Reply To: Why are the Hashgochos promulgating a fraud: Oat Matzos

Al rishon rishon. When did the mix up occur? Maybe when they disregarded the Rambam Chometz Umatza 5;1 and Brachos 3;1,

What are the grains, two wheats and three barleys. Today, we have way more cultivars of wheat, so we really are meshubad to the science that shows us what the profile of the grain is. Barley we don’t use because it is softer and faster to become chometz, probably not too tasty, and regarded as animal food in the Mishna. Spelt and rye, both being wheat look and grow alikes are both she’eladik because rye is really a cold climate plant, and spelt may be sort of new to the scene. In terms of gluten content, the line up in descending order is wheat, barley, spelt, rye, and oats at 0.

Busybody, thank you for the scientist compliment, Posek is way off. Other than the pejorative title, I was just asking questions based on what is and isn’t. As you cited, what Shiboles Shual is, is shanui bemachlokes. Truth, often but not always, has much to do with what is in front of the eyes. Look at the Rambam in Berachot, grind some oats into flour, try to make a loaf of bread out of it, and get back to me.