<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hi, I'm new to the listserv, so please excuse me if I ask for info that was recently obtained. I have perused the FAQs so I am familiar with the listserv's official statements made regarding buckwheat. Based on the reading and layperson's research I've done, I understand that buckwheat itself is not even a grain (the name is unfortunate--a misnomer) but a plant apparently related to rhubarb, whose fruit is ground into flour (hard to imagine, when one thinks of common fruit being ground into flour!). I do suspect, as the FAQs suggest, that those people with gluten intolerance who make a point to avoid buckwheat do so because they have had unfortunate results after eating food made with a blend of buckwheat and wheat--whether this blend was intentional (recipe) or accidental (a tainted mill). Other distinct possibilities for buckwheat avoidance are prudence (what if . . ?) and mindset (the popular Dr. Andrew Weil noted in a piece on general allergies, "Don't forget that there is a significant mind-related component in allergy as well. In one demonstration that's been around in the medical literature for some time, people strongly allergic to roses reacted just as violently to a plastic rose. This shows that allergies can be learned -- and anything learned can be unlearned."). Please understand that after going through lactose intolerance before lactose intolerance was a recognized physical situation, I am the first person not to say "It's all in your head"; I do know, though, from personal experience, that I have reacted to foods only because my mind was made up that I would react. I've done quite a bit of experimentation with this. Now, to my original mission: I am seeking vegan buckwheat recipes. For those unfamiliar with the term vegan, vegan recipes are those made with no ingredients derived from animals in any manner (flesh, eggs, dairy (including whey and casein), honey, propolis, certain sugar (made with use of bone char), etc.). I am very taken with buckwheat and would like to learn how to make vegan buckwheat crackers, bread, pancakes, waffles, pitas, tortilla shells, pie crust, and cake. Anyone success with such recipes (my attempts at making vegan pancakes have been utter failures) and willing to share them, I would be forever grateful--as may be others on this listserv. Because I am short on money and time, I would rather not simply receive references to cookbooks, as I may well already have them. I want tried and true recipes from you (or from books you've tapped into and have found to work well). Thanks so much for your time and consideration. Elizabeth [log in to unmask]