the list) should occur in this thread:

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Thanks!

Some juices I don't see listed are:

acai berry juice
guava juice
lemon juice (separate from lemon & water)
mango juice
papaya juice
passion fruit juice
youngberry juice

elephant ear stems (Bac Hà)
amaranth leaves
fenugreek leaves
lambs quarters
plantain (leaf of weed not the yellow fruit)
quinoa leaves

More lettuces or clarity on what lettuces are included in "Lettuce, Green Leaf, Iceberg" A few other lettuces:
Red leaf lettuce
Butterhead (Boston, bibb)
Cos (Diamond Gem, Little gem, Rosalita, Paris White, Rouge)

Einkorn did not appear on my lists..

BTW, very good idea to start this thread! Thanks C#

Heavy/ whipping cream (cream with 38-40 % fat)
marcapone
parsley root - simelar to parsnip but from parsley

nopal    

Xylitol

mascarpone cheese    (this may be what Henriette meant too)

tomato puree/paste

broths (chicken, turkey, beef  - made with meat, not just bone or marrow soup)

purple potato

blue corn

huckleberries

Romano Beans

http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/pages/romanobeans!opendocument




Italian Flat Green Beans

http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--35449/italian-flat-bean.asp

pomegranate syrup

sweet potato starch (as in noodles, Asian stores)

exotic fruits:
1. mangosteens
2. rambutans
3.chickus
4.Water apples (Jambu)

Although I haven't got the Swami yet. I'm assuming that these aren't in. Correct me if I'm wrong. Popular fish varieties from countries other than the US and Canada. Here in Australia for example we have;

Barramundi
John Dory

Unless the Swami eventually develops into Country specific versions.

Asian food/drinks such as Chrysanthemum tea, wheatgrass, winter tea, grass jelly, herbal jelly, rose syrup, almond drink, Chinese herbs ( ie cooling tea/ liang cha). condiments such as Rice vinegar, rice wine. Fish such as Toman (Snakehead) Vegetables such as Bamboo shoots, Lotus root, lotus paste (commonly used in mooncakes). Also, Vegetable Oil, Palm oil, coconut milk, chinese five-spice powder, dried shrimp, shrimp paste, fish sauce, Pandan Leaves, century egg, quail eggs.

food names uk versus usa;

http://er4ytuk.multiply.com/journal/item/90
"American" food names and their British equivalents.

http://ashy-macbean.com/vegetarian-stuff/vegetarian-dictionary-am.htm

Hard apple cider, which can be made either in a gluten-free way without grain or using barley. I think grain-free/gluten-free tends to be typical in the US and France.

Sooran {Cousin to Konnyaku}
Jackruit & its seeds {eaten like Chestnuts}
Yard Long Beans
Sloes {Blackhaw}
Maypop [Passifora incarnata] {Fruits, Flowers, Leaves}
Natto [All Soy, & Mixed with Barley]
Chinese Tofu from Almonds
Chinese Fermented Tofu
Amla
Green Mango
Syrian Rue
Raw Cocoa Pods
Trying to recall the old threads of the exotic cheeses that may be of help for BTs not good with Dairy..

Jackruit & its seeds {eaten like Chestnuts}[Artocarpus heterophyllus]
Yardlong Beans [Vigna unquiculata subsp. sesquipedalis]
Sloes, Blackthorn [Prunus spinosa]
Maypop [Passifora incarnata] {Fruits, Flowers, Leaves}
Natto [All Soy, & Mixed with Barley]
Chinese Tofu from Almonds
Chinese Fermented Tofu
Amla, Indian Gooseberry [Phyllanthus emblica OR Emblica officinalis]
Goji, Wolfberry, Matrimony Vine [Lycium chinense or L. barbarum]
Sea Buckthorn [Hippophae rhamnoides]
Comfrey [Symphytum officinale]
Durian [Durio sp.]
Samphire, Norfolk Asparagus [Crithmum maritimum]
Strawberry Tree [Arbutus unedo]
Ume [Prunus mume]
Green Mango
Ayu, Sweetfish [Plecoglossus altivelis]
Udo [Aralia cordata]
Asian Pear, Nashi [Pyrus pyrifolia]
Sea Urchin, Erizo, Uni [not picky - ANY]
Szechuan Pepper, Sansho [Zanthoxylum simulans, Z. ailanthoides]
Organ meats of the various common & Horse
Muntjac
Fugu, Pufferfish [typ. Takifugo rubripes]
Daylily, any
Tulip
Magnolia blossoms
Chrysanthemum, any
Yew berry {seedless of course}
Teff [Eragrostis tef]
Wasabi [Eutrema japonica]
Salsify [mainly Scorzonera hispanica, but any Trogopogon sp. as well]
Sea Pineapple, Hoya [Halocynthia roretzi]
Syrian Rue [peganum harmala]
Raw Cocoa Pods
Arum campanulatum (Rox & San)
Eel, Unagi
Conger Eel {and Anago which is not Conger but I digress}

