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Subject: Re: Quinona - threshing anw winnowing
From: "peter gauss" <pgauss@uswest.net>
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 00 14:08:06
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thanks Bill, I'm not surprised at all the close relation to Lamb's Quarter.

Bill Robinson wrote in message
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>
> Peter Gauss posted an interest in quinona and asks how
> the seeds can be separated from the chaf.
>
> As I had never heard of quinona, I looked it up. The
> botanical name is Chenopodium quinona and it is closely
> related to Lamb's Quarter, Chenopodium album. I went to
> Alta Vista and found a number of references.
>
> Quinona is used as a staple "cereal" food in the Andean
> highlands and, according to the books, it is "tossed" gently
> and patiently until the chaf floats away. My guess is that
> a person might have to do a bit of tossing before he got the
> hang of it.
>
> Bill
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