Rye

How to use it

This versatile plant is grown extensively as a grain for human consumption, but it also serves vital agricultural roles. It is widely planted as a cover crop to protect soil and suppress weeds, and it is cultivated as a forage crop and animal fodder to feed livestock early in the year.

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In the kitchen

Rye grain offers great versatility in the kitchen. It can be ground into flour to bake rye bread, used to brew rye beer, or processed into crisp bread. For a simple meal, the grains can be eaten whole as boiled rye berries, or rolled in the same manner as rolled oats.

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About

Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to barley (genus Hordeum) and wheat (Triticum). Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, crisp bread, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder. It can also be eaten whole, either as boiled rye berries or by being rolled, similar to rolled oats.