Comments on: Steiner’s Grain of the Day http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/ Peaceful Parenting for a Hectic World Fri, 18 May 2012 01:12:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mussels « handsandhearth http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-12677 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:27:30 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-12677 [...] Paella! Plus, Monday is a good day for rice ( http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/) [...]

]]> By: Carrie http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-12311 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:50:31 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-12311 HI MP,
I believe it was actually teachers within Waldorf Education who did the work to correspond grains to the planets and cosmos…There is no one definitive source in terms of “this grain on this day” as far as I know..although Rudolf Steiner did obviously write extensively on agriculture, bees, biodynamic preparation of the soil and nutrition as well. Nutrition is not my area of expertise, I think you could work with the Waldorf Kindergarten snack books that talk about the grains and the day, and also “COoking for the Love of the World” available here: http://www.steinerbooks.org/author.html?au=2308.
Many blessings,
Carrie

]]> By: MP http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-12304 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:16:56 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-12304 Does anyone know where Steiner came up with this whole “Grain of the Day” thing? DId he make it up himself or did he actually learn it from an esoteric tradition?

]]> By: budaveg – vegetarian Hungary » Lé Bár and Bio ABC- organic shop, juice bar and vegan buffet http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-10847 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:59:57 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-10847 [...] seem to follow the Rudolf Steiner “grain of the day” in their menu- with one exception: on Thursday they have buckwheat instead of rye. The small [...]

]]> By: Homeschooling and Exhausted? « The Parenting Passageway http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-4724 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:58:13 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-4724 [...] I think there is one other piece as well:  this really wonderful idea of the rhythm of the week.  The grains of the day, the color of the day, the scent of the day.  I wrote about the grain of the day a long time ago, but here is that back post if you have never seen it:  http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/ [...]

]]> By: Anna http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-4519 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:10:12 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-4519 Hi Carrie,
I am trying to sort out how i do the grain of the day for our family thanks for this post – I have a quesition….So you eat the grain of the day, but is it ok in that same day to eat other grains?? or is this destroying the benifit we are getting from the whole grain a day thing? e.g Tue = barley salad for dinner…but we would eat oat or rice porridge for breakfast
Any thoughts??

Thanks
Anna B :-)

]]> By: Alison http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-2545 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:23:04 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-2545 Rose – Baking Bread by Warren Lee Cohen says other varieties of wheat include – Spelt, Kamut, Durum, Emmer wheat and Einkorn.

Triticale is a cross–hybridisation between wheat and rye.”

Quinoa is not mentioned.

The grains are specifically related to the planet for the particular day. Quite simply other grains are not. That does not mean you can’t incorporate them though!

This is a lovely book – with lots of ideas, stories, blessings, info and recipes.
Ali

]]> By: Carrie http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-2013 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:37:31 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-2013 Rose I know there is a Steiner book on Nutrition but I am unsure if it is lectures he gave or his own written work – you want to check http://www.waldorfbooks.com

]]> By: Rose http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-2002 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:08:20 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-2002 My partner is Polish and he loves traditionally cooked buckwheat, and we also like Quinoa both of which are more familiar to me than millet. So I use those in a rotation instead. Actually, I had a bad experience at a vegan dinner party years ago with a dry millet loaf LOL!

Is it the rotation Steiner considered most important do you think? Or that one eats the grains that grow in one’s own region? (He may not have been familiar with quinoa?)
We like polenta, barley in soup or as a pilaf/risotto, rye in bread, rice and couscous & bulghar wheat.

I am not overly concerned about all this but just rather curious about the widespread following of a rotation that only included seven of the world’s myriad grains…
Is one encouraged to somehow work out which day to fit in the substitute grains?

Haven’t managed to find an adequate explanation of all of this as yet, thought you might know where to look …

]]> By: January Focus On The Home: Meal Planning « The Parenting Passageway http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-1993 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:58:01 +0000 http://dendtler.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/#comment-1993 [...] Do you have a plan for breakfasts, lunches and snacks?  If you say that the first snack of the day always involves the grain of the day or is always cut-up vegetables with a homemade dip, this simplifies meal planning.  If you are searching for the grain of the day and trying to incorporate that into your week, try this back post:  http://theparentingpassageway.com/2008/11/23/steiners-grain-of-the-day/ [...]

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