Please no spoilers! So that I can provide my best and most honest reaction, please do not mention the names of any future characters, events, or episode titles (this goes for future series as well). Please do not say which upcoming episodes are good or bad, otherwise I will have trouble forming my own opinion! Thank you, and enjoy!

"The Trouble w Tribbles" is generally considered one of the best of Classic Trek episodes. One of the things that makes Classic Trek stand out among all the Trek series after all these years is one week could be an action adventure, the next week. Mystery, the next week, heavy drama, or the next week a comedy episode. Such a fantastic show and to think this was made 50 years ago when westerns were the most popular kind of show on TV, it still blows me away

Here's a fun trivia bit for you. In the episode Spock tell Jones to pick up every tribble will take 17.9 years Fast forward to Star Trek:Wrath of Khan and this dialogue between Carol Marcus and Kirk: Carol Marcus: Please tell me what you're feeling. Kirk: There's a man out there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me. Which means while we're watching Khan and Kirk and the battle for Genesis, a lonely man wanders the halls of a space station picking up tribbles

The actor who played the admiral was the spokesman in the Allstate commercials at the time. There's an outtake in the bloopers of his scene where someone threw him a tribble and he said "remember, you're in good hands with tribbles."

23:20 Sherman's planet was a neutral planet that both the Federation and Klingons wanted to colonize. The quadrotriticale was important because it was the only Earth grain that would grow there. The Klingons poisoned the grain to try to sabotage their colonization effort so the Klingons would get the planet.

Another fun fact: this is one of only a few Trek episodes in which James "Scotty" Doohan's middle finger is shown to be missing. In most other episode's they found creative ways to hide it, but it's clearly visible in the scene where he's carrying an armful of Tribbles. James Doohan served in the Canadian military and was on the beach on D-Day when he was shot six times by a nervous Canadian sentry. His middle finger had to be amputated, and the only thing that saved his life was a cigarette case in his shirt pocket that took the impact of a bullet that would otherwise have pierced his heart.

Fun fact: The look of frustrated defeat on Kirk's face when the mass of tribbles rained down on his head was geniune. That the the EIGHTH time Shatner had to endure it, as there'd been a problem with every take they tried before it. 🤣

The genius behind this comedy episode is that all the character stayed in character--even Spock. They did not have to change the characters to make them funny.

"The Trouble with Tribbles" and "City on the Edge of Forever" are my top two favorite episodes of Star Trek TOS.

Sulu was originally supposed to be the one who knew about Quadrotriticalie and since he's been shown previously to be a botanist it's logical he'd knows about it, but George Takei was off filming "The Green Berets", so his lines got split between Chekov and Spock.

David Gerrold also authored a book about writing this "Star Trek's most popular episode". Apparently, James Doohan came up with the parting line, "I transported the whole kit and caboodle into the Klingon engine room, where they'll be no tribble at all!".

Fun Fact: Doohan (Scotty) heard how much the stunt men were getting for the fight. He asked if he would get extra pay for doing the fights himself. They said yes, so that's Doohan actually in the bar fight scene. All the more reason Scotty (Doohan) Rules.

Speaking of props, in the episode “The Man Trap” Gene Roddenberry told the prop designer to come up with some futuristic salt shakers for a scene. The designer came back with a few different designs for Gene. Gene looked at them and said they wouldn’t be recognizable as salt shakers unless the actor picked one up and said “This is a salt shaker.” But Gene did say they would be nifty medical instruments for Dr. McCoy. They ended up borrowing some salt shakers from the NBC commissary. So when McCoy is scanning you he is actually seasoning you, lol.

I remember way back in the 70s, watching with my dad. We both understood Scotties gratitude at being able to get back to his journals.

The episode starts out very "heavily", but turns into, perhaps, the lightest episode of the entire series.

After this was filmed, tribbles kept appearing all over the place on various sets. In drawers, under and inside cabinets, and, if legends are true, in Uhura's uniform with her.

William Schallert was a beloved character actor for many years. He played Patty Duke's dad in her (to me, classic) TV series. Patty was very close to him, and sort of regarded him as her real father, according to her memoirs.

Guys, nobody spoil the thing. You know the thing I mean. She'll get there when she gets there.

