Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Wild) is a food of the Andean people since ancient times , 5,000 BC Its cultivation spread to most of the Andes: Peru, Bolivia, parts of Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and Colombia. We know that in times of extreme drought and frost in the highlands, quinoa was the only plant that survived and produced grain useful for food. The cultivation of amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus) or amaranth in America dates back more than seven thousand years. Amaranth seeds were found Andean tombs alongside more than four thousand years old but is considered a rustic crop, is estimated to have been fully domesticated for many years. In the Andean world view both crops were always present: in marriage, housing, first cut the hair of children as a symbol of fidelity, prosperity and abundance.
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