Some of you may not be
"converted" to wheat and exclusively
use white flour. So, this issue will talk
specifically about the benefits of
whole wheat flour versus white flour.
First of all, whole wheat flour can be
made at home from properly stored
wheat which can be stored for a long
time. White flour must be purchased
as such and doesn't store nearly as
well as whole wheat.
Second, white flour is highly processed
from the whole grain. The specific
end in mind is to create a
commercial product that won't turn
rancid or spoil, something that
nutritious whole grain flour will do.
I am taking the following information
from "Making the Best of Basics" by
James Talmage Stevens. There was a
study conducted that compared
equal-sized slices of white bakery bread and
homemade wheat bread.
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It identified all the
vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and
calories. Computer calculations showed
that it would take 130 slices of white bread to
equal the nutrition of 1 slice of homemade
whole-wheat bread.
Finally, I will quote a story told in the same
book.
"Have you ever seen a trail of ants? The next
time you see such a trail, gather some
children or curious adults and do this
scientific experiment. Merely take a quarter
cup of white bleached flour from the sack in
your kitchen and make or lay a strip barrier
across the ant's trail. As the ants march
along their trail, you'll notice they move with
great speed. However, when they reach the
flour barrier, they'll begin to make crazy little
circles in a seeming fit of confusion.
Ultimately, an ant scout will find the outer
edge of the flour barrier and all the ants will
follow the scout back to the other side of the
flour strip. They resume their orderly trail
speed and continue on their path.
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"To finish the experiment, use the same
amount of fresh-ground whole-wheat flour
and make a similar barrier strip 3-4 feet
away from the white flour strip. With a
magnifying glass, you should be able to
see the ants within 12 to 18 inches turn their
heads toward the whole wheat. They'll
literally stop in their tracks, turn around and
go back to the whole-wheat flour and
devour it!"
The son, of the author of this story lives in
Texas where garden pests are a problem.
He relates how proud he is of his organic
garden because it had no insect problems.
He said they only buy white bleached flour
to put in his dust gun to dust his vegetables
and its the most effective treatment he's
found for keeping the pests at bay!"
The point of all this is to hopefully convince
you to store and use whole wheat as part of
your home storage program. It is
inexpensive, easy to use, and very
nutritious.
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