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GOLDMINERS’ WHEAT AND BREAD

Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (PT)

Palo Alto, CA

GOLDMINERS’ WHEAT AND BREAD

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GOLDMINERS’ WHEAT AND BREAD
Monica Spiller Saturday, November 6
10:30 – 12:30 $31
Sonora wheat, an historic local wheat variety, is being
grown again by California farmers. Come, see
Sonora wheat and taste whole Sonora wheat bread
as it was made in 1849, from stone-milled fl our. The
extra steps of mashing and making a sponge will be
demonstrated for this old-fashioned barm sweet-sourdough
bread method. Soft Sonora wheat can be made
into beautiful cohesive dough, and then into ciabatta
and pocket buns. Barm is the old English word for a
sweet-sourdough starter. Both the sweet-sourdough
starter and the word barm are worth bringing to light
again after 130 years of neglect. Take home barm stock
and recipes. Monica founded the Whole Grain Connection
in 2000 to supply old-fashioned locally appropriate wheat
seed to California organic farmers via a catalog and website.
Now farmers can supply local whole grain bakers. Common
Ground carries this wheat in bulk.

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Common Ground Garden Supply and Education
559 College Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (PT)


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