I'm cooking quinoa and it SMELLS

[SmugColditz]

Why is this? Is it going to taste bad? What shall I do with it once I have cooked it?

Some grain thing that isn't said how you would think.

I bought a bag out of the reduced section in tescos and now I'm just not sure about it at all.

TYes

Errrgh

Taste nice

Looks like threadworm

i'm cooking it too, it's yum.secret is rinsing it first.

Did you wash it first? You must rinse it really well

er

or what will happen? (two fingers poised in mouth)

Don't know. I've never not washed it. Erm, good luck

It's supposed to have potetially harmful chemicals in it if you don't wash it first. I toast it in the pan and then add water gradually, like with cous cous/bulghur, then cook it until the outer bits of the grain separate from the main round bit - like little rings around Saturn (very poetic!). Quinoa, which is supposed to be pronounced keen-wah, is very nutritious and high in protein, so it's good to go with a veggie-based main course dish eg ratatouille or some tomatoey stew. Delicious!

I cooked some tonight. Didn't wash it first though. Am I going to die in the night?
Anyway, sorry to buck the majority opinion here, but I thought it was DISGUSTING. And I'm not exactly spoiled for choice atm as I have had to give up wheat.

Of course it is disgusting if you don't rinse it first. If you wash off the yuckiness, it is delicious.

Colditz, did you eat it? Are you still with us?

I had already eaten it! It tasted fine to me, I don''';'t feel harmed...

If you don't wash it beforehand, it tastes (and smells) like live goat. It's gross.

You need to rinse it lots.

I didn't know you had to