PaulssonPaleo

When we moved to Sweden, our food bills went through the roof. We had to do something about the meat... Eating grassfed meat is expensive, even if you only buy the cheap cuts.

So we started exploring offal. Not only is offal relatively cheap, it is a fantastic source of vitamins and minerals not otherwise found in muscle meat. Also, as conscientious meat eaters we were feeling increasingly uncomfortable NOT eating the "other bits" of the animal. Today we eat liver, heart and tongue on a weekly basis and make bone broth daily.

We recently shared our passion for offal in a course at our local hotel Tallhöjden. Five gentlemen showed up, eager to learn a few tricks. Imagine our surprise when all of them confessed to already eating offal. And to being hunters. That sure put a bit of pressure on the teachers...

Liver, heart and tongue! And a few other bits and bobs.

It all went down a treat, though! We made liver pâté, flash fried marinated heart and boiled (and fried) tongue, served with seed crackers, carrot sticks and sauerkraut. I admit that the condiments were lacking a bit, given just how much meat ended up on the plate...

We had so much fun that we forgot to take photos until after dinner...

The one "complaint" that our participants voiced was that we could have gone a bit more advanced. Brain, lungs, you know, the PROPER icky stuff. Next time, next time. We need to do a bit more product development first! :-)

Monday was a big day for the PaulssonPaleo Posse (great acronym, PPP...). Cat, Si and I went up to Stockholm to give a talk on paleo and what it means to us, all arranged by Swedish Paleo.

I am so in love with this picture, courtesy of my amazingly creative brother-in-law Si.

The theme of the evening was paleo and how our change in diet lead to some pretty insane lifestyle changes. We wanted the audience to understand how paleo can entail more than just eating in a certain way to stay healthy. It has come to permeate everything we do, including how we view our environment, what chemicals we choose to remove from our lives, how we move, how our lives are governed by daylight as well as seasons and how important community has become.

Not only was this a great chance for us to inspire and talk to likeminded people, it also gave us a chance to look back on how far we've come in just a few years. Like Si said, perhaps this is something we should do on a regular basis. It made us APPRECIATE just how far we've come. Sometimes you just need to stop, look and listen.