Researching the finishing touch on a violin

May 25, 2007 at 8:22 PM

Being curious about what was in Joint Grass (local term) used by Prier Violin School - sand or silicon - I mentioned it to my mechanic while checking when he could repair my hay baler.

He said it wasn't sand in joint grass that was putting a beautiful final finish on violins but probably silicon brought up by the root system. He said that the difference between a baler that just baled hay and one that baled straw was significant. Wheat straw contains silicon in a high enough ratio to wear out a steel baler.

So, at Google I typed "wheat straw silicon" and came up with (http://sili.cium.free.fr/lancet.htm). It turns out that our highly refined wheat etc. is thought by some to be killing us with MS, Atherosclerosis and wrecking normal artery and cell development in young children.

Italy and Africa do not have these silicon related diseases as they eat more unrefined natural fiber. Read the article if you know someone with the above diseases.

I hand grind my flour. Did you know that 95% of our wheat is hard red winter wheat for long shelf life? by national tests, the best tasting flour is soft white spring. I cook with soft white spring and do my final roll of the dough in hard white flour for the crust taste.

I also pick through dent or field corn and roast it at 350 until it smells good (10 - 15 min) cool and grind for the greatest cornbread ever; and higher silicon levels.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on May 25, 2007 at 9:03 PM

Food I cook often ends up being too high in carbon.

From Bilbo Prattle
Posted on May 25, 2007 at 11:49 PM

That paper is very old--30 years--and is a "hypothesis." Did you find any supporting documentation? I doubt there is any.

From Robert Berentz
Posted on May 26, 2007 at 3:12 AM

This report documented less silicon in cases of artery disease, they examined the tissue and found this to be the case, so it had some documentation and those countries that have high fiber such as Italy and Africa don't have artery disease.

I sometimes believe the directors of pharmaceuticals sit on food producing corporations and the news media also and that makes me wonder where their busy little minds are wondering.

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