"All grain is ordained for the use of man,...to be the staff of life....
All grain is good for the food of man;...--
Nevertheless, wheat for man...."
Doctrine and Covenants 89: 14, 16-17 (Known as the Word of Wisdom)

Our Blog Names

While playing around, we happened upon names that mean wheat. We kind of liked them so we adopted them as our blog names. We'll be signing our blogs with our "wheat" names.

Gwenith - Welch (female) is Honeybee
Basak - Turkish (female) is Grandma
Zea - Latin (female) is Walkers

OUR QUEST

Basak: My quest is to understand and know why the Lord said, "Nevertheless, wheat for man". I want to know how to prepare and use it in the Lord's ways and thus, it will taste good and our families will want to eat it. I want to know why the word "nevertheless" was used, how much we need and why. My quest is to know it all.

Gwenith: Several months ago, the thought came to me. How will we eat in the Millennium? That sounds funny, I know, but what I mean when I say that is, 'What is a higher law of health and nutrition and how can I eat that way using my food storage?' This is what I am working on.

Zea: My quest... to learn and live the word of wisdom so that me and my family will be blessed to live a healthy life. In this process I've ended up having several "sub" quests, such as learning more about grains, herbs, what things in our diet and life are created by "evil and conspiring men", and needless to say one subject leads to another. Right now I'm trying to put the knowledge I've gathered so far (while still gathering more) into practice for me and my family... not an easy task when you have a picky eater!

And as we pursue our quests, we desire to help others.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

PS on popped wheat and "finished" recipe

Got the soft wheat and it was successful, too.

Would I buy soft wheat just for this?

Nope!

Amazingly we have found we do prefer the red wheat --- but we think ALL of it is just YUMMY!!!!





After making many, many batches, I've pretty well got this refined!!! I'm sure you're thinkin' I'm obsessed but if I can save anyone some of the time and testing to get to the wonderful finished product, so be it! LOL

RECIPE
1 cup rinsed wheat and at least 4 cups water --- boil 1 hr 30 min, adding water if needed. Drain well. One cup of wheat before cooked will equal about six batches to be fried.

Put a couple inches of oil in a pot for deep fat frying. Heat to 360 degrees. Put 1/2 cup of the cooked wheat in a frying basket when oil reaches 360 degrees. Cook for 2 min. 45 sec. to 3 minutes or until it turns a good (deep) golden brown. The small bubbling will come to an almost complete stop and the oil temperature will again be very close to 360 degrees. Drain on a paper towel and salt or season as you desire. Cool completely and store in a glass jar. (see March 30 post for seasoning suggestions)

Notes: The above reached our desire of crunchy and puffiness. We found undercooked was about as bad as overdone. Did you know some of the wheat, if boiled long enough, will turn inside out? I cooked it trying to get it all to do it (for hours) and found not all turned. When the wheat is cooked for the hour and thirty minutes, it has opened sufficiently. I tried many variables to process more in the frying process but none turned out as good as just 1/2 cup.)

Basak
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Jessica Botsch said...

I'm happy to see your recipe in writing! The faintest week is better than the most retentive memory! Thank You for sharing your knowledge with us! You are my hero! ;o)

April 29, 2009 at 8:36 PM

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A LITTLE ABOUT US

I'm Basak (Grandma). I'm married to a wonderful husband who spoils me and puts up with all my kitchen lab work and in my working to serve others. We have four wonderful children and they have blessed us with sixteen grandchildren. I always seem to be learning something new and I love it.

I met Gwenith a few years ago and she's become a very dear friend. We found we were kindred sisters in the preparedness world. We now live miles apart and yet, the kindred has never dwindled. When we talk, we find we always seem to be going down the same road in the thought process - a miracle in itself.


I'm Gwenith (Honeybee). I have a wonderful husband and two boys who are my jewels. I have known since serving a proselyting/welfare mission years ago that the Lord wanted me to be involved in the 'Provident Living' side of things.

The last several years have been an amazing learning adventure and I thank the Lord for allowing me to be an instrument in His hands in any way. Thank goodness I have a friend to share this adventure with -- Basak. Though Basak seems my peer, not my elder, I lean heavily on her wisdom, experience and most of all her strong spirituality. She is an example to me. My efforts to becoming closer to the Lord have benefited from watching her. Thank you, friend!