Product Tested:
Larrowe's Instant Buckwheat Pancake Mix

Ingredients
Old Fashioned Pure Kiln Dried Buckwheat Flour, powdered skim milk, corn sugar, Calcium phosphate, bicarbonate of Soda and Salt

This month we tested  Larrowe's Instant Buckwheat for Pancakes.This pancake mix is truly instant and requires nothing more  than water or milk with equal parts of flour and liquid. With equal portions of liquid to flour, the pancakes rise nicely. For crepes, add more liquid to thin the batter and cook as normal.

Buckwheat is not a cereal nor a grass, it is a fruit. In Russia, buckwheat pancakes are known as 'blini' and served with sour cream and caviar. In France, the savory crepes are called 'galettes' or 'Galette Breton' and are used like a bread garnished with meats, cheeses and vegetables. The thin crepes, galettes, are often wrapped around a sausage or hot dog.

We use these buckwheat crepes for quick sandwich fillings and hot dog wraps. Since this mix requires no additional ingredients other than a liquid, it is ideal for camping with multiple uses from hot dog buns to breakfast.

Nutritionally buckwheat is a super food. High in iron, potassium, phosphorus and calcium buckwheat also contains rutin and vitamin B's. "A nutritional uniqueness of buckwheat is the quality of protein it contains. The proteins in buckwheat are the best known source of high biological value proteins in the plant kingdom. Buckwheat contains all essential amino acids (eight proteins that the body cannot manufacture) in good proportions, making it closer to being a "complete" protein than any other plant source, even soybeans.