sovay: (I Claudius)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2008-11-26 11:28 pm

The bread that is three parts chaff to wheat

I am making a savory pie with mushrooms and farro. Hell, yeah, Neolithic founder crops.

[identity profile] shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, and you should know that kosher matzo can be made from emmer.
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[personal profile] eredien 2008-11-28 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
But apparently not passover-kosher, according to Wikipedia.

[identity profile] ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds splendid. What else is in it?

I hope it's as tasty as it is interesting.

[identity profile] ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's going to be fantastic.

It certainly sounds as if it should be. I hope it is.

I take it that it's on your menu for tommorrow? Très cool, that.

We're being fairly conventional--brussels sprouts sautéed in walnut oil, sweet potatoes baked in coconut cream, cranberry-pecan dressing, turkey, cranberry-orange relish. I'm starting to think I should've gone looking for something more creative to add in.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent. Reaching back to forebears all these many, many centuries back.

[identity profile] mab-led.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, how did it taste?
Apparently you can make Risotto from Spelt, but I'm yet to try it.

[identity profile] sin-agua.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds fascinating AND delicious! I wish you could post pictures. :)

My exposure to savory pies is sadly limited to frozen store-bought "pot pies" and one rather odd experience in an English pub. ;)
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[personal profile] zdenka 2008-11-27 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Noooo! Does that mean the "far" in Latin that I've been translating as "spelt" is actually emmer wheat? Chambers Murray, why have you betrayed me??
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[personal profile] zdenka 2008-11-27 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. Cool, I have learned a thing.

My mother once hosted a read-through of Julius Caesar, and I found some ancient Roman recipes to make for the occasion. In the end, I decided that finding spelt flour was too much of a nuisance and the guests would probably prefer little cakes made with ordinary wheat flour. I wonder if those were actually supposed to have been emmer wheat too.

How hard is it to find emmer wheat these days? Probably more difficult than finding spelt flour.
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[personal profile] zdenka 2008-11-27 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Though on the down side, my father can't eat it, if the Wikipedia article can be trusted. (He has wheat allergies, and regularly eats bread products made of spelt.)

[identity profile] ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com 2008-11-27 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
My father wants to know when I'm moving on to glires.

At college, one of my friends had a roommate who supposedly was contemplating establishing a commercial glirarium. An you'd wish me to, I could ask if anything ever came of that.

You've probably seen these already, but just in case:

Meats That Time Forgot
The Dormouse Hollow: Culture, Tradition, and Myths
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[personal profile] eredien 2008-11-28 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. I went to the Center for Underutilized Crops website and went, "oh boy, I am never going to be able to make any of this," because half the recipies went like this:

1 c. wheat flour
1 c. sugar
1 c. Latin taxonomic name

"They don't have this in the bulk bin at whole foods," I was thinking.
But then I found this recipie for Spicy Pummelo salad.

Who knew? I was already using them!
Edited 2008-11-28 20:05 (UTC)