Author Topic: Links to traditional foods diet, part 4 (Read 17014 times)

bestofour · « **Reply #50 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 11:52:27 AM »

I love bread and if I make it I will eat it all because Johnny doesn't eat much bread. He used to have a customer who had a crush on him and she'd make him bread all the time. He always gave it to me and I begged him not to tell her he was getting married but the dummy invited her to our wedding. She came but we didn't get bread after that.

Jessica · « **Reply #51 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 11:58:20 AM »

I love bread too, Sheri.

bestofour · « **Reply #52 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:06:55 PM »

Quote from: Jessica on Mar 16, 2010, 11:58:20 AM

I love bread too, Sheri.

We don't get German Chocolate cake anymore either but that's another story.

wonder why an amateur isn't supposed to start their own starter.

Jessica · « **Reply #53 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:08:21 PM »

I'm not sure. Maybe it takes a while to get the process down??

Sheri, bake a german chocolate cake. I like german chocolate cake. I haven't had one in a while.

barleychown · « **Reply #54 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:24:25 PM »

I won't be scared to start one, Jessica...what's the worst that can happen? You mess up? Try again. It's VERY easy to tell if it's contaminated.

Jessica · « **Reply #55 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:29:17 PM »

I will try to find a starter recipe. Thank you, Sarah.

barleychown · « **Reply #56 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:31:41 PM »

My best one was started off organic stone ground rye. I'll see if I can find the method.

barleychown · « **Reply #57 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:35:42 PM »

Starter from rye:

http://samartha.net/SD/MakeStarter01.html

barleychown · « **Reply #58 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:37:46 PM »

In the baking isle of your store, there should be small bags of flours made bby Bob's red mill. Find the rye. It's processed without heat, so the yeast is still alive on the grains.

barleychown · « **Reply #59 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:40:01 PM »

And only use glass and wood. No plastic, no metal. Despite what that link says.

Jessica · « **Reply #60 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:40:13 PM »

Thank you. I am going to try that. Where do you store it that is between 75 - 86 degrees? I don't keep my house that warm.

Jessica · « **Reply #61 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:40:29 PM »

I will use glass. Can I just use a quart sized canning jar?

barleychown · « **Reply #62 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:41:36 PM »

That's perfect.

Umm...do you have a Bunn coffee maker?

Jessica · « **Reply #63 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:45:35 PM »

barleychown · « **Reply #64 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:47:26 PM »

Anything else that is constantly on producing a little extra heat?

Lights for seedlings?

barleychown · « **Reply #65 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:47:57 PM »

top of the fridge?

Jessica · « **Reply #66 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 12:50:42 PM »

Top of the fridge might work. I will put a thermometer up there to see what the temp is.

barleychown · « **Reply #67 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 01:09:08 PM »

It's not an exact science. Pioneers use to keep them alive...colder just makes it go slower.

Triss · « **Reply #68 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 01:35:07 PM »

I really want bread now...

Backtracking to the cinnamon though... it really makes me wonder if the kids and I being sick more in the past 6 months is due to the fact that I do not bake here nearly as much as I did when we had our own place and as a result am putting way less cinnamon into the kids diets?

barleychown · « **Reply #69 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 01:50:04 PM »

Less cinnamon and good foods + way more stress is probably most of the problem. Would the kids drink smoothies?

Triss · « **Reply #70 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 01:58:35 PM »

They do and we make them on occasion. It was just one of those random thoughts... things will be changing in a few weeks.

Tina · « **Reply #71 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 02:01:25 PM »

Quote from: bestofour on Mar 16, 2010, 10:42:07 AM

Jiffy eats Nutella.

Jiffy IS Nutella!

Quote from: barleychown on Mar 16, 2010, 11:02:15 AM

http://www.foodrenegade.com/backyard-farming-is-a-feminist-act/

Does this make me less of a freak?

No you are still a lovable freak. Thank you very much for sharing it.
And Thank you very much for sharing all of this. Were you afraid to before? I know you broached different subjects in little ways. I remember when you finally found your raw milk. And when you got your chickens and ducks. I am so glad to have these things to talk about and to think about and to act on and to share with others.

barleychown · « **Reply #72 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 02:20:31 PM »

It's hard to explain. I am routinely challenged, jeered, and made fun of by others. Very, very few people are allowed close enough for me to explain the hows and why's of what I do. I am NOT a confronational person, and I want most just to be allowed to be myself.

I understand that what I choose to do is not "normal", but I do not force what I do on anyone, even those living under my roof. I'm not sure either girl has EVER walked out to the coop to get an egg. They have used them if they were in the frigde, all packaged and clean. They have never actively participated in canning, though both have watched close enough to do it on their own, should they choose to in the future.

I find it almost painful to talk about some of the things that I do. Think about this...how many people do you know that raise their own backyard flock? Have goats? Drink raw milk? Make cheese? Grind wheat? Bake all their own bread? Can over 500 jars a year? Any one of those things makes me stand out, let alone all added together...and standing out is very uncomfortable for me.

Triss · « **Reply #73 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 02:25:45 PM »

Sarah it just amazes me that people taunt you about doing what is good and right by your family. I wish I could do as much as you do and learn so much from you on a daily basis. You simply amaze me at all you do and how well you do it all. If what you do is "wrong" then I want to be just as "wrong" as you are and aspire to it on a daily basis!

I do have to say though, when I have chickens, goats, etc... you can bet my kids WILL be out there helping out, gathering eggs, learning to milk, making cheese, and canning right alongside me.

barleychown · « **Reply #74 on:** Mar 16, 2010, 02:35:07 PM »

Thank you Triss. I think if people took the time to be openminded about it, they would be more understanding...but when is the last time you saw ANY of this on TV?

You can bet Mr. Monkey will be right there with me. With the girls it's just too much for them.

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