How about since birds?! Now about those sprouts..... Once they've sprouted from the grain/seed is the entire thing edible or do you only cut off the sprouted growth and if not entirely edible, is the seed/grain still usable.Meaning, is it an annual or a perennial? I read someone's post that some sprouts are anti-thyroid; I believe it was alfalfa but can't be sure. What do you know of this? Excuse my ignorance, as I have never eaten sprouts but am interested in them. Oliva ----- Original Message ----- > On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:41:34 -0500, Don Wiss wrote: > > >Rapid transition? I wrote they started gathering them 17,000 years ago. > Amadeus wrote: > You mentioned that 17k years ago was the first *evidence* of gathered cereal > grains (you know of). That doesn't mean that this was when they *started* > gathering them > Or it may be millions of years. >