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Sorghum Pericarp Thickness and Its Relation to Decortication in a Wooden Mortar and Pestle

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Title Sorghum Pericarp Thickness and Its Relation to Decortication in a Wooden Mortar and Pestle
 
Creator Scheuring, J F
Sidiibi, S
Rooney, L W
Earp, C F
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description In Mali, as in most parts of West Africa, sorghum is decorticated
as the first step in food preparation (Rooney and Kirleis 1980). The
term "milling" usually refers to decortication of the grain plus
reduction of the decorticated grain into flour or other products.
Traditionally, decortication is accomplished by pounding the grain
in a wooden mortar with a wooden pestle. The pestle weighs
approximately 3 kg and does not have a metal butt like many
pestles used in India. The mortar weighs approximately 12 kg and
has an approximate capacity of 12 L. Before decortication, the
grain is washed thoroughly to remove dust, glumes, and small
stones. During washing, the grain absorbs water and reaches about
20% moisture. Immediately...........
 
Publisher American Association of Cereal Chemists
 
Date 1983
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5553/1/CerealChem_60_1_86-89_1983.pdf
Scheuring, J F and Sidiibi, S and Rooney, L W and Earp, C F (1983) Sorghum Pericarp Thickness and Its Relation to Decortication in a Wooden Mortar and Pestle. Cereal Chemistry, 60 (1). pp. 86-89. ISSN 0009-0352