Do you eat bread?

We'll just have to start with gun control and work our way up to the real killers in society.

Wouldn't surprise me if the liberals in Sacramento require a universal health back ground check and a ten day waiting period to buy a loaf of white bread.

 

I eat plain white/wheat bread sparingly , but I crave and treasure the hard loaves you tear apart and eat with nothing at all. But then I like the clover rolls drenched in real butter. Biscuits....yum with butter and honey. Those big buttered yeasty pretzels can serve as a lunch......Yep, I eat it.

 

Imagine if 585,000 soldiers died in a year in Iraq... what would Americans do? By comparison, over the several years of Vietnam, only about 56,000 Americans died.

 

Sun-dried tomato focaccia with sweet and sour -

 

I like it and have always ate plenty. I have to have bread or at least crackers with every meal.

 

I only eat bread made of rice flower in order to avoid eating any form of flour that has gluten

 

Focaccia, absolutely, it's fantastic. Try the one with walnuts ... [typically from Northern Italy].

 

And we have plenty people saying its ok to eat corn that has Bacteria gene spliced into it. BT corn produces a bacteria toxin to ward off pests that would consume it. They grow that sht on a massive scale in central US . Same goes for GM soy.

 

It may be okay to eat it. I do not know. BT has traditionally been considered acceptable when applied externally as far as organic production. It was added in to reduce the use of pesticides on corn. Now that cutworms are adapting to the BT corn though, it is all about to get altered again with SmartStax corn that has two GM's. I do not consider all genetic modifications necessarily bad. The EPA at this point is more worried about the BT resistant cut worms than it is the BT in the corn.

 

I freakin' love bread hahahaha

 

Oh I want bread!

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No wonder so many children have food intolerances now.

 

I read an interesting article that suggests a lot of our allergies (including celiac) are because we don't have parasites anymore. They are experimenting with proteins from hookworms to treat many of those diseases.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/hookwor...-patients-gluten-intolerance-symptoms-3052361

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Most people I know with breadmakers use them a lot when they first get them, and then slowly stop. That's what happened with my breadmaker.

 

Neither of those have anything to do with gluten. Corn and soy don't have gluten. Gluten is found in wheat and it's relatives (rye, barley).

 

Out food sterilization laws really do impair our immune systems....as for the bread maker. I don't use one a lot, but I do somewhat regularly, especially in cooler months. I also do a lot of bread the old granny way, but the breadmaker is a start it and leave proposition which is somewhat preferable at times.

 

I ate some bread shaped like a crocodile once. It tasted like bread.

 

It would be a real surprise if it didn't taste like bread.

I like pumpkin and zucchini bread.

 

Probably because most other parts of the world are just happy to have food...

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You haven't lived until you eat Wonder Bread.

 

I know two people with intestinal problems that gluten exacerbates. One has avoided bread for years now and it has made it better but not good. This person needs to avoid all grain. IBS and headaches. This person needs to avoid all complex carbs to alleviate the situation but just can't because it takes sacrifice and a lot of work.

Avoiding gluten has become a fad but through the years, I have learned a few things about grains that make sense. For one, grains are a pretty recent addition to the diet for man, at least in the amount we eat now. Grains also have been a boon to feeding the world but some people, either through genetics or something introduced into the gut have a lot of trouble with grains. Certain gut biology takes complex carbs and turns it into toxins which gives rise to the headaches and many gut problems. In the case of my friend it destroys the villi producing plasticized areas in the lower intestine which in turn makes things worse the older they get. This gives rise to things like Crohns disease and if it cannot be diagnosed as a specific disease, is given the general term of IBS.

I never had any problems with grains until I got older and now I can definitely tell the difference if I avoid them. That might come from the fact that we were never designed to eat grains.

There is a very good book on this called 'Breaking the Vicious Cycle' by Elaine Gottschall. Following the suggestions has helped my one friend.

 

Makes you wonder how they survived for centuries before Cargill and ADM came along doesn't it?

If you like bread that sticks to the roof of your mouth, you cannot go wrong with Wonder bread that is for sure.

 

I used to try to duplicate the BLT of my childhood (we would travel across country and as a kid that is all I wanted) and could not do it until I had one at a friends house where I learned that bread like Wonder Bread was the key. The fancier breads just do not work.

 

I like denser bread. We make about half our bread. Not really a big thing once you get in the habit of doing it. Rye is about the only bread we buy from time to time unless it is buns for holiday get togethers and such. To me Wonder has an odd texture compared to any other store brought white sliced generic bread and sometimes, like I said, it gets a bit gummy. I have to toast white store bought bread before I can eat it.

 

The reason I could not duplicate it is because I too like denser bread (and have made my own) but the better breads override the flavor of the bacon and tomatoes. I too toast my bread before making a sandwich as it brings out more flavor and texture but BLTs do not benefit from this. I was surprised to say the least but now I know how to make better BLTs.

 

I think the BLT must have toasted bread because of the juice from the tomatoes and the mayo unless you really like to stick your finger in your mouth to scrape the gunk off the roof.

 

I am sure you can toast it but Wonder Bread type of bread is essential. I do not remember any of it being toasted in my childhood. I will find out if my friend toasted it.