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We grow a lot of oats for feed and grain but never though much about the immature grains for people. They taste ok in the milk stage, not as sweet as wheat or barley though, in my sampling, I have to taste everything
The milk to milky dough stage is the best time to cut the plant for optimal nutrition as animal feed, after that the plant begins to die off and it moves nutrients from the straw to the seed. We also cut our oats for grain when it is still a bit green because the animals like the straw a lot better.
Interesting idea.
I recently was reading somewhere about how you can soak whole oats (with hulls still on) in water and mash it up to extract the grain without machinery. I really like oats and believe it to be a particularly healthy food so I will have to do more research on this myself at some point. Hopefully you will let us know how it goes
The milk to milky dough stage is the best time to cut the plant for optimal nutrition as animal feed, after that the plant begins to die off and it moves nutrients from the straw to the seed. We also cut our oats for grain when it is still a bit green because the animals like the straw a lot better.
Interesting idea.
I recently was reading somewhere about how you can soak whole oats (with hulls still on) in water and mash it up to extract the grain without machinery. I really like oats and believe it to be a particularly healthy food so I will have to do more research on this myself at some point. Hopefully you will let us know how it goes