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Rye vs. Caraway

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Dale

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Jan 31, 2002, 1:58:55 PM1/31/02
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I recently started making rye bread and in my searching for products to use,
I began wondering why you never see rye seeds for sale. I was talking about
it with my cousin and she said that the rye is grain and the caraway is the
seed. Is that right? Sounds right, you never see caraway flour but
definitely see rye four.
Dale

Scott

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Jan 31, 2002, 3:15:40 PM1/31/02
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In article <B87ED3D3.2712%chick...@cox.net>,
Dale <chick...@cox.net> wrote:

Caraway seeds and rye are unrelated. Caraway is a hardy biennial herb in
the parsley family, and is native to Europe and western Asia.
Grain and seed are, basically synonymous, but the former is used to
refer to cereal grains--the plant as well as the seed.

Dick Margulis

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Jan 31, 2002, 5:30:20 PM1/31/02
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Scott wrote:


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> Caraway seeds and rye are unrelated. Caraway is a hardy biennial herb in
> the parsley family, and is native to Europe and western Asia.


It is also widely naturalized in the US and grows readily as a garden or
field crop. For those who enjoy growing their own food, caraway seed is
a fun addition to the garden. (Just remember that it is a biennial and
allocate space for it accordingly.)


Ben Mcgehee

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Feb 1, 2002, 7:44:34 AM2/1/02
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> I began wondering why you never see rye seeds for sale.

You can buy rye seed. My brother buys it by the sackful and plants it in
the fall for the deer. This year he bought both rye and wheat - I never did
ask him which one he liked better. I think he got it at a feed store, so I
wouldn't recommend it for human consumption unless you read the bag
carefully. I still thought it was neat to see the difference in the shape
of the wheat and the rye, and taste them in an unrefined form.

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Mike Avery

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Feb 1, 2002, 10:39:14 AM2/1/02
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On 1 Feb 2002 at 12:44, Ben Mcgehee wrote:

> > I began wondering why you never see rye seeds for sale.

> You can buy rye seed. My brother buys it by the sackful and plants it
> in the fall for the deer. This year he bought both rye and wheat - I
> never did ask him which one he liked better. I think he got it at a
> feed store, so I wouldn't recommend it for human consumption unless
> you read the bag carefully. I still thought it was neat to see the
> difference in the shape of the wheat and the rye, and taste them in an
> unrefined form.

Bob's Red Mill, among others, sells rye seed for baking
purposes. Most health food stores sell wheat seed.

If you want to grind your own, you are better off paying
the extra money for grain from a grain mill or baking
supply outlet. Grain intended for planting or animal
consumption isn't cleaned as well as that inteded for
human consumption. Laruel Robertson comments that
the grain at feed stores is cheaper, but it has a feedy
taste.

Mike

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