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4. If they're small and a reddish brown, they're winter wheat

and require at least 4 hours to cook them, even after soaking. They're hard as rocks and much higher in protein than spring or pastry wheat. Winter wheat flour makes great yeast bread.

Spring wheat varies from tan to nearly white and they are lower in protein. They don't make very good yeast bread but they are useful when they're ground into flour for everything from quick breads to cakes. They cook quite a bit faster, but I'd still suggest grinding the soaked pastry wheat berries into a near paste with the other ingredients in this recipe.

Winter wheat is planted in fall and harvested the following fall. Spring wheat is planted in spring and harvested that fall.

ETAL If you got winter wheat and you have cats, plant the wheat in some soil in a tray or even flowerpot, water, and let it sprout. The cats will love the wheat grass, especially if it's still winter where you are. They use it as a digestive aid.