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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mortality on January 12, 2010, 16:01:08

Title: Quinoa
Post by: Mortality on January 12, 2010, 16:01:08
Anyone grown it? or tasted it? ???

Interested to see what its like to grow and eat.

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/grains.html

Has a few different types..
Title: Re: Quinoa
Post by: PurpleHeather on January 13, 2010, 07:01:19
I think that you will need to invest in some mill stones to do your own grinding. if you are intending to make flour from it.

Here are some recipe tips

http://www.recipetips.com/glossary-term/t--37982/quinoa-flour.asp

Good luck

Title: Re: Quinoa
Post by: Duke Ellington on January 13, 2010, 09:27:43
I haven't grown it but I have tasted the packaged quinoa. Its okay but felt that it needed to be cooked in stock to give it flavour. A cross between cous cous and rice.

Duke :)
Title: Re: Quinoa
Post by: earlypea on January 13, 2010, 10:22:08
I used to eat Quinoa a lot - very unusual texture and a nuttiness to it, but then I'm a grain lover.

It's easy to get in the supermarket.

I grew amaranth, a relative, last year.  Very much enjoyed growing it because of its dramatic flowerheads and it yields a useable crop from just a handful of plants.  Fiddly to thresh, I imagine quinoa's the same, but if you enjoy doing things with your hands and you've got the time go ahead.