[Closed] Quinoa - next level foodstuff?

Quinoa use by the first world means that the indigenous peoples who have eaten it for generations now can't afford to.
I think your next superfood is one that you can keep to yourself...

Some of the reviews are great

I thought I would have a laugh at a mate's expense. He brought his missus round for a meal and I gave them the natural yoghurt recipe from the book. I would have liked to put my hand on the back of her head while she ate it, purely out of habit, but thought better of it,

Anyway, she asked if she could take some home. I said yes, as I thought it was because she liked it so much. I mean, I didn't know she had thrush! I knew he had had the snip because he told me.

So now, ten months later, they're divorced. He's still in rehab, and she's managed to get a council house on account of her being a single mother. She's now a devout Catholic too.

So I recommend the book be placed in the waiting rooms in sperm banks

Quinoa has an amazing property of being totally unfilling.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Images-You-Should-Not-Masturbate/dp/0399536493/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z

Quinoa use by the first world means that the indigenous peoples who have eaten it for generations now can't afford to.

is that a true fact?
Or just something you made up?

It's been argued that's the case, I've not seen anything recent though.

If somebody stumbles across a recent study into it I'd be interested in reading it?

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2014/01/06/quinua-llega-hasta-la-nasa-pero-se-aleja-de-los-consumidores-andinos

Edit - Never mind it's just an older article of the one above.

It's OK, we've started growing it in the UK now:
[url= http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/grow-your-own-quinoa-super-crop.htm ]http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/grow-your-own-quinoa-super-crop.htm[/url]

I have it occasionally, needs a decent sauce to make it edible - something oriental. I hate washing up after it though, the little curly tails really stick to stuff.

hmmm... those studies would definitely seem to indicate that bolivians are changing their eating habits as a result of 1st world meddling..

I dunno if a handful of right on folk boycotting the foodstuff will stop the onslaught of capitalism though 😳

We just use it instead of rice or pasta..

I've heard the argument that us eating it has inflated the market price and deprives poor bolivians of it. I've also heard that the increased price and demand has injected a lot of money in to Bolivia and it's an overall benefit. Plus it's now also grown elsewhere.

I really like it and cook with it quite a bit, using it in salads and also making porridge with it. On its own it is quite dry and bland, as a side dish it definitely needs dressing.

I have tried it as a rice replacement, definitely nowhere near as nice as basmati rice with a curry. If your the kind of person who can eats for fuel before pleasure it will be good for you, but I can't see it replacing tastier alternatives in my own diet.

The first world consumption (and waste) of food grown in third world countries is a much bigger problem than just quinoa, and frankly food production is an almost impossible moral maze to negotiate as an individual.

With it's excellent nutritional profile it makes a great alternative to carbs

It contains the same amount of carbs as a baked potato (21g / 100g) and, whilst it's touted for being a complete protein food (contains all the essential amino acids) it still only contains 2.2g proteins per 100g (vs 2.1g protein in a baked potato).

Depends totally where you're getting your info from I think cyve..

Your protein levels are waaaay out there (according to some sources) and the proteins are quite different..

I don't think it's quite as simple as your post makes out is it?

And what are your thoughts on semen?

Quinoa use by the first world means that the indigenous peoples who have eaten it for generations now can't afford to.
I think your next superfood is one that you can keep to yourself...

The local wholefoods shop only sells organic/fairtrade quinoa now though, so that's what I buy personally.

Not a massive fan of it, it's ok but I'd rather just go without carbs if I was trying properly to eat really clean. When I've had it, its always had a bit of a rubbery texture.

There must be some kind of Kinsey Scale for food choice - a whole spectrum ranging from factory-wrought lard to sustainably-sourced quinoa - the latter only really enjoyed by right wing pundi-trolls or those Guardianistas who flagellate themselves to this day because they once ate hedgehog-flavoured crisps after a bad pint of Prosecco.

a great alternative to carbs

Not a massive fan of it, it's ok but I'd rather just go without carbs if I was trying properly to eat really clean. When I've had it, its always had a bit of a rubbery texture.

So much here hinges upon whether or not you visited the OP's link. Delicious! 😯

Portmanteau of the day: semelina.

You don't live in Chorlton then? And remember the turmoil created by quinoa-gate?

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It forms a huge part four daily intake and whilst to some it's just plain boring, it really does grow on you.. Certainly if, like me, you eat meat maybe once every two months or so and supplement that for oily fish.

Anyway, I hate the "knit your own shoes/Notting Hill set of the 90's" image, it really is just another food source and could, like us, become just another part of your main diet.

Another thing, we couldn't get it in our local Waitrose.. I know, how ridiculous. However since we've asked for it it appeared and now sells out quickly 🙄

I wonder what Salford'ites think of it since the BBC have moved up there 😆

They don't have an opinion on it as long as they can keep mugging them for their iPhones.

I'd think they have a stronger opinion on all the bars upping their prices to those of Central london! youre now asked by a man with a straight face, for over a fiver for a pint of Kronenberg. This is a far more pressing issue than the quinoa 😯

it's alrigt for a change but not that mind blowing .....tastes a but shit like most healthy stuff but that's healthy for you...

COoked in a decent vegetable stock / Bouillon its quite tasty (to me anyway). I mix it with Bulgar wheat as a rice / pasta substitute.

The Guardian has loads of good Quinuoa recipes..... 😆

Quinoa is old hat.
Tef is where it's at!

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And what are your thoughts on semen?

More palatable when the donor has a kiwi fruit and/or pineapple heavy diet. I'm led to understand.

So much here hinges upon whether or not you visited the OP's link. Delicious!

hahah I was referring to quinoa 😯

They don't have an opinion on it as long as they can keep mugging them for their iPhones.

