Today I thought I should tell you a story about one of our grains, Kamut. Hold on to your pants ‘cause this might be too crazy for you too handle.
Once upon a time there was a US airman who went into an ancient tomb and gathered a handful of precious grain from a stone box in the ancient place of Dashare, Egypt. He took thirty-six kernels of the Kamut grain and sent it to his friend who then mailed the kernel to his father, a Montana wheat farmer. The wheat endured the ocean and the tough terrain of America to the house of the Montana wheat farmer. This farmer was overwhelmed with his great wealth of wheat and did what any Montana farmer would do: he harvested a small crop and displayed the grain as a new innovation at the local fair. Since the belief was still that this “giant” grain kernel was taken from an Egyptian tomb, they dubbed the grain, “King Tut’s Wheat”. Not long after its brief moment of fame, the grain became forgotten.
Many years later, in 1977, Mark Quinn, another Montana wheat farmer, discovered the remaining jar of the Kamut grain. Mark’s son, Bob, was an agricultural scientist/biochemist so together they researched this “unique” grain. The Quinns discovered that kamut originated in the “fertile crescent” area which runs from Egypt to the Tigris-Euphrates valley.
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Well too bad I won’t end this like a real story since it’s a blog, in stead I will leave you with some food for thought…of course I mean literally! Check out the 100% organic Kamut flakes that we have for sale at Cream of the West. They’ll be in the Green Barn section. Kamut, plus all of our other products, are very healthy for you and might possibly inspire some thoughts! If so, write back and tell me your blog story. 