Flours, was lion or zebra meat

[Guest guest]

>I bought some sorghum flour at the HFS. i was more interested in the exotic

>flours like Japanese yam , lotus flour etc.. do you know of a cheaper source? I

>don't wnat the flours to be contaminated by wheat either.

>

>Elainie

Hmmm ... I think they have yam flour at the Asian store too.

I don't know if they are contaminated or not, they seem

to be ok though. Currently they still don't process much

wheat in Japan and some other parts of Asia.

I really haven't found much difference in the exotic flours ...

I use tapioca, rice, potato, sorghum, which pretty much

covers it. However, instead of potato flour you can just

use mashed potatoes, which is cheaper and easier sometimes.

That's how you make lefse ... add a *little* of some kind

of other flour to mashed potatoes. That makes nice tortillas

too. I think using mashed yams would be

good too. Yams (sweet potatoes) are REALLY full of good stuff.

You can buy lotus root, stew it, and mash it if you want to

experiment with that. Or if you really want a flour, mash it

and then dehydrate it.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

>hmm. we love lotus root in our house. Next time I buy some I'll cook it ,

>mash it and then dehydrate it. No wonder it's expensive!

>

>Elainie

Depending on where you live, they are easy to grow. They

like hot weather. The plants are quite pretty.

-- Heidi Jean