• Mekkuba {Have no idea Binomial BUT a kind of Japanese Kelp & say Asparagus has got NOTHING on this}
  
• Sooran {Cousin to Konnyaku, AND NOT Elephant Yam}
  [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson var. campanulatus]
  older: Amorphophallus Campanulatus (Blume)
  older yet: Arum campanulatum (Rox & San)
  
• Trying to recall the old threads of the exotic cheeses that may be of help for BTs not good with Dairy..

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Quoted from Chandon

Hard apple cider, which can be made either in a gluten-free way without grain or using barley. I think grain-free/gluten-free tends to be typical in the US and France.

Never heard/drank any Cidre/Scrumpy/Apfelmost/Sagardoa with grain I recall...Even Applejack & Calvados is straight fruit...?...

Quoted from Schluggell

Never heard/drank any Cidre/Scrumpy/Apfelmost/Sagardoa with grain I recall...Even Applejack & Calvados is straight fruit...?...

There are some ciders where barley is used. I don't know if other grains are ever used in the fermentation. Since I have celiac, I have to check the labels and have read that some have barley. It probably isn't that common for barley to be used. Sometimes barley is also used in making sake.

Chandon,
pls post discussions on swami food list here
http://www.dadamo.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1250265758/

Since we have not had any new requests recently, I created a consolidated list. It omits foods that were noted as already being listed by SWAMI and adds a few items requested in other threads. The list contains 90 items.

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acai berry juice
amaranth leaves
Amla, Indian Gooseberry [Phyllanthus emblica OR Emblica officinalis]
Arum campanulatum (Rox & San)
Ayu, Sweetfish [Plecoglossus altivelis]
Barramundi
blue corn
broths (chicken, turkey, beef  - made with meat, not just bone or marrow soup)
Cashew fruit
cassia buds
century egg
chickus
Chinese Fermented Tofu
Chinese Gentian
Chinese herbs ( ie cooling tea/ liang cha)
Chinese Tofu from Almonds
Chrysanthemum, any
Comfrey [Symphytum officinale]
Conger Eel {and Anago which is not Conger but I digress}
Cream {Light (18% -30% fat), whipping (30-36% fat),  heavy (more than 36% fat)}
Dairy variants {raw, ultrapasteurized, different fat content}
Daylily, any
Dragon fruit
Eel, Unagi
Einkorn
elephant ear stems (Bac Hà)
fenugreek leaves
Freekeh
Fugu, Pufferfish [typ. Takifugo rubripes]
grass jelly,
Green Mango
guava juice
Hard apple cider -gluten-free (made without grain or using barley)
herbal jelly,
huckleberries
Italian Flat Green Beans
Jackruit & its seeds {eaten like Chestnuts}[Artocarpus heterophyllus]
John Dory
lambs quarters   (plant not part of animal)
lemon juice (separate from lemon & water)
Lotus paste
Maca
Magnolia blossoms
mango juice
marcapone /mascarpone cheese    
Maypop [Passifora incarnata] {Fruits, Flowers, Leaves}
Muntjac
nopal(pads of prickly pear cactus)
Organ meats of the various common & Horse
Pandan Leaves,
papaya juice
parsley root - similar to parsnip but from parsley
passion fruit juice
plantain (leaf of weed not the yellow fruit)
plout
pomegranate syrup
purple potato
quinoa leaves
rambutans
Raw Cocoa Pods
Rice wine
Romano Beans
rose syrup,
Samphire, Norfolk Asparagus [Crithmum maritimum]
Sea Buckthorn [Hippophae rhamnoides]
Sea Pineapple, Hoya [Halocynthia roretzi]
Sea Urchin, Erizo, Uni [not picky - ANY]
Sloes, Blackthorn [Prunus spinosa]
Sooran {Cousin to Konnyaku}
Strawberry Tree [Arbutus unedo]
Sucralose
sweet potato starch (as in noodles, Asian stores)
Syrian Rue [peganum harmala]
Szechuan Pepper, Sansho [Zanthoxylum simulans, Z. ailanthoides]
Toman (Snakehead)
tomato puree/paste
Tulip
tunghing or "Chinese cinnamon"
Udo [Aralia cordata]
Ume [Prunus mume]
Wasabi [Eutrema japonica]
Water apples (Jambu)
wheatgrass,
winter tea,
Xylitol
Yew berry {seedless of course}
youngberry juice