I'd think they have a stronger opinion on all the bars upping their prices to those of Central london! youre now asked by a man with a straight face, for over a fiver for a pint of Kronenberg. This is a far more pressing issue than the quinoa

A few years back I got dragged on an ill advised night out to the bar at Stamford Bridge in London. My mate who dragged us there was always a bit of a 'one' for being seen in trendy places. Anyway, less than halfway into the evening I had predictably run out of cash, having already withdrawn what I thought was a ludicrous amount. I went to the bar and (probably very uncooly) asked if I could use a debit card. The bloke behind the bar sneered that there was a charge if I spent less than a fiver. When I replied that there wasn't much danger of that as there wasn't a single thing I could buy that was priced under a fiver and therefore he was being an arse, he didn't seem all that chuffed. It improved my mood for a few seconds, before I was parted with at least another twenty quid.

Tef is where it's at!

I thought it was LSA..?

Pigs liver blended with newky brown, just pinch your nose and swallow it down, protein and carbs in one, simples.

1. Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.

2. Spend more, eat less.

3. Pay no heed to nutritional science or the health claims on packages

4. Eat mostly green veg

Pretty much works for me.

Ya, Palm oil is good so why not clear the entire Borneo forest to feed the palm oil addicts in the world? Yes, the large multinationals make sure your biscuits will last longer? Ya? You like food you can keep for a long time? Ya? Palm oil ... yes ... oh look the Orangutan is so cute without the mother/father.

Soya bean is good for you too ... yesss, let's clear the forest in South America to plant them because they are so healthy and I am a healthy person.

Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.

Bit of an odd one considering how cosmopolitan our diet has become. My great grandmother would not recognise a pepper or a Courgette or a Sweet potato never mind some styles like Italian or Indian. I suspect she ate rather poorly tbh. She certainly had sugar sandwiches as she fed these to me as a child

I dont eat Quinoa as its expensive and other stuff is cheaper and it impacts on the natives who rely on it.

Chewkw, click on the OP's link in the first post please. It'll calm you down.

Semen is high in zinc.

[i]My great grandmother would not recognise a pepper[/i]

As food? as opposed to say, a Pop tart?

It's meant as, you know, light hearted general yardstick, but you know, be specific as you like about it...

So it means dont eat processed crap/eat properly?

In all honesty , and forgive me here, but I did not know what you meant. I thought it may have been like some sort of paelo diet. IM my case it would have meant eat more stews and haggis and lots of butter and sugar.

bigblackheinoustoe - Member

Chewkw, click on the OP's link in the first post please. It'll calm you down.

😆 Semen. Is that for real? 😆

Yeah, makes quite a difference to the "what your grandmother ate" reference.

My ma bought me some pop tarts for a treat (I did quit enjoy them ) but tbh i do prefer a lot more of the healthy
Stuff nowadays (ie non processed )...

My current fave is TPW's protein porridge ..... Just add hot water which is plain lazy but sometimes that's all you need to keep the right choice....

Did used to make it with the iron cut oat an leave overnight which was also really nice.... Never tried it with spunk thou...suppose it's a marmite like thang.

I remember Quin-o-a (as opposed to Qwin-wah) being used as a game crop because it was so cheap and easy to grow. Wasn't considered the right quality for humans.

It's meant as, you know, light hearted general yardstick, but you know, be specific as you like about it...

My great grandmother was a curiously singleminded Victorian woman from the industrial working class - and from memory I will say she enjoyed mostly chicken bone marrow, heart and brain. I'll never forget the sound. Never. She spent her later life (by choice) in a chair watching wrestling on TV and lived until about 90yrs. Take from that what you will. I think it's in the genes. Maybe with quinoa and bicycle she'd have lived until 126yrs. I guess we'll never know? (Thinks) ...maybe she has a secret supply of semelina (sic, sic, sic!) stashed away somewhere? (Stops thinking. Seeks alcohol and diverse unrelated visual stimuli)

I bought some (and I think a lot of other STW people did) when Guy Martin was told to eat it during the tandem bike think.

I really like it, I boil it in veggie stock and shop some chillies in, it's like a Quinoa Supernoodles. I can't even remember what wonder substance it's meant to contain, but it's okay by me.

Do I win middle-classtrackworld eco warrior of the week if I say I've eaten quinoa stew in a Peruvian subsistence farmers shack on an island on lake Titicaca ?

Is was quite yummy

Good point by p jay, Nigel (the man who recommended it) is the head of nutrition for Sky procycling so I would trust his judgement over a load of internet links. Will try some at some point no doubt, none in the cupboard at the moment though.

Won't buy it imported. But quite like it.

I find that, based on what other people have said, the best thing about eating quinoa is telling other people you eat it

the best thing about eating quinoa is telling other people you eat it

ah well... you're almost right..

I prefer to take photo's of quinoa dishes that I've prepared and post them online.. red quinoa is best for proper posing points

In Howard's Britain, those found taking photos of food will be first to the wall...

you'll have to catch me first... And I don't rate your chances.. not when I've got this healthy scran on board

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^^ ohhhhh Yum !!

That looks F A B 😀

Do I win middle-classtrackworld eco warrior of the week if I say I've eaten quinoa stew in a Peruvian subsistence farmers shack on an island on lake Titicaca ?

I don't know but that's the most convoluted euphemism I've ever heard.

It just struck me - is this first 'healthy food' type STW thread to have zero testosterone-heavy endorsements of the endless merits of bacon?
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I love bacon

bacon and quinoa is a nice combo, but I find a rich creamy sauce is a good addition (see link in OP)

Make sure you rinse it thoroughly, folks!

Good advice for the quinoa too.