New "ecofriendly" pasta: Kernza (organic, buy, kitchen, flour)

[Cida]

Here's a fun new thing I just read about. Pricey, though.



Patagonia Provisions’ New Fusilli Is Ecofriendly, But How Does It Taste?
Patagonia Provisions’ new fusilli has everything a climate scientist could ask for in a corkscrew-shaped pasta: local and sustainable sourcing. Organic, B Corp, and 1% for the Planet certification. The flour is milled in the Midwest, and, of course, the box it comes in — like the fleece jackets the outdoor-gear juggernaut is famous for — is made from 100 percent recyclable material. What really sets the stuff apart from Ronzoni, though, is that it’s the first commercial pasta that incorporates Kernza.
https://www.grubstreet.com/2022/02/p...a-fusilli.html

[elnina]

Apparently not bad at all:

"But how, you ask, does Kernza fusilli perform in the customary pot of water brought to a roiling boil? Surprisingly well. We ran the little spindles through our own kitchen trials with impressive results. The short lunch-bag-brown pasta had a wheaty aroma and good nutty whole-grain flavor, and thanks to bronze-die extrusion and a coarse and porous surface, it ranks high on the sauce-gripping scale. Texture-wise, it emerged from the pot nicely al dente in about nine minutes"
https://www.grubstreet.com/2022/02/p...a-fusilli.html

You can buy it here:
https://www.patagoniaprovisions.com/...-fusilli-pasta

It's actually a semolina pasta (the regular stuff) mixed with some Kernza perennial grain.

[Cida]

I wouldn't rush out and buy it at that price, but I'd be happy to try it if someone were serving it!

[uggabugga]

here's a lot more on kernza as a crop. it's a perennial, so no yearly tilling and planting, and has roots that can go 10 feet deep.

https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2022-...ionize-farming

[Texas Ag 93]

Originally Posted by Cida

Here's a fun new thing I just read about. Pricey, though.

They don't call the company Padagucci for nothing...

[Cida]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

here's a lot more on kernza as a crop. it's a perennial, so no yearly tilling and planting, and has roots that can go 10 feet deep.

https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2022-...ionize-farming

Is that a good thing, about roots? I have no idea.

[Threerun]

Originally Posted by Cida

Is that a good thing, about roots? I have no idea.

Plants like that are generally drought and disease tolerant. If established I’d imagine weed propagation would be low too which means less herbicide usage.