Organic Dinkel sourdough bread from ‘The Breadman’ $4.01 for 600g loaf. Organic Dinkel spaghetti pasta – 500g for $5.86 Organic Dinkel penne pasta – made from wholegrain Dinkel semolina - $6.39 for cnr Barbadoes and Kilmore Sts, Chch 500g. ph 366 8116, fax 366 8114 opening hours: 10% of all Dinkel products this 9am-6pm Monday to Friday 9am-4pm Saturday April . newsletter ESSENE BREAD April 2000 In the 1930s, Edmond Bordeaux Szekely published translations from manuscripts held by the Vatican which had somehow come Our last two newsletters have been focusing from Palestine about 1700 years ago. The on grains. This autumn newletter will look at ‘Essene Gospel of Peace ’ describes Jesus the ancient Dinkel grain and the also giving advice on many things, including how ancient Essenes bread. bread should be made. This bread is called We are still researching oils in depth and will Essene bread and it is made out of sprouts. It present some information in our next used to be rolled out thinly like a wafer and newsletter. cooked on hot stones. Most people, when sprouts are mentioned, DINKEL think of alfalfa or mung, but many other beans, seeds and grains can be sprouted and Dinkel is one of the most ancient of cereal eaten. Essene bread is made from wheat or grains (sometimes known as SPELT). Many rye grain. people who are allergic to wheat can eat Dinkel without adverse effects. This is not In order to make a seed sprout, only one other because Dinkel contains no gluten – on the ingredient is needed – water. This is all that contrary. But this gluten has basically is added to the grain in Essene bread. The different composition from that of wheat, with sprouts are mashed, and formed into loaves only two genomes (genetic material on the and gently baked. chromosome) instead of wheats’ three. Bread made from just grain and water doesn’t Dinkel flour can be used in exactly the same sound very appetising though, does it? But way as wheat flour – just replace the flour in most people are pleasantly surprised at how any recipe with Dinkel flour. Any bread can flavourful Essene bread tastes. It has a coarse be made with Dinkel flour. Dinkel dough is moist texture and the malty sweetness leads stickier than wheat dough. many people to think that a sweetener has been added. The sweetness, however, is produced naturally during the sprouting Dinkel products at Piko process. Organic ‘Demeter’ Dinkel flour – 1kg $4.42 The breaking down of complex protein and Arrives in store Wednesdays – freshly carbohydrates into simpler compounds, milled. required for growth of the sprout, makes the huge yellow-orange pumpkin that is inedible sweeter flavours. even to animals! This, and the difficulty of extracting the seeds from the pumpkin This breaking down has other effects as well. explains the cost – see display of pumpkin in Some of the proteins that are broken down are shop. known as glutens, so many people who have problems digesting gluten can eat Essene Walnuts too are being harvested and we are bread. But gluten is also, as its name to have a regular supply again. Good for suggests, like glue, in normal bread – holding pesto. it together. Because this is lacking in Essene bread, it is very hard to make an Essene bread Pinenuts are still available for pesto. sandwich! This means that Essene bread is best eaten with a meal – rather than being Combine seeds with nuts for protein e.g. in something that holds it together. Essene is your muesli to start the day. nice eaten in pieces, perhaps with a spread, avocado or nut butter. MILK Because the sprouting process only requires the addition of water, there are no other We are still perfecting supply and demand of ingredients needed to produce the bread. No the organic milk. It is delivereed on flour, yeast, raising agents, colour, flavours, Thursdays. It helps us to know a week ahead salt, gluten, dairy products, sugar, oil or fats. if you are wanting a large order. If you just It is also as near to being a ‘raw’ bread as is want one or two litres come in on Thursdays possible. or Fridays to get it fresh. 1 litre is $2.73. A book published recently by Dr. Peter ORGANIC TODDLER FORMULA D’Adamo, entitled ‘Eat Right Diet’, groups people by their blood type and recommends This is not an infant formula but a support for foods which are beneficial, and details foods your toddlers growth and development after to avoid, for each group. D’Adamo claims breast feeding the first 12 months of life. that blood type is an indicator for genetic history that enables correct dietary guidelines Ingredients are: organic brown rice syrup, to be given. Following these guidelines can organic non fat dry milk, organic high oleic help people to recover from many diseases sunflower oil, organic soy bean oil,organic (such as diabetes, ME, heart disease and so coconut oil and vitamins – listed on container. on) it is interesting to not that one bread is The cost is $24.07 for 400g. This is a U.S.A listed as ‘highly beneficial’ to all blood product. groups. This bread is Essene bread. The vegetable oils used are ‘expeller pressed’ Thanks for this article to Colin Thomson not hexane gas treated like conventional vegetable oils found in other toddler formulas, Essene bread is delivered fortnightly on and no plastic scoop is included because of Thursdays. It can be found in the fridge possible contamination from petro-chemicals and includes wheat loaf, rye loaf and wheat used in plastic and environmental buns with raisins. considerations. Good on them! GATHERING YOUR NUTS IN References: APRIL Thanks to Gita Henderson a grower of Dinkel and Colin Thomson – baker of Essene bread Organic pumpkin seeds are back in…. These popular and nutritious little green seeds are grown in Hawkes Bay and come from a .