Geek Bread

I got to thinking the other day, after writing about my new diet, about making my own Ezekiel bread, so I went and started looking up recipes and stuff. But of course, being the ginormous book geek and Bible pedant that I am, that wasn't good enough for me. I immediately started asking critical linguistic and historical questions; for instance, all the recipes I found take the word "beans" in the verse and interpret it at face value, and just throw in a bunch of different beans from our modern diet, like kidney beans, navy beans, and pinto beans.

But not me: no, I've got to go and research what kind of beans the historical and archaeological record shows were eaten by the ancient Israelites, and then sort out which Hebrew word means which kind of beans, and which of those words is used in Ezekiel 4:9 where the recipe is given. (Long story short: fava beans.) And then I start thinking that, in order to really make it the most accurate Bible bread possible, I'll use olive oil, sea salt, and honey, all good Old Testament foods. And I'm going to call the yeast "leaven" instead of "yeast".

So what's the point of this post? I think I may have way too much time on my hands.