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If mesquite trees don't grow in your areabut you want to try cooking with the flour, afew companies sell mesquite flour online. They ground thedried seedpods into flour using a stonemortar and pestle, then mixed the protein-rich,gluten-free flour with water andformed it into cakes before baking themin clay ovens. I make buttermilk pancakes with myhome-ground mesquite flour by using V2cup mesquite flour to 1 cup whole-wheatflour. For example, a recipe that callsfor 1 cup whole-wheat flour can be alteredto use 1/4 to 1/2 cup mesquite flour, andthe rest of the cup made up of whole-wheatflour. [Extracted from the article]