finicky non-vegan eaters

[Guest guest]

Have you tried getting them involved with the food

preparation? Making bread from scratch is really easy

and fun for kids. Although at 16 they may be to cool

for kneading dough.

 

Basically its just a couple cups of floor and a cup of

3/4 warm water with two tbls of raw sugar dissolved, a

teaspoon of yeast and a dash of salt. The war water

warms the yeast (from the fridge) and dissolves the

raw granulated sugar easier. I like to use half spelt

floor and half white.

 

The dough needs to be just wet enough so it wants to

stick to your fingers but can't. Ad a little extra

water or floor until done. Then let it rise, beat it

down, put into pan or loaf shape for baking, let rise

again 30 min to an hour or longer and bake at 375.

 

I love to make my own bread by hand, gives me

something to do in long winters here on the cape. Also

you can put the dough in a oiled & dusted with corn

meal cast iron skillet and instead of baking heat on

very low flame for 20 to 30 minutes. Its called

seamans bread and great for chillies and soups.

 

You're kids remind me of the young man at Wendy's who

told me that, " you can't live without meat. " I was

ordering a veggie burger and he thought you would die

if you didn't eat animals. I probably gave him my pat

answer, " I used to believe that too, but it turns out

it's a lie. " I grew up hunting and trapping and even

raised rabbits when I was little. We killed and eat

the rabbits. I of course was dumb and had named them.

 

Rabbits are hard to kill (at least by pre-teens) and

squeal a lot.

 

You may want to buy your children live things like

rabbits, they can be house broken and litter trained.

Next time they want meat just tell them to go and get

fluffy. I don't think its cruel, because that's

exactly where meat comes from. People spend more time

choising what outfit they will wear than they do on

their dietary choices and the consequenses to the life

of the animal.

 

Matthew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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