To make up for it, despite my disparging remarks in the past, here's a recipe involving Quinoa, the high-protein grainy stuff, known to the Incas as "The Food of Hippies"
Superfood Salad
First catch your Quinoa. It can come covered in saponic acid, so first rinse it well in one of those...damn!...things made from metal or plastic mesh...you know the ones...those things that I've got a memory like. (Don't try rinsing in a pan like with rice. Quinoa floats.) Then -
- spread on a tray in a low oven until dry
- toast in a saucepan with a little olive oil
- add double the amount of boiling water to quinoa
- cover and simmer gently for about 15 minutes, until the shells of the individual grains (the dermis) have burst open
- agitate with a fork, turn the heat off and leave covered for a little while.
- uncover and leave to cool.
If pressed for time, omit stages 1 and 2.
Next take either some fresh, podded peas or some sugarsnaps or mangetouts (mangestous?) cut up into small-ish pieces. Slice some radishes. Peel, de-stone and dice an avocado. Combine the lot with enough cooked quinoa to add texture without dominating - you're looking for an effect like Tabbouleh (proper tabbouleh, that is), plus a good quantity fof chopped, fresh mint and (optional) flat-leaf parsley and coriander. Dress with either a little lime juice or a proprietary Caesar's dressing of your choice. Serve in a pile on top of a bed of cos/ romaine type lettuce.
According to the French, lettuce must never be cut with a knife, apparently, only torn.
The italics at the end.
I'm grateful to Psychocandy for informing me of the best chemistry-related pun I've heard in many a year. It's guacamole...geddit?
From the dearly departed Ivor Cutler (15/1/1923 - 3/3/2006)
Thatcher is an eight-letter word.
And finally...
A diversion. If George get's stuck, you can slide him around with the mouse.
Mair just as soon as.
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