Quinoa vs Pigweed - What's the difference?
quinoa | pigweed |
A goosefoot, , native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
* 1997 , Derek B. Munro, Ernest Small, Vegetables of Canada ,
* 1999 October, Lisa Turner, Have fun exploring the land of unconventional grains'', ''Better Nutrition ,
* 2007 , Chittaranjan Kole, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops ,
The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
* 2007 , Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food ,
* 2007 , Jonny Bowden, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth ,
* 2009''', Miriam Backes, ''Bob?s Red Mill Cookbook: Whole & Healthy Grains for Every Meal of the Day ,
Any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder: Amaranthus'', ''Chenopodium album'', and ''Portulaca .
*1941 , (Ernestine Hill), My Love Must Wait , A&R Classics 2013, p. 11:
*:He still carried the basket with the shags and pig-weed .
As nouns the difference between quinoa and pigweed
is that quinoa is a goosefoot, species: Chenopodium quinoa, native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds while pigweed is any of various weedy plants sometimes used as pig fodder: Amaranthus, Chenopodium album, and Portulaca.quinoa
English
(wikipedia quinoa) (Chenopodium quinoa)Noun
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- Chenopodium quinoa'' Will, (quinoa''') is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian '''Quinoa''' Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of ' quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e).
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- Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.
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- The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).
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- Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa , and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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- Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it?s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it?s actually a seed.
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- To use quinoa''' in a salad, spread it on a platter or baking sheet after cooking to allow it to cool and, more importantly, dry. Cooked '''quinoa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.