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 🤤

I knew it had gluten in it.

Is it??? THAT'S why it makes me ill!!!!!

Diabetics know that cous cous is a high carb . Sadly many people do think it's a grain like bulgur wheat.

It varies in different shops, just to add to the confusion!

I thought couscous was a grain too! I’ve never had quinoa or bulgur wheat and I don’t understand the appeal of pasta. I do cook it occasionally but I’d never think “Ooh lovely, pasta…”.

Rice is nice.

I’m an orzo fan and thought that was the smallest pasta that I’d eaten.

We love couscous here too

Seriously! I thought it was like a grain all of its own

@YourWinter

I’d never think “Ooh lovely, pasta…”.

Dear god. Are there others like you out there? This is inconceivable.

@benjoin

Your poor stomach

I had to point this out to a nursery who served pasta with cous cous as a veggie option!! They clearly were under the impression that it was high in protein.

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For the longest time I thought cous cous was a grain.

its the only thing that makes any sense because the texture is so unpleasant that making pasta in that shape is insane.

Haha! That's incredible. I want to try this at least once in my life 😂

The texture is heaven sent!

It's usually stocked with the grains at supermarkets so yep I thought it was a grain and have now learnt something new! I do eat it as a carb though, as I would quinoa etc though to be fair

They were gobsmacked when I pointed out it was essentially pasta with pasta sauce 🤣

It is a carb?

Yes, I'm just saying I've always treated it as such compared to some people (like the nursery mentioned above) who treat it as high protein

Hmmm... never tried farro. I can't eat quinoa - it gives me terrible stomach pains.

Yes, OP - I knew cous cous wasn't a grain. It's nice, but I'm not as enthusiastic about it as you are!

Until recently I assumed it was a grain. I was shooketh when I learnt the truth.

In recent months I've moved on from thinking it is a grain, to wondering if it might be something else. A few musings of what it might even really be.

My learning curve has precipitated upwards at quite some speed.

Mind blown - thought it was a healthy protein like lentils or chickpeas this whole time

but how do they get the pasta so small? This is very confusing for me

My "girl dinner", as per the current Instagram trend, is a bowl of too much cous cous, seasoned, with a knob of too much butter stirred through.

If I'm feeling fancy I'll throw some tuna and bagged salad on top and squeeze a lemon over it.

I love cous cous cooked properly with a spicy stew

I knows it’s made from semolina

it tastes more like a grain, I don’t like big couscous though ai think also called pearl couscous