Kasha
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In English, kasha is a porridge usually made from buckwheat, a pseudocereal. In the Slavic languages, kasha means porridge. In some varieties of Central and Eastern European cuisine, kasha can apply t
Buckwheat kasha
A woman grinding kasha, an 18th-century drawing by J.-P. Norblin
Buckwheat porridge made in oven
Groat (grain)
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Groats are the hulled kernels of various cereal grains, such as oats, wheat, rye, and barley. Groats are whole grains that include the cereal germ and fiber-rich bran portion of the grain, as well as
Kasha
…but most often is boiled, either in water or milk, but the word can also refer to the grain before preparation, which corresponds to the definition of 'groats'. The word kasha was borrowed from Russian kásha and first appears in English-language sources in 1808…
Groats mix
From the top: fine, medium, and coarsely cut oat groats (i.e. steel-cut oats) Bottom: uncut oat groats
USDA wheat