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Ancient grains is a marketing term used to describe a category of grains and pseudocereals that are purported to have been minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia, as opposed to more widespread cereals such as corn, rice and modern varieties of wheat, which are the product of thousands of years of selective breeding.
The Five Grains or Cereals (traditional Chinese: 五穀; simplified Chinese: 五谷; pinyin: Wǔ Gǔ) are a set of five farmed crops that were important in ancient China. In modern Chinese wǔgǔ refers to rice, wheat, foxtail millet, proso millet and soybeans. [1] [2] It is also used as term for all grain crops in general. [3]
Quinoa, a common pseudocereal. A pseudocereal or pseudograin is one of any non-grasses that are used in much the same way as cereals (true cereals are grasses).Pseudocereals can be further distinguished from other non-cereal staple crops (such as potatoes) by their being processed like a cereal: their seed can be ground into flour and otherwise used as a cereal.
These types of grains are considered “ancient grains”—here’s what that means, their health benefits, and how to eat more of them.
Helmeted guinea fowl in tall grass. Many foods were originally domesticated in West Africa, including grains like African rice, Pearl Millet, Sorghum, and Fonio; tree crops like Kola nut, used in Coca-Cola, and Oil Palm; and other globally important plant foods such as Watermelon, Tamarind, Okra, Black-eye peas, and Yams. [2]
Threshing of grain in ancient Egypt. Wheat, barley, rye, and oats were gathered and eaten in the Fertile Crescent during the early Neolithic.Cereal grains 19,000 years old have been found at the Ohalo II site in Israel, with charred remnants of wild wheat and barley.
Wheat is a big part of American agriculture. Hayden Flour Mills in Phoenix, Arizona is just one small company that processes wheat into flour. Founder Jeff Zimmerman decided to revive what was the ...
A number of laws apply only to these five grains: Only bread made with these grains requires the blessing of hamotzi before eating, and birkat hamazon after eating. [13] Only bread made from these grains is obligated in challah. [14] [15] Matzah can only be made from these grains, and conversely only these grains can become chametz and seor . [16]