The Return of the Eggshell
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
It's liver day! While right now, I'm on a 1 lb daily BEEF:BEEF:LIVER schedule, I wouldn't be opposed to returning to a BEEF:LIVER rotation. It really depends on the price of ground beef with respect to liver's stability.
Honestly, I have NO idea why liver is SO cheap, ESPECIALLY as it relates to its nutrition and its relative size in a cow. Look, how much meat can we get off a cow? Like 500-600 lbs? And how heavy is a liver, like 10-15 lbs? Thus, while I can live for 500 days on that single cow I can AT MOST only eat liver for a couple of weeks.
And yes, OF COURSE, the occasional ribeye is an awesome-blossom treat! But, feeding frenzy funzies is where it ends. You'd think liver would run at those kind of prices! Limited supply AND greater value? I mean, if there was EVER a recipe for a price hike...thus, when ground beef—GROUND BEEF—spikes above liver, the decision is easy that THIS caveman can do it!
Grind City
Eggshells are BACK, baby! In the past, I found their application to be...needy: boil AND bake? Who wants to do THAT everyday?
Enter my beloved air fryer: an Instant Vortex 6-quart. For my diet, I could get rid of every heat source sans the water kettle from my kitchen and stay in rhythm with just my air fryer. It's my daily workhorse!
So, I grabbed eggshells destined for the trash heap, rinsed and threw them in the air fryer for 6 minutes at 400° F. I then let an old coffee grinder rip, resulting in a fistful of fine sand. I tossed a tablespoon of it in my butter coffee and later ate a tablespoon of it straight up. Upon the initial landing beneath the tongue, it gives that ever-so-delightful I'M GOING TO DIE dry note! It has a hint of a nutty/roasted flavor.
Why have I added eggshells to my diet? While it is cheap and adds NO added expense to the budget, it also packs a nutritional HAYMAKER! Check out this Dr. Axe article: Can You Eat an Eggshell? Surprising Benefits & Uses of Eggshells. For me, it'll contribute to my recovery from my no-go for flight back in May...
...AND/OR from January's vertical climber;
...AND/OR the injury from the deck pull in December;
...AND/OR the build up of a cascade of forearm strikes to the heavy bag before that...
...well, this left arm has taken a 2021 beating! Let's get to cracking eggs together!