Morning, party peeps. As I sip my Huel and wear my Huel shirt, and mention Huel as often as possible, Huel, I started to Huel wonder. What’s the weirdest or most adventurous non-Huel dish you’ve eaten?
Huel is a nutritionally complete food made from a blend of Oats, Pea Protein, Flaxseed, Brown Rice Protein, MCTs from Coconut, Sunflower Oil, a bespoke Vitamin and Mineral Blend, Vanilla Flavor and a Sweetener.
@Cythwulf I feel I need to know more about this Huel. Using it for weight loss? Using it because you simply don’t have time to make something more complicated? Using it because dammit, it’s just the cool thing to do?
@cinoclav I have a number of reasons. Primarily, it’s easy. Crazy easy. I mix 3 shakes before I go to bed to be consumed the following day. Each shake is 500 calories, and combined they provide 75% of the daily vitamin and minerals I’m supposed to have (previously I didn’t even track those). It’s filling, so I don’t feel like I’m sitting, but it is making me healthier and I’m losing weight.
As a bonus, I’ve spend about $160 for 2 months of food, which is way cheaper than what I had been doing.
@Cythwulf Are you mixing it by itself or adding anything else? Just using the shaker bottle or actually blending it? I’m interested for a few reasons. It’s this time of year when I kick off the season of getting back into shape for skiing and it’s time to lose my summer glutton weight. I’ve also dealt with IBS like symptoms for quite some time now and I’m wondering if this might help calm the bowels once I’m used to it. I tend to use extra inulin fiber and a probiotic but there’s no real consistency. As my normal breakfast and lunch at this point is a yogurt and a Lean Cuisine type meal, I think the Huel could be a good substitute for dinner and eventually lunch/dinner. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
@cinoclav I’ve gone back and forth about it. I’ve tried a blender bottle (I bought the 8 pack we sold.) But I’ve also tried blending it (I also bought the comfee blender.)
I personally think the blender bottles (shaking with a steel ball) are easier to use and clean.
I’ve tried adding Crystal Lite water bottle flavors as well, which taste great ( I bought vanilla huel instead of original) and let me add some variety with little to no extra calories.
@Cythwulf Hmm… Well, I definitely wouldn’t use any Crystal Light personally. Aspartame is NOT good stuff to put in your body. But their flavors might be worth the investment. I agree about the blender bottles - they would definitely be easier to clean. Did your body go through any adjustment period?
@cinoclav I didn’t, but I’ve heard some people online mention bloating at first. That might be because I’m not drinking 4 per day though. 3 is more than enough for me. They’re very filling.
@Limewater Inulin is far from terrible. It provides necessary fiber and bifidobacteria and has definitely been beneficial for me. It’s also a lot easier than munching on actual chicory root… As an aside, I often snack on carrots but they don’t provide the same digestive results.
The GI was originally developed by researchers for research purposes, and it was calculated from servings of food that contained 50 grams of carbohydrate. In the case of carrots, you’d have to eat about 1 1/2 pounds to get that much carbohydrate! Would you eat that many carrots at one time? Probably not. The GI doesn’t take into account realistic serving sizes. However, the glycemic load does.
I can speak from experience that it’s hard to conveniently eat more than about a pound of carrots a day. A those levels, over time, they will start to turn your skin orange, though.
@Cythwulf Even “moderate” inulin consumptions gives 2/3 of the population crazy, unstoppable farts.
I’m not talking about shoveling inulin down your gullet. I’m talking about the equivalent of one FiberOne bar or less.
had some fried scorpion when i went to china. the scorpion itself really didn’t taste like anything, but the seasoning mix they put on it was really good.
@Cythwulf@Targaryen escargot is delicious. I’ve never tried chicken feet but I DID recently learn to play the dominoes game chicken foot and thought it was pretty fun.
@Cythwulf Funny, we were just talking about Turkish coffee the other day. My step-father is from Turkey and came here in the late 60’s. My mom’s friend was telling us how the first time she came over for dinner with them, they asked if she wanted Turkish coffee. As a regular coffee drinker she accepted, looking forward to something new and exciting that she had never had before. When she finished it she looked down and saw the remaining grounds in her cup. Having never experienced this before and not wanting to be rude, she wasn’t sure what to do with them and was afraid to ask. So… she ate them. At the end of the meal my mother (who’s quite psychic) told her she was going to read her grounds and picked up her cup. Looking inside and seeing nothing, she asked where the grounds were. Now understanding she wasn’t supposed to, her friend hesitatingly replied she ate them. Apparently my step-father almost fell off his chair laughing hysterically…
My aunts and grandma taught my mom how to make chitlins. So I had those often as a kid with collard greens and corn bread. I can still remember how the house smelled…all day.
@LeviOhPlz barf. I came in from school one day and my grandmother was cooking tripe. I can never get those smells out if my head. She used to make chitlins fairly often.
@LeviOhPlz By the time I came along the income on my mother’s side of the family had risen high enough that possum and chitlins were no longer on the menu.
