wrote:
> I purchased a bag of wholewheat berries by mistake. Either I picked up
> the wrong bag (think I was grabbing wheat germ) or I got the two mixed
> up in my mind. I bought the bag planning to use it when I make
> granola. The berries are hard, and I figure if I put them in my
> granola which I bake they will even become harder. Are berries the
> actual grain, and I could cook them like cereal, and once they are
> softened I could put them in the granola without them getting hard
> again. Is there another use, other than just adding them to something
> like meat loaf or other cassaroles.

I pressure-cook them. 1 cup wheatberries, 3 cups water, 35-45 minutes.
One of my dishes on the rfc website is my wheatberry salad:

http://www.recfoodcooking.com/sigs/S...y%20Salad.html

Serene

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