June 1, 2007

Littel Lad's Pop Corn Philosophy 

Vitamin B-1 is necessary for the digestion of carbohydrates, starches and sugars. This formula: oxygen plus B-1, plus enzymes, results in carbohydrate combustion. Now this same formula without the B-1 makes Pyruvic acid. This acid builds up in the cells and is particularly irritating to brain cells. Pryruvic acid contributes to mental dullness, peevishness, and nervousness. We at Little Lads know that a lot of people are eating white flour, white rice, white tofu, and other vitamin deficient foods, so we thought we would make something whole grain to eat that is actually loaded up with extra nutrition, especially B vitamins. It seems like some people have become so simple as to not understand the complex, like complex carbohydrates. So to them avoiding whole wheat toast and a bowl of oatmeal is the same as avoiding a doughnut. Instead of trying to explain this complex issue to a vitamin deficient brain we just make food that even the most simple seem to enjoy. At Columbia University, two student groups were given capsules, one group was given B vitamins and the second group a placebo. In six weeks, the average grade of the first group was 27% better than the second group. In other words they were getting better at handling the complex issues. So hopefully for them as well as the rest of us carbohydrates that are not stripped of their nutrition will no longer be “scary”!! Try some Little Lad’s Herbal Corn or any other Little Lad’s product for that matter, or come to one of our restaurants. One meal is worth ten thousand words!! In the meantime store owners have reported that if they run out of Little Lad's Herbal Corn they have personally witnessed the peevishness, nervousness and maybe even some mental dullness that we talked about earlier. 

May 1, 2007

Little Lad’s Almond Butter Philosophy

Did someone say fresh “roasted”?  What does “ROASTED” mean anyway?  You may have had visions of a nice open fire with someone carefully stirring the nuts to make sure they were evenly brown.  WHAT WERE YOU THINKING???  Did you not know that “ROASTED” now means DEEP FRIED?!!! That’s right, and approved by the FDA!  So here is the picture:  Almonds, cashews, or other nuts, and even organic nuts, dipped like French Fries into vats of boiling oil and left at high temperatures to “ROAST”. Now because it is hard to make dry roasted nuts into butter, these oil-saturated nuts are much more appealing to the manufacturers, and in fact left dripping with oil, they make “creamy nut butter,” which is heavier.  And as it sells by the pound this is a win-win situation for the manufacturer.  What about the oil that is used batch after batch, after batch, after batch… Enough said? What a good place to use up things like cottonseed oil or peanut oil, or Canola oil.

Fast food companies could improve their image by advertising “ROASTED” potatoes instead of FRIES.  Super sizing may come back into style. How about a “ROASTED” doughnut!!??  That will surely increase the sales to those who have cut back  on the “deep fried” ones!!!

What now? Make your own nut butters? Another possibility, try Little Lad’s Almond Butter, and find out why people that use it will not use any other kind.  In fact, in some cases, to begin with they have to be convinced that it is actually Almond Butter and not something else, because it does not have that DEEP FRIED taste. Yes, it costs us more money to buy the machines to make dry almonds into butter and yes because it is not soaked in oil you get all almonds and we get less money than we would if we added a “filler”, but we thought that this would be a WIN-WIN for the customer and strangely we were thinking that that is what it was all about.  So if you like, come watch us dry ROAST our almonds, or maybe just try some Little Lad’s Almond Butter.  This could be a Win, Win for you. And maybe you won’t have to change your thinking after all!!!

October 7, 2008

Little Lad’s Granola Philosophy

Why does a cow have four stomachs? Because uncooked grains need a long time to digest and several trips through the stomach – hence 4 stomachs. To solve this grain digestion problem for humans, zwieback and melba toast (twice baked bread) and even toast, which are all easily digested, were developed. Granola was first made by John Harvey Kellogg M.D., a Seventh-day Adventist. His formulas contained twice-baked bread for easy digestion to aid in the healing of his patients. Without understanding his philosophy, but trying to duplicate Kellogg’s success, modern granola makers have tried to compensate for hard to digest grains by using “ovenized” rolled oats. But as many people know, most granolas sit in your stomach all day long and sour, and then pass out undigested, which makes some people think that they have allergies or digestion disorders, and leaves them with low energy. Whole grains contain many nutrients, but they can do you no good unless they can be easily digested. This is why Little Lad’s bakes their granolas for hours and hours. And, for that matter, all of our crackers get slow baked and thoroughly dried as well! This changes the starches to easily digested polysaccharides. And makes you feel like you just ate a bowl of the lightest of cereals, yet gives you all of the benefits and energy of whole grains and lasts all the way until lunch time. So unless you have four stomachs, you might like to try a granola that actually digests! This will result in more energy, and a higher satisfaction from your meal. Try it! What do you have to lose? (Besides three stomachs!)

For more excellent health information, we recommend the book, “Ministry of Healing” which can be obtained by contacting Little Lad’s Bakery.

Little Lad’s products are animal product free, and contain no baking powder or baking soda, no harmful spices, and no vinegar or fermented items. Try this philosophy for best health!
For more information contact Little Lad’s at: 307 Main Street Corinth, Me 04427 (207) 285-3044