Recipes – Saturday, 10/10/09

Nora's Grandmother's Recipe

Hadassah's Bread

2 cups warm water

1 tsp salt

1/4 cup molasses

4 cups whole wheat flour

1 pkg yeast

coconut oil or butter for bowl

Put two cups of warm water in a bowl with one quarter cup of Molasses, one teaspoon salt, and one pkg. yeast. When the yeast has popped up to the surface of the water begin to add gradually the whole wheat flour 4 cups, stirring it in. Turn it out on a floured surface and knead it until smooth and elastic (my grandmother says "until it feels like a living thing"). Let rise until double in bulk in a buttered (I used coconut oil) bowl. Punch down, Shape into loaf, make three cuts in top. Put loaf on buttered cookie sheet (I used parchment paper).  Bake  30 mins at 350. Cool on rack. 

5th Class: Intro to Propagation – Sat. 10/10/09

Notes coming soon

Further Readings

Fiction Suggestions by Genevieve DeLouvre
As in the Heart, So in the Earth by Pierre Rabhi
Sky Time in Gray's River by Robert Michael Pyle

Class 4 - Backyard Bin Composting
please send, if you have a list

Class 3 - Worm Composting
please send, if you have a list

Class 2 - Soil
Gaia's Garden - Permaculture
Rodale Book of Composting
Golden Gate Garden
Building Soils for Better Crops
Start with the Soil
Secrets to Great Soil
Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
UC Press - Weather of SF Bay Area

Homework: Seed Planting - Sat. 10/10/09

Read Chapter 6 - Golden Gate Gardening

GCETP Recipes – Sat. 10/3/09

Kasey - cabbage salad

1/2 head cabbage, shredded

3 green onions, chopped

 (put in fridge to crisp)

Break 1 pkg of ramen noodles, toast in ungreased fry pan

Toast in 1/2 cup slivered almonds and

       1/4 - 1/2 cup sesame seeds

Dressing: 5 T vinegar, pkg ramen seasoning, 1/2 cup oil, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt

(I tripled the recipe and only doubled the dressing, so you might want to make a smaller portion of dressing. I also used honey instead of sugar, and made sure to use some rice vinegar and sesame oil)

Sabina - Quinoa with Black Beans and Cilantro