Fwd: [MCS-CI-Hope2] Teff. Anyone know anything about it?

April 10, 2005

A friend in another group gave me permission to forward her question to

this group. Anybody know about teff?

LaVonne

>An Ethiopian friend is making something with teff for me. It's a kind

>of bread and looks delicious. She is making lit, which is just teff

>and water. It is some kind of a starter for making the bread I

>think. She calls it yeast, and if it is yeast, I can't touch it. It

>is left in the room for a day or two until it rises. Then I think it

>is refrigerated. I already had a sort of hot cereal she made with it

>and seemed to tolerate it. I just want to know if the lit is yeast.

>Does anyone know or know where I could find out?

>

>As an aside, she buys huge bags of teff for her family, but when she

>smelled my organic teff, she had a tear in her eye when she told me

>the smell reminded her of her own country. Who knows what is in the

>non-organic teff that she buys over here that doesn't smell like it

>should!

>

>Thanks for any input.

>

>Susan

April 11, 2005

Teff is an ancient gluten free grain.

Jay Berger

Miss Roben's, Your Allergy Grocer

91 Western Maryland Pkwy, #7

Hagerstown, MD 21740

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