http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/bravo-to-buckwheat/ Feeding friends and family, one recipe at a time Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:47:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/bravo-to-buckwheat/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Ellie Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:40:33 +0000 http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/bravo-to-buckwheat/#comment-1025 Michele - I generally buy a specific Korean brand which I believe to be 100% buckwheat (I'll have to check), but thanks for the warning :) Though, for this particular dish, if you needed to sub then I'd suggest rice noodles as yam noodles don't have the correct texture :) Michele – I generally buy a specific Korean brand which I believe to be 100% buckwheat (I’ll have to check), but thanks for the warning Though, for this particular dish, if you needed to sub then I’d suggest rice noodles as yam noodles don’t have the correct texture

]]> http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/bravo-to-buckwheat/comment-page-1/#comment-999 michele Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:30:25 +0000 http://www.insanitytheory.net/kitchenwench/bravo-to-buckwheat/#comment-999 just a warning before any celiac's out there get excited about a potential product (or waste money)-- although buckwheat, despite the name, is gluten free, soba rarely is , despite its name (meaning "buckwheat" in Japanese!). Soba almost always contains wheat flour, but 100% buckwheat soba does exist. A better bet are rice noodles, although if they are mad in Japan, good luck getting cross contamination info (i.e., are the noodles made on gluten-free equipment, in a gluten free facility -- both important issues depending on an individual celiac's sensitivity). Also available are the yam noodles, usually wheat free. just a warning before any celiac’s out there get excited about a potential product (or waste money)– although buckwheat, despite the name, is gluten free, soba rarely is , despite its name (meaning “buckwheat” in Japanese!). Soba almost always contains wheat flour, but 100% buckwheat soba does exist. A better bet are rice noodles, although if they are mad in Japan, good luck getting cross contamination info (i.e., are the noodles made on gluten-free equipment, in a gluten free facility — both important issues depending on an individual celiac’s sensitivity). Also available are the yam noodles, usually wheat free.

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