This post was updated on July 25, 2010. NEWS FLASH! WHEAT-FREE BULGUR; GLUTEN-FREE BULGUR AND COUSCOUS SUBSTITITES (see end of this post!). This time of the year almost always keep a grain salad on hand for snacking.Grain salads are hearty, filling, nutritious, and, the way I make them, low in fat.rom what I've read, it can be used just like wheat bulgur. If you must eat gluten-free, you can substitute millet or quinoa for bulgur and couscous. This recipe from Whole Foods explains how to cook millet, especially for a salad. Here's how to cook quinoa.
The main impact of Tet was to harden US civilians' resolve against the war. This is because Tet, on the ground, was an absolute disaster for the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese. We had been led to believe the Vietnamese couldn't launch an offensive like this, and when it happened it shocked the Americans.
The Tet Offensive-The Fighting: On January 21, 1968, an intense barrage of artillery hit the US Marine base at Khe Sanh in northwest South Vietnam. This presaged a siege and battle that would last for seventy-seven days and would see 6,000 Marines hold off 20,000 North Vietnamese.he Tet Offensive-Planning: In 1967, the North Vietnamese leadership vigorously debated how to move forward with the war. Having sustained heavy losses and with their economy suffering under the American bombing campaign, the decision was made to launch a large-scale offensive against US and South Vietnamese forces.