kuhne, noun

/ˈkuːni/
Forms:
Also khune, kuny, and with initial capital.
Origin:
See quotation 1977.
In full kuhne meal: a name given to coarsely crushed wholewheat flour, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal. Also attributive.
1951 S. van H. Tulleken Prac. Cookery Bk 350Khune Meal Porridge. This is the best of all a wonderful help against constipation. Khune meal is crushed wheat.
1974 Sunday Times 22 Dec. (Mag. Sect.) 3It’s supposed to be made from something called kuny meal but I just used flour.
1976 Darling 18 Aug.If you’re just feeling peckish, how about honey and sunflower seeds between slices of kuny bread?
1977 L.H.M. Hood InformantAlthough we are a firm of Millers who produce and pack Kuhne crushed wheaten meal,..we too have experienced great difficulty in establishing the derivation of the name ‘Kuhne’. Popular belief..is that the name Kuhne was that of a German Doctor who developed a loaf of bread to ‘clear up the illnesses prevalent at the time — during the turn of the century — it was called the health loaf and was made of the following ingredients: whole wheat flour, salt, yeast and water’.
1978 Sunday Times 23 July (Mag. Sect.) 3Uncrushed wheat (called kuhne meal in Natal) is an excellent source of fibre.
In full kuhne meal:a name given to coarsely crushed wholewheat flour, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal. Also attributive.
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