[decimon]

Same old grind ping.

[stumptalker]

May I have more porridge, Daddy Grunt?

[Vigilanteman]

I've substituted wheat and barely for rice in a rice cooker. It doesn't taste half bad, stretches the $$ and even cleans you out pretty good. There's a reason that the Romans conquered most of the then-known world on whole grains.

If you can't grow wheat, barley or rice, I imagine that sage would do the same thing. Sage tea, flour and other derivatives have been well-known in Native American circles for both food and herbal-medicinal purposes for generations.