Tuesday, July 14, 2015

You see, this quinoa here is all seeds.

Whereas wheat is a grain.

That is Bobby Flay on plant-taxonomy yesterday.

Also common knowledge among food explainers, I've seen it on packages and on websites, wild rice is actually a type of grass, it is not real rice.

They've confused themselves. It's simpler than that. Grains are seeds and rice is grass and so is wheat, but not quinoa. All are seed-foods.  Grain is a hard dry seed.

2 comments:

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

You basically show why they are cooks and not botanists.

The thing about wheat (rye, faro, etc.) are they have wheat gluten, a protein, that some people are allergic too. A whole bunch of people think avoiding gluten somehow makes them healthier. Unless you have celiac disease, probably not.

What makes them healthier is generally avoiding refined carbs associated with processed wheat. That would be true is you avoided processed rice or corn or even quinoa. If you eat the grains in a less processed form (such as steaming brown rice or faro) it is healthier because you are not getting a huge sugar rush from eating them (the whole grain takes longer to digest and has more fiber).

But what do I know, I eat grass. That grain stuff will kill you if you are a cow.

Methadras said...

Is any of it gluten free because hipster?