
Originally Posted by
OakLeaf
Are you rinsing it very, very thoroughly before cooking??? Probably not the grain to eat during a water shortage, because you really have to run a lot of water through it to get the saponins off, not like rinsing rice.
You can also soak it for a couple hours to get the saponins off, then change water and soak it a little more--that would use less water than just rinsing under running water (but takes more planning).
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