somebody is eating quinoa (pronounced keenwa) in the office and i t smells!

I seem to be coming across this annoying grain more frequently these days... as I recollect, the first time being the ill-fated sausage making competition / meat-head appreciation bbq... so I do not have a particularly fond relationship with this keen-wa. I've been told it's a miracle grain that contains ALL the amino acids ever and therefore effectively negates our need to kill and eat the flesh of poor little cutesy wootsy animals. I can't actually remember how many amino acids there actually are, somewhere in the region of 24, (I should know - I once endured a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics) although I very much doubt the claims of this keen-wa. I'm sure that what keen-wa lovers are fed this pork pie so they can justify the exorbitant prices they have to pay for this veritable food of the gods. All sounds a bit like Scientology to me. I mean, honestly, what's wrong with cous cous or bulghur wheat?

The smell of quinoa in my confined environs has moved me to the extent of writing a haiku about it:

 

Cous cous is nice rice

Bulghur wheat works well with meat...

Keen-wa is too far

 

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