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Old 25-05-2008, 11:24 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default What is a "grain"?
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Michael Bell writes:

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| Is this correct? Wheat is stored, as strategic food reserve, if not
| actually as a commercial operation, for many years. Are the wheat
| seeds dead when take out and milled? And does it make any difference
| to the flour?

Partially. No. Not much.

It might be added that some grain found in ancient Egyptian pyramids has
been successfully germinated.

That's probably over 3,000 years old.

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