One great joke you might have missed: Spock: "He just couldn't believe his ears." Kirk: a beat, a quick take, then back to the conversation. That was a riff on the recent MAD Magazine Star Trek parody, which had Spock say "I can't believe my ears," and Kirk reply, "Some days, *I* can't believe your ears!"

3:38 "She wants to shop and I thought I would help her," said _no_ man, _ever._

Saw a funny bumper sticker a few minutes ago. It said, "Have your tribble spayed or neutered."

6:02 "Is That Trelane?" Good catch. That was indeed William Campbell, whom had played Trelane in the episode "The Squire Of Gothos"

Fun fact: days before this episode was scheduled to air, somebody noticed a STRONG similarity between the Tribbles and the "Martian Flat Cats" that are featured in Robert A. Heinlein's novel "The Rolling Stones" (including being born pregnant). Writer David Gerrold was gobsmacked: he admitted that while this wasn't intentional, he HAD read that novel years earlier and he may have inadvertently "borrowed" these elements. The network was prepared to pull the episode but a call was made to Mr. Heinlein, asking what he wanted to allow the episode to air. Mr. Heinlein, a very gracious gentleman, demanded only one thing: an autographed shooting script signed by David Gerrold. Gerrold and Heinlein remained friends until the latter's death in 1988.

18:11 - The look on Kirk's face = "Don't f*ck with me, Bones!"

Fun fact for this episode. The line where Checkov recognized the grain was actually intended for Sulu. An interest in horticulture was part of Sulu’s character. However,, George T. was filming a movie at the time, so he was released.

The Enterprise is a character in it's own right... and Scotty will not allow anyone talk crap about his baby!!! This is one of the best episodes for the comedic aspects of Star Trek! I am so glad that you're loving the show and we're loving watching you enjoy it as well! Thank you for sharing your journey with us. : )

13:12 To be fair, last time Scotty was on shore leave several women were murdered.

TRIBBLES! We have Tribbles! Props designer Wah Chang had come up with some magnificent creations during his time working on "Star Trek." The post-pilot phaser, the tricorder, the Vulcan lute, even the basic designs of the salt vampire and the Gorn. I'm glad this was the episode Chang gets to go out on before his dismissal from the series. Wah Chang was one of the unsung heroes in early Hollywood props designs, having built the maquette used for live-action referencing for the title character of "Pinocchio," the headdress worn by Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra," and the titular contraption itself in "The Time Machine." "Star Trek" producer Bob Justman sought him out after getting into an argument with the props union members over at Desilu because Chang came up with far better designs than they ever could (the initial phaser design from Matt and John Jeffries was flat-out rejected by Gene Roddenberry). Because Chang was nonunion, Justman had to get clever, and made it appear that he was buying "preexisting, off-the-shelf" items from Chang because hiring him outright to manufacture props would have been against union rules. The same union rules also meant that Chang could not be properly credited for his work on "Star Trek." On December 29, 1967 (the exact date "The Trouble with Tribbles" aired), Desilu Studios, which produced "Star Trek," was acquired by Gulf+Western from Lucille Ball (yes, THAT Lucille Ball) and incorporated into Paramount Pictures to serve as their television production arm. Looking through the numbers, G+W saw how much "Star Trek" was hemorrhaging money, and cuts needed to be made. Unfortunately, Wah Chang turned out to be an easy target by these cuts. The FIVE HUNDRED tribbles created for this episode cost quite a lot (including the hiring of an assistant "tribble-maker" Jacqueline Cumeré) and by this point, the props guild had started to catch on to Justman's ruse. Because of the situation between Justman and the props union, Wah Chang could not be credited for any of his work on "Star Trek." He was not even mentioned in the 1968 reference book "The Making of Star Trek," despite covering the very props he crafted. Fortunately, "Star Trek" has a large fan base. A fan base that corresponds frequently in the convention circuit. Through a lot of digging on the part of the fan base, Chang's contributions became more well-known. By 1996, Bob Justman and Herb Sollow published a tell-all memoir that told the story of their grievances with the propsmasters, the hiring of Chang, and which specific elements of the show were his contributions. And it's good that Chang gets the credit he deserves. Good creative minds like that should never be forgotten. Fans deserve to know who to thank when they hold a phaser or a tricorder, dress up as a Gorn...or pet a stuffed tribble (which thankfully doesn't multiply!).

