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I love the crunch, the extra bit of texture that wheat berries can add to certain foods. They also make a tasty hot cereal on their own--add a touch of margarine and honey; maybe some dried fruit. Yum. As for the wheat berries from Palouse, I am very impressed. (I've been impressed with everything that I've bought from Palouse but that's another review.) While I haven't gone over every berry with a fine tooth comb, I can say that these are the cleanest, tightest whole wheat berries that I've purchased. They cook up like a dream: 2 to 2 1/2 hours in a slow cooker on high. Some people pre-soak the berries before cooking; I do not. I want my berries to maintain a bit of chew. Into the slow cooker: 1 cup wheat berries, sorted and rinsed 3 to 4 cups water; start with 3 1 to 2 pinches salt I set my slow cooker at high for 2 hours. I check the berries at about 1 1/2 hours and, if neccessary, I add another cup of water. I check the berries again when the timer goes off. If the berries are not done to my liking, I set the time for another 30 minutes to an hour and add water if it's needed. Once the berries have cooked, I let them cool in the pot. Once they are cool, I package them into re-sealable plastic bags in 1/2 cup servings. I also package one in a 1 cup serving for that breakfast treat. How do I use the wheat berries? I add them to soups, to rice and especially to oatmeal. I like to cook about a week's worth of steel-cut oats at one time in the slow cooker. When I do this, I add 1/2 cup raw wheat berries to 1 1/2 cup steel-cut oats. I start out with 4 cups water and add more as needed, cooking for about 2 to 2 1/2 hours, on high, or 2 1/2 to 3 hours on low. June 9, 2013, Update: I forgot to mention that this wheat makes lovely sprouts. June 11, 2013, Update: This five pound bag of wheat berries fits very nicely in a Snapware MODS Medium Rectangle Storage Container 17 Cups. (No, I don't work for Snapware but it was challenge trying to figure out how to store all of my new goodies without resorting to the bucket with a gamma lid that I use for the 20 lbs of soybeans that I purchase directly from a farm.)