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Re:A growing desire to avoid gluten is changing the food ind... by gumby on Sunday October 26, 2014 @05:41PM (#8512586)
"Gluten" is just latin for "glue" hence agglutinate, glue, etc. Glutinous rice is just that -- it sticks together. The use for the protein is just an obscure gerund.
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Re:A growing desire to avoid gluten is changing the food ind... by pyre on Sunday October 26, 2014 @08:07PM (#8513092)
I know what glutinous rice is. It's just the propensity to describe the parts of grains that are 'sticky' as 'gluten,' and then to have one of them actually officially named 'gluten' that becomes confusing.
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Re:A growing desire to avoid gluten is changing the food ind... by simonmales on Sunday October 26, 2014 @07:01PM (#8512872)
Yeah, well aware that Glutinous rice has nothing to do with gluten. Because rice has nothing to do with wheat.
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