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Identifying Vegetables


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Pulled all the bits out of the Puntarelle and sliced them up and refreshed in some iced water.

Boiled some Anya potatoes and sliced

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Made a dressing:-

1 Tin Anchovies

3 Cloves Garlic

2 Heaped tsp capers

Juice and zest of a lemon

1 tsp of dijon mustard

Smashed it all to a pulp in a pestle and mortar added several glugs of EVO

Mixed everything together and added some parmigiano reggiano shavings.

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Made a dressing:-

1 Tin Anchovies

3 Cloves Garlic

2 Heaped tsp capers

Juice and zest of a lemon

1 tsp of dijon mustard

Smashed it all to a pulp in a pestle and mortar added several glugs of EVO

Mixed everything together and added some parmigiano reggiano shavings.

Did this dressing turn out to be merely good...

Or as fabulous as it sounds?

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Puntarelle are a typical roman salad here. I make it often, I peel the single tips and in Rome they sell a special tool to slice them, which I don't have, so I julienne and dump into iced water to curle. Then the classic dressing is anchovies mashed, chopped garlic, little white wine vinegar and good evoo. Dress them at list one hour in advance.

But you can cook them too, braising starting again with garlic and anchovies. Or I often use them mixed with other bitter greens.

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Picked these up at an asian market - strong allium smell. Not quite sure what they are or what I should do with them. They are a multibulbed base with two or more shoots coming out of each long thin bulb. The bulbs have layers of onion skin holding them together.

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They look like baby shallots. The local Philippine market carries them. I have planted them (very shallow) and as they mature the bulbs break apart and spread out. When mature they are the reddish shallots.

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Excellent - wondered if that was the case. Seemed to be the only allium that had more than one sprout per bulb - but couldn't find any similar pictures. Now what to do with them?

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Excellent - wondered if that was the case. Seemed to be the only allium that had more than one sprout per bulb - but couldn't find any similar pictures. Now what to do with them?

Treat them just as you would scallions as in a stir fry dish. Just nip off the root end and trip the tops somewhat and cut them into thirds and split the root end. They become quite tender when cooked briefly. You can also steam them briefly, chill and include in salads.

They pair beautifully with ginger.

You can chop them fine and prepare a baked omelet - or pancakes similar to egg foo young.

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Picked these up at an asian market - strong allium smell. Not quite sure what they are or what I should do with them. They are a multibulbed base with two or more shoots coming out of each long thin bulb. The bulbs have layers of onion skin holding them together.

I love that informative label: "Vegetable" :laugh:

Yesterday, I noted that labels on the packages of chicken feet read, "Chicken Paws" :laugh:

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The shallot looking things are rakkyo. They are great pickled in amazu as sweet and sour pickles. Traditional accompianment to japanese curry.

John,

Do you have a recipe?

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I regularly send cashiers into a quandary  with the vegetables I buy…doesn’t take much now a days.

 

Once while giving teenagers a class in nutrition, a few students were amazed to know that French fries were made from potatoes….who is responsible for kids knowing this?.

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3 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

I regularly send cashiers into a quandary  with the vegetables I buy…doesn’t take much now a days.

 

Once while giving teenagers a class in nutrition, a few students were amazed to know that French fries were made from potatoes….who is responsible for kids knowing this?.

What did they think was in them?

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13 hours ago, Okanagancook said:

Once while giving teenagers a class in nutrition, a few students were amazed to know that French fries were made from potatoes….who is responsible for kids knowing this?.

 

Could be funny but I find that's just sad. I wonder where they thought burgers came from.

 

 

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