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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
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 Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 11:45:39 AM
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I can't eat white flour so can I use spelt flour?
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 12:01:45 PM
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That depends on why you can't eat white flour. If you are trying to avoid processed foods like white sugar and white flour then whole spelt flour would be okay. If you are gluten intolerant then no, because spelt contains gluten. Some people who have wheat sensitivities can tolerate spelt
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
612 Posts |
Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 12:56:12 PM
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Thanks Amy. I wasn't sure if spelt flour would work.
I can't eat processed/refined foods because such foods coat my gut (like a flour and water paste) and therefore nutrients/vitamins aren't absorbed. Due to my maternal family having liver problems, I cannot store B12 and folate. I have to have 1000 mc of B12 every day and 800 mc of folate. I can eat wheat germ so gluten is not a problem.
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
612 Posts |
Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 1:26:19 PM
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Well... I've been away from the site way toooo long. I meant to post my spelt question under the topic Bread the MaryJane Way. Instead, I posted a new topic.
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 18 2009 : 5:21:14 PM
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That's interesting LynnMarie - I work in an organic food store and I used to run the bulk food section so I have helped lots of people with a variety of dietary issues but I hadn't run across that one yet. I think that the processed foods we eat definitely affect our health in ways we have no idea about - you must have a pretty perceptive doctor, which is good!!
Anyhow, whole spelt flour is like whole wheat flour - watch out though because there is a white spelt flour too, milled and packaged by the same company
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
612 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 06:24:28 AM
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Amy,
How interesting that you work at an organic food store. I bet you have heard some interesting health stories. Care to share some stories to help others get healthier?
My homeopathic/nutritionist doctor tells me spelt flour/breads are protein not starches so he even recommends white spelt flour. I've made breads with both and they are equally delicious. I just wasn't sure if spelt flour would work to make the "mother." I just have to avoid all refined/processed foods.
It took me 9 years and eight neurologists before the correct blood work was done. That was almost six years ago. It has been 10 steps forward and one step back (every once in awhile) since then. I couldn't walk, talk, think, or swallow my own saliva (alternating combination of these symptoms though). I was a zombie!
Eziekel bread has gone up to $6.50 a loaf at the local health food store and not much lower at Dierberg's. Way to expensive for me so I'm back to making my own breads.
I wonder if anyone else has tried spelt flour????
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"You may never know what results come from your action. But, if you do nothing, there will be no results" -Gandhi |
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
950 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2009 : 08:31:41 AM
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Sorry for the delay in reporting back! The first week it didn't turn out, similar to the others it just didn't rise. Started growing some black stuff on the side of the bowl so I started over again two weeks ago and didn't bake the first week. So today I mixed up the bread and it's at home *crossing my fingers* rising. I'll report back to let you know how it turns out.
http://ruby--slippers.blogspot.com/
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2009 : 11:31:29 AM
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Thanks Elizabeth, I can't wait to hear how the bread turned out.
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elizabeth
Novi
MI
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Posted - Feb 22 2009 : 5:31:23 PM
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It turned out great! My sister's apartment tends to be chilly and she doesn't have a light in her oven so I turned on the oven and warmed it up just a little, put it in and let it rise for the day. Baked up really nice and it tastes so good!
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sjs
True Blue Farmgirl
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Stephanie
Oakland
CA
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2009 : 09:53:03 AM
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Elizabeth, did you have a trick to getting your mother to ferment alright with the spelt flour, or did it just work straight out of the bag?
Stephanie, Farmgirl Sister #513!
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Spelt flour?
