On Food and Cooking

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from dark to red and brown to white, with the
pigmented varieties said to have more flavor.
Teff is most often made into the spongy
flatbread called injera, which unlike most
breads stays soft and chewy for several days.


Triticale Triticale is a modern, artificial cross
between wheat and rye (Triticum x Secale),
first documented late in the 19th century and
grown commercially around1970. There are
many different forms, the most commonly
grown a cross between durum wheat and rye.
Its grains are generally more similar to wheat
than to rye, though the breadmaking qualities
of most varieties aren’t as good as wheat’s.
Triticale is now mostly grown for animal
feed, and is sometimes sold in health food
stores.


Pseudocereals


Amaranth, buckwheat, and quinoa are not

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