I made meatloaf the other day and wished I could buy a tiny packet of
flaxseed to put in it as an egg substitute. But all of the flaxseed I have
seen comes in a far larger quantity before it goes bad. So imagine my
surprise when I found tiny packets at the Walmart food store!
They also had hemp and chia seeds and some other things. On the baking
aisle. Brand is Badia. The one packet was still twice as much as I needed
for the meatloaves that I made but I can just add it to some bread or
something. And then I won't have to store it.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I made meatloaf the other day and wished I could buy a tiny packet of
> flaxseed to put in it as an egg substitute. But all of the flaxseed I have
> seen comes in a far larger quantity before it goes bad. So imagine my
> surprise when I found tiny packets at the Walmart food store!
> They also had hemp and chia seeds and some other things. On the baking
> aisle. Brand is Badia. The one packet was still twice as much as I needed
> for the meatloaves that I made but I can just add it to some bread or
> something. And then I won't have to store it.

Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
"organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
groats." I don't remember where I got it (it was a free sample). It
almost seems like it came in the mail about a year ago. It's from
Nuts.com

Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
2/3 measuring cup.

What would you use that for? I have no clue. I did look up uses but
saw nothing that I would bother with. Like making crackers, etc. Not
me. Evidently, it's a nutrition suppliment and not a taste thing.

Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > I made meatloaf the other day and wished I could buy a tiny packet
> > of flaxseed to put in it as an egg substitute. But all of the
> > flaxseed I have seen comes in a far larger quantity before it goes
> > bad. So imagine my surprise when I found tiny packets at the
> > Walmart food store! They also had hemp and chia seeds and some
> > other things. On the baking aisle. Brand is Badia. The one
> > packet was still twice as much as I needed for the meatloaves that
> > I made but I can just add it to some bread or something. And then
> > I won't have to store it.
>
> Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
> groats." I don't remember where I got it (it was a free sample). It
> almost seems like it came in the mail about a year ago. It's from
> Nuts.com
>
> Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
> 2/3 measuring cup.
>
> What would you use that for? I have no clue. I did look up uses but
> saw nothing that I would bother with. Like making crackers, etc. Not
> me. Evidently, it's a nutrition suppliment and not a taste thing.

Does it look like flour (milled) or oatmeal?



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cshenk wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> > "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
> > groats."
> >
> > Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
> > 2/3 measuring cup.

> Does it look like flour (milled) or oatmeal?

No Carol. It's a packet of seeds. Looks like this:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/rawun...heatgroats.jpg

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I made meatloaf the other day and wished I could buy a tiny packet of
>> flaxseed to put in it as an egg substitute. But all of the flaxseed I
>> have
>> seen comes in a far larger quantity before it goes bad. So imagine my
>> surprise when I found tiny packets at the Walmart food store!
>> They also had hemp and chia seeds and some other things. On the baking
>> aisle. Brand is Badia. The one packet was still twice as much as I
>> needed
>> for the meatloaves that I made but I can just add it to some bread or
>> something. And then I won't have to store it.
>
> Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
> groats." I don't remember where I got it (it was a free sample). It
> almost seems like it came in the mail about a year ago. It's from
> Nuts.com
>
> Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
> 2/3 measuring cup.
>
> What would you use that for? I have no clue. I did look up uses but
> saw nothing that I would bother with. Like making crackers, etc. Not
> me. Evidently, it's a nutrition suppliment and not a taste thing.

I had one of those too for some reason. Not sure where they came from or
why I had them. I wound up tossing them out when I realized they were very
old.

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:04:49 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> cshenk wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > > Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> > > "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
> > > groats."
> > >
> > > Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
> > > 2/3 measuring cup.
>
> > Does it look like flour (milled) or oatmeal?
>
> No Carol. It's a packet of seeds. Looks like this:
> http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/rawun...heatgroats.jpg

You eat it for breakfast, Gary.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART03180...eat-Kasha.html

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sf

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:09:07 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I made meatloaf the other day and wished I could buy a tiny packet of
>> flaxseed to put in it as an egg substitute. But all of the flaxseed I have
>> seen comes in a far larger quantity before it goes bad. So imagine my
>> surprise when I found tiny packets at the Walmart food store!
>> They also had hemp and chia seeds and some other things. On the baking
>> aisle. Brand is Badia. The one packet was still twice as much as I needed
>> for the meatloaves that I made but I can just add it to some bread or
>> something. And then I won't have to store it.
>
>Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
>"organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
>groats." I don't remember where I got it (it was a free sample). It
>almost seems like it came in the mail about a year ago. It's from
>Nuts.com
>
>Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
>2/3 measuring cup.
>
>What would you use that for? I have no clue. I did look up uses but
>saw nothing that I would bother with. Like making crackers, etc. Not
>me. Evidently, it's a nutrition suppliment and not a taste thing.

