thanks Bill, I'm not surprised at all the close relation to Lamb's Quarter.
Bill Robinson wrote in message
news:MOD$001009.18477@rec.gardens.ecosystems... > > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > The rec.gardens.ecosystems FAQ, course and archive are available at > http://www.ibiblio.org/rge > > submissions can be mailed to: ecosys-submit@metalab.unc.edu > the moderators can be contacted at: ecosys-admin@metalab.unc.edu > > Please note that crossposts are automatically rejected