"it's only human nature to love little furry animals." Thank you, says the tarantula.

This was the scriptwriter's (David Gerrold) first professional job (script).

6:00 Yes, William Campbell also played Trelane. But no, the other Klingon is not Lazarus from "The Alternative Factor." But hats off to you for not only remembering his name, but the episode title as well...as well as remembering the aforementioned Organian Peace Treaty. You are TRULY a TREKKIE. 🖖

I just met the gentleman who wrote this episode at a convention today, he signed a copy of the script for me!

TRIBBLES!!!!!!GREAT EPISODE! One of the Most beloved episodes ever! Funniest Too! The whole scene in the Bar with the klingons......EPIC....So is the scene where Kirk is questioning his men after! Korax and Scotty's Exchange is stuff of Legend!..So is the scene where scotty is talking about the Fight with Kirk!!!!!

Every Canadian youtube reactor swoons whenever Spock mentions the word "Canada."

During the Cold War, and I guess still today to a lesser extent, there was a stereotype that Russians claimed that they invented everything. Telephone? Invented by a Russian. Automobile? Invented by a Russian. The American Express card? Invented by a Russian. So a lot of those jokes were written into Chekov's character.

Best Guy Moment On The Series? Kirk,"Here, let me try," to the guard. "I'll do exactly the same thing as you just did, but I'm Captain Kirk so I'll get a different result." Only thing missing? The guard saying "I loosened it for you."

All the actors seemed to be having fun in this episode. It's rumored that even the stage hands up in the grain silos were having a little too much fun pelting Shatner in the head with tribbles.

Bunny, as you continue your journey through the Star Trek franchise, this won't be the only time you get to smile and laugh. 🙂

Beaming them into space is inhumane, but beaming them onto a ship of Klingons who presumably will is not

Many of you know that the 11 foot 'shooting' Model of the Enterprise resides at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. When the Curators at the Museum were doing the most recent Restoration of the Model, they chose this Episode as the Reference work to match the 'upgrades' being done to the Model.

When I was a kid, I didn’t get this. But I have enjoyed it more and more over the years. Kirk is especially hilarious. The writer was 19 years old at the time of submitting this script, and he lied about his age because he thought they wouldn’t consider him if they knew the truth.

Scotty was the forerunner to what we now call "Tech Geeks." People so fascinated by Technology to the exclusion of everything else.

I have a Star Trek themed Christmas tree and have random 'tribbles' (pom pom fake fur puffs) tucked around in the branches.

That is indeed William Campbell/Trelane of Gothos, masquerading as Klingon Captain Koloth! 😆 Michael Pataki played the Klingon troublemaker Korax. He does look a lot like like Lazarus (played by Robert Brown).

A lot of us have been eagerly awaiting your reaction to this particular Trek episode.

Terrible job by Trelane's parents to let him impersonate a Klingon commander. They made 1,771,561 Tribbles for this episode. Tribbles are dangerous only if fed after Stardate 3134.9.

Bunny instantly spotted Trulane! This episode was voted by viewers very highly, back in about 1988 when Leonard Nimoy hosted a show on the top 10 episodes.

"It frustrates me just as much as it...Wooohaa butterfly wings!" LOL!

The episode's writer is David Gerrold author of my favorite sci-fi series: the War against the Chtorr.

This is a good episode. It's funny how you picked up on what was going on when Kirk was standing under the grain compartment door full of tribbles. There was crew up there trying to throw the individual tribbles at him at just the wrong time and throw him off while Shatner was trying to say his lines.

Folks - Remember, NO SPOILERS. That includes mentioning future appearances or references to this in other series, or events in other series. I've just, sadly, had to delete a half-dozen posts specifically for mentioning events which take place far into the fictional future from this episode. Several of which I personally thought were funny and well written, but which unfortunately told her about things she, we all can hope, will be surprised to see for the first time someday! Remrmber, if someone watching this episode for the first time, when it first aired, would not have known something... you should not mention that thing to her. The whole point of this channel is for us to see her experience these things, fresh and unspoiled, the same way we did waaay back then. It's tough, when most of us have seen these episodes many times, and they form a complete whole inside our minds. A "history" of sorts. But for her, it's all new. Let's all try to keep it that way! 👍

