HOW TO LIVE ON WHEAT – 3RD EDITION

Description

How to LIVE ON WHEAT, by John Hill

This revised and expanded Third (2011) edition provides more information on other grains and legumes and addresses questions, suggestions and critique from readers of the previous edition. This is a cookbook, preparedness resource and survival manual all wrapped into one concise and thorough reference. It covers the storage of wheat and other grains and legumes, the preparation of all of the basic foods from the whole grain to the finished product in the simplest and most foolproof manner possible. It includes Essene Bread, Pan Bread, Sprouting, Sourdough, Food Combination, Baking, Bread Making, Gluten Meat Substitute, Pasta, Improvised Bread Making, Dumplings, Cast Iron Cookery, Salads, Biscuits, Pancakes, Hominy, Corn Bread, and Tempeh. This is an essential resource for anyone who wishes to learn to cook with whole grains, anyone who wishes to prepare for natural disasters or other unexpected events and anyone who just wants to save a lot of money on their food bills and improve their nutrition with minimal expense.

For very little expense, you can secure your family’s food security and skip the fear, uncertainty and panic when an earthquake, hurricane, flood or terrorist attack visits your home area.

This book is a comprehensive manual of how to make almost every conceivable foodstuff from whole grain wheat by the simplest methods and have it turn out good. The recipes use the minimum number of ingredients and only freshly ground flower from your own mill. The breads are denser in texture than commercial bread, have superb flavor and nutritional value. Every homesteader, self sufficiency minded person and survivalist should have a copy of this book.

     Some of the topics covered are:

• Survival Food
• Food Storage
• Making and Using Wheat Sprouts
• Sourdough Bread Recipe
• Sourdough Starter Recipe
• Whole Wheat Bread Recipe
• Whole Wheat Pizza Crust Recipe
• Whole Wheat Pasta Recipe
• Sprouted Wheat Bread Recipe
• Essene Bread Recipe
• Grinding Wheat into Flour
• Where to get Tools and Supplies
• Recipes Using Home Ground wheat
• Cooking and Baking with Cast Iron
• Care of Cast Iron Cookware

TABLE of CONTENTS

A Food Perspective . . . . . 7

The Different Types of Grain . . . . . 10

Selecting and Storing Wheat . . . . . 16

Protecting Stored Wheat from Insects . . . . . 17

Moisture Content in Wheat . . . . . 18

Protein Content in Wheat . . . . . 19

How Much Wheat Should You Store . . . . . 20

The Economics of Eating . . . . . 20

Enhancing Wheat Based Nutrition . . . . . 21

Adding Legumes to Increase Protein Utilization . . . . . 23

Sweet Lupine . . . . . 25

Digestion and Assimilation . . . . . 26

Making and Using Sprouts . . . . . 28

Making Wheat Sprouts 29
Making Wheat Grass 30
Grinding Sprouted Wheat 32
Essene Bread 33
Making Essene Bread 35
Sprouted Wheat Bread (2 Recipes) 36
Sprouted Wheat Sourdough Bread (Recipe) 38
Sprouted Wheat Biscuits (Recipe) 38
Wheat Sprout Pancakes (Recipe) 39
Stir Fried Sprouts (Recipe) 40
Hash Browned Potatoes & Sprouts (Recipe) 40
Mushrooms & Sprouts (Recipe) 40
Kale, Mushrooms, & Sprouts (Recipe) 41
Sprout Burgers (Recipe) 41
Wheat Sprout Salad (Recipe) 42
Creamed Sprouts (Recipe) 42
Hot Cooked Sprout Cereal (Recipe) 43
Dried Wheat Sprout Cereal (Recipe) 44

Cooking Raw Wheat . . . . . 44

Bulgur Salad (Recipe) 46
Bulgur Minestrone Soup (Recipe) 47
Bulgur Bullion & Gravy (Recipe) 48

Popped Wheat . . . . . 48

Grinding Whole Wheat into Flour . . . . . 49

Flat Bread and Tortillas . . . . . 52

Making Whole Wheat Bread . . . . . 53

The Art of Bread Making 54
Making Diastatic Malt 57
Simple Whole Wheat Bread 57
Basic Whole Wheat Bread 59
Pizza Crust 60
Dried Bread 60
Making Fluffier Whole Wheat Bread 61
High Protein Bread (Recipe) 62
Whole Wheat Crackers (3 Recipes) 63

Sourdough . . . . . 65

Sourdough Starter (2 Recipes) 66
Sourdough Batter (2 Recipes) 68
Milk Based Sourdough Batter (2 Recipes) 68
Sourdough Pancakes (3 Recipes) 69
Sourdough Biscuits (2 Recipes) 70
Simple Sourdough Bread (Recipe) 72
Basic Sourdough Bread (Recipe) 73

Improvised Primitive Bread Making . . . . . 74

Making Noodles, Pasta and Dumplings . . . . . 76

Making Pasta (3 Recipes) 76
Basic Noodles 78
Dumplings (Recipe) 78
Meat & Dumplings (Recipe) 79
Split Peas and Dumplings (Recipe) 79
Another Dumpling Recipe (Recipe) 80
Mashed Potato Dumplings (Recipe) 81

Making Gluten Meat Substitute . . . . . 82

Extracting Gluten 83
Ground Beef Substitute (Recipe) 83
Wheat Beefsteaks (Recipe) 84
Gluten Free Crackers (Recipe) 84

Pan Bread . . . . . 85

Blackfoot Frybread (Recipe) 85
Cherokee Frybread (Recipe) 85
Chickasaw Frybread (Recipe) 86
Creek Frybread (Recipe) 86

Basic Principles of Pan Bread . . . . . 88

Cast Iron Cooking and Baking . . . . . 89

Cleaning Cast Iron . . . . . . 90

Seasoning Cast Iron . . . . . 91

Cooking Pan Bread in Cast Iron . . . . . 92

Essential Tools and Supplies . . . . . 93

Grain Mills 95
General Suppliers 100