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	Buckwheat
		Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum common buckwheat, and Fagopyrum tataricum Tatar buckwheat) is a plant in the genus Fagopyrum (sometimes classified as Polygonum) in the family Polygonaceae.
		Buckwheat is also the name of a famous fictional character in the Our Gang series of short films, produced by MGM in the 1930s.
		This character was parodied by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s in a story line where Buckwheat is the subject of an assassination attempt in which the killer is, ultimately, Alfalfa.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bu/Buckwheat.html (178 words)

	Buckwheat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Buckwheat is most likely descended from wild buckwheat, though it does not share its vine-like growth habit.
		Buckwheat groats are also commonly used in eastern Europe, often in form of "kasha" dish.
		Buckwheat pancakes, sometimes raised with yeast, are eaten in several countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buckwheat (1237 words)

	Our Gang
		The characters of Alfalfa, Spanky, Darla, and Froggy[?] were especially well-known, though like many child actors they were subsequently typecast and had trouble outgrowing their Our Gang images.
		The character of Buckwheat was known for being one of the few African-Americans to play a major role in a film series, though historians generally do not look favorably upon the character today.
		Played by child actor Billie Thomas, Buckwheat often epitomized the Stepin Fetchit stereotype of a "negro" who provided comedy relief by talking in a mangled version of English and frequently being so frightened, his hair stood on end.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ou/Our_Gang.html (377 words)

	Malting and Brewing Buckwheat
		The buckwheat began to sprout on the second day, and about 90% were sprouted on the third day.
		The malted buckwheat was not very sweet, but more nutty (and very crisp or steely).
		Buckwheat is less pronounced than with the dry yeast, but still present.
	www.strangebrew.ca /Drew/buckwheat.html (520 words)

	Quality Enhancement in Self-Pollinating Buckwheat \| ARDI \| Agri-Food Research & Development Initiative \| Manitoba ...
		Buckwheat starches appeared to have a normal distribution of the starch polymers, amylose and amylopectin.
		The melting enthalpy of amylose-lipid complex in buckwheat starches was found to be unusually low and might indicate a weak complexation property of amylose in buckwheat starch.
		Buckwheat starches were found to form stiffer and harder gels than corn, rice or wheat starches as indicated by significantly higher values of the elastic modulus of both fresh and aged gels.
	www.gov.mb.ca /cgi-bin/print_hit_bold.pl/agriculture/research/ardi/projects/99-265.html (1772 words)

	Buckwheat enhanced bread
		Buckwheat is mostly consumed in the form of flour but it is also harvested for rutin, groats and honey.
		Buckwheat produces flour that is silver grey in colour and is used in pancake mixes and for a variety of breads and noodles.
		Buckwheat flour can be used alone but is usually mixed with other flours to achieve various colour and flavour balances.
	www.grainscanada.gc.ca /Pubs/Bread/box/buckwheat-e.htm (258 words)

	BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He formed his own band, Buckwheat and the Hitchhikers, in 1971, a big band including a horn section and backing vocalists, and Buckwheat playing his first love, the Hammond organ.
		Buckwheat still wasn't sure he wanted to play zydeco, but life on the bandstand with the superb entertainer Chenier changed his mind forever.
		In 1994 Buckwheat was not too big a star to overhaul the engine on his own tour bus.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /encyclopaedia/b/Buckwheat_Zydeco.htm (758 words)

	Buckwheat: Pseudocereal and Nutraceutical
		Buckwheat production has been decreasing in North Dakota in recent years (Table 4) because more farmers are shifting their acreage to canola, which has a more thoroughly developed market, and wet conditions often interfere with planting.
		Buckwheat is quite complementary to cereal flours, and can be used to improve their nutritional quality, since it is high in essential amino acids as evidenced in Table 6.
		Phospholipids comprise ~3.6% of the buckwheat flour and are ~67% of the conjugated lipids (Pomeranz 1983).
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1996/v3-195.html (4980 words)

	The Picaninny Caricature
		Buckwheat, the quiet boy with big eyes, has an unenviable distinction: his name is now synonymous with picaninny.
		She was older than the typical picaninny, but her character was functionally a picaninny.
		Bannerman could have drawn an Indian character if that was her intention, the Little Black Sambo character is very dark, has a broad nose, and the stereotypical exaggerated red lips and rolling eyes found in Black caricatures.
	www.ferris.edu /htmls/news/jimcrow/picaninny (2752 words)

	Whatever Happened to Buckwheat? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Many of them achieve success and stability as adults, but occasionally they lurch from stardom to the opposite extreme of anonymity and failure, as if dragged down by the weight of their early fame.
		Buckwheat was the wide-eyed, African-American character played for almost ten years by William Thomas.
		In the ensuing scandal, a producer was fired and 20/20 was sued for negligence by the son of the real William Thomas.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /buckwheat.html (254 words)

