Salt Wars II

[thisnewday]

Since embarking on my "no salt added" regimen, I've eaten very little bread of any kind. That's because most breads contain substantial amounts of sodium. Two slices, of a locally-available national brand, are said to contain 270 mg. of sodium. And so, for the past two weeks, I haven't had any bread with my meals at all.

Tomorrow, I'm hoping that will change due to the arrival today of my new bread machine. In anticipation of its delivery--thanks, Amazon--I've collected several low-sodium bread recipes specifically formulated for bread machines. And I've laid in the necessary ingredients for my first go at this.

I had actually debated just going ahead and mixing it by hand and baking it in the oven. Which would've allowed me to get started with this part of my new dietary lifestyle right away. After all, that's something I did routinely after my ex- and I separated from the commune we'd been living with in the early '70s. It was, I dunno, a way of bringing with us some of the tastes and smells and lifestyle choices that were still meaningful to us.

But bread making takes the better part of a day, not to mention energy that I'm not sure I still have. So I finally decided to take the "easy" way out, this time around.

Guess I'll find out tomorrow if it really is or not...

LPK
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10.23.2018

 

Comments

[rosegardenfae]

Used to make bread the old fashioned way, and I do love kneading, but dang that's hard work. Love my breadmaking machine. It was from a book accompanying it that I discovered SAF yeast, a great product for a perfect rise imho.

Always wanted to try a commune, though friends who did seemed disillusioned by their experiences. Did you have a ponytail?

[thisnewday]

"Did you have a ponytail?"

Hahaha, don't know why but almost fell down the stairs laughing when I read that one. Let's see, below-shoulder length hair, parted in middle, done up in ponytail and held in place by braided, red-white-and-blue headband, blue workshirt, bell bottom jeans with patches on knees and elsewhere and sandals or work boots. Yup, dude was a dresser in them days, lol, although that was for going into town.

So much for being organic, real, not about appearances, etc. But actually, we lived the life for a while. I worked out in the old carriage house repairing tractor brakes, clutches, engines, assorted casualties of our sometimes inept efforts to "get back to the earth," and to do it communally.

But, in a lot of respects, I think we did OK, anticipating a number of things that would finally find their way into contemporary life, culture, social consciousness.

Most of us had been, or were, school teachers, college professors, etc. and we still lived that part of our lives at an urban commune we maintained in the city, so there was something of a balance there. Plus we were all politically, socially, culturally involved owing, in part, to our urban location being on the outskirts of a major university.

The commune was also where I learned how to make bread that was actually softer than a brick and more nutritious than, I dunno, the same brick, maybe? But, like you, I'm not sure I have it in me to do it that way, anymore. So I'm thinkin' we should just pride ourselves on not being that kneady in our later years.

Hope you've had a good day...

[rosegardenfae]

Great image, my kind of guy :-) No mossy oak back then lol The headband wows me.

And, we could eat whatever we wanted.

Though it wasn't a commune per se, my house was always full of folks working together. I do miss those days, but best not to linger in the past and give rise to kneadiness.

[thisnewday]

"And, we could eat whatever we wanted."

Well technically, we still can. It's just that now it would likely kill us. "Dough!" (Homer Simpson voice, lol. You see what I did there, right?)

But seriously, I think a commune is defined by the lifestyle and interactions of the people involved and it sounds like you folks were one in the truest sense of the word.

[rosegardenfae]

Uh yep, bread to be a comedian lol

[thisnewday]

OK, E, you win, lol. Best one yet. But I'll keep trying. As long as the sun rises in the yeast...

[rosegardenfae]

Nah L,if you don't just loaf around,and let your ideas flour, I know you got more in ya.