It is winter time. Now the land is covered in snow. Nevertheless we worked on cleaning the quinoa. After harvesting earlier in the fall we threshed then stored the seeds all mixed with dried leaves, stems and fine dirt.
So today we finally got on to the processing part. We attached a metal rod to a electric drill and put the bent end of the rod into the bucket filled with the unrefined quinoa mash. This method broke down the quinoa clumps/clusters and bigger stems to a satisfactory size. Has anyone ever used a winnower for quinoa? Or has anyone built a machine for separating the undesirable particles from the quinoa seed? We'd love to hear about it.
Now we are ready to start so we can eat. But first we must build a winnower. We will try this seed cleaner with open source plans.