	Buckwheat Zydeco - Biography - AOL Music
		Dural was born in Lafayette, Louisiana on November 14, 1947; with his braided hair, he soon acquired the nickname "Buckwheat" (an homage to the Our Gang character), and by the age of four was already touted as a piano prodigy.
		In 1971, Dural founded Buckwheat and the Hitchhikers, a 16-piece funk band which he led for the next half-decade; however, in 1976 he finally fell under zydeco's sway when recruited to back Chenier -- a friend of his father -- on tour.
		In 1986, New York-based music critic Ted Fox helped Buckwheat Zydeco land a deal with Island Records, in the process becoming the first zydeco act ever signed to a major label; Fox subsequently acted as their producer as well.
	music.aol.com /artist/buckwheat-zydeco/716/biography (343 words)

	Buckwheat - Definition - Mr Breakfast
		Buckwheat isn't even related to true wheat which is a grass.
		With its robust, nutty flavor, buckwheat flour can be used in pancakes and other baked goods.
		Buckwheat is an excellent source of protien (it has more protein than soy beans) and dietary fiber.
	www.mrbreakfast.com /glossary_term.asp?glossaryID=123 (113 words)

	4alfalfa.com: "Three Smart Boys" episode commentary
		Hertz and the assistant sit the monkey down next to Buckwheat on the examining table and walk into the next room, which is sort of a lab space with various small animals—dogs and so on—in cages, awaiting treatment.
		Hertz "treats" Buckwheat, he does so without the slightest trace of condescension or dismissiveness over the fact that Buckwheat is fl.
		His attitude towards Buckwheat is exactly the same as it is towards Alfalfa and Spanky, i.e.
	www.4alfalfa.com /Commentary/smart.html (1757 words)

	4alfalfa.com: "Spooky Hooky" episode commentary
		Shortly after Buckwheat and Porky return to the schoolroom, Miss Lawrence leaves for the day (and, we might add, she looks mighty spiffy as usual).
		Buckwheat has hidden behind a set of drapes and has somehow unknowingly become attached to a full-size laboratory skeleton.
		Buckwheat turns around to see it is a skeleton, then runs off in terror, the skeleton trailing behind.
	www.4alfalfa.com /Commentary/spooky.html (1038 words)

	Buckwheat Zydeco
		Buckwheat spends much of the year on tour all over the United States and overseas, but when he does make it home for festivals or for a performance at El Sid O's Zydeco and Blues Club, it is always a memorable occasion.
		Buckwheat Zydeco is shown performing on a Friday evening during the 2000 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival.
		Buckwheat Zydeco, whose real name is Stanley Dural Jr., has the distinction of performing to an audience that included at least half the people in the world–the more than 3 billion viewers who watched the televised ceremonies at the closing of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/music/dural.htm (858 words)

	Rob on the Road » Was The Little Rascals TV show racist?
		Buckwheat, according to some Internet reports, is a word used to put down African Americans.
		Buckwheat was a character on The Little Rascals who acted kind of dopey, but several Internet sites point out that all The Little Rascals were kind of dopey and the show was ahead of its time because poor white and fl kids played together.
		I always preferred to write Buckwheat instead of B. Also, I am a Native American and all minorities should stop seeing color and look at the person, the content of their speech and the effect of their actions.
	www.journaltimes.com /nucleus/index.php?itemid=2077 (3423 words)

	Buckwheat
		Buckwheat has a very distinctive and hearty flavor and it may be one of the most overlooked flavor options in our larder.
		Buckwheat was originally cultivated in the colder climates of northern Asia in 1000ad.
		The nutrition of buckwheat is similar to that of wheat, but it is not a member of the wheat family.
	www.healthrecipes.com /buckwheat.htm (652 words)

	1990 Buckwheat Hoax
		Buckwheat was on Saturday Night Live a bunch of times in the mid-80s.
		And that guy didn't even look like the Buckwheat from SNL so he was obviously an impostor.
		At least one other 'Buckwheat' was claimed to have died as a mercenary pilot in Biafra (a Nigerian province which rebelled in 1968).
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/weblog/comments/1990_buckwheat_hoax (523 words)

	Cover Crop Basics
		Buckwheat is a broadleaf plant and an excellent smother crop—it's effective even against weeds like quackgrass.
		"Buckwheat is very fast-growing and can provide a quick canopy to shade weeds.
		Buckwheat's white flowers serve two purposes—they work well as a filler for flower arrangements, and they attract beneficial insects.
	www.organicgardening.com /feature/0,7518,s1-2-7-789-2-1-2,00.html (543 words)

