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I'm wanting to stop having rice as my staple and try something else. I was thinking to try wheat however I never heard that people eat pure wheat daily like they eat pure rice daily like in the far east.



What I mean to say is wheat is often associated with bread, biscuits, cereals which have extra ingredients which I want to avoid and I don't think you want to eat those as part of the main meal anyway. I know it comes as pasta and sphaghetti but i'm not sure if that is the correct way to eat it as a staple? Have people traditionally cooked wheat like they would rice or has it always been used as pasta and sphaghetti but never as a staple like rice has in the far east?



I've just seen a bag of wheat grain at my supermarket so I'm thinking do I just get it and cook it like rice but since this is unheard of(at least to me) as a staple I'm wondering if there's something wrong with it?










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  • I'm not sure I understand the question. You can cook wheat in hundreds of ways, and it remains a staple. Are you asking whether it's possible to cook wheat berries without processing the wheat to flour first?
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  • A link to the product, or a photo of the label, would be handy. Does the packet have cooking instructions?
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I'm wanting to stop having rice as my staple and try something else. I was thinking to try wheat however I never heard that people eat pure wheat daily like they eat pure rice daily like in the far east.



What I mean to say is wheat is often associated with bread, biscuits, cereals which have extra ingredients which I want to avoid and I don't think you want to eat those as part of the main meal anyway. I know it comes as pasta and sphaghetti but i'm not sure if that is the correct way to eat it as a staple? Have people traditionally cooked wheat like they would rice or has it always been used as pasta and sphaghetti but never as a staple like rice has in the far east?



I've just seen a bag of wheat grain at my supermarket so I'm thinking do I just get it and cook it like rice but since this is unheard of(at least to me) as a staple I'm wondering if there's something wrong with it?










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  • I'm not sure I understand the question. You can cook wheat in hundreds of ways, and it remains a staple. Are you asking whether it's possible to cook wheat berries without processing the wheat to flour first?
    – rumtscho♦
    2 hours ago










  • A link to the product, or a photo of the label, would be handy. Does the packet have cooking instructions?
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago












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I'm wanting to stop having rice as my staple and try something else. I was thinking to try wheat however I never heard that people eat pure wheat daily like they eat pure rice daily like in the far east.



What I mean to say is wheat is often associated with bread, biscuits, cereals which have extra ingredients which I want to avoid and I don't think you want to eat those as part of the main meal anyway. I know it comes as pasta and sphaghetti but i'm not sure if that is the correct way to eat it as a staple? Have people traditionally cooked wheat like they would rice or has it always been used as pasta and sphaghetti but never as a staple like rice has in the far east?



I've just seen a bag of wheat grain at my supermarket so I'm thinking do I just get it and cook it like rice but since this is unheard of(at least to me) as a staple I'm wondering if there's something wrong with it?










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I'm wanting to stop having rice as my staple and try something else. I was thinking to try wheat however I never heard that people eat pure wheat daily like they eat pure rice daily like in the far east.



What I mean to say is wheat is often associated with bread, biscuits, cereals which have extra ingredients which I want to avoid and I don't think you want to eat those as part of the main meal anyway. I know it comes as pasta and sphaghetti but i'm not sure if that is the correct way to eat it as a staple? Have people traditionally cooked wheat like they would rice or has it always been used as pasta and sphaghetti but never as a staple like rice has in the far east?



I've just seen a bag of wheat grain at my supermarket so I'm thinking do I just get it and cook it like rice but since this is unheard of(at least to me) as a staple I'm wondering if there's something wrong with it?