Kasha... kasha varnishkas is what I cook for Thanksgiving in lieu of
stuffing.
http://wolffskasha.com/
http://i64.tinypic.com/20af6ew.jpg
http://i64.tinypic.com/snnvgw.jpg

Gary wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> cshenk wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > > Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> > > "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says
> > > "buckwheat groats."
> > >
> > > Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe
> > > a 2/3 measuring cup.
>
> > Does it look like flour (milled) or oatmeal?
>
> No Carol. It's a packet of seeds. Looks like this:
> http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/rawun...heatgroats.jpg

Interesting! Nope, no clue what to do with them.

Carol

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On 11/10/2015 8:09 AM, Gary wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I made meatloaf the other day and wished I could buy a tiny packet of
>> flaxseed to put in it as an egg substitute. But all of the flaxseed I have
>> seen comes in a far larger quantity before it goes bad. So imagine my
>> surprise when I found tiny packets at the Walmart food store!
>> They also had hemp and chia seeds and some other things. On the baking
>> aisle. Brand is Badia. The one packet was still twice as much as I needed
>> for the meatloaves that I made but I can just add it to some bread or
>> something. And then I won't have to store it.
>
> Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
> groats." I don't remember where I got it (it was a free sample). It
> almost seems like it came in the mail about a year ago. It's from
> Nuts.com
>
> Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
> 2/3 measuring cup.
>
> What would you use that for? I have no clue. I did look up uses but
> saw nothing that I would bother with. Like making crackers, etc. Not
> me. Evidently, it's a nutrition suppliment and not a taste thing.
>
When I was growing up, we often had buckwheat pancakes. Your packet
might contain enough to produce one recipe of buckwheat pancakes. The
flavor is very different from regular pancakes, and I really liked them.

MaryL

On 11/10/2015 10:04 AM, Gary wrote:
> cshenk wrote:
>>
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
>>> "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
>>> groats."
>>>
>>> Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
>>> 2/3 measuring cup.
>
>> Does it look like flour (milled) or oatmeal?
>
> No Carol. It's a packet of seeds. Looks like this:
> http://www.foodsubs.com/Photos/rawun...heatgroats.jpg
>
Ooops. I just saw this message. I posted a message a few minute ago
suggesting that you try buckwheat pancakes, but that would require
buckwheat flour (not groats).

MaryL

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Kasha... kasha varnishkas is what I cook for Thanksgiving in lieu of
> stuffing.
> http://wolffskasha.com/
> http://i64.tinypic.com/20af6ew.jpg
> http://i64.tinypic.com/snnvgw.jpg

The pics look very tasty Sheldon. I could see that as a side dish but
I would still make real stuffing (and cooked inside the bird).

Gary wrote:
>
> Going through my pantry this morning, I found a sample packet of
> "organic raw white buckwheat." Ingredient list just says "buckwheat
> groats." I don't remember where I got it (it was a free sample). It
> almost seems like it came in the mail about a year ago. It's from
> Nuts.com
>
> Anyway, the sample pack would fill a 1/2 measuring cup...or maybe a
> 2/3 measuring cup.
>
> What would you use that for?

Thanks to all that responded. I ended up trying them yesterday after
looking at several recipes. I found one that I had all the ingredients
for.

Here's the basic recipe but I changed it a bit. Result was very
tasty.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/RCP00218...egetables.html

First I toasted the buckwheat "seeds" in a dry frying pan.
This supposedly turns them from bitter to a nice nutty flavor.
Doing this turns them into Kasha. I put them in a small saucepan
for later.

I had fresh white mushrooms, not dried others. In a frying pan, I
sauteed the carrot, onion, and mushrooms in a little butter, then I
added in some beef broth. Once all this was cooked, I put all into the
saucepan with the buckwheat, added more water, brought to a simmer
then covered.

That 1/2 cup of dried buckwheat made about 2.5 cups of finished and
was very tasty. Buckwheat definitely has a very distinct taste.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2w6wak4.jpg
Sorry about the blurry pic. It's an old camera.