[Assam] Quinoa

[Chan Mahanta]

Hi A:

Don't go looking for Jilmil xaak or Khutora xaak in stores, not in 
Whole Foods, not in Oriental stores. Yes you CAN find Morisaa xaak in 
the latter. But for khutora and jilmil, you will have to go to some 
freshly ploughed fields that have not been plastered with herbicides. 
We get to pick a lot in our vegetable patch, all volunteers.

BTW, the jilmil-xaak, which do not grow very large in Assam, usually 
about a foot tall, grow to giant sizes in the USA, and is considered 
one of the top ten most  invasive weeds in this country. Some of them 
have become resistant to some of the strongest herbicides. Their tiny 
seeds fly and spread wide, lie dormant for years until the ground is 
disturbed and then they emerge with a vengeance.

c-da








At 11:58 AM -0600 12/18/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>Thanks for the information, C'da.
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>A colleague of mine said that it could be a better substitute for 
>rice (especially the white rice) as it also has the amino acids, 
>iron etc. Good to know it's like our Khutura, Morisa/Datha, Jilmil 
>xaak. I think I see these (xaak) in the Chinese markets.
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>Now I have something to find in the whole food market here during 
>this holiday.
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>Happy holidays, Everyone!!
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>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree 
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>  > Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:19:17 -0600> To: assam at assamnet.org> 
>From: cmahanta at charter.net> Subject: Re: [Assam] Quinoa> > > Quinoa 
>belongs to the same family as Amaranth ( Khutora xaak, morisa > 
>xaak, Datha in Bengali) and Lamb's Quarters or pigweed ( Jilmil > 
>xaak). While the Quinoa strain has been cultivated, Amaranth and > 
>Lamb's Quarters have remained wild. The Morisa Xaakkor guti ( > 
>Amaranth seeds ) are very similar to Quinoa seeds, except that 
>Quinoa > seems to produce more and larger sized grains.> > Botanical 
>names:> > > Quinoa: Chenopodium quinoa.> Amaranth: Chenopodium 
>quinoa Wild> Lamb's Quarters: Chenopodium album> Purple Amaranth ( 
>Morisa xaak, Datha) : Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus 
>blitum> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 5:46 PM -0600 12/17/08, 
>Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:> >> >Anybody knows if Quinoa has any 
>connection with Assam?> >> >Is it something close to the 
>'Koni-dhan/Saaul' that we get in 
>Assam?> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >"In order 
>to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree > >and 
>humble like a blade of 
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