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The wheat plant is a type of grass which develops over the course of a year, maturing in the summer ready for grain harvesting in late January and February. Some wheats are planted in the autumn and r...

Gluten intolerance can be diagnosed at any age and can be called a variety of names: celiac sprue, gluten sensitive enteropathy, non tropical sprue, celiac disease, idiopa...

Vitamin B1 plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism. As a component of a coenzyme it acts to release energy from carbohydrates. The amount of Vitamin B1 required in the body is related to th...

For deep frying choose a oil with a high 'smoke points', which means the oil does not break down at deep frying temperatures. Peanut oil, safflower oil, sunflower oil, and canola oil are good choices,...

Once the bread is mixed it is then left to rise (ferment). As fermentation takes place the dough slowly changes from a rough dense mass lacking extensibility and with poor gas holding properties, int...