This is an episode assured of getting a huge number of comments as there are just so many wonderful angles in it. It is a "comic relief" episode, as was "I, Mudd". The theme of Kirk's disdain of bureaucrats shows up again with his sniping at Nilz Baris, played by the actor William Schallert, who was ubiquitous on TV for decades, almost always playing likable characters, but not here. And the line about too much of anything, even love, is not necessarily a good thing, is important to remember. Without predators, the tribbles became dangerous. The terms of the Organian Peace Treaty would award Sherman's planet to the side that developed it best. Since quadrotriticale was the *only* grain that would grow there, the Klingon sabotage of that grain would have resulted in giving the planet to them if the scheme had not been uncovered. A little exposition mixed in with all the comedy.

Now you know the trouble with tribbles. This episode has always been a fan favorite, and that may be because it was written by a fan. (episode writer David Gerrold wrote a book about the creation of this episode that I read back in college- it was in the library) Indeed Kirk is especially snarky (but I've never seen a Federation commissioner that didn't deserve such treatment) and Scotty is his most Scotty to this point in the series. (don't worry, I won't spoil what is to come) The look Kirk (buried to his chest in tribbles) gives to McCoy when he orders him to find out what killed the tribbles and McCoy replies he hasn't figured out what keeps them alive yet- for my money, worth watching the whole episode for. The actions, gestures, and dialogue of everyone on the station and ship are also very enjoyable.

Bunny, as the bar scene opens, we see Scotty and Chekov sit down with a crewman we don't recognize, who is very quiet, but gets very involved when the fight breaks out. That's stuntman Paul Baxley, and as I understand it, he often served as Shatner's stunt-double. In the next scene, when Kirk is interrogating the crew involved in the fight, he starts with Baxley, so it's a good opportunity to see them side-by-side.

19:21 Notice the Enterprise moving by in the background! It was a nice detail!

I have four Tribbles scattered around my house. I keep them away from the kitchen, but they get along pretty well around the house. Yes, William Campbell did also play Trelane in "Squire of Gothos". The assistant to Captain Koloth, was a common character actor in 1960s TV shows, but I think this was his only ST showing, at least in TOS I think. Koloth made another reappearance in the DS9 episode "The Blood Oath", 70 years older. In a different DS9 episode, "Trials and Tribble-ations", they do a very fond call back to this episode, complete with time manipulation and other such Star Trek things. As I recall, there was an animated episode about the Tribbles again, but it wasn't nearly as fun. The Klingon homeworld is a bit larger and denser than Earth, so yes, they are a bit stronger than humans. Starting a fist fight with them is a bit of a challenge.

Yes, Bunny. That is William Campbell, who played Trelane in The Squire Of Gothos. His subordinate is played by Michael Pataki, a long time and excellent character actor.

The 1970s series Quark, starring Richard Benjamin, was literally set aboard--a garbage ship, in space. It had to collect garbage in space.

6:02 yes that’s Trelaine. The other guy was the Russian trainer in ROCKY IV

A decade ago there was a theater troupe called Atomic Arts in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. Their "five year mission" was to present favorite Star Trek episodes as stage plays in an outdoor amphitheater, free to the public. It was called Trek in the Park, and was tremendously popular, with performances each weekend in August. They finished their run with The Trouble with Tribbles, of course. The cast and crew's mothers sewed hundreds of tribbles, which were distributed to children after the final performance. Among the finest examples of "Keep Portland Weird."

R.I.P James (Scotty) Doohan, D-Day veteran wounded in action.

Very much enjoyed your reaction, young lady! You picked out Trelane! You know your stuff! Love your channel!

Cyrano Jones was originally supposed to be Harry Mudd. But that actor wasn't available.

This was such a fun, character episode and such much fun! Glad you enjoyed it!

18:24 "I want that job, sit up in the shaft and every once in a while throw a stuffed animal at Shatner." - A truly hilarious statement for those in the know...

"Who put the tribbles in the quadrotriticale?" must be the first line of a great song. Even better than "… Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?

There is an episode from Deep Space Nine called "Trials and Tribulations", which is an homage to this well loved original show's episode. It is a remarkable tribute - I imagine DS9 spent most of their seasons budget doing that show.

