Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
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Our inability to change everything should not stop us from changing what we can.
Jocelyn Campbell wrote:
Gosh, Robert, I've never heard of einkorn. As "an old wheat assention" is it fairly similar to wheat, or spelt or is it more like one of the other ancient grains like kamut or quinoa?
I'm not celiac per se, but I'm so sensitive to gluten that if I have a stir-fry with a tablespoon or two of regular soy sauce, the little bits of wheat in that will give me a headache for two days afterward. I would be afraid there would be plenty of gluten in something made out of einkorn to get to me.
Robert Ray wrote:
Still learning as I go. <snip> My other half and her relatives are gluten intolerant and though I can make a good loaf of gluten free bread it's just not the same as wheat.
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Jocelyn Campbell wrote:
That second page link talks about weighing GF flours instead of measuring. Her understanding of GF flours and textures is pretty amazing. Plus, she's moving toward more whole foods cooking, so I'm excited to see her recipes evolve. If I do bake with grains, my fave flours to use are sorghum and tapioca starch.
And yes, Len, it might be leaky gut, as I have been attempting to mitigate/treat yeast issues off and on for over 20 years. (I have been reactive to dairy since birth, actually.)
It sounds more like wheat allergy rather than gluten intolerance but in either case avoiding wheat is the answer of course so all is well that ends well.Jocelyn Campbell wrote:Been GF for almost 16 years, so I'm quite familiar with wheat free tamari.
Went off gluten for my son who reacted to it in my breast milk and voila! my sinus headaches disappeared!
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Robert Ray wrote: Has anybody had any experience with einkorn flour and gluten intolerance?
Ryan M Miller wrote:I plan on growing some einkorn wheat this year myself. I bought two packets earlier this year as soon as they came back in stock from Adaptive Seeds. I should have enough seed to plant two beds full of wheat this fall. I have not been able to find any consistent yield rate for einkorn wheat. I have found figures as low as 1536 lbs per acre and as high as 4200 lbs per acre. Based on these figures, I could get anywhere from one to three lbs of hulled grain from my beds.
I think I might have some kind of non-celiac gluten sensitivity. I've had digestive issues throughout my childhood that never significantly improved untill I removed gluten from my diet halfway through high school. I'm hoping I don't react to the gluten in einkorn wheat like I do with industrial dwarf bread wheat.
Before I even make sourdough bread out of this ancient grain, I will need to learn how to work with grains that have a low gluten content. The dough should be far stickier and less stretchy than modern refined bread flour, so it might require hydration levels greater than 100%. Based on my research, the easiest way to create a sour starter might be by fermenting raisins in a bowl of lukewarm water with sugar and molasses for one week and then straining the liquid from the bowl to be used as a levain.
Additionally, I have to figure out how to mill the grain to make flour. I currently have no grain mill yet and I broke my food processor last time I tried to use it to grind dent corn into meal.
Mandrake...takes on and holds the influence
of the devil more than other herbs because of its similarity
to a human. Whence, also, a person’s desires, whether good
or evil, are stirred up through it...
-Hildegard of Bingen, Physica
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