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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5315812, member: 19463"]The big problem here has always been Americans reading grain descriptions in British books not realizing that the two cultures use different words for some grains. 'Corn' in England is not 'Corn' in the US. The ancients used a lot less 'wheat' so many of us citified moderns who could not tell, on the stalk, barley from rye from wheat get confused. It is not all that different from the confusion with various cats and the moose/elk matter. This does not get a lot better when we ad to the mix the changes in grains/plants/animals brought about by man playing in the gene pools. Roman emperors did not ride Clydesdales or thoroughbreds. Neither did they eat Hard Red Spring Wheat like we into artisan bread baking might.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5315812, member: 19463"]The big problem here has always been Americans reading grain descriptions in British books not realizing that the two cultures use different words for some grains. 'Corn' in England is not 'Corn' in the US. The ancients used a lot less 'wheat' so many of us citified moderns who could not tell, on the stalk, barley from rye from wheat get confused. It is not all that different from the confusion with various cats and the moose/elk matter. This does not get a lot better when we ad to the mix the changes in grains/plants/animals brought about by man playing in the gene pools. Roman emperors did not ride Clydesdales or thoroughbreds. Neither did they eat Hard Red Spring Wheat like we into artisan bread baking might.[/QUOTE]
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