Does anyone else besided me not like the way quinoa looks? . . .

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mistral

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I have a package of quinoa in my pantry. Have yet to open it. I don't like the way the little seed tails curl around inside the seed.

I was looking for a stuffed pork loin roast recipe and came upon the recipe below. This recipe has a picture of the pork loin cross-cut with showing the stuffing. I just *cannot* get past the quinoa. It is weird, as I will eat (or at least will taste) just about *anything* else, but just looking at quinoa really gets me; I just do NOT like the way it looks.

Is there anyone else bothered by quinoa, or bothered by any other food's look?

Things like the stuff in " 25581. Ideas for entertaining in 2014 " in our swap don't count! smileys/wink.gif

http://www.instructables.com/id/Quinoa-Stuffed-Pork-Tenderloin-Roast/

 
Give it a year or two and it won't get any more press. It was the latest "miracle food", remember?

I happen to like it, even though it looks like pollywogs.

Michael

 
now that you mention it, it does rather look like an embryonated parasite egg

I don't make it often but like it in spite of its appearance.

 
I like it as well. Not sure I would stuff a pork roast with it, would probably prefer to have it as

a side dish. If you try it, Mistral, let us know how you like it -- both the stuffed pork AND the quinoa. smileys/wink.gif

 
I always thought they looked like spermatozoa>>which leads me to Woody Allen>>who makes me smile.

Usually.

Although sometimes I want to slap him upside the head.

Woody. Not the spermatozoa. They're just doing their job.

Which brings me back to quinoa, which--as a complete protein--is doing its job.

 
I find it pretty beautiful

love the way the seed changes as it cooks.

But I love raw oysters too, and as far as looks go, it's hard to reach a lower level… smileys/smile.gif

 
I was going to say they looked like those sex-ed vids I saw in the 6th grade...

...where the animated stampede-o'-spermatozoa overwhelmed the helpless, solitary ovum, but I didn't want to ick anyone out.

Thanks for taking the bullet. I'm with ya.

Michael

 
I feel guilty about it and won't buy it after I saw a report the natives can no longer afford it...

I saw some 60 minutes type report about how this use to be basically the staple food for the natives of this region and now that it's the current "it" food it's driving the prices up to the point the natives who grow it can no longer afford to eat it.

 
Ha! was waiting for someone else to post this first---it's what I see too. but I do like quinoa,

mixed with other stuff, like using it instead of orzo in Ina Garten's Orzo and roasted veggie salad. or stir some into leftover 3 bean salad---makes a nice side dish. or quinoa and brown rice combination in stuffed peppers or whatever.

 
Interesting article...

but it doesn't really speak too much beyond it's good for the farmers growing it because they are making more money vs. addressing the concerns that's it's priced out of the reach of the native core eating populace...

"These prices do likely put quinoa out of reach for poorer people. But Laguna notes that while quinoa has been a staple for rural Bolivians, it isn't one for city folks."

I'd sorta think that the rural people would likely be the poorer people.

So, since I'd hadn't tried eating any of it yet when I'd first heard this, I sorta thought I'd rather not start and decide I like it. This way I'm not really giving anything up.

 
Yes, count me in. It looks like I'm eating itty bitty polliwogs. But I do like the taste..

 
Oh, I am not trying to convince you of the contrary

… I also try to make as often as possible what I think are the "right decisions" - but honestly it can be frustrating. The amount of info available and some of it definitely not trustworthy, complicate things a lot

let's say I decided to eat quinoa but not make it the basis of my diet - the box I got at Trader Joe's (actually one would imagine that TJ would be a bit more concerned about the whole issue!) 4 months ago still has about 1/2 cup inside.

oh, well smileys/wink.gif

 
Ha, yes...

I saw that info, still think it might've been 60 minutes, so thought well, before I go eat something and fall in love with it, just don't eat and then - no guilt. Of course I have that bag of it in the pantry staring at me, taunting me, "look...I'm a superfood...I'm healthy...you know you want me....just taste me...sure, just a little taste...what harm could it do..."

And then I eat the apple --errr, quinoa, fall asleep for a thousand years, no prince comes, a frog finally lands on me and I wake up, apes have taken over the world except for zombie Charlton Heston, everyone only eats pop-tarts because it's the last surviving food on earth and I missed the ending of Downton Abby.

And nobody wants that, so...so far I haven't eaten any.

smileys/smile.gif

 
I overcooked wild rice once and that for sure looked like some sort of vermin. Shut my eyes and

ate it anyway (after first checking the raw rice in the box to make sure I didn't have any type infestation!).

 
I love quinoa, it tastes nice to me (must be rinsed thoroughly) and

doesn't upset my stomach and is a nice break from rice. Millet however I just can't get into, it looks and tastes like birdseed no matter what I do.

And, yes, it does look like little "swimmers"! hahahaaaa!

 
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