Floating sweet-grass

Glyceria fluitans

grain

Small grains of a pond grass, cooked into a sweet porridge, once harvested by shaking the ears over a cloth.

Origin

Wetlands of Europe

Where to find it

In ponds, ditches and pond edges, from France to Russia; nobody harvests it any more, and “Polish manna” has been forgotten.

Season (United States)

July to August

Preparation

The grains are hulled, washed and cooked for about twenty minutes in water or milk, like semolina.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Arabinoxylans · Magnesium · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

Until the 19th century, it was traded in Poland and Prussia.