sowing your seeds

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>The only thing I know about comfrey is that it's good to plant it around

>the stuff you want to keep, for just that reason. Slugs love it, so they

>rip that to shreds instead of the good stuff.

 

that bit is true!

 

>Someone told me at the weekend they had been advised that there is no

>nutritional value in eating sesame seeds unless they are crushed before

>hand. Is this true? Does anything like this apply to any other seeds or

>nuts? I have sesame seeds, liniseeds and pumpkin seeds in my breakfast

>every morning.

 

i'd say there was a strong argument to suggest it was true. dogs aint so

dumb when they take a look behind them, have a look at your's and check

out what you are not chewing properly. most things smaller than sweetcorn

shoot straight though. i suppose if you were really anal you could get in

there with a fork to perform an autopsy.

 

oh my Gawd and now I am going to take about food if anyone has an

apetitititite left.

 

for seeds in general, try dry roasting them in a hot skillet without any

oil over a fst flame just before serving and scoot in a bit of shoyu,

proper soya sauce. pumkin, sunflower etc takes great this was, the heat

of the seeds should evaporate the soya sauce. skip any supermarket brands

of fake soya sauce with sugar or caramel in them.

 

for sesame, try making gomasio. heat up your skillet again and drop a

teaspoon of sea salt on it shake it gently until it spread ands get

really hot. then drop in between 7 to 15 teaspoons of sesame according to

taste and let them golden, moving them constantly because they will burn

very easily. you will hear them starting to crackle and pop and at that

point stop.

 

take the back of a spoon and crush the mix up or use a mortar and pestle

until half the seeds are broken. them mix well. sprinkle on any savoury

foods.

 

if you are going for a " muesli de luxe " , i'd give it a miss unless you

cook it. the mix of carbs [ cereals ] and proteins [ waxy tropical nuts ]

is a hard mix to digest and the mix of fruits and cereal is prone to

cause fermentation. in addition the oats etc will absorb up to 5 times

their amount of water so if you dont add that, where is you body going to

take it from? i'd say it would lead to a sense of congestedness. although

it is sold as a " health food " it is not really.

 

i guess if you want sesame for the calcium you could always dribble some

tahini on something or use it to make sauces.

 

or if you put some tahini in a bowl and dribble in some water then whisk

with a fork it'll make a light creamy dip which can then be flavoured

sweet or savoury. exchange water for sauce milk for a creamier effect.

when you start this it looks awful as if it is not going to work but

stick at it and it will go smoothy and frothy even.

 

> I used to also have sunflowers seeds but I read somewhere

>sunflower seeds are best avoided since they inhibit the absorbtion of some

>essential fatty acid or something (is this true?)

 

dont know this.

 

john