Did you think cous cous was a grain?

[Yourethebeerthief]

Colleague eating one of those mug shot packets at work (in boiling water not straight from the packet!)

I am mad for cous cous and suggested it as a similarly easy option, especially if you bring a salad with some chicken/tuna/feta to add to it. She didn't realise that cous cous just needed boiling water added and thought you had to cook it on a hob. She also thought it was a grain rather than a pasta.

I asked around and about half the people I've asked also thought it was a grain.

Maybe it doesn't feature as much in other people's diets so they didn't realise, but I'm honestly mad for it and think it's superior to other pasta. I eat it about 2 or 3 times a week in different ways as I love how simple it is. But I'd also happily eat it plain with a knob of butter and a little garlic 🤤

People muddle it up with bulgar wheat. It’s pasta. Personally I would say quinoa is vastly superior to both.

I know it's pasta but I use it as a grain. The texture and taste is more like a grain than a pasta, and I wouldn't use it in the same dishes.

In terms of the taste or nutritional value etc?

I just love the taste and texture of cous cous. Even when it's quite plain. It has to be Moroccan however, I'm not a huge fan of the larger pearl type.

Maybe it's assumed to be a grain because it's so small? I knew it was a type of pasta.

Not my thing at all, I prefer actual pasta or rice. Will eat it if I’ve been given it by a friend but I don’t really like it. Much better carbs out there!

Nooo! I never tire of it and honestly can't shovel it in quick enough!

pasta is made from a grain, so cous cous is wheat grains, processed, surely?

I didn’t know it was pasta 😁. In fairness I don’t eat it, I eat quinoa a lot though.

The texture of couscous is the devil's work.

Well, yes. But pasta and cous cous are no more a grain than a pancake is a grain.

I'm just discovering that a lot of people think cous cous is a grain like rice.

I didn’t know it was a pasta. I’ve never really given it much thought to be fair.

I will not hear anymore of this nonsense

I like cous cous. I think I thought it was a grain. I will continue to enjoy it either way!

I thought it was a grain the first few times I ate it, not sure when exactly I found out it was pasta as well over a decade ago now. I have come across multiple people who thought it was a grain and didn’t know it’s essentially pasta since knowing myself.

I think about cous cous quite a lot.

I've just polished off a plate with salmon.

I thought it was wheat.

I see your quinoa and raise you farro. The grain of emperors (quite literally), and absolutely lush.

Ive never known anyone so passionate aboyt cous cous, but I'm happy for you

No, I knew it was pasta and I hate the way its portrayed in recipes.

I dont eat pasta/couscous but I do eat bulgar wheat, pearl barley and my new discovery Freeka (not sure how you pronounce that)

I am in love with the stuff

I assumed it was a grain of some sort.
So I've learned something new today.
I don't really like it. You make it with the boiling water but it goes cold really quickly and I don't like that. I don't like cold pasta either though so wouldn't eat a pasta salad.

I know, and I really like it.

@devildeepbluesea

Have just googled farro. Will need to find some, it sounds lovely. I love risotto so this sounds right up my street!

Where is it in supermarkets? Is it with the rice?

Ive always found quinoa to be bitter.

I love your username