More lettuces or clarity on what lettuces are included in "Lettuce, Green Leaf, Iceberg" A few other lettuces:
Red leaf lettuce
Butterhead (Boston, bibb)
Cos (Diamond Gem, Little gem, Rosalita, Paris White, Rouge)

Thanks. I'll put this on the to-do list for the next upgrade..

Here are some others:

Oolong tea
Port (red or white)

What about...?
Cayenne
Hemp seed milk
Oat milk

Beef suet or tallow.

I noticed lard is listed which is the fat from pork. I'd be interested to see info on the fat from beef.

I'm late, never mind (in the version I know, the old man was planting a fig tree ).

There's this wonderful popular French Tomme cheese.

It has been a top priority for me at the cheese stall for many years, and I've hardly touched it since on BTD, Feb 2006, so as Pecorino is now a Swami superfood, I would be extatic to have also the Tomme back.

24-hour fermented yogurt -- different than regular yogurt, which is fermented for only 4-8 hours. 24-hour yogurt has almost no lactose left in it.

Lavender

If these Mushrooms have not already been added:

Cinnamon Cap
White Chanterelle
Funnel Chanterelle (yellow foot)
Clamshell
Lobster
Morels
Oyster

Also:

Truffles

A few suggestions:

mushrooms, porcini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis) - often used in Italian risottos

goose/duck fat (http://www.ochef.com/699.htm) - used to make the famous French dish Confit de Canard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_confit)

Etorki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etorki) - my favourite cheese

Rice paper (wince - hoping is not just a rice pasta equivalent)

Scuppernongs
Muscadines

Acorns (white and red)

Yes, I'm serious.

xanthan gum
Dandelion root and/leaf tea
Pau d'arco/taheebo tea

Some I have been using

Will this update if we reprint our SWami express at a later time??

thanx,
angel

Lemon verbena or Lemon beebrush, Aloysia triphylla

and

Lemon verbena oil

Lemon verbena adds a lemony flavor to fish and poultry, vegetable marinades, salad dressings, jams, puddings, and beverages. It is used to make herbal teas and sorbet. It has anti-Candida albicans activity.

The major isolates in lemon verbena oil are citral (30-35%), nerol and geraniol.

Other names for Lemon Verbena are Verbena triphylla L'Her., Verbena citriodora Cav., Lippia triphylla, Lippia citriodora, and Aloysia citriodora (Cav.) Ort.

As per discussions from another thread:

White pepper (spice)

Patience dock (rumex petientia)
Common mallow (malva spp)
Russian olive (elaeagnus angustifolia)
Common sow thistle (sonchus oleraceus)

Maltodextrin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltodextrin) - an additive im my almond milk which I buy at the HFS; sounds like a toxin though

Sultanas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_%28grape%29)

Lotus flower tea

Australian Bush Flower Essences:

Alpine Mint Bush
Angelsword
Autumn Leaves
Banksia Robur
Bauhinia
Billy Goat Plum
Black-Eyed Susan
Bluebell
Boab
Boronia
Bottlebrush
Bush Fuchsia
Bush Gardenia
Bush Iris
Christmas Bell
Crowea
Dagger Hakea
Dog Rose
Five Corners
Freshwater Mangrove
Fringed Violet
Green Essence
Grey Spider Flower
Green Spider Orchid
Gymea Lily
Hibbertia
Illawarra Flame Tree
Isopogon
Jacaranda
Kapok bush
Lichen
Little Flannel Flower
Macrocarpa
Monga Warata
Mountain Devil
Old Man Banksia
Paw-Paw Flower
Philotheca
Pink Flannel Flower
Pink Mulla-Mulla
Red Grevillea
Red Helmet Orchid
Red Lily
Red Suva Frangipani
Rough Bluebell
She Oak
Silver Princess
Southern Cross
Spinifex
Sturt Desert Rose
Sundew
Sunshine Wattle
Sydney Rose
Tall Mulla-Mulla
Turkey Bush
Waratah
Wedding Bush
Wild Potato Bush
Wisteria
Yellow Cowslip Orchid



Neroli essential oil



Edible Bulbs:
Lily
Tulip
Dahlia

Fruits:

Mayhaw

tara gum (thickener)

Fruit:

Annona

Locust bean gum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_bean_gum) - thickener

cheese:

Raklette (swiss)

Fennel tea

Bittergourd tea
Chye sim (Chinese spinach/cabbage)
Rose apple
Palmito (Heart of Palm)

Hearts of Palm are on.....