Since the Federation and the Klingon Empire are competing for Sherman's Planet's alliance, the delivery of quadrotriticale would be a big win for the Federation. Sherman's Planet would benefit from such a strong wheat grain, which could feed millions. Delivering a load of dead grain would totally embarrass the Federation, and the Klingons are all for that!

You're right, Bunny, about Trelayne being one of the Klingons, but the other one was not the actor who played Lazarus in "The Alternative Factor." The actor who played Lazarus was Robert Brown -- who, a year or so after his appearance on Star Trek, became the star of a show called "Here Come the Brides", a series based loosely on the Mercer girls who were brought from the east coast in the 1860's to Seattle, which had a desperate shortage of marriageable women. That series is all but forgotten now (although it is available on DVD), which makes me sad, because when I was in junior high, it was my second favorite TV show. (Star Trek was my favorite.)

Info about the tribbles, only one person made all of the 500 tribbles: "The episode’s author, David Gerrold, wanted to tell a story about the consequences of an ecological balance that is disrupted. He needed to invent a breed of small alien creatures that would be easy for the "Star Trek" artists to manufacture in large numbers. Using real living animals was out of the question. Gerrold’s girlfriend at the time, Holly Sherman, had a key chain that was a pink ball of fluff. Although pink was too garish a color to use, the fluffy ball of fur was the inspiration behind the creatures. Originally named "Fuzzies" in early drafts of the story, Gerrold played with a list of many other names he randomly created. After eliminating names such as "Shagbies," "Puffies" and "Goonies," he finally ended up with the name "Tribbles." The Tribbles were designed by special effects genius Wah Chang, who also designed the show’s most famous prop icons - the Tricorder, Phaser and Communicator. Irving Feinberg, Star Trek’s prop master, supervised construction of the creatures. They were sewn by Jacqueline Cumeré, who was reportedly paid $350 to make 500 of them. TribbleMost of the Tribbles were brown in color, some of which were touched up with lighter or darker accents for variation. A few were white. Some of the earliest created were made of a softer, fluffier fur while they were still experimenting with materials. "Star Trek" special effects man Jim Rugg made six Tribbles "walk" by using toy dogs. He cut off the toy's heads and fitted them with a Tribble skin. One of them can be seen in the episode walking across a railing on the bridge of the Enterprise for a moment before being scooped up by Captain Kirk (William Shatner). Rugg also made a few Tribbles "breathe" by placing a surgical balloon inside them, which was inflated using a plastic tube attached to a squeeze bulb.

Definitely look forward to your weekly reactions. Can't wait for your fashion commentary on the next episode.

Anybody ever notice that there are no obvious stunt men in the bar fight scene that are replacing Scotty, Chekov, etc.?

'There be no tribble at all.' -Scotty Surprisingly.. I missed that jokes a dozen or more times.. lol

Definitely one of the most fun episodes of the series. Everyone of the main cast members get their own moment to shine. I loved your reaction to it!

This is considered the most popular of all the original episodes and when it was released on VHS in a special box set, it came with a Tribble and that’s all I’m gonna tell you I’m not gonna give anything away anymore. Have a good one. And you’re still doing a great job keep it up.

Its great how Tribbles are still brought into other Star Trek media. And its often considered how unpleasant and dangerous they can be.

Shatner really plays the mounting aggravation to perfection 😂

The actor playing the Starfleet official was famous at the time for doing Allstate insurance commercials...there's a blooper from when they were filming the insert: A stage hand tosses him a Tribble and he continues "Captain Kirk, you're in good hands with tribbles.," parodying the slogan.

I look forward to your Star Trek reactions every week, Bunny!!! I'll keep saying it until you believe me! You are my favorite reactor!!! ✌️

I love how Kirk was just so over everything in this episode. :)

I love Kirk's snarky insults against that Federation bureaucrat: "I have never questioned the orders or intelligence of Starfleet....until now." Or "I take this situation very seriously; it is YOU I take lightly" Or "Tribbles seem to like you, Mr. Barrus - but there's no accounting for taste."

Station Manager Lurry (Whit Bissell) appeared in heaps of TV shows over the years, including Time Tunnel (TV series) and The Time machine (movie).

the moment a series that isn't a comedy delves into comedy and pulls off the comedy to widespread popular acclaim shows us the moment that all the main characters have become fully established and that their players have comfortably settled into their roles. it is also a dangerous moment for a series, which could indicate that the writers may have run out of their best ideas.

