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The Grains We Eat "Oats the Weed Grain"
The Grains We Eat "Oats the Weed Grain" As much as the barley was beloved, the oats were despised in early civilized man. The oats (both singular and plural ) cereal grain is the grain that would not be tamed. Oats before civilization was loved like his animals. Pre-civilized man feed oats to his animals and to himself. Civilized man looked down their noses at oats. The Greeks thought that oats were food only for animals. The Romans would not dare eat the food of their animals and considered the Germans who ate oats as low as draft animals. In Samuel Johnson's "English Dictionary," he states, that oats are "food for men in Scotland, horses in England." The Scots rebuttal, "England is noted for the excellence of her horses; Scotland for the excellence of her men." So the cereal plant oats looked down upon, would not easily be domesticated, and was considered a weed. Oats came late to being semi-civilized. Oats like legumes has a high level of avenalin (a crystalline globulin). Globulins are characterized by being water soluble. Oats because of this globulin property turns into a milky product unlike other cereal grain flours that will make bread. Oats are the most nutritious of the cereal grasses with a high non-digestible fiber. Oats are generally considered a "healthy" source of nutrition today. The discovery of the healthy cholesterol-lowering properties in oats has led to wider appreciation of oats as a human food. Oats have no gluten, thus oats are an excellent substitute for wheat flour. Oats does have a high level of fat (lipids) which many be an issue with those watching their weight. Domesticated oats appear relatively late. The common oat plant (Avena sativs) is grown throughout temperate zones of the world. Most oats in the past have been grown for animals. Oats did not assist man in man's aggression. When the Germans switched from oats to wheat their aggression levels when up and the results were two world wars. May be we should eat more oats. Doctors and nutritionists are all touting the value of oats. It appears that oats are about to have their day at man's table, not because man likes oats, but because man needs oats to over come his stress and anger. Oats have a lower summer heat requirement than wheat, rye, or barley to grow. With a great tolerance to wetness, oats is the grain of choice in cool, wet regions of the world. Being an annual plant, oats can be planted either in the autumn to be harvest the following summer or planted in the spring to be harvested in early autumn. This gives man some control of oats but oats are still easily seeded by the wind and other natural seeders. Oats as a food source is on the rise as more people search for a healthier life style. Raised breads are hard to produce with millet, oats , barley or corn. The history of raised bread centers around wheat. Wheats gluten has the ability to gel after having been cooked and as the bread is being cooled the gluten gels to give height to the wheat bread. Research is underway to perfect a process where by other grains and especially oats can be used to make raised breads (see: Oats & Bread Height http://www.gfbakingpans.com/oabrhe.html). The answer may be in a “oat/flaxseed combination” that causes the bread to gel much like wheat gluten causes the wheat bread to gel into a stable loaf. If so, then this may give rise to a healthier loaf of 4 inch high oats bread. Oats used in the making of beers actually died out in Europe an is just now beginning to reappear as a drinkable product. Oats beers may have up to 30% oats malt added during the brewing process. This oats malting can lead to an astringent bitter taste if the oats malting exceeds over the normal 30% oats malting. The addition of the oats malt leads its name to the beer know as Oatmeal stout. Still not a big seller, its popularity is growing due to its calories can be less than a glass of orange juice. Possibly mothers and fathers will be telling their children, “Drink your stout, its good for you,” before they send them off to school (Not likely in America, but possible in Germany and England). Health wise, we will see more oats being served at morning breakfasts, snack bars, breads and sandwiches, and in salads. Oats every day will keep the doctor away. Especially the cancer doctor. And ladies and gents if you want beautiful skin oat baths are becoming the rage. I guess its not so much what you eat if you want to be beautiful, its what you get plastered with that makes you beautiful. Oats & Bread Height http://www.gfbakingpans.com/oabrhe.html |
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