flaxseed / linseed and home made bread

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> Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:40:24 +0100

> " Dr. Ian McDonald " <ian

>Keeping Linseed Oil

>

>I've got some Linseed oil, and I'm using it on my toast. (Initially, I'm

>trying it mixed with olive oil.)

>

>The instructions say to keep it fridged and fully sealed. Unfortunately,

>my oil dribbler just has an open spout. How long does fridged but

>unsealed linseed oil keep?

>

it tastes bitter once it starts to go. i found it didn't take very

long, though if you do the recommended teaspoon a day it should be ok,

with or without dribbling. i tended to forget about it and didn't much

like the taste anyway.

 

if you've got a coffee grinder it's cheaper to have a tablespoon of

crushed linseed on some cereal or fruit or whatever. you can keep the

uncrushed seeds for ages. once crushed, they should be refrigerated.

if you don't crush them first they just go straight through you so you

don't get the famous omega-3 fatty acids.

 

my latest ruse is to put two or three tablespoons of crushed seeds into

home made bread mix. sounds wonderfully down home style, but actually

it's a cheap breadmaker so takes on a couple of minutes to set up the

whole process [vegan society local contact for cambridge just brought me

some tofu she made with the SARC soya machine from the vegansoc

catalogue - cheap and delicious, so i'm hoping to get one of those next,

though they're dearer than the breadmakers].

 

to return to the bread, if you like the stuff you can do all sorts of

things to make it healthier than even the health shop varieties. e.g.

use lo-salt instead of ordinary salt and cut your sodium intake by a

lot. use top quality olive oil instead of commercial axle grease. add

a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to neutralise the phytates in the

wheat. you can even add a bit of calcium powder if you feel you need it

but can't face all those greens [but don't overdo this]. you could even

chuck some crushed B12 tablets in if you wanted to.

 

the only thing it didn't do well with was the recommended two kelp

tablets a week because they didn't crush well [iodine deficiency is

common among vegans because they don't get the compulsory supplement via

cattle feed and udder wash that drinkers of cow milk do] but i'm working

on that.

 

cambridge vegans ran a very successful stall at the SHAC bash on

parker's piece on easter saturday - i wonder how many of you i met there

and didn't realise. hope you all had a great easter anyway.

 

all best wishes,

vanessa