[Sca-cooks] cereals (was food safety/food preservation question)

Terry Decker t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Sat Jul 22 19:01:46 PDT 2006


To quote The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language  (seeing 
that my OED isn't in this Lubbock hotel room), "Cereal.  2. Any of several 
other plants or their edible seeds, such as buckwheat or grain amaranth." 
Botanically, cereals are grasses, but the word has broader scope in general 
usage.

Bear

> Buckwheat and amaranth (and quinoa) are seeds, not grains -- or grass
> fruits (caryopsis) -- by the way.  So they're not cereals, but can be
> used in place of cereals.  Cereals are the fruits (grains) of grasses,
> not just the seeds.
>
> Duriel





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