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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.
But as to the original question; Is it true that "a grain" is a hard
dry thing (whatever its botanical name) which can be kept long-term
because its eating qualities are unchanged by its death? (That UNlike
"vegetables" and "fruist" (whatever their botanical name) become
UNeatable on death - and starting to rot.)
Michael Bell
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