	Buckwheat Zydeco's Facts
		In 1971 he formed his own band, Buckwheat and the Hitchhikers, a 15-piece funk and soul aggregation with three girl singers, two male singers, a five-piece horn section, Buck’s funky Hammond B-3 organ and all the colorful and super-sharp outfits that southern audiences expected in those days.
		Buckwheat Zydeco’s critical and creative fortunes rose in 1983 when he began working with Scott Billington, a talented and perceptive producer for Rounder Records.
		As Ben Sandmel wrote in the original album liner notes, "Buckwheat’s youthful eclecticism has alienated some purists, but who cares?" One would have to be a pretty intransigent purist not to enjoy how this cut works it’s magic in the purest way.
	www.buckwheatzydeco.com /bwzydecoourstory/zydeco_20year.html (4355 words)

	Good O' Boy Roundup Report - March, 1996 d)Allegation of selling a raciallyinsensitive Buckwheat T-shirt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Several witnesses reported that a T-shirt with a pocket drawn on it, the words "Good Ole Boys '92," and a drawing of the television character Buckwheat from the Little Rascals show as if he were tucked inside the "pocket," was offered for sale at the 1992 Roundup.
		An article in the September 1995 issue of Media Bypass alleged that this particular shirt was "[t]he ATF 'Pocket Nigger' shirt, featuring 'Buckwheat,' [that] was entered into the 1992 roundup T-shirt competition." We found no evidence either connecting this shirt in any way to anyone from ATF or of a T-shirt "competition" at any Roundup.
		The individual who purchased the shirt contended that he did not consider it to be racist and did not purchase it for any potential racist message.
	www.usdoj.gov /oig/special/9603/gr000072.htm (311 words)

	From The Mailbag! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Devil may have worn the Buckwheat headband at the 1986 Johnny Dawkins block-at-the-end-of-the-game game, but he wore it at the 1988 game in Cameron also, and he DID get a lot of criticism for being racist then.
		Since it was only a few weeks after the Buckwheat incident, they thought we were taunting David Rivers with "the N word".
		It was I who, as the '87-'88 mascot, made a supremely horrible error of judgment and wrote "Buckwheat" on the headband.
	www.dukebasketballreport.com /main/889.html (830 words)

	Rob on the Road » Author: No racist intent behind The Little Rascals
		You may remember our discussion on this Weblog about whether The Little Rascals and the Buckwheat character on TV was racist.
		Eddie Murphy introduced his Buckwheat routine on Saturday Night Live on October 10, 1981, which was the one year anniversary of the real Buckwheat's death.
		Buckwheat was portrayed in a stereotypical way for that time period.
	www.journaltimes.com /nucleus/index.php?itemid=2215&catid=88 (2077 words)

	VanderWorld (under occupation): THE FIRST ANNUAL BUCKWHEAT MOVIE AWARDS FOR BEST AND WORST MOVIES OF THE YEAR
		This is a comedy based on the main character's resolute defiance of reality--a nerd who doesn't think he's a nerd and has no need to fit in with his classmates.
		In the process, we meet characters and experience situations that are drop-dead funny, in highly original ways, and in part because of the characters' deadpan reactions to those situations.
		The result is a movie in which you care about the characters even as you're laughing hysterically at the many sight gags and such inspired bits as scenes with a fashion designer who specializes in superhero outfits.
	vanderworld.blogspot.com /2005/02/first-annual-buckwheat-movie-awards.html (3341 words)

	1990 Buckwheat Hoax
		In October 1990 ABC aired an interview with a man who, so they believed, had played Buckwheat in the Our Gang series during the 1930s.
		And I've just now discovered that YouTube has a video from 1990 of A Current Affair interviewing the Buckwheat imposter, after he was exposed.
		Even though it was clear no one was buying his story any more, the guy still insisted he was Buckwheat.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/weblog/permalink/1990_buckwheat_hoax (202 words)

	Buckwheat Zydeco Profile
		A piano prodigy at the age of four he was nicknamed "Buckwheat" by a childhood friend because his hair looked like that of the Little Rascals character.
		Although often exposed to traditional zydeco as a child (his father was an accomplished accordion player and close friend of Clifton Chenier), he preferred R&B. In 1971 he formed his own band, Buckwheat and the Hitchhikers, a 15-piece funk and soul band with Buckwheat playing the Hammond B-3 organ.
		Later in that decade an epiphany occurred when Buckwheat attended a show by Clifton Chenier at the urging of his father.
	www.mnblues.com /profile/buckwheat2000.html (379 words)

	"Little Rascals" Memories quiz -- free game
		This quiz tests your knowledge on characters and episodes from these timeless classics.
		Which character wanted to be a street car conductor when he grew up and later brought a mule into the schoolhouse(among other things)?
		Hint: The actor who played this character went on to become a star, but he has had trouble with the law.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=113249 (545 words)

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