Richard Fangnail > wrote:

>The filmmaker David Lynch made a DVD short about cooking quinoa. I
>had never heard of it before. Is it very popular in the US? Is it
>true that it's very good for protein?

It is about 19% protein calories, making it a better protein source
than most grains (hard wheat being around 15%, corn and rice
well under 10%), but below that of typical beans/legumes which
run about 30% protein calories.

It's also one of only three common vegetable sources of complete
protein, that other two being soy and hemp. This fact
may not matter much if there are other sources of protein in
your diet.

It is reasonably popular among vegetarians and the health conscious.
But it costs quite a bit more than couscous, bulgar wheat, etc.

Steve