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Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than other cereals, making it useful in those regions; its vigorous growth suppresses weeds and provides abundant forage for animals early in the yea
Lolium perenne, common name perennial ryegrass, [1] English ryegrass, winter ryegrass, or ray grass, is a grass from the family Poaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but is widely cultivated and naturalised around the world.
An 1836 lithograph of tortilla production in rural Mexico Bowl of hominy (nixtamalized corn kernels). Nixtamalization (/ ˌ n ɪ ʃ t ə m ə l ɪ ˈ z eɪ ʃ ən / nish-tə-mə-lih-ZAY-shən) is a process for the preparation of maize (corn), or other grain, in which the grain is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution, usually limewater (but sometimes aqueous alkali metal carbonates), [1 ...
Jewish-style American rye bread is sometimes referred to as corn rye, possibly from the Yiddish korn ('grain'), or from the use of cornmeal as a coating and handling aid. [ 20 ] The Jewish-American variety has Eastern and Central European Jewish antecedents, including Russian Jewish style brown bread, Polish Jewish style rye bread and Latvian ...
Corn kernels are the fruits of corn (called maize in many countries). Maize is a grain , and the kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or a source of starch . The kernel comprise endosperm , germ , pericarp , and tip cap.
The glucose in corn syrup binds water well, helping prevent moisture loss and extending the shelf life of baked goods “without the cloying sweetness” of honey or other sugar syrups, McGee says.
Most cereals need regular water in the early part of their life cycle. Rice is commonly grown in flooded fields, [29] though some strains are grown on dry land. [30] Other warm climate cereals, such as sorghum, are adapted to arid conditions. [31] Cool-season cereals are grown mainly in temperate zones.
A small quantity of meal is thrown into cold water, where it boils and swells as much as common meal boiled over fire. [1] Cornmeal – Meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn; Corn oil – Oil from the seeds of corn; Corn starch – Starch derived from corn (maize) grain; Corn steep liquor – By-product of corn wet-milling