Can millets help create global food security?

Skybird · 05-06-22, 08:54 AM

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I love millet, a very great and versatile cereal for savory and sweet, solid or porridge use. It is absolutely straightforward to prepare. Although hulled, it is considered a whole grain, because unlike wheat, barley and rye, vitamins and minerals are not concentrated under and in the hulled husk, but permeate evenly throughout the entire fruit body, so that when - necessarily! - hulled only the portion of vital substances is lost, which corresponds to the volume of the husk in the entire grain. In the case of wheat, all that remains after hulling is pure sturgeon (extract flour).

In phases of the European past millet was the most important grain of all, even before wheat and oats (my second most liked grain).

Millet (and oats) do not fall under the ATI sensitivity issue (sensitivity to Amylase-Trypsin-Inhibitors, a problem with grain contaning them) Also a big plus.

Personally, I like millet much better than quinoa or amaranth. Why import the exotic stuff long distances and produce bitter porridge when the goodness could grow on your doorstep? In Germany, most millet comes from Chinese exports, but for the past few years there has been a slowly beginning return to millet among German farmers. Slowly, unfortunately, but I welcome it.

Hise is relatively undemanding to grow, another plus in times of climate change.

Recipe tips:
As a soup garnish or side dish, wash millet (to get rid of dirt and germs from the field (germs, heavy metals - it is NOT about washing out starch!) and simmer and swell in mild broth of any kind, along with savory (Bohnenkraut). Add some cheese or grated parmesan if desired. Then top with for exmaple a potatoe stew or tomatoe cream soup, or serve as a side dish.

Oats: my favorite preparation is either as an oatmeal cereal in milk and cocoa, or savory: swell and burst for an hour in milk and cream with instant broth powder and a good load of "Schabziger Klee" and cook down until nice and creamy, then use as a stew or side dish, again possibly adding cheese. Is a little more time-consuming than to cook millet, millet goes very quickly, but otherwise also uncomplicated. Only stir now and then, so that the milk does not burn or boil over.

mapuc · 05-06-22, 09:11 AM

I was thinking the same today when I sat on bus and saw the fields that have been sown...not on Millet though. but on a cereal that can withstand long time drought

Markus

Jimbuna · 05-07-22, 04:33 AM

Love the stuff but don't eat it as much as I should unfortunately.

Rockstar · 05-07-22, 04:31 PM

Millet does make a fairly decent spawn tek so it’s got that going for it.

vienna · 05-10-22, 03:50 AM

Oh, millets, not, mullets...

...never mind...

<O>

05-06-22, 08:54 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Can millets help create global food security? https://beta.dw.com/en/sustainable-a...ain/a-61682721 I love millet, a very great and versatile cereal for savory and sweet, solid or porridge use. It is absolutely straightforward to prepare. Although hulled, it is considered a whole grain, because unlike wheat, barley and rye, vitamins and minerals are not concentrated under and in the hulled husk, but permeate evenly throughout the entire fruit body, so that when - necessarily! - hulled only the portion of vital substances is lost, which corresponds to the volume of the husk in the entire grain. In the case of wheat, all that remains after hulling is pure sturgeon (extract flour). In phases of the European past millet was the most important grain of all, even before wheat and oats (my second most liked grain). Millet (and oats) do not fall under the ATI sensitivity issue (sensitivity to Amylase-Trypsin-Inhibitors, a problem with grain contaning them) Also a big plus. Personally, I like millet much better than quinoa or amaranth. Why import the exotic stuff long distances and produce bitter porridge when the goodness could grow on your doorstep? In Germany, most millet comes from Chinese exports, but for the past few years there has been a slowly beginning return to millet among German farmers. Slowly, unfortunately, but I welcome it. Hise is relatively undemanding to grow, another plus in times of climate change. Recipe tips: As a soup garnish or side dish, wash millet (to get rid of dirt and germs from the field (germs, heavy metals - it is NOT about washing out starch!) and simmer and swell in mild broth of any kind, along with savory (Bohnenkraut). Add some cheese or grated parmesan if desired. Then top with for exmaple a potatoe stew or tomatoe cream soup, or serve as a side dish. Oats: my favorite preparation is either as an oatmeal cereal in milk and cocoa, or savory: swell and burst for an hour in milk and cream with instant broth powder and a good load of "Schabziger Klee" and cook down until nice and creamy, then use as a stew or side dish, again possibly adding cheese. Is a little more time-consuming than to cook millet, millet goes very quickly, but otherwise also uncomplicated. Only stir now and then, so that the milk does not burn or boil over. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-06-22, 09:11 AM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	I was thinking the same today when I sat on bus and saw the fields that have been sown...not on Millet though. but on a cereal that can withstand long time drought Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

05-07-22, 04:33 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Love the stuff but don't eat it as much as I should unfortunately. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-10-22, 03:50 AM	#5
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Oh, millets, not, mullets... ...never mind... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

05-07-22, 04:31 PM	#4
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Millet does make a fairly decent spawn tek so it’s got that going for it.