Edit: Oops, I made this all about me, when what matters more is regulation that helps prevent this sort of nutritional abuse and exploitation. See also what Eng

Edit: Oops, I made this all about me, when what matters more is regulation that helps prevent this sort of nutritional abuse and exploitation. See also what England did to Ireland, taking land and selling off the good produce and leaving the Irish to subsist on potatoes, leading to famines. Original post: I read about this awhile back and have since stopped buying cornmeal (not that I’m at much risk of pellagra), instead buying masa. With the cornmeal I had I soaked it days in baking soda water, which turned some of the bits a lovely orange and made the polenta taste even better. I rinsed it well enough, not too concerned since I then added some of the semi-nixtamalized corn to my sourdough, as I usually add baking soda to cut the acid (I take a lazy route and make flatbread/pancakes using mostly starter) and salt is added as a result. It feels like we’re churning too fast along the tech tree, losing healthy practices in the process. I’m not a luddite, I just don’t like waste and exploitation. I stopped playing the Civilization series in part because of how little attention is paid to supporting a healthy ecosystem based on reciprocity (see book Braiding Sweetgrass). One of the stories in The Overstory is about such a game. The game I enjoy instead is growing food, along with improving the diversity of life in and around the nearby soil.