You know you're (811) raw when...

Okay I saw a thread like this over at rawfoodtalk and thought it would be fun to bring over here. I'll start

You know you're raw when

your oven was broken for possibly weeks but didnt realize it until your mother came to your visit
you have a giant cutting board over your stove because you never use the burners
you don't have to worry about look good in the morning
you can say your "s*** don't stink" and not be lying!
you can go straight from a workout to dinner and not worry about smelling bad
you don't have to read the newest fad health article about wine being good for your heart or the amazing antioxidants in the ookalakkombah berries of djibouti
you only go to one part of the supermarket and are out of there in minutes
your grocer thinks you own 3 monkeys, a cow and several other barnyard animals
you bite your tongue and just smile and nod during any health discussion with a SAD eater
you barely remember what it is like to scrub a dish and own 0 brillo pads.

let's see what you guys can come up with!

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Permalink Reply by Che Zaragoza on April 26, 2009 at 1:06am

Lol I store my bananas in my closet. It helps keep the little flys out of my room.

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Permalink Reply by Julia Lucille on January 22, 2012 at 4:52pm

But not! haha

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Permalink Reply by Dr Gosia O'Reilly on April 24, 2009 at 1:46pm

* your grocer thinks you buy for a restaurant (happens to me lol!)

People ask me questions such as this: "What do you do with all these peaches?", and expect an answer such as 'I make jam out of those for long months in winter'. I smile and look them in the eye, and say "We eat them." Then they ask "All of these? How long does this last for?", and I answer "Oh, a couple of days."

* your grocer does not know fruit you are buying

I often find myself explaining to the checkout person and the curiosu people next to me in the queue how to eat a particular fruit.

* when you do the maths and find that you are 811

I never ever tried to follow 811 or any prescription based rules, my diet porgressed to high-fruit spontaneously after about a year or two of raw, cause I found that I absolutely adore fruit!

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Permalink Reply by Laura Wood on September 12, 2010 at 3:16pm

*your grocer does not know fruit you are buying
This happens all the time to me. it's always my luck the little sticker has fallen off and then they have to search for ten minutes to find the price. I've had them ring up persimmons as tomatoes before lol.

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Purtle on September 19, 2010 at 12:00am

Yea, I get this one really bad too. People almost never know what kale is.

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Permalink Reply by Apollonia on March 13, 2011 at 3:15am

Me too!!!

The most shocking for me was when I was on vacation in the USA (Florida), I went to a wallmart, and basically bought all the organic produce I could find, and this woman at the cash register was looking at me like I was absolutely insane... she then had some trouble identifying - wait for this one.... - a CUCUMBER!

hahaha now *I* was completely shocked.

She then said she "didn't have a proper homecooked meal since Thanksgiving" (it was Summer...)