[Sca-cooks] cooking with Kasha
lilinah at earthlink.net
lilinah at earthlink.net
Sun Nov 7 08:58:58 PST 2004
William de Grandfort wrote:
>In the U.S., if you find a box in the supermarket labeled 'Kasha',
>it will, more likely than not,
>contain buckwheat and no other grain. Even though it is a misnomer,
>because Kasha is generic for
>gruel or porridge, and can be made from any kind of grain,
>mainstream U.S. manufacturers and
>consumers recognize the word 'Kasha' to mean 'buckwheat'.
>Therefore, if you purchase 'Kasha' in
>almost any U.S. supermarket, it will be buckwheat.
Ah, you missed something in my post.
The buckwheat you purchase as kasha in the US is not just buckwheat.
I pointed out that it is *roasted* buckwheat.
You can also purchase unroasted buckwheat, although perhaps not at
the supermarket. I've found it in the bulk section of "health food"
stores and a rather unusual "supermarket" in my area, the famous
Berkeley Bowl.
Anahita
who also has some nice buckwheat-pecan pancake mix
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