[Sca-cooks] cooking with Kasha

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> I, unfortunately, didn't save the post where 
> someone was talking about seeing kasha that 
> wasn't buckwheat.
> 
> I think I have found the source for that
> misconception.

S'not a misconception. It's a linguistic difference. 'Kasha' or 'Kasza' 
in Slavic languages is just grain porridge; usually made from groats 
(crushed grains).

The term 'kasha' used to apply to roasted buckwheat groats is an 
Americanism, probably a surivival of certain Eastern European 
subpopulations. 

The OED says of kasha: " A gruel or porridge made from cooked buckwheat 
_or other meals or cereals_."
(Emphasis mine.)

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