What is this?!
What is this?
What is gluten i heard its from a flowers sperm yuk
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I didn't know flowers had sperm. That's a new one.
Gluten is the protein of wheat and some other grains.
It is used to thicken bread, to avoid the holes that appear in some breads. It is used to make seitan, I made some the other night.
It is a powdery substance looking nothing like sperm. It looks more like a heavy flour. I believe it has very little to do with the reproduction process.
[GLOO-tihn] Wheat and other cereals that are made into flour contain proteins, one of which is glutenin, commonly known as gluten. Viewed alone, gluten is a tough, elastic, grayish substance resembling chewing gum. It's the gluten in flour that, when a dough is kneaded, helps hold in the gas bubbles formed by the leavening agent. Gas contained within a dough or batter helps a bread or other baked good rise, creating a light structure. Most (but not all) flours contain gluten in varying amounts. Bread (or hard wheat) flour has a high gluten content and is therefore good for yeast breads, which require an elastic framework. On the other hand, low-protein (and therefore low-gluten) cake flour has a softer, less elastic quality and is better suited for cakes. See also bread; flour; seitan.
It's wheat protein.
Like Albumin like glue inside seeds center in the "germ" of the wheat kernel or oat kernel or any seed. It will make paste when added to liquid in order to make things thicken. You dry it, make a powder of it, then add it as needed.
here is the info
The protein portion of some grains.