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  • I'm not sure I understand the question. You can cook wheat in hundreds of ways, and it remains a staple. Are you asking whether it's possible to cook wheat berries without processing the wheat to flour first?
    – rumtscho♦
    2 hours ago










  • A link to the product, or a photo of the label, would be handy. Does the packet have cooking instructions?
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago
















  • I'm not sure I understand the question. You can cook wheat in hundreds of ways, and it remains a staple. Are you asking whether it's possible to cook wheat berries without processing the wheat to flour first?
    – rumtscho♦
    2 hours ago










  • A link to the product, or a photo of the label, would be handy. Does the packet have cooking instructions?
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago















I'm not sure I understand the question. You can cook wheat in hundreds of ways, and it remains a staple. Are you asking whether it's possible to cook wheat berries without processing the wheat to flour first?
– rumtscho♦
2 hours ago




I'm not sure I understand the question. You can cook wheat in hundreds of ways, and it remains a staple. Are you asking whether it's possible to cook wheat berries without processing the wheat to flour first?
– rumtscho♦
2 hours ago












A link to the product, or a photo of the label, would be handy. Does the packet have cooking instructions?
– Chris H
1 hour ago




A link to the product, or a photo of the label, would be handy. Does the packet have cooking instructions?
– Chris H
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Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice, such as Bulghur. This is traditional in much of the Middle East, and has been par-cooked prior to sale.



Cracked wheat is also available, but requires longer cooking. Note that terms overlap and even manufacturers can be vague. Whole wheat seeds do exist, sold for sprouting; it's not clear to me whether you could cook these directly but they'd take a long time if so.



Pasta is a traditional staple food in some parts of the world, and perfectly suitable for eating every day. Some dried pastas have nothing but wheat in them.



Bread is also an everyday (or even every meal) food in many places. These staple breads tend to be rather plain, at least when eaten as an accompaniment to other foods, and unless you're on a low-sodium diet it's a good source of complex carbohydrates.



Neither wheat nor rice can be treated as providing a full range of nutrients. this isn't the place to get into details but living on grains alone won't provide enough macro- or micro-nutrients.






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  • "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
    – rumtscho♦
    2 hours ago











  • @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago











  • Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
    – rumtscho♦
    1 hour ago










  • @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago










  • In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
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I make my own bread. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing else. You could most certainly eat "your daily bread." Pasta is flour and eggs. You can also put dumplings into stew and chili - these are flour, milk or water, salt, and leavening like baking powder. So there is definitely no need for your wheat intake to include extra ingredients you would want to avoid.



If your old preference was for a meal of some sort of stir fry or saucy stew served on rice, you could most certainly make the very same thing and serve it on pasta (with or without eggs) or put it in a bowl and have a slice or two of bread with it and dip the bread in the sauce. Or you could add dumplings to a stew or soup, or add pasta to a soup (typically cooked separately).



You can also buy cereals - hot smooth ones like "cream of wheat" or cold ones eaten with milk - and have wheat as part of your breakfast every day. Or have jam or peanut butter on toast. Have a sandwich for lunch, or a hot cooked sandwich (like a grilled cheese, but with egg or meat) for dinner sometimes. Including bread in meals is very common in home cooking and eating. You just don't see it in cooking magazines or TV shows, or in restaurants.






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    Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice, such as Bulghur. This is traditional in much of the Middle East, and has been par-cooked prior to sale.



    Cracked wheat is also available, but requires longer cooking. Note that terms overlap and even manufacturers can be vague. Whole wheat seeds do exist, sold for sprouting; it's not clear to me whether you could cook these directly but they'd take a long time if so.



    Pasta is a traditional staple food in some parts of the world, and perfectly suitable for eating every day. Some dried pastas have nothing but wheat in them.



    Bread is also an everyday (or even every meal) food in many places. These staple breads tend to be rather plain, at least when eaten as an accompaniment to other foods, and unless you're on a low-sodium diet it's a good source of complex carbohydrates.



    Neither wheat nor rice can be treated as providing a full range of nutrients. this isn't the place to get into details but living on grains alone won't provide enough macro- or micro-nutrients.






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    • "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
      – rumtscho♦
      2 hours ago











    • @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago











    • Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
      – rumtscho♦
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    • @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago










    • In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
      – dlb
      44 mins ago














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    Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice, such as Bulghur. This is traditional in much of the Middle East, and has been par-cooked prior to sale.



    Cracked wheat is also available, but requires longer cooking. Note that terms overlap and even manufacturers can be vague. Whole wheat seeds do exist, sold for sprouting; it's not clear to me whether you could cook these directly but they'd take a long time if so.



    Pasta is a traditional staple food in some parts of the world, and perfectly suitable for eating every day. Some dried pastas have nothing but wheat in them.



