[Magdalen] Jesus can only reveal hinself in wheat.... ???

[Lynn Ronkainen]

David C>Starch via wheat (bread) is certainly very European

Which begs the question was Jesus European?  <gdr>

Lynn

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Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Jesus can only reveal hinself in wheat.... ???

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>
> In a message dated 7/11/2017 12:15:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
>
> that  Japan would have become Christian a
> millennia ago if the host could have  been made of  rice.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Starch via wheat (bread) is certainly very European.  Conquering
> armies immediately burned the wheatfields of adversaries to weaken
> them.  The French, in particular, always refused to switch away from 
> their
> heavy dependence on wheat for starch (and with their delicious
> breads, who can blame them?).
>
> OTOH, the Germans embraced the potato, introduced from the
> new world (Peru/Bolivia) because burning the fields during
> one of their endless wars didn't make any difference.  The
> potatoes were safe, underground.
>
>
>
> David S. - who shares the Upper Midwestern USA distrust of rice
> since it wasn't grown on a local farm.
>
>