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I stumbled across this factoid about buckwheat (from Trader Joe's web
site):
Buckwheat
Originating in Siberia & Manchuria, buckwheat is not a true cereal
grain, but is an herb. It was not cultivated in Europe until the
14th
century (making it one of the last grains to be cultivated). The
name
is derived from the Dutch boeke (beech) weite (wheat), because the
grains are shaped a little like beechnuts.
My question to the list: Does this make buckwheat a "legal" Paleo food?
Can it be eaten "raw" (not that one would want to, of course :-) )?
How about gluten content (presumably none), and other bad things common
to grains?
Apologies if this has been discussed before.
Tom Addison
Amsterdam, NL
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