This Tuesday we explored a new grain - quinoa. It worked out perfectly because quinoa is harvested mainly in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. We study these countries in sixth grade and I was able to give them a little history lesson during our tasting. The Incas had a big celebration centered on quinoa where the King planted it with a golden trowel, but the conquistadors saw it as a threat to their power and made them switch to planting wheat.
I took in plain quinoa with milk and cinnamon and sugar, a summer quinoa salad with blueberries and a lemon vinegarette, and ham fried quinoa with soy sauce. They licked the platters clean. The winner was the ham fried one. They all copied down the recipe. Taste Test Tuesday is also a big winner.
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