Self Reliance Tip # 32

Goal this month: Make one recipe with just the basics from food you have stored.

Not everyone can tolerate whole wheat. If you are one of them, I'm sorry. There is nothing like warm wheat bread with real butter melting on it... MMMmmmMMm. However, if you are in a long term "grind my own wheat" circumstance, chances are you won't be making bread all that much. Why? Well, in my experience, if I grind 4 cups of wheat to make 2 loaves of bread, it takes about 30 minutes of grinding....and THEN you make the bread.

It is a good idea to have several "quick bread" recipes in your repertoire. Quick bread recipes also use less wheat making what you have stored stretch a little.

Here are some facts on wheat.
http://goodlookingcook.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-grain-at-time_27.html

My family LOVES this recipe. They especially love it when we have fresh strawberries. In the case their isn't fresh available, I can mix together re-hydrated strawberries and some strawberry preserves. You can also substitute the flour for 3/4 C wheat and 1/4 C white - if you do that you can mix the gluten.

Strawberry Crepes
1 C ground wheat flour
1 tsp vital gluten
1 tsp salt
1/4 C powdered sugar
1 C milk
2 eggs


Strawberries (sliced and a little sugar/honey/br.sugar stirred in to make syrup-y)
REAL whipped cream. ( I found this recipe for "in a pinch" whipping cream, but haven't tried it yet).
http://www.ehow.com/how_2083537_make-whipped-cream-from-dry.html

Directions: blend everything but strawberries and whipping cream together until smooth. Add more milk if needed. Make very thin. Melt butter on griddle and use a spoon to thin out the crepe. Fry both sides on medium heat. Fill crepes with strawberries and whipping cream, fold and then add another dabble of cream on top to keep it closed. Enjoy!


And another thing...


In our lesson on Sunday, I mentioned that President Benson (before he was President Benson) encouraged the gathering of leather along with many other needful things. Below you will find a link to this talk. I said it was given in 1976, when it was actually 1974.

http://lds.org/ensign/1974/01/prepare-ye?lang=eng&query=ezra+taft+supply+leather

In a little further reading, I also found that one of the first things God did for Adam and Eve is make clothing for them - out of skins. This was in an effort to clothe their nakedness. You can find that here.

Genesis 3: 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make acoats of skins, and bclothed them.

You learn somethin' new every day :).