I haven't tried quinoa, though I have read wonderful things about it. Any fun, tasty (and preferably kid-friendly) ways to cook it?

(no sardines please) ;o)

I apparently mis-remembered the Inca Stew story. I guess senility comes with old age, but luckily I did a writeup of the whole adventure here:

www.geometer.org/earthwatch/index.html

and here's the critical passage. And although the passage does not include anything about the mustard sardines, I DO rememaber them:

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For example, as the end grew near, we ran out of more and more kinds of food, and the dinners got more and more strange. Dusty cooked on the final night, and made "Inca Stew" -- a bizarre collection of things including quinoa (pronounced "keen-wah") grain, polenta, vegetables, spices, and heaven-knows what else. It didn't taste bad, particularly, but it was pretty strange. That night, in the slumber party, she said something like, "There wasn't anything bad in the dinner, was there?" I responded, "There wasn't anything good in the dinner, was there?", which somehow managed to set off a laughing chain-reaction.

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I guess I'd better give quinoa another chance ...