Canadian Quinoa

Ogedei · 12-08-2005, 02:53 PM

Soooooo.....

Anyone know where I can buy this is Canada?

Thanks!

Og.

Canadian_Bacon · 12-08-2005, 06:11 PM

Bulk stores are probably the best place to find it. Ones that also have a health food section will carry it for sure.

Marykaa · 12-09-2005, 12:35 AM

I had to google to learn what it is..

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Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.)
Quinoa originated in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia, where it became a staple crop of the Inca empire. By comparison with most cereals it is rather primitive, requiring dehulling to remove bitter seed coat saponins. Considerable quinoa is sold in Canada as a gourmet item in health food stores, in the form of whole grain, pasta, or flour. Quinoa is considered to have some promise for Canada, and there is a Canadian Quinoa Association (Anon. 1992). Currently available forms are late-maturing, therefore vulnerable to frost, and are also susceptible to insect damage. Quinoa would appear to have some possibility for development through germplasm selection in Canada, but is likely to find a more receptive area of cultivation in other countries. In the US, quinoa seems to represent one of the relatively few apparently successful introductions of a new food plant (Johnson 1990).
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Mountain_marc · 12-09-2005, 09:19 AM

Bulk Barn has it at a good price. Superstore as well but way overpriced.

Ogedei · 12-09-2005, 09:37 AM

I don't have a Bulk Barn and I have never seen it in superstore...any idea where it might be there?

Og.

Mountain_marc · 12-09-2005, 11:45 AM

Hmmm I thought Bulk Barn had locations all over Canada but I guess they're all east from Manitoba.

I've seen in the health food section in Bob's Mills packaging.

Ogedei · 12-09-2005, 12:34 PM

Check I will look into it in those packages. I'm more curious than anything.

Og.

ODBSGIRL · 12-09-2005, 02:45 PM

I've found it in the bulk bins at Whole Foods. Not canadian, but south american. Ate a lot of it while in Peru. Good stuff. Check this out: quinoa

Marykaa · 01-10-2006, 11:38 AM

I realized 2 weeks ago that the regular grocery store (IGA) where we (mostly my byfrd) go every week has Quinoa!

Ogedei · 01-10-2006, 12:30 PM

Cool. I will check out sobeys for it as well then. I discovered recently that co-op out here carries it as well. Although it is pretty expensive. Well as expenive as organic oats, which are also expensive in my books!

Og.