posted June 13, 2000 12:55 PM            

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"Pain, is only weakness leaving your body"

posted June 14, 2000 10:32 PM            

Quinoa : [KEEN-wah] Although quinoa is new to the American market, it was a staple of the ancient Incas, who called it "the mother grain." To this day it's an important food in South American cuisine. Hailed as the "supergrain of the future," quinoa contains more protein than any other grain. It's considered a complete protein because it contains all eight essential amino acids. Quinoa is also higher in unsaturated fats and lower in carbohydrates than most grains, and it provides a rich and balanced source of vital nutrients. Tiny and bead-shaped, the ivory-colored quinoa cooks like rice (taking half the time of regular rice) and expands to four times its original volume. Its flavor is delicate, almost bland, and has been compared to that of couscous. Quinoa is lighter than but can be used in any way suitable for rice--as part of a main dish, a side dish, in soups, in salads and even in puddings. It's available packaged as a grain, ground into flour and in several forms of pasta. Quinoa can be found in most health-food stores and some supermarkets.

posted June 14, 2000 10:38 PM            

go to http://www.quinoa.com !!!!!!!

looks to me like its grown in canada, so your in luck

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Quinoa on the Canadian Prairies

Quinoa (Keen' wa) has been called "the grain of the gods", a term that is befitting this wondrous little seed. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an annual herb from the Andes Mountains of South America, where it has been cultivated, for 3000 years and was a staple of the Inca Empire. The Inca's considered it a "gift from the gods", in that it helped to sustain and nourish their peoples through the generations. It is a high protein, gluten free grain and a good source of fibre, complex carbohydrates and vitamins. Quinoa provides people, especially with gluten intolerance's, a nutritional, economical, easy to prepare, flavorful food source.

Quinoa, is not an actual grain for, it does not belong to the grass family but, is a broad leaf plant and a close relative of lamb's quarters. Quinoa as a plant grows 3 - 7 feet high and produces a small, flat, circular-shaped seed. Varieties have been adapted which grow well on the prairies and have enabled local farmers to grow an alternative food source. Currently all Quinoa is grown organically (OCIA Certified) or naturally, without pesticides.

The ancient Incas called Quinoa the "mother grain". The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization observes that Quinoa is closer to the ideal protein balance than any other common grain, being at least equal to milk in protein quality. Quinoa's nutritional profile has higher levels of energy, calcium, phosphorus, iron, fibre and B-Vitamins than barley, oats, rice, corn, or wheat. Quinoa has a nutritionally attractive amino acid balance, being exceptionally high in lysine. Lysine is considered to be deficient in most cereal grains, making their protein profile incomplete.

Quinoa has a natural bitter seed coating or saponin, which encases the seed and must be removed before consuming. This coating has been traditionally removed by vigorous washing with water. The varieties that are grown on the prairies have a high saponin content and this washing is even more of a concern. Northern Quinoa Corporation has developed a process which removes the bitter coating or saponin that coats the quinoa seed. This process involves both mechanical dehulling and a rapid wash-dry process. The result is a consumer friendly, easy to prepare, versatile, whole food.

The flavour of Norquin Brand "Golden Quinoa", has been described as mild and slightly "nutty" and is versatile in that it may be prepared in minutes as a side dish, breakfast cereal or combined with other ingredients for a hearty main course. Quinoa may also be included in soups, salads and desserts or ground and used as a flour. In many cases Quinoa flour may be substituted for rice flour in favorite recipes. Flour is available in bulk quantities by order only.

"Golden Quinoa" is economical as it is a whole food grain and minimally processed under careful control. The seed is grown on the Canadian prairies by local farmers, many of them with Certified Organic farming operations. The plants thrive in our northern environment, with clean air, pure water, and the warming prairie sunshine.

posted June 14, 2000 10:40 PM            

15.4 grams of protein for 1 piece of bread... cool!
http://www.quinoa.com/images/nutri.jpg

posted June 14, 2000 10:48 PM            

i dunno if the other site has it, i didnt really check there that long

heres a sample from the address above

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Quinoa is a small seed that in size, shape, and color looks like a cross between sesame seed and millet. It is disk shaped with a flattened or depressed equatorial band around it�s periphery. It is usually a pale yellow color but some species may vary from almost white through pink, orange, or red to purple and black. Quinoa is not a true cereal grain but is technically a fruit of the Chenopodium family. Chenopodium plants have characteristic leaves shaped like a goose foot. The genus also includes our common weed, lamb�s quarters. Quinoa is an annual herb that grows from three to six feet high, and like millet its seeds are in large clusters at the end of the stalk.

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