EEK! Just eaten some quinoa for the first time and feel really ill.................

[puff]

I feel sick, dizzy and very yuk - wondering if I've cooked it incorrectly - boiled it as per instructions.

What did you have it with?

salad and some pesto

And you washed it first?

it tasted quite bitter (the actual quinoa)

you body is in shock from all that healthy food

Ok...am i increadibly uncultured? what is quinoa?

ooh, no, didn't realise I had to!!!

It's a seed serendipity that you cook like rice

jeez i haven't piosoned myself not washing it have I?

it will taste bitter if you don't wash it. Don't think will hurt tho.

Shouldn't think so, but like rice, it should be rinsed first.

I think you need to rinse it a lot, to make it not bitter. I don't think it's harmful if not rinsed, though.

found this -

Before cooking, the seeds must be rinsed to remove their bitter resin-like coating, which is called saponin. Quinoa is rinsed before it is packaged and sold, but it is best to rinse again at home before use to remove any of the powdery residue that may remain on the seeds. The presence of saponin is obvious by the production of a soapy looking "suds" when the seeds are swished in water. Placing quinoa in a strainer and rinsing thoroughly with water easily washes the saponin from the seeds. In South America the saponin which is removed from the quinoa is used as detergent for washing clothes and as an antiseptic to promote healing of skin injuries.

So at least you have shiny insides now!

hmm, naughty puff, I always forget about rinsing rice before cooking too.

I think it must just be the bitterness then - my mouth tastes horrid so maybe my tum is rebelling. Good job I didn't feed it to ds1 and 2.

Thanks Kelly - yum !

try some findus crispy pancakes
no need to rinse the disgusting coating off those first

Brilliantly healthy food though. Don't let it put you off!!

lol harpsy!

I liked the texture of it beansprout. The mistake I made was decanting it straight out of the packet into a container, without looking at the cooking instructions.

Another cooking lesson learned

Fair point Harpsi, but the insides are disgusting....

It's turning into QuinoaNet on here lately...

I was just thinking that franny
MilletNet

is it popular with mnetters then?

cheep cheep