• maccentric
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    5 months ago

    Essential amino acids, I believe. That’s why the rice is key, it has those the beans are lacking.

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      5 months ago

      Ah, you’re right.

      Wow, so quinoa is the remaining champion.

      So long, beans. Pretty close though.

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        Beans and rice are pretty great together. And you can freeze rice (something I just learned recently)

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          I grew up with freezer bags of cooked rice from my parents.

          Seems a little crazy considering how easy and quick it is to cook rice.

          I wonder what the advantages are.

          The only one I know of is that if you want to cook fried rice, it’s way better if you have it in the fridge overnight because it dries out a little and then it soaks up all the flavors when you cook it the next day.

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        And hempseed. Gruel is a complete protein, it’s just cheap so most people haven’t ever even tried it. It’s kinda like a weird tasting grits or porridge

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          Hempseed porridge?

          Okay.

          Does that taste Good?

          Cuz quinoa tastes good and you can add it oyster sauce and hot sauce and all this good stuff without contradicting flavor profiles.

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            It’s certainly an interesting flavor profile. On the savory bitter side, but with some spices I bet you could make a curry flavored porridge, or even something like a General Tso’s. It basically tastes nutty and bitter with a tiny hint of grass.