Grain glossary: 20 whole grains to cook and eat


	Grain glossary: 20 whole grains to cook and eat
Lexica
10-10-2008 8:19 PM
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food, cooking, ingredients, grains
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There's a brief description of each grain given, as well as recipe suggestions and cooking tips.
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Groats, grits, steel-cut, rolled, puffed, pearled, cracked, flakes, and flour are the most common references, and all describe how the grain has been processed. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.culinate.com/articles/features/grain_glossary"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.culinate.com/img/F2056E88-B104-47BE-91F3-AFA6626FDC24" alt="Glossary of Grains, whole grains" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.culinate.com/articles/features/grain_glossary">How the grain has been cut or milled affects both texture (hence taste) and cooking time.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.culinate.com/articles/features/grain_glossary">By no means is this glossary comprehensive — I barely scratch the surface of rice, and I know of at least a couple of omissions (Job’s Tears, rye berries).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.culinate.com/articles/features/grain_glossary">For more information on grains — nutrition profiles, cooking tips, recipes — check out Lorna Sass’s book <A class="cr_book" title="Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way" href="http://www.culinate.com/books/collections/all_books/whole_grains_every_day_every_way">Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way</A>, the <A target="_blank" shape="rect" href="http://www.wholegrainscouncil.org/">Whole Grains Council</A>, and <A target="_blank" shape="rect" href="http://www.bobsredmill">Bob's Red Mill</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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