Re: Grain, cereal or nut milk & amazake & pecan pie

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-how moronic is it that they can only answer questions Mondays btwn

7am and 2pm forget it!

-- In VeganMacrobiotics , " "

wrote:

>

> Kendall Food Company – best quality fresh brown rice mochi,

amasake, and

> natto

> (Mondays 7am-2pm EST)

> Worthington, MA 01098

>

>

>

> ________________________________________

> From: VeganMacrobiotics

> [mailto:VeganMacrobiotics ] On Behalf Of purpleveg

> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 8:58 PM

> To: VeganMacrobiotics

> Subject: Re: Grain, cereal or nut milk &

amazake & pecan

> pie

>

> -no website for Kendall Foods do you sell the amazake and mochi?

> -- In VeganMacrobiotics , " " <gary@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Hi ,

> >

> > To be honest there was a thread about the amasake concentrate

that

> I sell a

> > few months back, and I mentioned that I have rarely used it

myself.

> Many

> > were saying how they use it in many desserts and recipes. I guess

I

> am sort

> > of spoiled as besides the Grainaissance amasakes, I can get them

> from two

> > different companies that are in my area. Both companies have a

> certain

> > history to them. One the Bridge makes besides amasake, a

wonderful

> hand made

> > seitan, I think the best there is, and also makes tofu too. Their

> amasake

> > has more of a vanilla flavor and is diluted to a certain extent.

> This

> > company was founded by Bill Spear. On the other hand is Kendall

> Foods,

> > founded by Aveline Kushi's sister. They make a nicely thick

> amasake that

> > has more of a chocolate flavor. Once opened it can last for weeks

> in the

> > fridge. Also I think their mochi is just about the best and so

much

> > different than grainaissance and has much more of a handmade feel

> to it.

> > Lastly they make their own natto too. Just used their amasake in

a

> rice

> > pudding recipe a few days ago so I guess this is my favorite. I

> think the

> > flavors that Grainaissance makes for their mochi and amasake are

> very fun

> > too.

> >

> >

> >

> > ________________________________________

> > From: VeganMacrobiotics

> > [mailto:VeganMacrobiotics ] On Behalf Of sarah

> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 4:26 PM

> > To: VeganMacrobiotics

> > Subject: Re: Re: Grain, cereal or nut milk &

> amazake &

> > pecan pie

> >

> > i really like eden's rice and soy blend, also.  (i think i read

> about it in

> > one of christina pirello's books.)  i didn't remmeber that it had

> amazake in

> > it, i'll have to check out the ingredients again.  speaking of

> amazake,

> > GARY:  what can you tell us abou the amazake concentrate that you

> sell?  i

> > get really confused about amazake because grainaissaince makes

one

> that the

> > stores carry :  http://www.grainaissance.com/  but they are

> flavored.  so is

> > the plain flavor amazake like you would use in a recipe that

calls

> for

> > amazake? 

> > speaking of which, i made the pecan pie from the love, eric

> cookbook last

> > night and it was amazing!  i had some trouble with the crust (but

> i'm not

> > pastry chef) so ended up just smashing into a square glass pan,

but

> it

> > didn't matter.  it was great!  even my skeptical husband enjoyed

> it! 

> >

> > garethusa <garethusa@> wrote:

> > hi there,

> >

> > new to the group and this is my first post. all these years i

> thought i was

> > doing so well

> > with skim milk :-)

> >

> > i voted for other.

> >

> > last year, i really got into soy milk. i would buy west soy and

of

> course

> > whole foods 365

> > brand. then i really got into the fat free west soy.

> >

> > however, after reading up on macrobiotics by kushi in december of

> 2006,

> > amazake was a

> > new word for me to explore as i never saw it on the whole foods

> aisle. so i

> > was on the look

> > out for amazake.

> >

> > after buying EdenBlend Certified Rice & Soy Beverage, it was the

> only

> > alternative " milk " /

> > beverage that had amazake. it is delicious and has all of the

> omega3-6-9

> > too. the

> > ingredients are: Purified Water, Organic Amazake (Organic Short

> Grain Brown

> > Rice, water,

> > Koji-Aspergillus Oryzae), Organic Soybeans, Kombu Seaweed,

> Carrageenan, Sea

> > Salt.

> >

> > in comparison with the other soy milks, it is a bit pricey at

$2.79

> per 32

> > fl oz. but it is

> > worth it to me.

> >

> > this last week, i have tried the Pacific brand - i wasn't too

crazy

> about

> > the Hazelnut flavor.

> > but i did buy the Multigrain, and Oat just to try them. the other

> brand that

> > i bought

> > recently, and the most expensive of all at about $3.79 is the

> Living Harvest

> > Hempmilk

> > which is okay and the only advantage that it has over the

EdenBlend

> is that

> > it has 46% DV

> > calcium in 1 cup whereas my EdenBlend only has a very

disappointing

> 4%.

> > Other than that

> > it has less protein and more sugars.

> >

> > ****

> > so my vote so far is OTHER, as i am happy with the

Amazake/Soybean

> blend of

> > EdenBlend.

> >

> >

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