They weren’t wealthy, but they were comfortable, and they could afford to eat the muscle parts of traditional domesticated meat animals.
I worked at a bar in western Minnesota where once a month we had a “Wild Game Feed”. People lined up for the chance to try what we’d offer…The owner paid a guy like $300 and we never knew what we were going to get!! We’d end up serving common wild game such as venison, elk, trout, salmon but would always get a couple “wildcards” thrown in our pack as well such as bear, opossum, and my personal favorite, ostrich!! I’ve always said I’d try anything once…but some of that stuff was pretty, shall we say “interesting”!!!
/giphy WTF is Huel?
@ACraigL Ha. You activated my trap card.
@ACraigL @Cythwulf seriously what is it though? A protein shake?
@ACraigL @moonhat HUman fuEL
@ACraigL @Cythwulf @moonhat Kal’El? Hu-El? Coincidence?
@moonhat meal substitute.
@ACraigL @Cythwulf @moonhat knock-off soylent.
@ACraigL @Limewater @moonhat Soylent is soy. Huel doesn’t have any soy.
@Cythwulf Did you find this on ALEX JONES’ website?
@compunaut @Woodhouse told me about it
@ACraigL @cythwulf
Neo does not approve of Huel.
@ACraigL @LeviOhPlz unfortunately, @Cythwulf doesn’t approve of Neo’s disapproval.
@Targaryen
@Cythwulf I feel I need to know more about this Huel. Using it for weight loss? Using it because you simply don’t have time to make something more complicated? Using it because dammit, it’s just the cool thing to do?
@cinoclav I have a number of reasons. Primarily, it’s easy. Crazy easy. I mix 3 shakes before I go to bed to be consumed the following day. Each shake is 500 calories, and combined they provide 75% of the daily vitamin and minerals I’m supposed to have (previously I didn’t even track those). It’s filling, so I don’t feel like I’m sitting, but it is making me healthier and I’m losing weight.
As a bonus, I’ve spend about $160 for 2 months of food, which is way cheaper than what I had been doing.
@Cythwulf Are you mixing it by itself or adding anything else? Just using the shaker bottle or actually blending it? I’m interested for a few reasons. It’s this time of year when I kick off the season of getting back into shape for skiing and it’s time to lose my summer glutton weight. I’ve also dealt with IBS like symptoms for quite some time now and I’m wondering if this might help calm the bowels once I’m used to it. I tend to use extra inulin fiber and a probiotic but there’s no real consistency. As my normal breakfast and lunch at this point is a yogurt and a Lean Cuisine type meal, I think the Huel could be a good substitute for dinner and eventually lunch/dinner. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
@cinoclav I’ve gone back and forth about it. I’ve tried a blender bottle (I bought the 8 pack we sold.) But I’ve also tried blending it (I also bought the comfee blender.)
I personally think the blender bottles (shaking with a steel ball) are easier to use and clean.
I’ve tried adding Crystal Lite water bottle flavors as well, which taste great ( I bought vanilla huel instead of original) and let me add some variety with little to no extra calories.
@Cythwulf Hmm… Well, I definitely wouldn’t use any Crystal Light personally. Aspartame is NOT good stuff to put in your body. But their flavors might be worth the investment. I agree about the blender bottles - they would definitely be easier to clean. Did your body go through any adjustment period?
@cinoclav I didn’t, but I’ve heard some people online mention bloating at first. That might be because I’m not drinking 4 per day though. 3 is more than enough for me. They’re very filling.
@Cythwulf Thanks again for your input! Think I’m going to give it a try.
@cinoclav if you do, get @woodhouse to give you his referral. You’ll get $10 off.
@ACraigL
oh wait…
@cinoclav @Cythwulf Inulin is terrible. If you need fiber, just eat carrots or something.
@ACraigL I believe “HUEL” is the sound one makes when expelling huel from one’s body after choking said product down one’s throat…#JustSayin
@Limewater Inulin is far from terrible. It provides necessary fiber and bifidobacteria and has definitely been beneficial for me. It’s also a lot easier than munching on actual chicory root… As an aside, I often snack on carrots but they don’t provide the same digestive results.
@cinoclav @Limewater It’s fine if used correctly and in moderation.
You can play that game with pretty much anything, for example, carrots have a high glycemic index and can cause a spike in blood sugar.
@cinoclav Something like 2/3 of the population get the screaming farts inulin.
Yet, it’s the go-to source of fiber in “health foods.”
@cinoclav @Cythwulf Carrots are not going to spike your blood sugar unless you’re going to eat pounds of them in a sitting.
Here’s one article on diabetes that discussed carrots in particular:
I can speak from experience that it’s hard to conveniently eat more than about a pound of carrots a day. A those levels, over time, they will start to turn your skin orange, though.
@Limewater
@Cythwulf Even “moderate” inulin consumptions gives 2/3 of the population crazy, unstoppable farts.
