All manner of grains

[atimberline]

I had the good fortune of a working friendshp with Bob Metzger whom I respect as one of the great Triticale breeders of our time... To answer your questions. ...

Triticale is a class of grain, like wheat is a class of grain. ...you will find every sort of color and taste and quality in trits that you will find in wheats and ryes.

To be honest I think people should know that kamut, spelt, and wheat are all wheats. ...there is an immense diversity of chemistrys in wheats.

most trits are good for chapates but lousy (alone) for bread. a few are excellent for bread.

know your variety.

[canadamike]

I know about kamut and all Tim... but let me refine my question, the breadmaker is talking here:

Have a good one for bread??

And what the heck are chapates This is ham and mashed potatoes and peas country here!! ;D ;D

Doesn't sound like snow country food to me !

[orflo]

If chapates are chapatis (hey, I'm Flemmish, remember, ;D ;D ;D): Indian fried flat sort of pancakes (des crèpes, Michel), but they only consist of mixed flower and water (and sometimes a pinch of salt is added), and they are rolled out to a very thin and mostly round form, after that they are fried in a pan, sometimes without oil, sometimes with oil. The finer the flower, the thinner the chapatis can be made. Another variation are pappadums....

[canadamike]

Thanks my dear enclyclopedic friends

[bunkie]

from what i understood, triticale is a cross of wheat and rye? i didn't know there were varieties.

we had a neighboring farmer grow triticale on our back 20 several years ago. he was growing it for animal feed...this is before we got our own tractor and such. it grew very well here and reseeded well for a few years after.

that's a great site for ancient wheat grains michel!