that sounds like a good bread making idea for the amaranth too, just soak it overnight. I will have to try that. It's good popped with honey like a candy I know that.

I put about 6 hopi red dye amaranths in the garden 2-3 years ago, they'd come up every here and there just as weeds since. I was just looking for some pretty and practical weed stuff to surpass the junk weeds... last year i made an effort to tend some of them a bit and this year... they are overtaking and out pacing all the other weeds in the garden!! Major!! There are probably 500 of them but only 100 or so will have room to grow really. It's going to be a red amaranth bounty year!!

I'll' get you some pics when they are bigger, right now only 3-4 inches tall. the stuff is tasty that's for sure. Real pretty, they got about 5 feet tall last year, zillions of seeds I should be able to collect a bushel or two this year easily.

the leaves are real good in salad too btw, very tender.