Cooking with Kernza® – A Citizen Science Opportunity
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If you missed your chance to purchase Kernza® flour at Prairie Festival, Perennial Pantry is excited to announce the first Kernza® flour available for use by home bakers on sale for pre-order (shipping in August)!
To grow as a new food crop, Kernza® perennial grain needs ongoing research and development. Through a partnership with The Land Institute, The University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative, and the Artisan Grain collaborative, we are excited to invite you to participate in culinary research through a new citizen science experiment. Your baking experience can help us understand why and how people use Kernza® flour—and the delicious results that are possible!
Once you receive your flour, you can participate in citizen science by taking a photo of what you make with your flour/grain and posting it online with the hashtags #KernzaKitchen and #CookingthePerennialFuture.
Note: this post formerly stated that participants could also submit a survey about their experience cooking with Kernza®. That survey has since closed but you can find more recipes from the community below or at this link!
To get started, try one of these delicious Kernza® recipes or download them all:
Photo provided by Tessa Peters
photo provided courtesy of Mette Nielsen
Photo provided courtesy of Beth Dooley
Photo provided courtesy of Beth Dooley
Photo provided courtesy of Beth Dooley
Photo provided courtesy of Beth Dooley
Photo provided by Mette Nielsen
Would you rather just enjoy a delicious Kernza® product? You can find Sprouted Kernza® Flatbread Crackers here, Long Root Ale here, and Kernza® Carmelita Bars here (delivery and pick up only in Minneapolis, MN.)