Foods for memory and brain health
What APEX holds on the table for memory and brain health: the foods it leads with, each with where it comes from and why it is ours. Not a treatment plan — the food, and the reason it is on the list.
Compiled by APEX Legacy from published research and documented food
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Dishes & One-Pots
Florida Fish and Grits The Florida coastal take on the Black Southern fish-and-grits breakfast — whatever the… Fried Yam and Egg Sauce Breakfast Slices of true African white yam fried golden, served with a savory egg sauce of tomato… Catfish Stew (Delta Style) A thin, tomato-and-onion catfish stew built from river fish, the cheapest protein the… Stuffed Crab Seasoned blue crabmeat and dressing packed back into the cleaned crab shell and baked — a… Shrimp and Grits Not 'Low Country cuisine.' This is a Gullah Geechee original — Sea Island shrimp over… Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash Diced sweet potato pan-crisped with onion, pepper, and greens, topped with an egg — the… Crawfish Bisque A laborious Creole soup of crawfish in a dark-roux gravy, served with the cleaned… Shrimp Perloo Fresh creek shrimp folded into rice that has steamed in shrimp stock and bacon drippings… Smothered Rabbit (Creole) Rabbit browned and smothered low in an onion-and-roux gravy until it falls off the bone… Seafood Okra Soup Okra cooked to its signature 'draw' (slippery) texture and loaded with shrimp, crab… Gulf Shrimp Gumbo Gulf shrimp simmered in a dark roux or okra-thickened stew over the holy trinity — the…
Seafood
Blackened Redfish Red drum fillets coated in cayenne-paprika-thyme spice and seared in a screaming-hot… Blue Catfish The largest American catfish, exploding in number across the Chesapeake. Crab Cakes Maryland blue crab, barely bound, barely filled — real Chesapeake crab cakes let the crab… Jack Salmon Whiting fried golden and stacked on white bread with hot sauce — known as 'jack salmon'… Harlem Fried Porgy and Grits Whole cornmeal-fried porgies over a bowl of buttered grits — Harlem's morning and… Northern Salmon Croquettes Canned pink salmon bound with egg, onion, and cornmeal, fried into golden patties. Fried Whiting Fish Mild white whiting fillets dredged in seasoned cornmeal and fried gold, the cheap… Salmon Patties Canned salmon formed into patties with egg, onion, and cornmeal. Grandmother's dish.
Beans & Peas
Green Boiled Peanuts Fresh-dug green peanuts boiled soft in the shell — the original, undried boiled peanut.
Fruit
Muscadine Grapes Thick-skinned native Southern grapes foraged from fence rows and cultivated in back…
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