I quit eating almost all food grain some long time back . I used to have pyrosis , sore joints and lethargy during the Clarence Day – not to mention a intestine – and then I discovered the “ paleo diet ” thanks tothis guy and his book .
I miss thirty pound in about a month and a half , gained muscle , and so long as I stick jolly nigh to the diet , I never get heartburn anymore . It ’s truly amazing .
But … today we ’ll throw that all out because we “ Good Gardeners ” make love all plants , even the ones that make us fat , slow - witted and atrabilious .
And because growing and utilizing grain really is a marvelous challenge and a radio link to the past tense .
In Touch with the Past
Rye … barley … wheat … maize … these are the storable intellectual nourishment that build up not bad civilizations .
Josephstored out bushel of wheat berry for Pharaoh in Egypt as he prepared for shortage :
“ Joseph was thirty year old when he get in the service of process of Pharaoh business leader of Egypt . And Joseph went out from the front of Pharaoh and decease through all the body politic of Egypt.47During the seven copious years the earth produced abundantly,48and he gain up all the food of these seven years , which occurred in the land of Egypt , and put the food in the city . He put in every city the food for thought from the fields around it.49And Joseph stored up grain in great teemingness , like the grit of the sea , until he ceased to mensurate it , for it could not be assess .
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53The seven old age of plenty that occurred in the land of Egypt come to an end,54and the seven old age of famine began to come , as Joseph had said . There was famine in all lands , but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.55When all the commonwealth of Egypt was famished , the hoi polloi cry to Pharaoh for bread . Pharaoh say to all the Egyptians , “ Go to Joseph . What he says to you , do . ”
56So when the shortage had spread out over all the ground , Joseph opened all the storehouses[h]and sold to the Egyptians , for the famine was severe in the country of Egypt.57Moreover , all the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy caryopsis , because the famine was dangerous over all the earth . “
A much foul talerelates to the deities of corn in Aztec finish :
“ The fourth month of theAztec calendarcalled Huei Tozoztli ( “ the Big Sleep ” ) was give to the maize gods Centeotl and Chicomecoátl . Different ceremonies dedicate to green maize and sens aim place in this calendar month , which begin around April 30th . To honor the lemon divinity , people carry out ego - sacrifices throughblood - let rituals , and sprinkling their houses with blood . moreover , young women adorned themselves with necklaces of corn seeds . Maize ear and come were brought back from the field , the former placed in front of the gods ’ picture , whereas the latter were stored for planting in the next season .
As the son of the worldly concern goddess Toci , Centeotl was also worshipped during the 11th month of Ochpaniztli , which begin September 27th on our calendar , and along with Chicomecoati and Xilonen . During this calendar month , a woman was sacrifice and her skin was used to make a mask for Centeotl ’s priest . ”
get ’s call that reasonableness # 182993829 why we should be beaming Christian missionary jaunt around the globe .
On a lighter note , do n’t forgetthe marvelous uses of barleycorn :
“ Now the grain of the barley is mostly starch , but before the barleycorn can uprise this starch must be turned by chemicals call enzyme into cabbage . The malster and beer maker take the starch of barley , turn it into carbohydrate , and then ‘ ferment ’ this shekels ( as rust it with yeast is called ) into inebriant . ”
And we call the net production … BEER !
Small-Scale Grain Raising
Gene Logsdon ’s volume make grains interesting for the home plate nurseryman , not just for the big factory farms that grow almost all of the wheat , corn , Timothy Miles Bindon Rice and other grains most of us use on a daily ground . I own the playscript and have planted patches of rye , corn , barley , wheat , amaranth , buckwheat and even genus Sorghum .
As the verbal description states :
“ More and more Americans are seeking out topically raise foods , yet one of the veridical stumbling blocks to their effort has been finding local sources for cereal , which are grown chiefly on large , aloof incorporated farms . At the same prison term , good Mary Leontyne Price for grain — and the mathematical product made from them — have skyrocketed due to rise energy costs and increase requirement . In this script , Gene Logsdon testify that anyone who has access to a large garden or small farm can ( and should ) think outside the agribusiness box and learn to uprise healthy whole grains or beans — the base of our culinary nutrient pyramid — alongside their fruits and vegetables .
go from the dim-witted but revolutionary conception of the garden “ pancake bandage , ” Logsdon give up our eyes to a whole world of plants that we wrong assume only the agricultural “ big boy ” can farm . He succinctly cover all the basics , from implant and dealing with blighter , widow’s weeds , and disease to harvesting , processing , storing , and using whole caryopsis . There are even a few recipes sprinkled throughout , along with more than a little mental capacity and wisdom . ”
little - Scale Grain Raisingis quite a salutary book of account and well - illustrated . I quite enjoyed the read and the musical theme .
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