Acorn Bread

By Stephanie Snyder

The class where we tried the acorn bread that Dr. Redick prepared for us made me start thinking about how resourceful primal cultures are and how we have discussed their relationship with nature.

Eveything was a process in primal cultures. Retrieving resources for food, preparing it, making it, baking it, and then consuming it: it all was a valued, well thought out process in which they were humble, resourceful, and efficient.

I remember my reaction to trying the bread. I remember my instinctive reaction was that we desperately needed some butter! But after we started talking about the difference between this organic, natural food and how it was more similar to what those of primal cultures expereince, it made me think of how indulgent our modern culture it.

Primal cultures utilized what they had and were not wasteful. They would not take the extra selfish effort to extract from nature that which they do not need. And I think of how I immediately reacted that I NEEDED butter. What a luxury! It made me appreciate how these people respected their environment and took from it only what they needed for survival, and at the same time showed appreciation for what they were given by nature.