It is a laughably bad grain food source. Due to overzealousness in my youth, I have a giant jar of quinoa as a last-ditch food source in case of thermonuclear w

It is a laughably bad grain food source. Due to overzealousness in my youth, I have a giant jar of quinoa as a last-ditch food source in case of thermonuclear war, worldwide famine or biological catastrophe. Once I've eaten all fresh and canned goods and MREs, I'll still have a gallon of quinoa held in reserve. Probably a more serious problem (than eating quinoa) would be the difficulty of finding fresh water to clean and boil the quinoa under such circumstances. Quinoa as a sole food source embodies a strong argument for cannibalism (perhaps the Incas agreed).