Tesco Get On My Wick

[rockyracoon]

I bought some quinoa earlier as I'm trying to be healthy and I've never tasted it before, anyway, the instructions said 1 part quinoa to 5 parts water and cook for 20 mins, well 45 mins later I had what can only be described as grey tapioca pudding so I googled and found it's 1 part quinoa to 2 parts water. Do Tesco not test the instuctions on their products.

[sherrardk]

Complain to them, I would.

[Mamyalynne]

I would take the packaging back on next visit.

[hc4361]

Different brands have different cooking times.

It's horrid stuff anyway.

[Mamyalynne]

Cannot see how you could ever get separate fluffy grains with 5 parts water and standing time.

I don't like it either.

[hc4361]

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=256517423

[gingejbee]

Quinoa is Nature's way of telling you to stick with pasta and spuds!

[Mamyalynne]

Yes hc that is what Rocky has said, far too much water surely.

[Tilly2]

I don't like it and neither do I like cous-cous. I prefer wholegrain brown rice. Much more tasty.

[Octavius]

If it says cook for 20 minutes, why did you cook for 45?! Most quinoa packaging overstates the ratio, the best is 1.5:1 water to grains - and rinse them first, cover and simmer (not boil) for about 20 mins.

When you've done that you'll have fluffy quinoa. It will still taste minging though!

[rockyracoon]

Octavius, I left it on for 45 mins as after 20 it looked like soup. Overstate!, your not wrong there, it's massively overstated. I did the 1:2 and it came out fine, I should have listened to myself as it seemed a lot but as I'd never cooked it before.....

As to the taste, I can take it or leave it I think, I had it with cherry toms, cuc, parsley, feta cheese and an olive oil and lemon dressing, I think all those flavours overwhelmed it. ;)

[AB Editor]

It is much improved if you use a little homemade stock to boil it in.

[bookbinder]

Go back, with the packaging, and complain. I've no doubt that you'll get twice your money back. That's what happens at my local Tesco, anyway. I once went back with the remains of a turnip that would not cook properly, and it came out all 'woody'. They gave me twice my money back.

[heathfield]

When was that, Bookbinder? My local Tesco say they haven't offered the 'double your money back' thing since some time in the last century!!

[Brinjal]

Blah wouldn't bother its horrible. Looks and tastes just like the munga we feed the horses.

[pastafreak]

I also think quinoa is over rated.
Try bulgar wheat instead with your toms,cuc,parsley etc. Then you'll have tabbuleh...yum,yum

[Brinjal]

I like tabbouleh

[tiggerblue10]

I tried quinoa a few years back and I quite liked it. I boiled it in stock.

[diddlydo]

Forget Tesco and forget quinoa.

[belrec]

Apparently its International Year of Quinoa!!

Who knew?

http://www.fao.org/quinoa-2013/press-room/news/detail/en/