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Post by caledonian on Jan 23, 2013 19:07:52 GMT -5
It's quite strange. There are countless sources enthusing about adding millet to the human diet, and many sources about how to grow and harvest the stuff.
But I can't seem to find a single online resource that explains how to remove the hull - although many warn that the hull has to be removed before it's eaten by humans.
What do you recommend? And why do you think this information so often goes unspoken?
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Post by oxbowfarm on Jan 23, 2013 20:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by steev on Jan 23, 2013 22:07:08 GMT -5
I suspect they had it done by their wives and/or unmarried daughters.
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Post by baby daddy on Jan 24, 2013 18:41:35 GMT -5
I agree with steev, my wife badgered me into a hair cut yesterday..... Oppps. I thought it said Mullet..... ;D
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Post by steev on Jan 24, 2013 20:06:46 GMT -5
What is it with women and haircuts? They've been badgering me since May 31, 1975. I'm standing firm, but I think that's why it's getting thinner and shorter, while the rest of me is getting thicker and shorter.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 28, 2015 16:16:20 GMT -5
More Millet questions:
Okay, I have 2 millets growing in the field. Both are Setaria Italic. One is Hell's Canyon Foxtail & the other is Foxtail Millet. Now when I was doing research on millet, I kept coming across the "goiter problem". My question is this:
Foxtail Millet = Setaria italic Finger Millet = Eleusine coracana Proso Millet = Panicum miliaceum Pearl Millet/Basri = Pennistum glaucum Fonio Millet = Digitaria exilis
Now None of these are the same species, so how in the heck can they all cause the same disease? Or is this disease just for ONE type of millet?
(I'm not planning on hulling it). I'm planning on hanging it and feeding it to the chickens. However, just in case I get a wild "hare" and want to eat this, or make bread.
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Post by philagardener on Apr 28, 2015 16:35:26 GMT -5
All these grains contain compounds that interfere with iodine uptake and that, in turn, is thought to result in thyroid problems. Unless you are relying on millets for a substantial component of your diet (which is the case in parts of Africa) it probably isn't an issue, but you may want to consider the implications for your chickens. edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm029 has some info that might be useful.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 29, 2015 12:04:16 GMT -5
Thanks Philly,
I actually got a researcher to answer me this morning and he said:
From my research, it appears that since pearl millet is the most widely eaten of the millets, followed by fonio millet, that only these have been assessed. The causative components resulting in goitre are apigenin and luteolin, both of which can interfere with thyroid function. Fonio millet also contain these, but no other millets have been assessed for the presence of these substances.
Millet is a group of 500 grains. Many of them from different families. So far, Setaria italic, Foxtail Millet, Eleusine Coracana, Finger Millet, and Panicum Miliaeum, Proso Millet have not been tested for apigenin and luteolin.
So, don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Post by diane on Jan 8, 2016 18:44:39 GMT -5
I didn't realize there were so many types of millet.
We helped with threshing millet when we were in northern Namibia. The seeds were put in a hole in the sandy soil, and some of the sticks we used were as tall as us, and thick enough that it took both hands to go round them. The sand unfortunately became part of the meal.
I was given a bagful to bring home to plant. So this summer I will know what species I have.
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Post by woodsygardener on Mar 17, 2018 10:15:03 GMT -5
Can millet with hulls be sprouted and used as human food?
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Post by walt on Mar 17, 2018 12:22:25 GMT -5
In Rep. du Niger, pearl millet and sorghum were the main foods. Both were pounded into flour in mort2r and pestles, much like the pilon pictured above. Except that was a women and girls only job. After pounding the grain to flour, the hulls and bran were removed by shaking it up and down in a tray. Bran and hulls came to the top and were blown into a basket for use as chicken feed. It didn't hurt the chickens as the chickens mostly ate insects and wild seeds the found themselves. People didn't eat the bran and hulls. They said it was eaten during the drought, but gave diarhia. Also, the bran of the sorghum they grew was brown with tannin. This was grown because birds avoided it. White or yellow sorghum tastes better but farmers would loose it to the birds.
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Post by walt on Mar 17, 2018 12:24:45 GMT -5
I've read that Japanese barnyard millet is a domestic form of crab grass. It is not much liked, but it can yield a (small) crop in 45 days, fitting in between better crops.
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