Tribbles are like Pringles. You can't have just one.

Lovely reaction, as usual! The Organian Peace Treaty requires that disputes between the Federation & Klingons concerning territory are to be resolved through a demonstration of which party can "best develop" it. The two governments each claimed Sherman's Planet, and the quatrotriticale (a grain that grows well on that planet) was the Federation's offer of proof that it was going to be better at peacefully developing the planet than were the Klingons. The poisoning of the grain was an attempt to make it appear that the Federation was not, in fact, suited to develop the planet, and that therefore it should be awarded to the Klingon Empire.

I want to say that is a very pretty heart shaped gem necklace also it shows that you are becoming more aware of certain Star Trek budgetary concerns by identifying the Klingon Captain Koloth is the same actor that played Trelayne in Squire of Gothos.

I think this is probably one of the most popular episodes to people who aren’t super fans of Star Trek. Not that it’s not popular with trek fans, it’s just one of the most pop culturally known episodes.

"...The Space Wheat 😳..." - Bunny 🐰

First big laugh: "Whaaaa! Butterfly wings!" Welcome to what many (including me) consider to be one of the most fun and lighthearted episodes of TOS. To answer your confusion: The Klingons and Federation are competing for Sherman's Planet. The grain is the tool the Federation is using to help develop the planet. The Klingons don't have anything that can compete with the grain, so to get an upper hand, the Klingons sabotage the grain. Hope this helps. Seeya!

BunnyTails - if KOLOTH looks familiar he is William Cambell , who also played TRALAINE . he is a Paramount actor & appeared in some other Paramount shows.

My favourite line in this episode was the discussion between Bones(?) and Spock. "But it's soft and makes a nice sound." "As would be an ermine violin, Doctor, but I have no desire to own one."

Fun fact. Triticale is a real plant. It's a man-made hybrid of wheat and rye.

In addition to William Campbell, who played Trelane, this episode has at least two other notable guest stars. Whit Bissell was General Kirk in the ABC series The Time Tunnel that ran in the same season as the first season of Star Trek; he also appeared in the George Pal movie The Time Machine, and in a 1979 TV Movie based on the same H. G. Wells novel. William Schalert, who played Nilz Baris in this episode, is most famous for his work on The Patty Duke Show; later on, he would appear in Colossus: The Forbin Project. He also had a role in Gremlins. As well, his likeness appeared, presumably without his permission, on one version of the artwork for the Magic: the Gathering card Fyndhorn Elder.

One of my favorite episodes. This was writer David Gerrold's FIRST professional sale (he was 23 at the time), so - pretty impressive!

0:14 An interesting fact about this episode: You'll notice the absence of Sulu, that's because George Takei was filming "The Green Berets" co-starring John Wayne

Hey bunny , we’ll another fun humorous episode. Refreshing after those last few , I think this was a fun change of direction.

I used to have tribbles on my desk when I worked at a software consulting firm in Philadelphia. They were always a hit and topic of conversation.

I believe that David Gerrold was either still in college or just out when he wrote this. William Schallert(the self-righteous undersecretary) was familiar as the father/uncle on "The Patty Duke Show."

As a life-long fan of the original series, and having watched this episode dozens of times, I am ashamed to admit that I totally missed the "Organian Peace Treaty" reference, probably because cross-over sub-plots were so very rare in TOS, so one tends to view any episodic event as contained & resolved, by the time the final credits roll. However, you, Bunny, picked up on it right away, and having just now gone back to research that treaty, I am realizing that it was actually a hugely important event, as it affected the balance of power in the Alpha Quadrant. Good job, Bunny.

The Tribbles are said to be reminiscent of Heinlein's "flat cats". As for the quadrotriticale: as explained, the Organian Peace Treaty would award Sherman's Planet to the Klingons or the Federation depending on who was best able to develop it; quadrotriticale, being an effective grain crop, was instrumental to achieving that goal. Triticale was a hybrid of wheat and rye, which can't interbreed naturally; it was achieved through artificially appending the genome of the one to the other, and so it was in the news as a scientific breakthrough a little while before the episode. In Canada, there's even a brand of cracker, the "triscuit", made from its flour. Presumably, quadrotriticale was the result of repeating this technique to create an artificial hybrid of four grains.