What a beautiful day!
Today celebrate the "first harvest"! When our ancestors harvested the first grain of the year. Made the first truly fresh bread of the year, they celebrated with friends and kin, sharing a meal often including fresh bread made from the grain harvested in this "first harvest."
Lammas and Lughnasadh are both celebrated on August 1st. Lammas is Anglo-Saxon in origin and focuses on the first harvesting of wheat and the baking of
bread made from it. Lughnasadh is Celtic in origin, and draws it's name from the god Lugh. The Celts emphasizes a broader celebration by including celebration of the abundance of the
earth.
Lugh is the master of skills, practical every day skills,like farming. skills in battle, strategy and combat, and skill in arts, crafts, games and strength. Lugh was also the Master of ingenuity,which was essential to survial.
We in our modern world are used to fresh foods, including fresh bread. But, in those times grain was stored in vessels of were made from anything from animal hides to hollowed out tree trunks, Ingenuity was the key to survival.
Grains do loose their flavor, and/or turn rancid with time, even with out modern storage methods and i feel sure they had that problem despite their best efforts.
~~~ There was no credit given for this recipe, i tried it we liked it.
"first harvest' begins
we have waited for this day
OH! smell our fresh bread
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wishing my readers a bounty of blessings
Lugh was also the Master of ingenuity,which was essential to survial.
We in our modern world are used to fresh foods, including fresh bread. But, in those times grain was stored in vessels of were made from anything from animal hides to hollowed out tree trunks, Ingenuity was the key to survival.
Grains do loose their flavor, and/or turn rancid with time, even with out modern storage methods and i feel sure they had that problem despite their best efforts.
~~~ There was no credit given for this recipe, i tried it we liked it.
