Help! My quinoa won't cook at altitude.

[Anonymous]

Anyone BTDT and have any tips? Thank you.

[Anonymous]

No, but I feel like this should have a hashtag like #BoulderProblems.

Good luck, I hope you solve your quinoa quandary!

[Anonymous]

Have you tried making it in a rice cooker? It's a worthy investment regardless of altitude. It turns out 100 times better in a rice cooker. I will never make quinoa stovetop again!

[Anonymous]

Quinoa is native to Boliva, elevation of roughly 3,650 m. Where are you exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quinoa is native to Boliva, elevation of roughly 3,650 m. Where are you exactly?

LOL - I was just going to post something about this. How do the Bolivians do it?!

[Anonymous]

I live in Colorado and have never had a problem with it. Maybe it's old or something? How high are you? If you're up at 10,000 it's gonna take a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Colorado and have never had a problem with it. Maybe it's old or something? How high are you? If you're up at 10,000 it's gonna take a while.

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This, some things like quinoa just take longer.

[Anonymous]

Pressure cooker also makes fantastic quinoa.

[Anonymous]

You can cook it, it just takes a while. Double or triple the time. It's ridiculous. Cooking pasta can take up to 45 minutes in the high desert.

[Anonymous]

This is a DC area forum.