Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus <=-

Not just experimented with, it turns out. Fonio,
a close relative of crabgrass, has been a staple
crop in parts of Africa for centuries, and most
of the articles I've read indicate that crabgrass
itself was brought to the Americas as a food crop
by European immigrants.

Until very recently I thought crab grass was another name for twitch
grass (quick grass, quack grass, witch grass) but it turns out that
they are two different weeds. I know from youthful experimentation
that twitch grass porridge and flour are nasty. I'm not sure I've
come across crabgrass in any of the places I've lived.

While on the subject of edible grains I just bought steel cut
pinhead oats for the first time ever and I am impressed. I had been
under the impression that their superiority over rolled oats was
merely hype. (I'm talking proper rolled oats here that need 12-15
minutes to cook, not quick oats and certainly not that muck that
is instant oatmeal.) But for those of you who haven't had them,
pinhead oats are better tasting and have a much nicer texture than
rolled oats. They just might change your mind about porridge. They
take 20-24 minutes to cook and remain chewy, not mushy. Next I plan
on toasting them in a cast iron frying pan and baking them in the
oven.

At the store I noted that rolled oats are a mere $2.00 per kg.
The steel cut pinhead oats were $4.00, still cheap and worth the
premium. Meanwhile Quaker flavoured instant oats in single serve
pouches were $12.90 and Nature's Path for "Envirokidz" with pictures
of cute baby animals on the label are an amazing $19.50 per kg.
(That's steak prices.) BTW the Quaker brand name has nothing to do
with those righteous religious people who value truth and honesty,
and Nature's Path's marketing strategy ought to be against the law!


Cheers

Jim


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