Guest guest Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 12:46:52 -0500 " Suze Fisher " <s.fisher22@...> wrote: >he often forgets to soak his rice in time so would like to soak it, say, >serveral days ahead of time and just have it on hand ready to go in its >soaked state. the question is, is this safe? or might mold develop? would it >be OK if he changed the water every 12 hours or so? should it be >refrigerated? he'd also like to know if he can do this with other grains. >his main objective is to have pre-soaked grains available for when he >decides to use them. > I have soaked grains for several weeks at a time. I think I wrote about it once in the vast archives that make up this list. What I have found is that you can actually eat the grain raw if it has soaked long enough. Just warm it up and add a little butter and honey. I found I could do this with rice, millet, and oats. I have used water, apple juice and kefir as a soaking medium. The results were a very soft and tasty grain. Essentially it is a fermented gruel. Abolish the FDA!! http://tinyurl.com/25nu8 " They told just the same, That just because a tyrant has the might By force of arms to murder men downright And burn down house and home and leave all flat They call the man a captain, just for that. But since an outlaw with his little band Cannot bring half such mischief on the land Or be the cause of so much harm and grief, He only earns the title of a thief. " --Geoffrey Chaucer, The Manciple's Tale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 In a message dated 2/8/04 3:36:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, slethnobotanist@... writes: > >he often forgets to soak his rice in time so would like to soak it, say, > >serveral days ahead of time and just have it on hand ready to go in its > >soaked state. the question is, is this safe? or might mold develop? would > it > >be OK if he changed the water every 12 hours or so? should it be > >refrigerated? he'd also like to know if he can do this with other grains. > >his main objective is to have pre-soaked grains available for when he > >decides to use them. This doesn't really answer your question at all, but I wonder whether it's worth even bothering. Rice might as well not be eaten or considered a treat. The B6 in rice is for some reason only 10% available, by far the worst of any food studied, according to a medline study I found, so I wonder whether anything's very available in it. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 >> >be OK if he changed the water every 12 hours or so? should it be >> >refrigerated? he'd also like to know if he can do this with >other grains. >> >his main objective is to have pre-soaked grains available for when he >> >decides to use them. > >This doesn't really answer your question at all, but I wonder whether it's >worth even bothering. Rice might as well not be eaten or >considered a treat. well, he recently married a phillipino woman who likes her rice. i think they eat it a couple of times per week. i don't think he'll let her have it more often - he's been moving more and more toward a WAP type diet, and i think he does most of the food prep. in any case, i told him rice is probably the least necessary grain to soak, but i think he still wants to soak it. >The B6 in rice is for some reason only 10% available, by far the >worst of any >food studied, according to a medline study I found, so I wonder whether >anything's very available in it. dunno...there are so many varieties of rice, i wonder if it was just one kind that had low availability of b6. interesting in any case, thanks for mentioning it. Suze Fisher Lapdog Design, Inc. Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine http://www.westonaprice.org ---------------------------- " The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " -- Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics <http://www.thincs.org> ---------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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