    Bread is also an everyday (or even every meal) food in many places. These staple breads tend to be rather plain, at least when eaten as an accompaniment to other foods, and unless you're on a low-sodium diet it's a good source of complex carbohydrates.



    Neither wheat nor rice can be treated as providing a full range of nutrients. this isn't the place to get into details but living on grains alone won't provide enough macro- or micro-nutrients.






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    • "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
      – rumtscho♦
      2 hours ago











    • @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago











    • Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
      – rumtscho♦
      1 hour ago










    • @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago










    • In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
      – dlb
      44 mins ago












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    Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice, such as Bulghur. This is traditional in much of the Middle East, and has been par-cooked prior to sale.



    Cracked wheat is also available, but requires longer cooking. Note that terms overlap and even manufacturers can be vague. Whole wheat seeds do exist, sold for sprouting; it's not clear to me whether you could cook these directly but they'd take a long time if so.



    Pasta is a traditional staple food in some parts of the world, and perfectly suitable for eating every day. Some dried pastas have nothing but wheat in them.



    Bread is also an everyday (or even every meal) food in many places. These staple breads tend to be rather plain, at least when eaten as an accompaniment to other foods, and unless you're on a low-sodium diet it's a good source of complex carbohydrates.



    Neither wheat nor rice can be treated as providing a full range of nutrients. this isn't the place to get into details but living on grains alone won't provide enough macro- or micro-nutrients.






    share|improve this answer














    Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice, such as Bulghur. This is traditional in much of the Middle East, and has been par-cooked prior to sale.



    Cracked wheat is also available, but requires longer cooking. Note that terms overlap and even manufacturers can be vague. Whole wheat seeds do exist, sold for sprouting; it's not clear to me whether you could cook these directly but they'd take a long time if so.



    Pasta is a traditional staple food in some parts of the world, and perfectly suitable for eating every day. Some dried pastas have nothing but wheat in them.



    Bread is also an everyday (or even every meal) food in many places. These staple breads tend to be rather plain, at least when eaten as an accompaniment to other foods, and unless you're on a low-sodium diet it's a good source of complex carbohydrates.



    Neither wheat nor rice can be treated as providing a full range of nutrients. this isn't the place to get into details but living on grains alone won't provide enough macro- or micro-nutrients.







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    • "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
      – rumtscho♦
      2 hours ago











    • @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago











    • Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
      – rumtscho♦
      1 hour ago










    • @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago










    • In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
      – dlb
      44 mins ago
















    • "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
      – rumtscho♦
      2 hours ago











    • @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago











    • Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
      – rumtscho♦
      1 hour ago










    • @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
      – Chris H
      1 hour ago










    • In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
      – dlb
      44 mins ago















    "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
    – rumtscho♦
    2 hours ago





    "Some forms of wheat are suitable for immediate cooking in a similar way to rice" - I have never encountered a form which was not suitable for such cooking. Which wheat doesn't work, is it maybe the hard red wheat used in the USA for bread ddough?
    – rumtscho♦
    2 hours ago













    @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago





    @rumtscho you can buy wheat grains for sprouting. It's not clear whether these have (always) had the husks removed
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago













    Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
    – rumtscho♦
    1 hour ago




    Oh OK, I didn't think of that, since I have never seen somebody storing or shipping unthreshed grain, this is usually done by the producer right after harvest. I was actually misled to think you are saying that some cultivars are not suitable. If you meant that "grain with the husk on is not suitable", writing that in the answer would make it clearer. Actually, this makes me wonder if the grain can be sprouted with the husk on, and if yes, if anybody would want to eat it that way.
    – rumtscho♦
    1 hour ago












    @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago




    @rumtscho we're pushing the limits of my knowledge there. I can't be bothered with sprouting, hence why I can't be sure whether the seeds are threshed, or grown specially.
    – Chris H
    1 hour ago












    In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
    – dlb
    44 mins ago




    In addition to breads and pastas, wheat gruel was a common staple in the middle ages particularly. Oat gruel may be better known, but gruel and porridges were often made of wheat or other grains as well. Today most of us would consider this breakfast or even unthinkable, but it was staple food for many years.
    – dlb
    44 mins ago












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    I make my own bread. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing else. You could most certainly eat "your daily bread." Pasta is flour and eggs. You can also put dumplings into stew and chili - these are flour, milk or water, salt, and leavening like baking powder. So there is definitely no need for your wheat intake to include extra ingredients you would want to avoid.



