Re: is rye a highly glutenous grain?

[Guest guest]

My understanding (and experience) is that it is much lower in gluten than wheat

-- and it's a differnt type of gluten. The term " gluten " is a catchall term for

a bunch of proteins in grain. Rye doesn't seem to cause celiac or other

allergies as much as wheat, but people who are already intolerant usually can't

eat rye either.

-- Heidi

At 01:55 PM 6/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>Does anyone know how rye compares to other grains

>w.r.t. gluten content? I bought some enthnic brick

>pumpernickel rye the other day, and have been enjoying

>it with some nice homemade kefir cream-cheese, topped

>with some raw salmon fermented in kefir whey, with

>garlic, onion, ginger and a bit of salt for flavor.

>It's *fantastic*, but... I am wondering if we are

>consuming a lot of gluten in the process. The rye has

>some wheat, but it is well down the list of

>ingredients. the bread is very heavy, it is more the

>texture of--well, i am not sure what to compare it to,

>but it is not a fluffy well risen bread like those

>made with wheat.

Heidi Schuppenhauer

Trillium Custom Software Inc.

heidis@...

[Guest guest]

if my memory serves me right, Rye is second to wheat in gluten content. if

you're gluten sensitive (like me) you might not want to eat any, if your

allergic only to wheat, well... enjoy.

you can get 'Pumpernickel' bread made of rye only. ( made with water & sea

salt which means it's a sourdough).

Dedy

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From: " cw " <k2fe@...>

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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:55 PM

Subject: is rye a highly glutenous grain?

> Does anyone know how rye compares to other grains

> w.r.t. gluten content? I bought some enthnic brick

> pumpernickel rye the other day, and have been enjoying

> it with some nice homemade kefir cream-cheese, topped

> with some raw salmon fermented in kefir whey, with

> garlic, onion, ginger and a bit of salt for flavor.

> It's *fantastic*, but... I am wondering if we are

> consuming a lot of gluten in the process. The rye has

> some wheat, but it is well down the list of

> ingredients. the bread is very heavy, it is more the

> texture of--well, i am not sure what to compare it to,

> but it is not a fluffy well risen bread like those

> made with wheat.

>

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