I also don’t understand your “frustration” with the chumros of Ashkenazic Rabbanim. Do you think your string of exclamation marks will make them understand something they missed regarding chameishes minei dagan?”
Golfer, my frustration with this is that our chachomim saw fit to asser something muttar for reasons that make no sense to me, though I unquestionably accept that their p’sak must be followed. It is particularly difficult for me this year, in light of what I mentioned about my young ainekel who is allergic to all nuts, seeds, and eggs, or products containing even trace amounts. The only things he likes to eat that are permissible to him, are items that I cannot have in my home for Pesach, such as rice,peas, and corn. He doesn’t even like potatoes.
My earlier point btw was that potatoes also produce a flour that MAMESH looks like real flour at first, but the chachomim who originally DID want to asser it for Pesach, immediately changed their minds when they realized what a hornet’s nest they were about to stir up.
Our Gedolim knew then and know now what is chametz and what is not. But they assered stuff that even HaKadosh Boruch Hu did not asser or imply was like chametz. And that frustrates me at times in many areas of Halacha, to which we nonetheless adhere, whether we understand it or not, because that is what we are enjoined to do.
Corn, peas, and rice, have little to do with the Yetzer Hara, though chametz itself which comes from grains being “puffed up” absolutely is a great mashal for that. So I like what you mentioned about that.
Quinoa is accepted today by virtually everyone. Those who actually made the effort to inspect what it is, decided that it is not kitniyos, and if grown separately from wheat fields, has no chashash of being intermingled with grains. Ancient Harvest is a reliable Quinoa packaging company.
As aside to the person who does not like the taste because it is too bland – mix a packet of onion soup mix into the cooking water for it, saute diced onions and mushrooms (if you use them on Pesach), and add to the cooked quinoa. DELICIOUS. And I was NOT a fan, at first.