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  • From: "Frances and David" <fdnokes@hotmail.com>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] nutrition -- sprouted kamut bread
  • Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:23:29 -0700

Hi LL,
Dave and I are food sensitives, in fact. As they say, culture is so much about food. In pursuing a path of learning what is good for me to eat, I did not fully anticipate the extent of the shift in life this would create. So much 'easy company' depends upon food. I've chosen otherwise, and it has made all the difference! (allusions to Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken are absolutely intended!)
Well, we have created a little food culture of our own together and have friends who participate in it as well. It's sure been nice here mid Vancouver Island where many are health conscious eaters and where tolerance and acceptance of others' choices is the norm.
We have fond memories of Harvest Health Food Collective where we met, even though it no longer exists. When it shut down, there was a blossoming forth of many privately owned places including new places where we continued to find friendship and community. I sometimes stop to realize what a quality shopping experience I have had by virtue of my food choices. And then, the whole question of travel with our organic, very specialized diets looked like a problem until the solution, wwoofing, revealed itself as a huge plus! (We're not touristy types and most of our best memories of travel relate to volunteering on a farm or at a retreat centre)
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, yes, you can easily use wheat, spelt, rye. Whatever suits you best. As to quinoa and millet... The taste might not be what you want on its own, but if you look up some of the ingredients of the commerical sprouted grain breads online, I think you'll note how they combine things. Not sure, though, if they sprout the quinoa and millet or just add them in after soaking perhaps. There may be an issue with sprouting them -- possibly taste. Speaking of taste, Chas in Ontario, (whose retreat centre we volunteered at and who got us started on this), used muffin tins and soaked goji berries to put in his sprouted kamut muffins. So, you can, if you like, add other ingredients. There will be more sugar to balance, though, and for those reducing sugar, something to consider. Also, for those considering food combining, easier to digest these things separately. It all depends where you are on the continuum of considerations in making choices~ Do you have any particular things you want to incorporate? One thing I have on my list to consider is amaranth as an additive. We have little to no experience with amaranth, and would be interested to hear from anyone as to what they like to do with theirs.
Btw, Dave and I do not eat identically in the least. I think this is important. Intuitive eating requires that each follows their own guidance.
We use information from many different concepts, but ultimately, it's our own sense of balance and nutrition that wins the day.
Right now, though, we have gone back to the blood type diet info/lists for tips on which things to choose for our diets. I'm an A secretor and Dave's an O non-secretor, and kamut sprout bread is considered beneficial for both. (I do not agree with everything stated in the blood type diet, just find a lot of useful information there.) We seem to be changing up our diets at regular intervals. Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford is an interesting reference for tweaking the diet. Here in the Pacific NW we have had a very sudden shift from dry warm sunny summery weather to damp, wet cloudy rainy weather. This would not be the time to use wheat sprouts, with rye and their quality of heat a better choice at this time. (for example, of one way of using the information). I believe that even a sense of a shift in weather being a time to adjust the diet can be beneficial.
Cheers,
Frances

My most recent readings about nutrition were about how it affects dental health. Interesting consideration. Oil soluble fats are key. ~~
Two things that can make a huge difference to health and feelings of well being are essential fatty acids (particularly '3's) and Vitamin D (which is something for Northern Hemisphere folks to be diligent about at this time of waning light).

-----Original Message----- From: venaurafarm
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:09 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] nutrition -- sprouted kamut bread

On 10/28/2012 1:28 PM, Frances and David wrote:

My husband and I met at a health food collective in Winnipeg about 30
years ago. Have investigated much information on food, both eating

That must have been a great start for your relationship, a good
environment, nurturing in positive directions.

and preparation, since then. Right now, we’re excited about kamut
sprout bread that we are making. Taking grains and soaking, then
rinsing and letting sit in the dark for about 3 days or so until two
sprouts are formed, is a way of altering the grain chemistry and
nutritive content that makes it more beneficial for eating. We take
the sprouts and grind them down in a food processor. From there, we
knead into loaves and let sit to ferment for several hours.
Sourdough! From there, we put in the oven on parchment paper at 225
F for an hour. Then, we remove from the parchment paper and baking
sheets and let sit on the racks of he oven with the heat off for a
while.

This is great information and thanks. Can spelt be used this way? rye?
barley? a mix of these + kamut? what about quinoa?

For those with wheat allergy sprouting probably won't make it edible for
you and that includes making rejuvelac with the soaked sprouts.

LL

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