"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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I was interested in the Cycling Plus recipe this month, so set out to look
for some Quinoa seeds (in Hull!). Looked on the 'net and saw Asda stocked
them, so popped in to our nearest one. No trace of them at all, so went to
the Indian supermarket where they stock all sorts of obscure stuff.

Showed the bloke behind the counter the name and he scratched his head for
a
bit before saying they didn't stock them as they were South American and
this was an Indian. I restrained myself from pointing out that they also
stocked cous cous and pasta and neither of those is Indian.

Finally gravitated to the "very expensive shelf" at Sainsbury's where you
can get a small vial of vinegar for three quid and other such rip offs.
There, at 3 pounds 60 for a small 500g box were the seeds themselves.
Apparently you can grow them yourself so I got some seed trays and put
some
in a propagator.

Not really a lot to them, fairly bland seeds unless you add a fair bit of
seasoning, but they were very filling and are supposed to be as a near a
perfect food as it's possible to get, so I might get some more in the
future.

You can get them easily in London wholefood shops - there's two just down
the road from us - one of them sells in bulk and at least a kilo of the
stuff poured out of the container as soon as I pulled the handle. That was
two or three months ago and we've still got some left! We just use them
like millet or bulgar or rice - makes a change from the other things or
pasta sometimes. I don't expect any more from them taste-wise than I do
from anything else like that. They bulk the meal up but it's what else you
have on your plate that counts. They have their own characteristic taste
but so do the other things.

Rich