I’m putting my moula on Mark - he’s family and he has serious restraint.
But seriously Geneva, you freaking rock…vodka as one of your seven ingredients!

Thanks to Mark for turning me on to the rice bran oil option. I might just even reciprocate and help you out with some raw edamame, assuming I can get some from Costco.

Reciprocate? He’d throw you under the bus in a second!

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Paul, what happened to beer as an ingredient? Red wine? You’ve gone soft soy boy.

Just joking. You’re gonna win. I just know it. Interesting list of ingredients. You can now make your famous soy/spinach polly wog stew.

And seriously y’all. My brother can grow a beard like a damn cro-magnon sailor who was raised by vikings. At least he could when he was 17.

I notice a lot more booze-oriented items amongst the Spokane contingent of this sick, sick game. That’s probably very pragmatic.

(Wow, Remi; a Gravatar plug-in? You’re such a GEEK. I mean that with the utmost respect. And you’re totally scooping the UrHo family at the moment - they’re at that awkward age, web-wise.)

So let me see if i have this correct. Water???? One of the essential needs of sustaining life, and it apparently is a given without being taken into account. Is that really fair???

The ingredients must be in their purest form, yes? For example, to say you are going to eat blackbeans and you purchase them in a can, you are likely to be garnering added ingredients.

Do salt, spices, and herbs count as ingredients as i am certain sugar must?

It seems that only a couple of people actually did some research on the essential amino acids and complex carbohydrate needs.

What kind of ingredient is “soy;” soy beans, soy milk, soy sauce, texturized soy protein?

Cheese as a general category is likewise suspect. So many kinds and combinations.

So many possible exceptions to the rules. Perhaps next time someone comes up with this, they will hold a drawing from a pool of nominated foods, and all contestants must use only the seven chosen.

For the record, John Muir lived on sourdough, venison jerky, peanut butter, collected greens (miner’s lettuce, dandelions, fiddleheads), and water for whole summers. How about 4 X 7???

Marcus — If one plays the game, I think one has to be realistic. And really, there’s no way I’d go for a week without alcohol while trying to live off.. strange… things… And yes, gravatars. In your face UrHo. (I’m sure they’re crushed.)

Spyder, you’re no fun, and I don’t want to play with you.

Spyder,
I would like to note that I did find black beans in a can in which the only ingredient is indeed, black beans.

And that’s all I really got.

I doubt anyone would argue that of all the contestants I resemble John Muir the most. Or maybe it’s just because he is my personal hero and I’ve looked up to him for 10 years. Either way, thank you Marcus for making light of Muir’s diet. I feel much better about myself in this competition as a result.
“The mountains are calling and I must go.”
- John Muir

Sorry, I meant thank you Spyder!

Fun, Remi?? You want the Phun??? You can’t handle the Phun.

Well how’s this for a fun suggestion. Let’s say that on Thursday, the group must add to the list a condiment not of their own choosing. Something along the lines of a Southeast India hot mango pickle; a real treasure of delightful mouth-scorching wonder. It would certainly liven up the straight black beans and rice dishes so many of you are choosing to eat. Offer a nice colon cleaning too.

Heeeyy brother. Coud you bring your copy of “As I Lay Dying” when you come to visit me?

An on to the present tense. Paul…you…will…succeed!

P.S. Ulysses sucks. I quit!

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