Re: Quinoa

**M* U* <e*@gmail.com>**

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> I've used quinoa a s a staple for about 15 years and can't say enough good
> things about it.  It has a great history:
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"Quinoa is a relative newcomer to North *America*, despite the fact that it
has been produced in South *America* (today's Peru, Chile, and Bolivia)
since 3000 b.c.e. The South
American<http://www.naturalpedia.com/American.html> Native
Americans enjoyed this plant <http://www.naturalpedia.com/plant.html> as a
dietary staple, with the Incas honoring quinoa with the title "mother seed."
Also known to give strength and stamina, it was called "the gold of the
Aztecs." The Spanish conquistadors all but stamped out the existence of
quinoa in an attempt to destroy the South American natives and their
culture. With death as a punishment to any offender, cultivation of quinoa
was decreed illegal."
- Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of
Healing Foods<http://www.naturalpedia.com/book_The_Encyclopedia_of_Healing_Foods.html>


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