Spelt and white beans soup

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I noticed that the spelt is not really fashionable in Montreal, you can find a lot of grains everywhere but after more than a year living here, I’ve never seen spelt served in restaurants. That’s probably why when I went out with the purpose of buying it without knowing its name, neither in French nor in English , I started talking with a loud voice and moving my hands, exactly how everyone in the world would expect an Italian does. The poor girl who was serving me in the shop started to look at me like I was crazy (how can I blame her???)