John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Can wheat be grown indoors?

Plastic sheet Though you can’t grow wheat berries inside, you can still grow a very nutritional part of wheat indoors— wheat grass. The young stalks of wheat are especially high in chlorophyll, which makes a great addition to your diet and to your cat’s diet. A new study by scientists at the University of Florida …

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Does a wheat allergy mean gluten allergy?

People occasionally refer to a wheat allergy as a “gluten allergy,” but true wheat allergy doesn’t necessarily involve gluten —it’s possible to be allergic to many different components of the wheat plant. Symptoms of true wheat allergy include:. Then, what is wheat allergy? Wheat allergy is commonly conflated with having celiac disease or a gluten …

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Which wheat is best?

Organically produced whole wheat is cultivated as naturally as possible without exposure to harmful pesticides and fertilisers. Therefore, stone-ground and organic whole wheat atta, no matter the type of wheat is the best choice. What is the best type of wheat for baking? Because it is low in gluten, soft white wheat is best for …

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What do wheat farmers do in the winter?

Winter wheat prevents soil erosion over the winter when used as a cover crop. Winter wheat out-competes many weed varieties. Helps build soil (through heavy production of organic material) and cycle nutrients through soil. Uses soil moisture more efficiently because it starts growing earlier in the spring. This spring wheat planted in the autumn and …

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