The Pantry Quiz #49

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Used as a grain, this pantry staple, native to South America, is really a green, in the same family as spinach and chard. What is it?

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Please leave your answer in the comments, and let us know whether you have this ingredient in your pantry.

[Last week's answer: None of the ingredients are common to all three spice blends. French quatre epices (four spice): pepper, cloves, nutmeg, ginger. Chinese five spice: star anise, cloves, fennel, cinnamon, Szechuan pepper. Japanese seven-spice: orange or tangerine peel, black and white sesame seeds, cayenne, ground ginger, Szechuan pepper and nori.]

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Please leave your answer in the comments, and let us know whether you have this ingredient in your pantry.

[Last week's answer: None of the ingredients are common to all three spice blends. French quatre epices (four spice): pepper, cloves, nutmeg, ginger. Chinese five spice: star anise, cloves, fennel, cinnamon, Szechuan pepper. Japanese seven-spice: orange or tangerine peel, black and white sesame seeds, cayenne, ground ginger, Szechuan pepper and nori.]

You can find most answers to The Pantry Quiz by using the search box at right, at the top of the page, to hunt for clues. Come back next Saturday for the answer to today's quiz question.

Comments

Lydia,
I'm not sure what it is (excellent clue about chard and spinach, that made me say 'oh, I've heard about that, it's . . .' just apparently behind the tip of my tongue).
The other day I got a couple of jugs of buttermilk marked down, and wanted to resume soaked-oat muffin making for the kids now that school has started, but I'm out of oats!
Instead, I tried a package of par-cooked barley from Trader Joes that I found behind the empty oat bin.

It does not make a good soaked grain muffin. Stick to oats. That's my tip o' the day.

Amaranth? That's only a guess!

I'm guessing quinoa, and if it is, I do have some in my pantry.

Amaranth, and quinoa is in the same family also.

It is quinoa. We eat the seed of this green. I do have quinoa in my pantry, red and white, no black though.

It is quinoa and yes it is in my pantry. I make several soups with it and also a killer quinoa and coconut pudding!

Quinoa, yes. Amaranth seeds (at least the ones I have) are much tinier (not as small as teff, though, or chia) and a honey brown. I had quinoa for breakfast, with barley flakes, molasses and peanut butter. Mmmm.

Would love to see pamstewart22's recipe for quinoa and coconut pudding!

quinoa!!! I am agreeing with the majority above but... and yes I have some!!