Continuing about cookery-- to economize I gave up meat and store-bought bread for several years when I was in graduate school. Before that I had a neighbor who was vegetarian, and in my opinion obviously malnourished. I relied upon "Diet For a Small Planet" and the subsequent "Recipes For a Small Planet" for nutritional advice--getting the amino acids and vitamins one requires demands attention. There were two "natural" food stores in the town where I lived, which offered some unusual staples-- whole wheat, for instance. That is what I substituted for rice-- it is more nutritious and far less expensive. If passed through a corn grinder (I don't know what became of my corn grinder) set just close enough to crack the grains of wheat, it then cooks just as easily as rice. If not cracked, the wheat takes days of simmering to soften. -----Alan
YES, "Planet" is a good source book. So many since then, but it was a forerunner. We loved The New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook, and La Leche League's "Mothers in the Kitchen" and it's excellent revision: "Whole Foods for the Whole Family."
I was vegetarian (lacto-ovo, not what is not called vegan) for most of my 20s, including my two years in the army. Army food was sufficiently varied this wasn't a major problem and when I was on my own I relied heavily on soy-based meat substitutes. For a few months agter Penny and I were married she tried to follow my diet, but it soon became obvious she was losing weight she didn't have to lose, so I gave up my vegetarianism.
Don't know how my mother did it, but we always had cracked wheat and whole wheat berries. The berries were pressure cooked and reheated for breakfast cereal. The cracked wheat she made into a recipe of her own called wheat hash. Hamburger, onions, tomatoes in some form, and a whole lot of cracked wheat. She made her own bread till I was 13, and promised I could. Turns out I was right, and made the family bread till I went to college and didn't have time. (That was also when my brothers learned to iron clothes.)
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Bulgar wheat is another name for cracked wheat, and can be picked up at middle eastern food markets, 20 pounds a time
Alan, this is for you. . . https://www.amazon.com/Ziyad-Cracked-Fine-Wheat-16/dp/B076FC395W/ref=sr_1_10?crid=12WAG0SSPK6ZU&keywords=bulgur%2Bcracked%2Bwheat&qid=1700873103&sprefix=bulgar%2Bcracke%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-10&th=1
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Continuing about cookery-- to economize I gave up meat and store-bought bread for several years when I was in graduate school. Before that I had a neighbor who was vegetarian, and in my opinion obviously malnourished. I relied upon "Diet For a Small Planet" and the subsequent "Recipes For a Small Planet" for nutritional advice--getting the amino acids and vitamins one requires demands attention. There were two "natural" food stores in the town where I lived, which offered some unusual staples-- whole wheat, for instance. That is what I substituted for rice-- it is more nutritious and far less expensive. If passed through a corn grinder (I don't know what became of my corn grinder) set just close enough to crack the grains of wheat, it then cooks just as easily as rice. If not cracked, the wheat takes days of simmering to soften.
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YES, "Planet" is a good source book. So many since then, but it was a forerunner. We loved The New York Times Natural Foods Cookbook, and La Leche League's "Mothers in the Kitchen" and it's excellent revision: "Whole Foods for the Whole Family."
DeleteI was vegetarian (lacto-ovo, not what is not called vegan) for most of my 20s, including my two years in the army. Army food was sufficiently varied this wasn't a major problem and when I was on my own I relied heavily on soy-based meat substitutes. For a few months agter Penny and I were married she tried to follow my diet, but it soon became obvious she was losing weight she didn't have to lose, so I gave up my vegetarianism.
DeleteDon't know how my mother did it, but we always had cracked wheat and whole wheat berries. The berries were pressure cooked and reheated for breakfast cereal. The cracked wheat she made into a recipe of her own called wheat hash. Hamburger, onions, tomatoes in some form, and a whole lot of cracked wheat. She made her own bread till I was 13, and promised I could. Turns out I was right, and made the family bread till I went to college and didn't have time. (That was also when my brothers learned to iron clothes.)
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Bulgar wheat is another name for cracked wheat, and can be picked up at middle eastern food markets, 20 pounds a time
[video which serves as an audio lecture] "This is Going to Hurt!" James Webb Telescope New Deep-Field Image with FLAMINGO Shatter our Physics [Click]
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[Video that works as a lecture] Is a Russian ALLY giving MISSILES to Ukraine? [Click]
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Oh, I am heartbroken that 3 year old Abigail Mor Idan wasn't released from captivity by Hamas today. It's so unjust!
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I think of the doctors from the Palestinian hospitals who were forced by the Israeli army to abandon their patients, including children.
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Two videos (that work as simple recordings) about Trump’sstochastic terrorism [Click] and legal progress in stopping it:
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Today: Trump Begs Court of Appeals to Ignore His Latest Threats on Judge [Click]
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Alan, this is for you. . .
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