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Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 1:30 pm Post subject: using different grains

had a good look round the old health food shop at the weekend and in an effort to cook something else than spuds, pasta or rice, got a bag of wheat grains ( sometimes called wheat berries)

Aren't they nice? Made a sort of pilaf with them last night with onions, mushrooms, olives, baby toms and cashew nuts in it.

Have also bought a bag of pearl barley to try as well. Have used millet in the past but found it a bit stodgy.

What have you tried that's good?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 1:32 pm Post subject:
I'm growing amaranth this year (for the leaves) that's allegedly a tasty and nutritious grain.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 1:35 pm Post subject:
And of course fat hen seeds were a part of the diet of ancient Britons

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 1:41 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

And of course fat hen seeds were a part of the diet of ancient Britons

the allotment is self-sufficient in that!

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 05 2:21 pm Post subject:
Wheat makes a tasty change, as does rye.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 05 6:54 am Post subject:
What about cous cous.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 05 10:24 am Post subject:
was thinking of that as well as bulgar (sp?) wheat.

*Fluffykitten*

Joined: 03 Dec 2004
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Location: Merthyr Tydfil

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 05 10:42 am Post subject:
I know its not a grain but i really like polenta as an alternative carb.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 05 12:26 pm Post subject:
My better half makes the cous cous. It's always really nice, but I haven't the faintest idea what it is.

sean
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jan 19, 05 12:30 pm Post subject:
It isn't really a grain, though it is made from it. Really it's like a tiny tiny ball of pasta. It can be made from wheat, barley, maize, millet or acorns(apparently).

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