AmbeRye Whole Grain Buckwheat Groats, Lithuanian Grechka 900g (2lb)

AmbeRye Whole Grain Buckwheat Groats are 900g of Lithuanian roasted buckwheat — the grechka grain in the whole, hulled, dry-toasted format that AmbeRye, the Lithuanian grain brand, produces for the Eastern European diaspora households that use buckwheat as a staple grain rather than a health food novelty. AmbeRye is a Lithuanian grain and cereal brand producing the buckwheat, rye, oat, and barley products that represent the Baltic and Eastern European grain-cooking traditions — the grechka package in particular is the product that every Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Baltic diaspora household keeps in the pantry as the grain for the weeknight kasha or the Sunday side dish that is as natural as rice or pasta. Buckwheat — гречка in Russian and Ukrainian — is the fundamental grain of the Eastern European kitchen: the grain that Soviet-era households relied on as a protein-rich, affordable staple, that Ukrainian grandmothers prepared with butter and onions as a side for roasted chicken, that Russian kitchens served as kasha with milk for breakfast, and that every diaspora household keeps as the grain that is impossible to find at a regular Canadian or American supermarket in the proper Eastern European format. Cook in the standard 1:2 ratio with water and a generous knob of butter for the classic Ukrainian kasha, serve alongside roasted chicken or pork as the Eastern European grain side, fold with sautéed onion and mushroom for the Russian vegetarian buckwheat, or serve as a warm breakfast porridge with milk and honey.