God Sells Bread
There's now a whole line of bread products inspired by Ezekiel 4:9" "Take also unto thee Wheat, and Barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and Spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it..." They say the result is something filled with lots of nice proteins and efficient amino acids. Hooray for God bread! It's like God, in your mouth!
Ezekiel 4:9® Organic Sprouted Whole Grain Products [Food For Life Baking Co] (Thanks to Zakarth!)
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When I worked in a soup kitchen at my High School, I once conceived the notion of making soup with Holy Water. The Sister who ran the kitchen said that some people do drink Holy Water, and there is nothing wrong with it. Probably be a big seller in the middle of the country.
Ha! This is talked about in AJ Jacobs' book The Year of Living Biblically - which is a hysterical book. Apparently it is pretty good. AJ did not buy this, he made his own (and provides his recipe if I remember correctly).
Yep, these products have been around for years. Did something new happen here that makes it news? (Asking honestly, not sarcastically...)
@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: Nothing wrong with it? Isn't this the same water that people dip their fingers into when they cross themselves and genuflect when entering the church?
They totally stole this from me. I'm selling a line of ammunition inspired by Ezekiel 25:17
Seriously. I worked for Nature Foods Center in 1990, and we were selling that product there. It's really good stuff, too.
@SarahC83: Is there are part to this story that's new or we're not getting?
I mean, regardless of any perceived benefits, it's a marketing gimmick. The basic recipe for bread, beer and wine-making hasn't changed for thousands of years...
I'm guessing they won't be selling any bacon. Or shellfish.
I'm seriously addicted to their raisin bread.
I'm also an athiest. Go figure.
They always leave this bit out of it: Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire using dried human dung as fuel and then eat the bread."
I'll buy this and make a PB &J(esus).
It is not so much God selling bread as much as it is people selling God.
@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->:
Actually, no it wouldn't. The middle of the country is predominantly protestant. By and large protestants do not have "holy water". Most protestants recognize holy water as a catholic feature, and a lot of middle america protestants aren't particular open to catholicism.
You're a little late to the party, Ben. This stuff has been around for a while.
What you should be talking about, however, is the new Ezekiel 25:17 bread.
@TangDrinker: @sburnap42: Me too. The cereal's pretty good - like Grape Nuts but better. This stuff is healthy as all getout.
Yes this bread is actually very good.
The english muffins from this line are really delicious, and very filling.
this has been out for years...but way to stay up on things consumerist - great job
This stuff is gross.
Will I be struck down now?
@sburnap42: That's how they get you -- with their god bread. Next it'll be a "small conversation".
Don't fall for their tricks, freethinking brother!
our neighbors got a loaf of this stuff in their monthly box from the food bank. they rejected it and passed it along to us.
it's like really dense whole-grain bread. not much flavor, but it kept forever. we called it "that Jesus bread".
We've been eating this for years. It's a hearty bread and it makes for a good breakfast toast, but not such a good grilled cheese.
Their tortillas are super yum. And unlike other whole-wheat tortillas, they're soft and don't break in half when you try to fold them into a burrito.
I get terrible heart-burn from this stuff.
I was really frustrated for a while because regular bread makes me fat and constipated (I know, I know, TMI). I though Ezekiel Bread was the way to go... that's how I discovered that all the lentils and soy beans they fill it with make it practically indigestible!
Luckily, I discovered other companies that make true sprouted GRAIN bread, not sprouted LEGUME bread. If anyone's familiar with "Dave's Killer Blues Bread" and knows how awesome it is, well, they just put out "Dave Killer Sprouted Bread" and it's wonderfully fluffy and yummy!
Wow. Slow news day around the 'ist?
My tip about Yahoo! mail wasn't good enough? :)
The cinnamon raisin Ezekiel bread, toasted, with some peanut butter on it, is rocking good.
Meh, it's still 80 calories a slice. I'll stick with my Wonder Light bread, which gets you TWO slices for 80 calories.
Yeah...I have problems.
this bread has been around for years, at least 6, probably 10 or more. its your basic whole grain, whole berry bread. its not bad, my mom used to eat it when i was younger and i got kinda sick of it.
Several years ago, while wandering through the "Natural Foods" section, I came across "Bible Bread".
It was $4 for 4 oz.
It was just matzoh, [there was a photo on the box] which in the kosher aisle was maybe a $1 or a little more for a pound at the time.
But the "Bible Bread" had some Christian sayings on it, so it went for 16 times the price.
This bread has been around for a couple of decades. It is really good.
I just had a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwich on the jesus bread. It was pretty good.
@jscott73: Yeah, Ezekiel 4:9 has been around for ages. It's just an organic brand, not even necessarily aimed at Christians, per say. I don't understand what's "news" about it in the least.
@PurplePuppy: Dave's Killer Sprouted Bread is >the best< mass assembled bread ever. And what about Dave's story? A convict finding himself through the glory and joy of prison bread baking. But realy, the bread is awesome. I have some friends that are obsessed with the Ezekiel Bread, which I think tastes like dry cardboard.
Obama, ur, God, sells bread?
Just FYI - my husband has a wheat (not gluten) sensitivity and he can eat this bread - something about the wheat being sprouted. It's lovely toasted.
@PurplePuppy: Dave's Good seed bread really is from god. it's the best ever and Jam finally started serving it rather than that crap from Grand Central
@whitjm5: OK, I'll admit now that I tried really hard not to be sarcastic, for fear of disemvoweling. But now that everyone else has jumped on the bandwagon, yep: not news at all.
Is this different then the Ezekiel bread Trader Joes, and probably others, have been selling for a long time?