I’m not talking about shoveling inulin down your gullet. I’m talking about the equivalent of one FiberOne bar or less.
@woodhouse Save me money, save you money? Referral code for Huel?!
@Cythwulf @Limewater While I ate two Fiber One bars, not one, I got pain and gas that transcended “bloating”. I won’t be doing that again.
Reindeer. Sorry, Prancer.
@sammydog01 in Norway we got reindeer meatballs in a can. They are fucking delicious!
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 Are those like Rocky Mountain Oysters?
/image Rocky Mountain Oysters
@compunaut @sammydog01 ew, no. Not testicles. Meatballs, like actual ground up meat from a deer.
/image huel taco
@medz is there any situation that can’t be improved with the addition of tacos?
@medz @Targaryen Diarrhea?
@ACraigL @medz Tough one but I might enjoy a taco while suffering through this. I’d have to give it a shot to know for sure.
@ACraigL @Targaryen
/image diarrhea tacos
@medz @Targaryen I don’t think you’ve thought this through, but I admire your optimism.
@ACraigL @medz I’m a fairly optimistic guy, I’m also a fan of tacos.
@medz
had some fried scorpion when i went to china. the scorpion itself really didn’t taste like anything, but the seasoning mix they put on it was really good.
When I was in high school my worldview teacher brought in Turkish coffee, Escargot, and Chicken feet. They were all surprisingly delicious.
@Cythwulf I tried chicken feet. Nope, nope, nope. I’ve had Turkish coffee that’s pretty good.
@Cythwulf @Targaryen escargot is delicious. I’ve never tried chicken feet but I DID recently learn to play the dominoes game chicken foot and thought it was pretty fun.
@Cythwulf i liked chicken feet as well. there wasn’t much to them, but good flavor. and escargot was a delicious garlic butter delivery system.
@Cythwulf Funny, we were just talking about Turkish coffee the other day. My step-father is from Turkey and came here in the late 60’s. My mom’s friend was telling us how the first time she came over for dinner with them, they asked if she wanted Turkish coffee. As a regular coffee drinker she accepted, looking forward to something new and exciting that she had never had before. When she finished it she looked down and saw the remaining grounds in her cup. Having never experienced this before and not wanting to be rude, she wasn’t sure what to do with them and was afraid to ask. So… she ate them. At the end of the meal my mother (who’s quite psychic) told her she was going to read her grounds and picked up her cup. Looking inside and seeing nothing, she asked where the grounds were. Now understanding she wasn’t supposed to, her friend hesitatingly replied she ate them. Apparently my step-father almost fell off his chair laughing hysterically…
@cinoclav I’m glad I’m not the only one who was confused by the grounds at the bottom. I opted to be “rude” and toss them in the trash.
@Cythwulf That’s the appropriate response barring some weirdo psychic person like my mother in the room.
@Cythwulf I use chicken feet when I make stock. They are cheap at my local supermarket. I just roast them a bit and toss them into the pot.
They served frogs’ legs at a wedding reception I went to one time. It didn’t taste like chicken to me.
Rattlesnake. eh.
Conch ceviche. Yummy.
@car669
Agreed. As is lobster.
@compunaut
My aunts and grandma taught my mom how to make chitlins. So I had those often as a kid with collard greens and corn bread. I can still remember how the house smelled…all day.
@LeviOhPlz barf. I came in from school one day and my grandmother was cooking tripe. I can never get those smells out if my head. She used to make chitlins fairly often.
@LeviOhPlz By the time I came along the income on my mother’s side of the family had risen high enough that possum and chitlins were no longer on the menu.
They weren’t wealthy, but they were comfortable, and they could afford to eat the muscle parts of traditional domesticated meat animals.
@craigthom Funny you should mention that. I never had Opossum, the ones in the neighborhood I grew up in were probably too rabid to chance.
@LeviOhPlz Possums have too high a body temperature to get rabies.
My mother said, if they caught one, they feed it table scraps for a week to clean it out before butchering it.
And they didn’t eat it because it was a treat but because it was free.
My uncles name is James Huel. His dad’s name was Huel too.
@ivannabc But were they edible?
@ivannabc @TheFLP
You cannibal!
@ivannabc @jst1ofknd Canning them might be good too.
@TheFLP pretty sure they weren’t lol
I guess the most exotic thing I’ve had was blackened alligator. Exotic in the sense that you won’t find alligator meat in grocery stores around here.
I worked at a bar in western Minnesota where once a month we had a “Wild Game Feed”. People lined up for the chance to try what we’d offer…The owner paid a guy like $300 and we never knew what we were going to get!! We’d end up serving common wild game such as venison, elk, trout, salmon but would always get a couple “wildcards” thrown in our pack as well such as bear, opossum, and my personal favorite, ostrich!! I’ve always said I’d try anything once…but some of that stuff was pretty, shall we say “interesting”!!!
I have been hueling for a couple weeks now. It is pleasant.
@connorbush If you’re gonna huel, huel in this.
@connorbush @medz
