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3 months straight now for me doing raw 811! (recap: started in May 2007, did 811 raw for 6 months, then ate cooked food sometimes here and there - bad idea, but started again 100% raw on Wed, Oct 28, 2009, then ate 3 cooked meals while on a cruise in early Dec. '09, again, bad idea!).

Woohoo! I feel great! It gets easier and feels more normal as time goes by. Loving pears and bananas, celery, grape tomatoes, mini sweet peppers these days. And now mangos are becoming available..

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Ok, it's been 2 delicious, fruity months since my 'oops' on the cruise in December.

Today is my b'day too! (I know here it seems like it was yesterday, but where I am it's today, the 5th, still LOL). An dear 811 friend got me the coolest dangling earrings....they are green pears! So appropriate <g>! I'm thankful to be eating so healthy and not have to worry about being old and sick!

My dd and me went to the botanic gardens to celebrate and then lunch at sal

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I tried chocolate sapote... it shouldn't be called 'chocolate' as it tastes nothing like chocolate.
Actually, it tasted like nothing at all! Nice texture but no taste. Very disappointing. I think it would be good blended with soaked dates to sweeten it up.

I also tried canistel. It was very soft but maybe not 100% ripe yet. I noticed a slit in it so I
decided to try it. It was ok but not super sweet. I liked the thick texture though. I eat the whole thing (after my 2 kids tried a little and did… Continue

I think I tried frozen/thawed durian at a raw potluck in 2001 but don't remember if I liked it or not, so probably not! Actually, I'm not sure if I even tasted it...I may have only smelled it and said 'no, thank you' LOL.

Last week, we almost bought a fresh durian at an Asian store but it was $37.50 ($5.99/lb) and didn't look that good. Sheesh, I'm adventurous but that's pricey! I asked if I could return it if it wasn't good and they suddenly couldn't understand me anymore. So, we left.… Continue