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Black Quinoa - Grain or Seed?

When the earth breathes, water on Brewster Flats drains into Cape Cod Bay leaving one mile wide swath of wavy sand where fiddler crabs scurry sideways and buried clams squirt streams of salty water inside my unsuspecting toes. I dance through the sand just like a young girl investigating an undersea kingdom now exposed just like the Red Sea which Moses parted until I come to the river's edge, miles now offshore, taken from its original holding ground. Imagine my delight when I discover in the now shallow liquid domain, a horseshoe crab all ancient and dinosaurish. He wriggles all his spiny legs when I pluck him from his home and hold him upside down so I could see his undersides. I imagine he's not very comfortable therefore, with much mercy I release him, but only to watch out for another.

This whole "grain" can grow within the most extreme of weathers as well as in mountain tops. Quinoa was cultivated inside mountains with the Andes, where the Incas resided. The Incas used this entire grain to feed their soldiers, knowing it will give them endurance and strength in battles. They knew of it's benefits and practically worshipped the grain, treating it like gold and calling it "mother grain". They even used it in their rituals. The Quinoa fields were eventually burned down if the Spanish conquerors came, but the cultivation of Quinoa lived on thanks to the other South American countries who used it. About six in years past, Quinoa was finally unveiled in North America.

Before you start cooking, you will have to rinse it thoroughly to take out the saponin that's on the outside of the quinoa. I like to soak it for 5 to 10 minutes before rinsing, but when you are short punctually you can skip this task. Place the quinoa in a fine colander or a regular colander lined with cheesecloth. Rinse for three to four minutes, agitating together with your hands once in a while.

Secret 4 - There are different types
When I grew some quinoa within my garden recently I was astonished at the number of varieties in the seed catalogue. There are also at least 3 different colours. The most common is white quinoa (More a cream colour). You can also have black quinoa and red quinoa. The variety I grew was called rainbow and was obviously a mix of browns, reds and blacks. The different varieties likewise have different numbers of oils included and some will be more crunchy than other.

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