tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post1056230286858470288..comments2023-06-07T05:36:30.935-07:00Comments on See www.nurturedbylove.ca for the active version of this blog: Grain to breadmoominmammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-31438387639361151862007-06-28T19:35:00.000-07:002007-06-28T19:35:00.000-07:00http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx...http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100164969&page=1<BR/><BR/>Read this and thought of your homemade bread...Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107798325122690204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-22755044763193434422007-06-24T19:23:00.000-07:002007-06-24T19:23:00.000-07:00Thanks for the tips, Anon! After reading your orig...Thanks for the tips, Anon! After reading your original comment and googling a bit, I managed to purchase an air popper and am well on my way in this venture, inspired by you!moominmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-55973848505767724692007-06-24T19:12:00.000-07:002007-06-24T19:12:00.000-07:00Sorry for the delay-still figuring this whole blog...Sorry for the delay-still figuring this whole blogging and commenting business! Anyway, I don't think there is any particular benefit in getting aa particular popcarn maker, as I said we just got the cheapest in the local Trader. As long as it has a cavity to put the corn or beans in our case. Then you just fill it up and turn it on. The trick is that the beans "crack" and after the first crack,we usually put a homemade contraption made up of an old baked bean can with holes in it (to let the heat out) on the top of the cavity so that the heat is retained a little. Then we wait for the second crack andout they come. We throw them into a big pot and swish them around with the intention of them cooling down quickly or else they will keep cooking. As you can see this is a method that has just developed at home over time and with time you will just develop the best method for you. Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-41370341301653565282007-06-18T16:25:00.000-07:002007-06-18T16:25:00.000-07:00Making bread is one of those *scary* endeavors tha...Making bread is one of those *scary* endeavors that I have been wanting to try. I've even gone so far as to buy yeast packets. I'd like to make a hearty, nutty, *meaty* (for lack of a better word) bread- that is what I tend to buy- but that seems even *scarier* than the white flour scary stuff. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for such an inspiring post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-14980412690160573622007-06-15T21:01:00.000-07:002007-06-15T21:01:00.000-07:00Anon.... I'd love to do something to make my own m...Anon.... I'd love to do <I>something</I> to make my own morning coffee habit more justifiable. What sort of popcorn maker do you use? Sounds like a brilliant solution!moominmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-74538881104893755522007-06-15T20:14:00.000-07:002007-06-15T20:14:00.000-07:00Being connected to the source of things is the thi...Being connected to the source of things is the thing. The latest in our household is roasting our own coffee beans in a popcorn maker we picked up in the local Trader for a $1. Feels great to buy green fair trade organic beans from East Timor (the closest place to NZ that we can source them from) and take control of the roasting once a week for a quater of the price of ready roasted beans. Somehow it makes my morning coffee habit more justifiable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-24112150824384149822007-06-15T10:51:00.000-07:002007-06-15T10:51:00.000-07:00Looks great- when can I be over, lolLooks great- when can I be over, lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-45117624845632474672007-06-15T09:02:00.000-07:002007-06-15T09:02:00.000-07:00Very inspiring!I never liked my bread maker becaus...Very inspiring!<BR/><BR/>I never liked my bread maker because of the odd shaped loaves LOL So I would often use it to mix and knead the bread and then transfer it to regular loaf pans. But I haven't done that in ages!!!<BR/><BR/>I received a baking stone for Christmas a few years ago and it had a booklet with some amazing whole grain recipes that I planned to get around to making and never did--you may have just motivated me ;-)<BR/><BR/>And King Arthur Brand Flour has an artisian bread baking class that travels the country--I may inquire as to when they will be in California next. I missed lastyear and that class really called out to me.<BR/><BR/>Your loaves look yummy and I can taste the butter melting on them now LOLShawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226629390376056787noreply@blogger.com