Sarah's Update for May 31
That was a wonderful post Jacki. Once again she has provided a
wonderful background of all that we are doing. I would like to give
some background on how I made the sprout burgers the other day,
which I modestly believe turned out to be quite a success.
Sprout Burgers
Ingredients:
- about 4 cups sprouted wheat
- 1 cup sprouted lentils
- 1 cup sprouted red beans
- 1 cup sprouted white beans
- 2 eggs
- cilantro
- cumin
- soy sauce
- olive oil
- sesame oil
- 1 carrot
- peanut butter
- a little tabasco sauce
- about a half a cup of freshly ground whole wheat flour
- mushrooms
First I started out sprouting the beans and wheat. I did this by
soaking them over night and then putting the soaked beans and wheat
in a container with holes in the bottom for water drainage. Then I
put a wet paper towel over the top of the jug to help provide a
humid environment and air circulation to encourage sprouting.
About
twice a day I then re wet the beans, wheat and paper towel to
maintain the wet, humid environment. When I make them again I will
separate the lentil and wheat from the other two types of beans for
sprouting because the red and white beans took longer to sprout than
the lentils and wheat. Therefore, next time I will begin the
process of sprouting for the beans about a day earlier than the
lentils and wheat.
After the sprouts are about 1/8-1/4 inch long they can then be
used. I then mixed in all the other ingredients except for the
olive and sesame oils and then I used a blender to make a batter
with the ingredients.
After that, Jacki fried up the burgers under
low heat with the olive and sesame oils. I got the ideas for this
recipe from a book called How to Live on Wheat as well as garden
burger recipes off the web. Then of course, I also just used my own
intuition. :)
Sarah checks the compost pile's inner temp
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We have also recently been experimenting with a compost pile created
by Todd. Old hay, paper, and some other scraps were shredded and
put in the pile along with some of the vital ingredient: compost
activator (the lovely yellow liquid produced by our body). Todd has
been adding a couple gallons here an there and I have managed to
help out to some extent.
[For more on the importance of the "Yuck Factor in building sustainability, Click Here.]
Todd has then also been periodically
checking the internal temperature of the compost pile to assure that
it stays nice and hot (at least 140 degrees is optimal because at
that temperature pathogens and weed seeds are killed). When the
temperature has gotten too low, the pile is either turned and/or
compost activator is added. He showed me how to do this today, and
it was exciting to see how much decomposition had already taken
place within the pile. It'll be especially exciting when the
material will actually be usable compost, which at this rate should
only take a couple of weeks.
Right now the Spiral Rhythms Festival is going on and so we have
heard the faint sounds of drumming up here in the living quarters of
Windward. A couple of days ago, Virgil, Jacki, Walt, and I went
down to the festival and listened to a little bit of the music,
which was fun. Due to the contract agreement between the festival
organizers and Windward, Windwardians aren't allowed to participate
a whole lot in the event unless they buy a ticket, but we can go down there with Walt from
time to time to check it out. It appears to be a very interesting
event…
Jillian just arrived yesterday and we are excited to see her join
the Windward crew. We are optimistic that the mix of people here
will be very good for Windward and that much will get done and a
strong community will build as a result. I am excited for the
arrival of even more people shortly because this is such an amazing
place that is amazing to share with the right group of people.
Sarah
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