Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing — I have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don’t have cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do you rinse it? Thanks. Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I do it using a coffee filter.Brendapipedream63 <pipedream63 Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 4:23:34 AM Quinoa - how do you rinse it? First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing — I have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don’t have cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do you rinse it? Thanks. Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I use a strainer with smaller holes. Rinse it for like 30 seconds under running water.Seems to work for mebreathe. relax. believe. = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 > Quinoa - how do you rinse it? > Posted by: " pipedream63 " pipedream63  pipedream63 > Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:24 am (PST) > > First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing ‹ I > have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes > them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don¹t have > cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do > you rinse it? Thanks. > Anna    Like someone else said, I use a coffee filter in a mesh strainer. Then kind of lift the filter carefully with the quinoa inside and dunk the whole thing in the cooking water and swish it around a bit to get all the quinoa off of it. ..   My newest discovery though is prewashed quinoa. Some prewashed brands are: ..  Ancient Harvest Norquin Bob's Red Mill Roland Eden .. -Shari .. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I have the prewashed Bob's Red Mill Quinoa. Some say it is necessary to wash it again although it is already prewashed. I have not used it yet. Can you tell me does it really need to be rinsed? Please give your experience with this or other brands. Thank you. Maureen Shari Brownlee <scbrownlee Sent: Thu, January 21, 2010 7:53:10 AM Re: Quinoa - how do you rinse it? > Quinoa - how do you rinse it? > Posted by: "pipedream63" pipedream63@ dodo.com. au pipedream63 > Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:24 am (PST) > > First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing ‹ I> have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes> them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don¹t have> cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do> you rinse it? Thanks.> Anna Like someone else said, I use a coffee filter in a mesh strainer. Then kind of lift the filter carefully with the quinoa inside and dunk the whole thing in the cooking water and swish it around a bit to get all the quinoa off of it.. My newest discovery though is prewashed quinoa. Some prewashed brands are:. Ancient HarvestNorquinBob's Red MillRolandEden. -Shari.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 that happened to me the first time too. I soak it for a few hours and then because it expands I can risne it througha regular sieve-then I rinse it and soak it again. I also found that it takes care of the grassy taste that I didn'tlike BUT I also use less water/broth when cooking it Em , pipedream63 <pipedream63 wrote: > > First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing ‹ I > have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes > them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don¹t have > cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do > you rinse it? Thanks. > > Anna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Thanks – don’t drink coffee, but may have to invest in some of those. Thanks! Anna On 21/1/10 11:07 PM, " Brenda Wiley " <wilfamban wrote: I do it using a coffee filter. Brenda pipedream63 <pipedream63 Thu, January 21, 2010 4:23:34 AM Quinoa - how do you rinse it? First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing — I have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don’t have cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do you rinse it? Thanks. Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I use a sprouting bag (a fine-gauge nylon mesh bag), but have also used the piece of cotton fabric that came with my tofu press. Any clean piece of cotton/linen will do, though I'd stick to non-colored fabric in case the dye runs. You could cut a piece out of an old (clean) t-shirt, for example, and keep it around for such purposes. Just line your strainer with the fabric and go from there. Debbie Anna wrote: Thanks – don’t drink coffee, but may have to invest in some of those. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Do you rinse them? I didn't know that!! Sandy Abernathy On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:23 AM, pipedream63 <pipedream63 wrote: First time ever using quinoa tonight and the challenge was the rinsing — I have a fine mesh strainer but these things are tiny! Rinsing them just makes them fall through the holes! How do you guys do it? I don’t have cheesecloth or anything like that to line the strainer with. How long do you rinse it? Thanks. Anna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Re: Quinoa - how do you rinse it? Posted by: " maureen smith " maureensgardengrotto maureensgardengrotto Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:00 am (PST) > >I have the prewashed Bob's Red Mill Quinoa. >Some say it is necessary to wash it again although >it is already prewashed. I have not used it yet. >Can you tell me does it really need to be rinsed? >Please give your experience with this or other >brands. Thank you. > >Maureen Sorry, I haven't tried that brand. I've used Ancient Harvest and Eden brands without rinsing and it seemed fine to me. -Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I must admit to purchasing it in the bulk bins and not thinking that it had to be rinsed! I use it for quinoa porridge and it calls for roasting the quinoa before adding liquid. How to best achieve this goal? Thank you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I don't rinse it. Bo1953 <bo1953Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:20:50 -0500 Re: Quinoa - how do you rinse it? I must admit to purchasing it in the bulk bins and not thinking that it had to be rinsed! I use it for quinoa porridge and it calls for roasting the quinoa before adding liquid.How to best achieve this goal?Thank you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I rinse it in a fine-mesh strainer and then toast it in a dry skillet until all of the moisture is evaporated. But, if you've been eating it without rinsing and it doesn't have a bitter taste, then it's probable that your quinoa is pre-rinsed. The one time I made quinoa without rinsing, it was too bitter to eat, so I always rinse it because I don't want to take a chance of that happening again. Susan-------------------------Susan VoisinFatFree Vegan Kitchenhttp://blog.fatfreevegan.comhttp://www.facebook.com/FatFreeVegan -------------------------- On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Bo1953 <bo1953 wrote: I must admit to purchasing it in the bulk bins and not thinking that it had to be rinsed! I use it for quinoa porridge and it calls for roasting the quinoa before adding liquid. How to best achieve this goal? Thank you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 > I rinse it in a fine-mesh strainer and then toast it in a dry skillet > until all of the moisture is evaporated. But, if you've been eating > it without rinsing and it doesn't have a bitter taste, then it's > probable that your quinoa is pre-rinsed. The one time I made quinoa > without rinsing, it was too bitter to eat, so I always rinse it > because I don't want to take a chance of that happening again. > > Susan Susan, I get it right out of the bulk bin at my local WholeFoods.... I do not know if that product is rinsed. I will ask them though. I usually follow a recipe which calls for toasting of up to three (3) minutes, then add water and almond milk, vanilla extract, brown sugar and cinnamon so if there is a bitter taste, it most certainly masked by then, to my buds... Thank you again. SamuelS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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