Re: buckwheat, was Old El Paso/Pillsbury

[Guest guest]

Plain buckwheat is gf, but celiac books warn that buckwheat flour is often

blended with wheat flour, or cross contaminated on the same mill lines.

Bette Hagman uses kasha (buckwheat groats, not ground into flour) in some

of her recipes for this reason.

I have made buckwheat as a side dish and as a hot cereal, using kasha. I

believe it is alkaline, though; useful info maybe if you have a high-acid

child, or the opposite (in which case you might avoid using it.)

Lorilyn

> The letter says they avoid all forms of gluten

> including buckwheat. Is buckwheat GF or not? I

> thought it was.