    If your old preference was for a meal of some sort of stir fry or saucy stew served on rice, you could most certainly make the very same thing and serve it on pasta (with or without eggs) or put it in a bowl and have a slice or two of bread with it and dip the bread in the sauce. Or you could add dumplings to a stew or soup, or add pasta to a soup (typically cooked separately).



    You can also buy cereals - hot smooth ones like "cream of wheat" or cold ones eaten with milk - and have wheat as part of your breakfast every day. Or have jam or peanut butter on toast. Have a sandwich for lunch, or a hot cooked sandwich (like a grilled cheese, but with egg or meat) for dinner sometimes. Including bread in meals is very common in home cooking and eating. You just don't see it in cooking magazines or TV shows, or in restaurants.






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      I make my own bread. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing else. You could most certainly eat "your daily bread." Pasta is flour and eggs. You can also put dumplings into stew and chili - these are flour, milk or water, salt, and leavening like baking powder. So there is definitely no need for your wheat intake to include extra ingredients you would want to avoid.



      If your old preference was for a meal of some sort of stir fry or saucy stew served on rice, you could most certainly make the very same thing and serve it on pasta (with or without eggs) or put it in a bowl and have a slice or two of bread with it and dip the bread in the sauce. Or you could add dumplings to a stew or soup, or add pasta to a soup (typically cooked separately).



      You can also buy cereals - hot smooth ones like "cream of wheat" or cold ones eaten with milk - and have wheat as part of your breakfast every day. Or have jam or peanut butter on toast. Have a sandwich for lunch, or a hot cooked sandwich (like a grilled cheese, but with egg or meat) for dinner sometimes. Including bread in meals is very common in home cooking and eating. You just don't see it in cooking magazines or TV shows, or in restaurants.






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        I make my own bread. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing else. You could most certainly eat "your daily bread." Pasta is flour and eggs. You can also put dumplings into stew and chili - these are flour, milk or water, salt, and leavening like baking powder. So there is definitely no need for your wheat intake to include extra ingredients you would want to avoid.



        If your old preference was for a meal of some sort of stir fry or saucy stew served on rice, you could most certainly make the very same thing and serve it on pasta (with or without eggs) or put it in a bowl and have a slice or two of bread with it and dip the bread in the sauce. Or you could add dumplings to a stew or soup, or add pasta to a soup (typically cooked separately).



        You can also buy cereals - hot smooth ones like "cream of wheat" or cold ones eaten with milk - and have wheat as part of your breakfast every day. Or have jam or peanut butter on toast. Have a sandwich for lunch, or a hot cooked sandwich (like a grilled cheese, but with egg or meat) for dinner sometimes. Including bread in meals is very common in home cooking and eating. You just don't see it in cooking magazines or TV shows, or in restaurants.






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        I make my own bread. Flour, water, yeast, salt. Nothing else. You could most certainly eat "your daily bread." Pasta is flour and eggs. You can also put dumplings into stew and chili - these are flour, milk or water, salt, and leavening like baking powder. So there is definitely no need for your wheat intake to include extra ingredients you would want to avoid.



        If your old preference was for a meal of some sort of stir fry or saucy stew served on rice, you could most certainly make the very same thing and serve it on pasta (with or without eggs) or put it in a bowl and have a slice or two of bread with it and dip the bread in the sauce. Or you could add dumplings to a stew or soup, or add pasta to a soup (typically cooked separately).



        You can also buy cereals - hot smooth ones like "cream of wheat" or cold ones eaten with milk - and have wheat as part of your breakfast every day. Or have jam or peanut butter on toast. Have a sandwich for lunch, or a hot cooked sandwich (like a grilled cheese, but with egg or meat) for dinner sometimes. Including bread in meals is very common in home cooking and eating. You just don't see it in cooking magazines or TV shows, or in restaurants.







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