What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2025)?

[Barriehie]

We often use it. A lot of the middle eastern dishes I make have it and green wheat in them. They're ostensibly used similarly to rice or barley or even rye.

I've got a kilo or so I use to mill into whole wheat flour I just never thought about the berries. Matter of upbringing and what you're taught to eat...

 

[msmofet]

 

[msmofet]

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Dig Um!!

 

[badjak]

Just a loaf of white bread.
No time to bake one
Yesterday evening was boerewors & pickels. Today might be toasted sandwich

 

[JAS_OH1]

I put some in a stew meat pot and they're chewy and picked up the pot flavors. I'm going to explore this cooking with whole wheat berries thing...

It looks a lot like barley so I imagine it could behave the same way in a stew.

 

[Barriehie]

It looks a lot like barley so I imagine it could behave the same way in a stew.

I've got some of that too and yes, very similar.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I've got a kilo or so I use to mill into whole wheat flour I just never thought about the berries. Matter of upbringing and what you're taught to eat...

I wasn't brought up to eat the berries either, but I've changed my diet radically from what my family ate. Else I would live off potatoes and cheese, nothing more.

 

[Barriehie]

I wasn't bright up to eat the berries either, but I've changed my diet radically from what my family ate. Else I would live off potatoes and cheese, nothing more.

Yesterday I toasted some in a pan with some avocado oil and then cooked in the rice cooker. Came out pretty good! Kind of mushy but that was my bad on the amount of water.

 

[msmofet]

I used to get a salad from Whole Foods buffet/salad bar that had wheat berries. It was so good. I think it had a Greek flavor profile.

 

[vernplum]

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OK what's that big brown thing?

 

[TastyReuben]

I wasn't brought up to eat the berries either, but I've changed my diet radically from what my family ate. Else I would live off potatoes and cheese, nothing more.

Throw in a pork chop and we could be related.

 

[TastyReuben]

OK what's that big brown thing?

That looks to be a big ol’ apple fritter.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Usually when I think of wheat I think of flour but I saw this in Morelo's Market and couldn't resist.

That intrigued me, too, and I wondered what it was used for in South America so I had a look for some recipes/
From Perú: trigo atamalado ( like a soup) and picante de trigo (trigo with chile peppers and meat- Peruvians loooooove their chiles!)
From Mexico: albóndigas de trigo ( wheat meatballs) and ensalada de trigo y queso fresco (wheat berry salad with fresh cheese)
From Bolivia: Cha'aque de trigo (like a wheat berry soup with lamb)
From Spain: Guiso Murciano de trigo y garbanzos ( wheat berry & chickpea stew, from Murcia)

If any of them look interesting, I can probably translate them in a few minutes, so let me know.

 

[msmofet]

OK what's that big brown thing?

Apple Fritter? Just a guess.