millet

Back then, many of the healthier grains eaten in large quantities by a large swathe of people (millet, sorghum, finger millet, etc.).

And iirc, they said they'd get night blindness from eating only millet (presumably from its lack of vitamin A?).

To show their esteem, they offer up precious white rice to the warriors, saving only lowly millet for themselves.

A person will eventually starve from lysine deficiency if they eat nothing but wheat, rice, millet, most grains really.

While it's not exactly a historic precedent, the Millet system also had some similiarities.

Those who come with wheat, millet, corn or milk, they are not helping us.

One of the plot points in Seven Samurai is that the peasants save their rice for the samurai and themselves eat millet.

Honestly, if people can eat quinoa then they should have no issue with millet.

And one thing resounds from the record here: people do not like millet and will do their best not to eat it.

I'm not suggesting that you start baking your own bread with millet flour - just that the next time you would cook up some rice or quinoa, give millet a try.

For anyone looking to add a nutritional grain to their diet at a low cost, I highly recommend millet.

In the US, millet is grown almost exclusively for animal feed.

Of course, this is said to be not as nutritious as things like finger millet or "thinai" (similar to quinoa).

The government imported millet to feed people and militant Irish Nationalists called it "Peel's Brimstone" (it's yellow, remember) and claimed that those eating it would put their immortal souls in danger.

When the emperor was reported the news that people had no rice, no wheat, no millet, to feed themselves and starved to death, he asked, "why don't they eat meat?".

Indians have been using many millets like Finger Millet, Foxtail Millet, Little Millets, they are rich in proteins, gluten-free and all that.

Millet is a grain and can be ground into flour.