sammalt mel

English translation: wholemeal flour/ wholewheat flour

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Norwegian term or phrase:sammalt mel
English translation:wholemeal flour/ wholewheat flour
Entered by: Christine Andersen

12:24 Sep 2, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / food
Norwegian term or phrase: sammalt mel
Flour made of whole grain
Beathe
wholewheat flour
Explanation:
Wholewheat flour
Another expression is wholemeal - but it is mostly used in the UK and sometimes regarded as slightly old-fashioned.

An American alternative is Graham or graham flour (see reference)

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Note added at 6 hrs 31 mins (2004-09-02 18:55:52 GMT)
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I personally like \'wholemeal\', which is what we always baked with at home when we were tired of \'Mother\'s Pride\', and my father aged 84 still does! The \'meal\' part of the word is derived from the same ancient linguistic roots as \'mel\'...
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Christine Andersen
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Local time: 01:25
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5 +3wholewheat flour
Christine Andersen
3whole grain flower
Suzanne Blangsted (X)


  

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whole grain flower


Explanation:
- sammalt is blended in the grinding. In this case different whole types of whole grain.

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Note added at 29 mins (2004-09-02 12:54:35 GMT)
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http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Flour

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 16:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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wholewheat flour


Explanation:
Wholewheat flour
Another expression is wholemeal - but it is mostly used in the UK and sometimes regarded as slightly old-fashioned.

An American alternative is Graham or graham flour (see reference)

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Note added at 6 hrs 31 mins (2004-09-02 18:55:52 GMT)
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I personally like \'wholemeal\', which is what we always baked with at home when we were tired of \'Mother\'s Pride\', and my father aged 84 still does! The \'meal\' part of the word is derived from the same ancient linguistic roots as \'mel\'...


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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vedis Bjørndal: wholemeal=grovmel;usiktet - noen ganger av hvete, noen ganger annen type korn
3 hrs
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agree  Pia Walker: In these days of allergies, one has to take care what one is calling food product - I would go with wholemeal - as it does not denote any particular kind of grain.
5 hrs
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agree  Richard Lawson: I agree with Pia & Vedis - wholemeal. You can buy sammalt rug, bygg, havre, etc. as well as hvete.
5 hrs
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