Food: Durum Wheat [edit]

Other Names: 硬粒小麦 (Chinese), القمح القاسي (Arabic), Trigo duro (Portuguese), Blé dur (French), Trigo duro (Spanish) All Translations
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One of the key ingredients of the Pugliese cuisine is semolina from durum wheat. In Italian, semolina translates into “semola di grano duro”. Semolina can only be made from durum ...

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Durum wheat or macaroni wheat (also spelled Durhum;"Durham" wheat is a confusion with homonymous Durham, a common place name.''Triticum durum'' or ''Triticum turgidum durum'' ) is the only tetraploid species of wheat of commercial importance that is widely cultivated today . It was developed by artificial selection of the domesticated emmer wheat strains formerly grown in Central Europe and Near East around 7000 B.C., which developed a naked, free-threshing form. ''Durum'' in Latin means "hard", and the species is the hardest of all wheats. Its high protein and gluten content, as well as its strength, make durum good for special uses."," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2007. 2009-10-31.

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[edit] About Durum Wheat

A specially grown hard wheat that is also high in protein. Often used to make pasta products.