Pluggers by Rick McKee for December 26, 2024

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa; /ˈkiːn.wɑː, kiˈnoʊ.ə/, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a crop primarily for its edible seeds; the seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins and dietary minerals in amounts greater than in many grains. Quinoa is not a grass but rather a pseudocereal botanically related to spinach and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.), and originated in the Andean region of northwestern South America. It was first used to feed livestock 5,200–7,000 years ago, and for human consumption 3,000–4,000 years ago in the Lake Titicaca basin of Peru and Bolivia.

One of our favorite restaraunts just “foo-fooed” the menu. I’m talking a golf club restaraunt. Some of the ingredients I can’t pronounce and yes, I google them just to see what the heck they are due to food allergies. Needles to say, our Friday night date night is spent elsewhere. But thats just this plugger.

Can’t blame him there, I also have trouble pronouncing A-S-P-A-R-A-G-U-S and A-V-A-C-A-D- O ! ! ! !!

“I can’t say Worcestershire” – Moe Howard

I tasted it once—never again. Best left for animal feed.

Well, I like it. And did not care how it is pronounced until I learned that it should sound like “Kin-Wa”.

That was how they handled a diet issue in “King of the Hill.” (“If you’ve never heard of it, he can’t have it.”)

I like simple foods like steak, potato, cake, ice cream, pizza.

Why would he be in a restaurant that serves it?

My wife bought some and I am expected to figure out how to prepare it. That was a couple years ago.

Especially if it isn’t pronounce even close to how it’s spelled.

In my house, we used to pronounce it wrong on purpose as a gag, kin-o-a, to the point we forgot how to correctly pronounce it.

I got some qweenoah to try after hearing it has health benefits, but I haven’t gotten around to preparing it yet.

My mom had that attitude. I had to call beef bourguignon beef stew before she would try it and she thought it was the best stew she’d ever eaten.

Plugger might enjoy a bowl of Quinoa porridge.

So much for a Plugger ever knowing the joy of eating fois gras spread on a croissant.

Never had it although I know it is native to the Americas. The story I heard on some TV show was that the Spanish priests banned it as part of their evangelizing of the native population.

nothing like fresh ᒪᖅᑕᖅ

If I substitute quinoa for half my oatmeal at breakfast, I don’t get hungry again during the morning.

They both look the same nutritionally on their labels, but I heard that the protein in quinoa is a whole protein.

Ask the waiter, he’ll help you pronounce it. Beware of products with QUINOA in big letters on the package, which actually have it as the third or fourth ingredient.

Very wise… quinoa is hugely disappointing.

I like quinoa, I make it in the Instant Pot.

Me was eats it couple of times and me could no bear it.

Correct.

It’s not bad. Try it, you’ll like it……