Being a plant ecologist, I was so excited to learn about Montina flour at a recent CSA support group meeting. Montina flour is made from a native grass we have here in the western US called Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides). This grass is not directly related to rice, though both rice and Indian ricegrass are in the Grass Family, along with most of the other grains we commonly eat or don't eat (wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, sugar from sugar cane). I plant native grasses at work and I teach people about native grasses at work. I think it would be cool to eat native grasses too! The manufacture says it's gluten free and made in a gluten free facility. I'm wondering if anyone else has tried it and what have been your results?

Claire