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Almost 40 years ago I took a food storage class and the base food in that class was wheat. Powdered milk, salt, and oil were also on the list, but wheat was the mainstay for many years for food storage. There are people who have 100's if not 1000's of pounds of it stored!
I have wheat. When did I last use any of it? Years! But I have! Now I want to explore using it again.
I once heard a young married woman say, "If food storage is about wheat, I will never have food storage." I didn't know her and have no idea of her background. I get her sentiment about wheat! But wheat is inexpensive and easy to store, if packaged well and stored well.
There are all kinds of things that can be done with wheat, but I will not limit myself to wheat. I have become more of a bean and vegetable food storage person. I do have wheat and have been thinking of the fact that there are many things that can be done with wheat.
My daughter has celiac, so eating wheat is something she cannot do without becoming very sick, for days. However, there is one way she can consume wheat: wheat grass. I have never grown wheat grass, but it has been on my mind lately. I need to learn to grow wheat grass.
My mother's family had cooked wheat for breakfast during the 30's. After supper, they sat at the dining room table and cleaned the rocks and any chaff out of the wheat. It was put in a pot with water and soaked overnight. In the morning it was heated for breakfast.
In Patchouli's thread "Unusual bread recipes," there is some discussion about soaking wheat for a couple days to help remove phytic acids which are problematic for some people. Other ideas include how sourdough helps to remove phytic acids as well, and help people digest wheat easier. https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/unusual-bread-recipes.2172/
I am looking for ideas, recipes, videos, links and information for using wheat. I will pull out the mimeographed handout I got from that class years ago with some recipes and ideas.
I have wheat. When did I last use any of it? Years! But I have! Now I want to explore using it again.
I once heard a young married woman say, "If food storage is about wheat, I will never have food storage." I didn't know her and have no idea of her background. I get her sentiment about wheat! But wheat is inexpensive and easy to store, if packaged well and stored well.
There are all kinds of things that can be done with wheat, but I will not limit myself to wheat. I have become more of a bean and vegetable food storage person. I do have wheat and have been thinking of the fact that there are many things that can be done with wheat.
My daughter has celiac, so eating wheat is something she cannot do without becoming very sick, for days. However, there is one way she can consume wheat: wheat grass. I have never grown wheat grass, but it has been on my mind lately. I need to learn to grow wheat grass.
My mother's family had cooked wheat for breakfast during the 30's. After supper, they sat at the dining room table and cleaned the rocks and any chaff out of the wheat. It was put in a pot with water and soaked overnight. In the morning it was heated for breakfast.
In Patchouli's thread "Unusual bread recipes," there is some discussion about soaking wheat for a couple days to help remove phytic acids which are problematic for some people. Other ideas include how sourdough helps to remove phytic acids as well, and help people digest wheat easier. https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/unusual-bread-recipes.2172/
I am looking for ideas, recipes, videos, links and information for using wheat. I will pull out the mimeographed handout I got from that class years ago with some recipes and ideas.
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