Re: OT - anyone else have trouble eating Quinoa?

[Guest guest]

I eat it all the time and do not have problems. Do your rinse it thoroughly

and toss the rinse water? Quinoa has a bitter protective sheath that needs

to be rinse away before cooking. Also, do you buy organic?

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

I'm trying to find foods that I can eat and I'm trying to eat Quinoa

and I like the taste enough, but it seems to upset my stomach every

time I eat it, even with enzymes. Anyone else try it and have the

same problem?

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[Guest guest]

Hi Cheri, no I didn't rinse it before cooking. That gives me some hope

b/c I'm bumming that it is giving me trouble b/c I like it much

better than the brown rice that I have been subsisting on and I know

that I can't eat brown rice every day. I bought it at Earthfare where

I'm buying most of this stuff and they carry lots of organic, but I

can't say that I noticed when I bought it. If they don't have

organic, we have another smaller place that will and I'll try some

from there, and rinse it first.

One more question about food? Is buckwheat (kasha) OK for a

gluten-free diet? I grew up eating that too and I like it. I know

that buckwheat isn't " wheat " per se.

Thanks,

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> I eat it all the time and do not have problems. Do your rinse it

thoroughly

> and toss the rinse water? Quinoa has a bitter protective sheath that

needs

> to be rinse away before cooking. Also, do you buy organic?

>

> Cheri

> -----Original Message-----

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> I'm trying to find foods that I can eat and I'm trying to eat Quinoa

> and I like the taste enough, but it seems to upset my stomach every

> time I eat it, even with enzymes. Anyone else try it and have the

> same problem?

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[Guest guest]

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What kind of stomach upset do you notice? I just started rinsing mine

recently and I noticed it cooks better and tastes better. Before I would

sometimes get a bitter taste and originally thought it was the herbs I was

adding. Turns out when I read the directions which I hadn't before, it said

it has this coating and to rinse it. Now I rinse it thoroughly or even soak

it sometimes overnight. Try it that way and if you still have problems you

might just be allergic to quinoa...which would be unfortunate. You can still

eat brown rice though as it is definitely one of the better grains and I eat

brown rice pasta myself.

Buckwheat is supposed to be gluten free. It is actually a grass not a wheat.

However, some people do have allergies to it that mimic a gluten reaction.

Cheri

-----Original Message-----

Hi Cheri, no I didn't rinse it before cooking. That gives me some hope

b/c I'm bumming that it is giving me trouble b/c I like it much

better than the brown rice that I have been subsisting on and I know

that I can't eat brown rice every day. I bought it at Earthfare where

I'm buying most of this stuff and they carry lots of organic, but I

can't say that I noticed when I bought it. If they don't have

organic, we have another smaller place that will and I'll try some

from there, and rinse it first.

One more question about food? Is buckwheat (kasha) OK for a

gluten-free diet? I grew up eating that too and I like it. I know

that buckwheat isn't " wheat " per se.

Thanks,

.

[Guest guest]

The typical GI upset stuff that I get - rumbling and a little pain in

what feels like the center of my stomach but is probably lower than

that in my intestine, cramping, gas later on. It is sort of a delayed

reaction - takes like 30 minutes or so. I found a forum where people

were posting about the same - rinsing or even soaking it overnight and

people suffering from cramps and what-not. I'm going to buy some more

tomorrow (organic) and soak it and then try again. I really like it

so I hope that I can eat it. I guess that I should check out millet

and I was reading a little about salba.

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> ,

> What kind of stomach upset do you notice? I just started rinsing mine

> recently and I noticed it cooks better and tastes better. Before I would

> sometimes get a bitter taste and originally thought it was the herbs

I was

> adding. Turns out when I read the directions which I hadn't before,

it said

> it has this coating and to rinse it. Now I rinse it thoroughly or

even soak

> it sometimes overnight.

[Guest guest]

Sounds like simple IBS from carb overload to me.

sol

jasrich wrote:

> The typical GI upset stuff that I get - rumbling and a little pain in

> what feels like the center of my stomach but is probably lower than

> that in my intestine, cramping, gas later on.