Thursday, June 7, 2012
Einkorn: A gluten-free ancient grain
In my life-long search for gluten-free products
I just discovered einkorn.
Einkorn wheat (from German Einkorn, literally "single grain") can refer either to the wild species of wheat, Triticum boeoticum (the spelling baeoticum is also common), or to the domesticated form, Triticum monococcum. The wild and domesticated forms are either considered separate species, as here, or as subspecies of T. monococcum. Einkorn is a diploid species of hulled wheat, with tough glumes ('husks') that tightly enclose the grains. The cultivated form is similar to the wild, except that the ear stays intact when ripe and the seeds are larger.
Einkorn wheat was one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, alongside emmer wheat (T. dicoccum). Grains of wild einkorn have been found in Epi-Paleolithic sites of the Fertile Crescent. It was first domesticated approximately 7500 BC (7050 BC ≈ 9000 BP), in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) or B (PPNB) periods.[1] Evidence from DNA finger-printing suggests einkorn was domesticated near Karaca Dağ in southeast Turkey, an area in which a number of PPNB farming villages have been found.[2] Its cultivation decreased in the Bronze Age, and today it is a relict crop that is rarely planted, though it has found a new market as a health food. It remains as a local crop, often for bulgur (cracked wheat) or as animal feed, in mountainous areas of France, Morocco, the former Yugoslavia, Turkey and other countries. It often survives on poor soils where other species of wheat fail.[3]
Source: Wikipedia
It is also gluten-free.
Jovial is a company that produces cookies made
With einkorn. The texture is different. It is light and
airy.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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I found an awesome gluten-free blogger. I hope you will go over there and take advantage
of the many recipes that are posted.
2012 will bring challenges and opportunities. The gluten-free lifestyle has it's challenges and I am
here to help connect you with resources and people who will help us get through the challenges with success.
I am also here to share opportunities to learn how to take care of ourselves and our loved ones.
There are more and more people who are getting the idea that we should and can live gluten-free and it's
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Happy 2012!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Glenda's Gluten-Free Store
Stock up on the gluten-free products you need. Go to Glenda's Gluten Free Store NOW
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available.
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