How many here are familiar with the Holodomor?

[Tumbulu]

43. It took me growing wheat

and playing a part in reviving the heirloom white wheat ( it looks golden to me) named Sonora to understand what the differences are. The hard red wheats have tannins on the surface of the seeds which protect the seeds from moisture- and thus sprouting in the field prior to harvest if rained upon during the summer. These bitter tannins are most responsible for the things many people do not like about “whole wheat”. And when they invented the roller mills in the 1890’s the bitter seed coat issue was solved. And the bran and germ got separated from the main part used. Many of us who worked to revive heirloom wheat turned to the so called white wheats ( that do not have these protective surface tannins) for whole grain milling. No bitter tannins. But they tend to not have enough protein to produce the sorts of breads people like. I’ve learned so many interesting things on this journey of growing them. There are many traditional ways of removing the surface compounds of the hard red wheats. Without removing the health benefits of the whole grain.