To be used for demonstrating the increase the knowledge of whole grains legumes and seeds for culinary purposes along with actual samples of the product
1. RYE
CONTAINS GLUTEN
CAN CAUSE ERGOTISM
WINTER HARDY
USED FOR ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FUNGUS
USED FOR MAKING RYE
BREAD
2. QUINOA
GLUTEN FREE
COMPLETE PROTEIN AND
HIGH IN MINERALS
PSEUDOGRAIN/RICE FAMILY
NATIVE TO THE ANDES
BITTER TASTE FROM
SAPONINS/WASH BEFORE
USE
CONSIDERED FOR LONG
DURATION SPACE FLIGHTS
3. SORGHUM
GLUTEN FREE
GROWS WELL IN
ARKANSAS
USED FOR ANIMAL
FODDER
ANCIENT GRAIN FROM
AFRICA
5. RED RICE
HIGH IN ANTHOCYANINS
NUTTY TASTE
NEEDS PRESOAKING TO
REDUCE COOKING TIME
GLUTEN FREE
6. BLACK (FORBIDDEN) RICE
CONTAINS
ANTHOCYANINS
GLUTEN FREE
HIGH IN LYSINE, AN
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID
WAS HISTORICALLY
RESERVED FOR CHINESE
ROYALTY
LONGER COOK TIME
7. BUCKWHEAT/KASHA
GLUTEN FREE
FAST GROWING, SEEDS IN
6 WEEKS
PSEUDOCEREAL
HIGHCONCENTRATION OF
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
PANCAKES AND NOODLES
8. SESAME
OLDEST OIL SEED KNOWN
TO MAN
GLUTEN FREE
HIGHEST OIL CONTENT OF
ANY SEED
MAIN INGREDIENT IN
TAHINI
ALSO COMES IN BLACK
9. AMARANTH
LEAVES ARE EDIBLE
GLUTEN FREE
GROWS AS A WEED IN
ARKANSAS/RELATED TO PIG
WEED
VERY HIGH IN PROTEIN AND
ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID,
LYSINE
SYMBOL OF IMMORTALITY IN
GREECE
10. RICE
STAPLE CROP WORLD
WIDE
45% OF THE WORLD’S RICE
IS PRODUCED BY
ARKANSAS
GLUTEN FREE
USDA ACTIVELY SUPPORTS
ARKANSAS RICE FARMERS
11. FAVA BEANS
GROWS WELL IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN REGION
CAN CAUSE HEMOLYTIC
ANEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH
G6PD DEFICIENCY/FAVISM
PYTHAGORAS THOUGHT
THAT THEY CONTAINED
THE SOULS OF THE DEAD
GLUTEN FREE
16. PEARLED BARLEY
CONTAINS GLUTEN
HULL HAS BEEN REMOVED
FOR QUICK COOKING
CONTAINS FIBER
THROUGHOUT THE
GRAIN,NOT JUST THE HUSK
ANCIENT GRAIN
17. OATS
LOWERS CHOLESTEROL,
FDA ALLOWS HEALTH
CLAIMS ON PRODUCTS
CONTAINING OATS
GLUTEN FREE, WATCH FOR
CONTAMINATION
REMOVES NITROGEN
FROM SOIL