"... Kamut® is a registered trademark of Kamut International, Ltd.,
used in marketing products made with a remarkable grain. The new
cereal is an ancient relative of modern durum wheat, two to three
times the size of common wheat
... Following WWII, a US airman claimed to have taken a handful of
this grain from a stone box in a tomb near Dashare, Egypt. Thirty-six
kernels of the grain were given to a friend who mailed them to his
father, a Montana wheat farmer. "
So based on that, there may be some credibility to the egyptian tomb
idea, and the name is apparently trademarked for marketing products
made with the grain. However the article also says: "...most
scientists believe it probably survived the years as an obscure grain
kept alive by the diversity of crops common to small peasant farmers
perhaps in Egypt or Asia Minor."
This stuff also appears to be edible by folks with allergies to
normal wheat.
Roy
Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180
Re: [Homestead] Small Grains, Was Hulless Oats
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