[Sca-cooks] Buckwheat was (Latkes was Probably OOP but just wondering.)

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> <<  In Russia, it appears as kasha.
>  Bear
>   >>
> Ah, I get it. All ya'll had to do was say its kasha :)

Well, not exactly. Buckwheat groats IS buckwheat kasha. But kasha is a
generic term for groats, and buckwheat doesn't appear in Eastern Europe
until the 13th or 14th century.

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