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    What is the difference between Semolina and Farina?

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Here are some friends with simlar question as we.And I have this question for many days,anyone help us?
Kitty said: Yes.What is the difference between Semolina and Farina?-I try seach this on internet but no results found.Maybe this is a stupid question.
Mike said: oh,no,you are wrong.I have found as below for this question(What is the difference between Semolina and Farina?),it will help you,my kids.



Answer:
SEMOLINA:

Semolina is coarsely ground grain, usually wheat, with particles mostly between 0.25 and 0.75 mm in diameter. The same milling grade is sometimes called farina, or grits if made from maize. It refers to two very different products: semolina for porridge is usually steel-cut soft common wheat whereas "durum semolina" used for pasta or gnocchi is coarsely ground from either durum wheat or other hard wheat, usually the latter because it costs less to grow.

Non-durum semolina porridge or farina has come to be known in the United States by the trade name Cream of Wheat.


FARINA:

Farina (from the Italian for "flour") is a bland-tasting meal made from cereal grains, nuts, or starchy roots. While Farina has been compared to grits, they are in fact very different - the only real similarity being that they are both hot cereals. Farina is finely ground wheat, while grits is made from corn, and is of a coarser texture. Farina is a protein-rich food often cooked in boiling water and eaten for breakfast or in puddings such as semolina. It is used as an ingredient in many dishes and in processed foods such as breakfast cereals and pasta.
Farina is made from the germ and endosperm of the grain, which is milled to a fine granular consistency and then sifted. Although the bran and most of the germ are removed, this cereal is sometimes enriched with Vitamin B and iron. Farina, by itself, is most often served as a breakfast cereal, but can also be cooked like polenta. "Cream of Wheat" and Farina Mills' "Farina" (see photo at right) are brand names of a type of wheat farina used for porridge.
Semolina is the flour used to make pasta, and I think Farina is a coarser grind, used as a breakfast grain, I'm not sure if they are from the same grain or not.
Semolina is hard, or durum wheat. Yet I don't know if that means farina is then the soft spring wheat.


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