• About Bulgur
• Bulgur—A Whole Grain
• Health & Nutrition
  • Bulgur-The Perfect Whole Grain For A Healthy Body
  • Nutrition Analysis
  • Nutritional Articles
  • Bulgur vs Brown Rice
• History of Bulgur Wheat
• Little Known Facts
  • Index
  • World's Oldest Cooked Cereal (pdf)
  • Bulgur at Woodstock
  • Bulgur in Politics (pdf)
  • Bulgur in Hair Loss Remdy (pdf)
• Bulgur Characteristics
• Bulgur Types
• Bakery Applications
• Bulgur Processing (cartoon)
• Grano
• Bulgur Wheat Links

Little Known Facts About Bulgur Wheat

Bulgur - World’s Oldest Cooked Cereal (pdf)

Bulgur at Woodstock

Bulgur in Museums
This photo was taken in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The shirt was a gift to President Lyndon Johnson and was made from bulgur wheat bags donated from the Food for Peace Program. (click for large view of shirt)

Bulgur in the War
Bulgur was used during World War II for two purposes. One was as a staple to feed the troops and the other was as a sand blasting agent to clean airplane parts.

Bulgur in Songs
Bulgur is mentioned in Jimmy Buffet’s song “Cheeseburger in Paradise”.

Bulgur in Movies
Bulgur wheat was used to simulate sand when Owen Wilson was shown in an oversize hourglass in the movie “Night at the Museum—Battle of the Smithsonian”. (click for photos).

Bulgur in the Olympics
Bulgur was used as part of the diet of US Olympic Athletes at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Bulgur in Politics (pdf)
Congressional Confidential reports that John McCain (R-AZ) ‘can taste non-organic bulgur in half a bite’.

Bulgur in Hair Loss Remedy (pdf)
Beauty – lentils, green peas, walnuts…bulgur….are excellent sources of essential vitamins for hair loss.

Bulgur in Soap
Mission Peak Soap Products made a special batch of soap that used #4 Traditional Bulgur as an exfoliant agent in the bar.

Bulgur in the Bible
Bulgur is referred to as "Arisah" in the Old Testament in:

Ezekiel 44:28-30 (New International Version)

28”I am to be the only inheritance the priests have. You are to give them no possession in Israel; I will be their possession.29 They will eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings; and everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. 30The best of all of the first fruits and all of your special gifts will belong to the priests. You are to give them the first portion of your ground meal so that a blessing may rest on your household.”31

Nehemiah 10:37 (New International Version)

37”Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all of our trees and of our new wine and oil. And we will bring a tithe of our crops to the Levites, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.”

Annual Tabouleh Festival

See what Baby Mikey says about Bulgur Wheat