Kamut Grass

Looking for an antidote to cereal boredom? Then check out ready-to-eat cereals at your local health food supermarket, which likely offers an array of unusual grains, including:

Amaranth --an ancient Aztec grain unusually rich in the amino acids lysine and methionine, typically missing in other grains.

Buckwheat --technically not a grain, but a member of the rhubarb family, so it is gluten-free.

Flaxseed --seeds that provide much fiber and are rich in omega-3 fatty acids.

Kamut --a high-protein ancient Egyptian wheat favored by King Tut.

Millet --a golden grain, low in gluten.

The article provides an account of the history of the emergence of Kamut, a variety of wheat known as khorasan, in the U.S. American airman Earl Dedman received wheat kernels from Egypt in 1949 a...

kamut and amaranth.