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Pulses or grain legumes, members of the pea family, have a higher protein content than most other plant foods, at around 20%, while soybeans have as much as 35%. As is the case with all other whole plant foods, pulses also contain carbohydrates and fat. Common pulses include: chickpeas; common beans; common peas (garden peas) fava beans ...
As a global food source, the most important edible seeds by weight are cereals, followed by legumes, nuts, [2] then spices. Cereals ( grain crops ) and legumes ( pulses ) correspond with the botanical families Poaceae and Fabaceae , respectively, while nuts, pseudocereals , and other seeds form polyphylic groups based on their culinary roles.
Some English speakers use farro to mean steamed or boiled grain presented as salad and similar dishes, whereas in Italy it means the three grains, individually or together. Farro is sometimes translated as "spelt" in English, but this is only one of three possibilities.
Popular worldwide as a breakfast food, such as in porridge, and livestock feed. [94] Triticale: 0 0.17 9 14 — Hybrid of wheat and rye, grown similarly to rye. [92] Rye: 35 25 20 12 13 Important in cold climates. Rye grain is used for flour, bread, beer, crispbread, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder. [92] Fonio: 0.18 0.15 0.31 0.56 —
Grains are the harvested seed of food crops. For grains that are also cereals (members of the Poaceae) see Category:Cereals; Grain legumes are those plants used as food in the form of unripe pods, immature seed or mature dry seed, directly or indirectly, see Category:Edible legumes
The name literally means "fox ear". Rashi holds this to be oats, and Maimonides holds it to be a type of "wild barley," while Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham called it by its Arabic name sunbulat al-tha'alib (Fox's spike). [4] [5] Shifon (שִׁיפוֹן šīfōn) – rye, oats, or spelt. Its Arabic cognate, šūfān (شُوفَان) refers to oats.
Sorghum is a large stout grass that grows up to 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) tall. It has large bushy flowerheads or panicles that provide an edible starchy grain with up to 3,000 seeds in each flowerhead. It grows in warm climates worldwide for food and forage. [11] [12] [13] Sorghum is native to Africa with many cultivated forms.
Common wheat was first domesticated in West Asia during the early Holocene, and spread from there to North Africa, Europe and East Asia in the prehistoric period. [citation needed] Naked wheats (including Triticum aestivum, T. durum, and T. turgidum) were found in Roman burial sites ranging from 100 BCE to 300 CE.