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Fresh or frozen?

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Have you tried smooth natural Almond butter? It's even healthier than peanut butter.

I pick it up at Whole Foods.

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Ok then, if you want to be a bulky female, then disregard my statement.

(I've been bulky from the weights - it looked ridiculous)

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The problem with salmon east of the Rockies is that it's all that atlantic farm-raised crap. They have to feed them food dye pellets just to make them appear the "right" color of pink (as opposed to the taupy-brown that "naturally" results from swimming in each other's shit in the pen until harvested.

But, yeah, there are plenty of recipes for good, non-poached but cooked salmon. Some might even involve black beans.

None, however, involve overpriced, oversized jujubes. Which, yes, is a rip. And, it's how theaters make most of their money. The margin on the tickets is very small (or so I'm told).

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Edited to add that I usually catch the salmon I eat, so I rarely eat the farmed salmon.

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IMO salmon steaks are the way to go. And there seems to be a trend now of cooking it on a stone of some sort and sealing in juices. Quite tasty. I do prefer salmon in this order though:

smoked
raw
steaks (teriyaki glaze perferred)
fillet

Fillet is easy to overcook, as Ollie suggests.

The only thing I felt like I missed out on this weekend in NY was no chance to have smoked whitefish. Love smoked whitefish. Surprisingly little of that is available in Dallas. Go figure.

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Never lay off the free weights. But if you're fat, use very low weight and very high reps. That will tone you up quicker than just cardio.

TM

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Women have to try really hard to get bulky, so generally don't if you aren't spending your life at it. Nevertheless women can gain enough muscle mass to increase their, uh, burning stuff thing. Resting metabolic rate?

I really had thought you played for the straight team.

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This was driving me crazy. I guess its a matter of where you live in the country as to whether you get the giant sized box of:

http://www.dollardays.com/images/f03/image2/1016.jpg

Or the equally large box of:

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/c...ubes_small.jpg

They are not the same though. One comes in odd "fruit" shapes that stick to your teeth and manage to rip most orthodontic work from your mouth, while the other comes in little pellets. I assume, however, that these candies would have the same effect.

aV

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I'm working on it. (But not enough.)

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I think its the oiliness of cooked salmon. I can't stand swordfish either.

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Actually, I figure I'm bulky enough from the waist down - if that bulk were to be largely replaced with muscle bulk, and I change size not at all but can eat everything in sight, all the better.

BR(a-line skirt girl)C

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I disagree.* Utility from cardio exercise exceeds utility from free weights when you're overweight. Assuming you have a limited amount of time to spend exercising, weight loss will be achieved at a higher rate if one focuses on cardio.

*but by no means am I sure that you're incorrect. I've seen both arguments supported** by people with much more information than us and empirical evidence exists that supports both of them.

** on the runnersworld.com forums b/w nutiritionists and near Olympic Trial class athletes.

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If poaching is too much of a pain in the ass, and I agree that it can be if you don't have the right equipment, then wrap the salmon in tin foil with a little room inside the tinfoil and make sure that the seams are fairly tight (i.e. turn them over a couple of times). Then put the tinfoiled salmon in a low pan full of water in the oven at about 350 for about an hour or so (depending on how big it is, I'm assuming a good sized salmon steak). You'll have the same basic outcome of poaching without having to deal with the pain in the ass factor, though it does take a little longer.

If you want more details, PM me, and I'll find the recipe tonight and bring it in tomorrow.

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I keep meaning to buy Almond Butter but default back to peanut butter. Is it richer than peanut butter? I dig almonds.

S(was eating whole foods peanut butter on a spoon dipped in hershey's Syrup last night - not healthy, but very fucking tasty)D