Chinese Kale, Kai-lan is on.....would that be different?

bitter melon is on......does it resemble the gourd?

Kai Lan is different from Chye Sim, yes. It's another green leafy vegetable. Kang Kong is common too, different again. This is a listing of local produce, the leafy veg is on page 4. http://www.freshdirect.com.sg/download/productlist_vegetables.pdf

Bitter melon and bittergourd I believe are the same - does that mean the tea has the same properties as the fruit? The juices and the fruits are often different, so I wondered if the tea might be different too.

Quince juice
Citric acid
Stinging nettle tea

Gongura (Sorel leaves)

Lauki (Bottle Gourd)

Arctic Char!!!

Star anise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_anise)

more teas and flowers, spices/herbs:


amber tea (green variant)
jasmine oolong
jasmine green

safflower petals
corn flower petals
sunflower petals

orange peel
lemon peel

Snow pea

Goatfish (also known as red mullet, but not really a mullet)
Red seabream

white tea

red rooibos

green rooibos

here roby when in doubt, until you get your personal swami
http://www.dadamo.com/DoeJohn.pdf
or this
http://www.dadamo.com/SWAMI%20GenoType%20__%20Jane%20Public.pdf

haws/hawthorne berries/tejocote   (as a food not a supplement)

hawthorne berries/tejocote are all over the place down this latitude!

Dr D s take...for a pregnant lady......
http://www.dadamo.com/forum/archive9/config.pl?read=48272

and this new sup for all
http://www.4yourtype.com/prodinfo.asp?number=NP046

Jiaogulen as a tea or as a live food.

Chokeberry
Yak

Brown Rice Protein Powder

hops - they make a good herbal tea for mild pain relief and help with a male TMI thing I won't mention.

dong qui (I hope I spelled that correctly)

yarrow - excellent for colds with chest congestion

sourdough - makes great bread and can be used for some traditional beverages

buffalo and sheep milk and their yogurts

Red beans

Oat milk please

Yacon syrup
and as someone else said, Light Cream and Heavy cream
Hemp milk

Quoted from Tea Rose

Brown Rice Protein Powder

I was just coming to ask this! For now I'll consider it a black dot (probably a neutral, but I won't eat it too often just in case it's problematic) but I'd like to know for certain!

Sweet potato flour

has the same rating a sweet potato

Two more foods I'm wondering about: potato starch and beet kvass.

Potato starch may not have the same rating as whole potatoes because it doesn't have any proteins or fats in it. I doubt it's a wholesome food, but I would like to know if it's a complete avoid, as whole potatoes are, or if it's a neutral or a black dot (meaning that I could safely consume it during Passover when we use potato starch in so many baked goods.)

Beet kvass probably has a very different rating than whole beets- it's fermented, it has probiotics in it, and it doesn't have the fiber and it's probably much lower in carbs as well. The beet kvass is made by coursly chopping beets, adding salt water, letting it ferment  about 3 days, and then drinking the liquid (which turns  bright pink.)

Turkey Eggs - Would you mind adding them to the database please. Ta PC.

Hemp oil
Hemp butter
Choy sum
Shanghai pok choy (xiao tang cai)
Yam leaves
Chinese white asparagus
Chinese chives (jiu cai)
Chinese squash (jie gua)
Chinese "silk squash" (si gua)
Winter melon
Green onion
Dill
(alas, too many Chinese fishes that I don't know the English names of)

http://www.dadamo.com/SWAMI%20GenoType%20__%20Jane%20Public.pdf
hemp

dill
http://www.dadamo.com/typebase4/depictor5.pl?142
also listed

Nettle
Saskatoon berry (Amelanchier alnifolia)

What about goat cheese that was listed in BTD? So would goat farmer cheese be better than cow farmer cheese?

if cow F C is on your list, then assume goat is ok as well

pike perch / zander (Is it mentioned in fish list somewhere? I haven't found.)

vendace (Coregonus albula, small freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae, usual in Finnish lakes)

Baltic herrings (especially big ones) contain dioxines. So do you recommend still eating it seldom, since herring is diamond superfood for me?

halloumi cheese, especially when completely of sheep's milk?

