raw bread (?)

[Guest guest]

Anyone ever eaten raw bread or seen it marketed?

I was in the health food store checkout line yesterday when the woman behind

me kindly pointed out that my coffee and sprouted whole grain bread were

" diametric opposites. " I wasn't sure what she meant, and she explained further

that the coffee was " cooked " while the sprouted bread was " raw. " I said that

they were both cooked. She replied that the bread is raw, which fits into the

" whole philosophy " about sprouting. (I wonder if pre-modern societies

recognized sprouting as a philosophical act.) After a few exchanges of " yes it

is - no

it isn't " while I scanned the label of the bread, I pointed out that the

" raw " bread was made with an " exclusive baking process. " She pointed out that

the

bread was still raw, and I suggested that it can't be if the label says it's

baked. She said that one of the other ones is raw then, although I've never

seen or eaten raw bread anywhere.

I thought they called that dough.

:-)

[Guest guest]

>.) After a few exchanges of " yes it is - no

>it isn't " while I scanned the label of the bread, I pointed out that the

> " raw " bread was made with an " exclusive baking process. " She pointed out that

the

>bread was still raw, and I suggested that it can't be if the label says it's

>baked. She said that one of the other ones is raw then, although I've never

>seen or eaten raw bread anywhere.

>

>I thought they called that dough.

>

>:-)

On the celiac list, someone pointed out that many folks don't

think white bread is made from wheat ... when you say you are

" allergic to wheat " at a restauant, you will often be served white

bread.

But I think that is one of the great things about the raw food

movement ... no baked stuff means basically no grains, because

grains just aren't very edible raw! (Though raw cookie dough

may be an exception? You should ask her ...)

Heidi Jean