H.F.W and Hemp??

[basketcase]

Have to admit to almost falling off my chair when he mentioned growing hemp, bet the bread tasted good and I bet everything tasted good afterwards too

...and plenty of it!

I must've led a sheltered life; I assumed they meant hemp (as in rope) AOT Hemp as in Weed.

I wouldn't mind trying it, but - as others have said - given that people don't seem to able to tell the difference between Tomatoes and Waccy-Baccy it seems like tempting fate.

[piskieinboots]

...I wouldn't mind trying it,

so DON'T go there, it gives you the munchies

[Alison]

HFW did make it very clear that he wasn't talking about dope at the start of the piece and as Sara says above you can buy loads of hemp products anyway so it's not exactly new news.

[di]

I've just realisedI missed it!!!
Does anyone know if it's repeated?

[piskieinboots]

I know Alison - we are just embarking on a bit of schoolgirlish silliness when referring to 'that stuff' - silliness makes the world seem a nicer place at times, particularly when 'you' consider PC Bill Barker lost his life helping others today

[Alison]

I know Alison - we are just embarking on a bit of schoolgirlish silliness when referring to 'that stuff' - silliness makes the world seem a nicer place at times, particularly when 'you' consider PC Bill Barker lost his life helping others today

Sorry for pointing out what I thought to be something reasonable - will go elsewhere seeing as it now seems that I am at fault for not considering what I too consider to be a very sad event but one that is totally irrelevant to this discussion.

[piskieinboots]

noo Alison - sorry, you misunderstand me - or I didn't relay myself very well, which is most likely. It is blinking hard on here sometimes! Sorry

[Jeanied]

Having seen fields of both kinds of hemp growing, I can vouch for how hard it is to tell the difference. The only way you could really tell is to test it... which would be illegal. Some of us are old enough to remember when it was almost acceptable to indulge - much the same way as alcohol is viewed today. I really like HFW's mad ideas though- best of all his approach to an ancient foodstuff which tastes good.

[Alison]

It's OK Piskie, had just logged back on to delete my original post as thought I'd probably over reacted - bit of a stressful week - but will leave now as you've already seen!

[Jeanied]

See, Alison, if it had been back in the 60's we could have chilled out with you know what! Know what you mean about the stressful week though - ditto this end too.

[Two_Sheds]

You can buy hemp seeds in supermarkets, to put in your bread (actually, they're not very nice).

[di]

You can buy hemp seeds in supermarkets, to put in your bread (actually, they're not very nice).

Totally agree!!!Unless you can find(and afford)the de~husked ones.Gillian "not a real Dr" whatever her last name was(?)had some in a tub(with her face plastered over it)...pretty pricey,but far nicer than getting the husks stuck between your teeth!Her claim,I think,was that they speeded up your metabolism...or cleansed your insides.(or something supposedly highly beneficial!)

[ginger ninger]

I was wondering if the ones you can buy at the fishing tackle shop are OK to use for cooking? Just a thought because there very cheep at the side of the ready processed stuff in the supermarkets,