Comments on: Prescriptions of the Desert Fathers http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/05/18/prescriptions-of-the-desert-fathers/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maureen http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/05/18/prescriptions-of-the-desert-fathers/comment-page-1/#comment-1473137 Maureen Mon, 18 May 2009 17:17:49 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=1885#comment-1473137 Interesting! And I'm glad to see you can post in Jerusalem! I was wondering the other day whether some of the Egyptian desert fathers could live off such small quantities of food because Egypt's wheat strains are more nutritious than regular wheat. (Emmer wheat, aka farro, and khorasan. Although barley is also pretty nutritious.) Interesting! And I’m glad to see you can post in Jerusalem!

I was wondering the other day whether some of the Egyptian desert fathers could live off such small quantities of food because Egypt’s wheat strains are more nutritious than regular wheat. (Emmer wheat, aka farro, and khorasan. Although barley is also pretty nutritious.)

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