If quinoa is slight superfood for me, is it good anyway independent of its color (white/red/black)? And what about red rice (rice usually also slight super)?

spruce sprout

is wild bilberry parallel to blueberry?

Pomfret Fish

crowberry
sea buckthorn (both as healthy supposed berries in Finland)
pitahaya (dragon fruit)
molkosan (whey concentrate fermented with lactic acid)

Spring Greens (used to be known as Pamfrey) available in northern Ireland .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_greens

I love this stuff but don't eat it any more because it is a sort of cabbage. (an avoid for me) however doing a bit of research shows me that it may be a bit like kale. kale is superfood for me but not as easy to get here. i can only get it pre sliced which is not ideal - i am going to start growing it myself when i get a chance-.

so.... is spring greens okay for me , can it be classed as a kale or is it indeed a cabbage.

thanks

Sallal berries
Thimble berries
Salmon berries

Heavy cream (half n half is of course an avoid if you can't have milk. Why isn't heavy cream listed by itself?)

guinea eggs

Pomegranite wine.

Maqui Berry (Aristotelia Chilensis)

Yacon root

Red Clover Sprouts

Mushrooms like Cordyceps Sinensis, Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), and truffles (black and white)

chevre. Why is it listed on BTD but not SWAMI?

Lucuma
Maca
Yacon
Mesquite

Myzithra cheese, fontinella cheese.

Brenta cheese (related - don't know how - to Asiago, Montasio, Havarti. Havarti is listed in GTD)
Asiago cheese
Pu'erh Tea (chinese fermented green tea leaves)

ancho, pasilla, and chipotle pepper
zedvoary
camphor resin

is cocao butter the same as cocao?

When foods are added to SWAMI, will they just appear?  How does it work?

yes, updates to swami if any will appear automatically......
cocao butter is extracted from the bean

Do you think Umeboshi paste would have the same value as Umeboshi vinegar?  Normally I would think a vinegar would be different, but the paste is pickled/fermented/whatever as well

Pickled herring -- I wonder if it would have a different value than fresh herring, as it is usually pickled in a vinegar-based brine.

Quoted from balletomane

Mushrooms like Cordyceps Sinensis, Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), and truffles (black and white)

and Agaricus, and Lion's Mane (Hericium).

Arrowroot (the Rhizomes) ... nutritious starchy tuber ...

Quoted Text

ARROWROOT, Canna edulis

An edible canna in similar in apperance to its close relative the ornamental Cannas. Another of the Ancient Inca food crops, it was one of the first plants to have been domesticated in the Andean region. A popular crop in the market place in Peru and Ecuador.

The large round red rhizomes can be eaten raw, cooked as you would a potato or used as a flour and thickening agent. Excellent carbohydrate, the starch is easily digested and is a promising food source. The young shoots can also be eaten as a green vegetable.

The plant is easy to plant, to grow and to harvest. While the tubers multiply prolifically in deep rich friable soil, they are the most hardy of all the tuber crops and grows well in soils where most other tubers will not grow. Has few problems with pests and diseases. Can be harvested after 6 months. Will tolerate heat and light frosts.

Also check arrowroot in this other link:

http://productive-garden.com/?m=201003

xanthum gum
locust bean gum

It's possible these have already been listed...

Pickled herring (Scandinavian style)

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~peterrjones/bushtucker/riberry.htm

Is this in the list anywhere?  It is a bushtucker food down under, native trees in the area and I have them growing in my property ... ready to harvest and make some jelly ...  

Quoted Text

Pickled herring (Scandinavian style)

http://www.dadamo.com/typebase4/recipedepictor7x.cgi?31

Quoted from Cristina

Arrowroot (the Rhizomes) ... nutritious starchy tuber ...

Arrowroot is already included. (Neutral for me.)

Water Chestnut Flour.  Saw this in an asian market recently.  I may try some next time to make a pancake.

And there is a vegetable that looks like a large taro. malanga  

Someone posted this on a forum about it:

Quoted Text

....root sold in some groceries that looks similar to taro called malanga. Sometimes malanga is referred to as a large taro. The root looks like a large taro, & will grow & leaf out as a large taro, but it is a different plant.