tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27012455.post7164052547594022259..comments2024-03-27T13:38:53.446-07:00Comments on Vegetable Adventures: Oh, Boy, What do I do with this?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27012455.post-87558417051546777852007-03-05T02:56:00.000-08:002007-03-05T02:56:00.000-08:00acually, now that you mention the regional issue i...acually, now that you mention the regional issue it's gotten me thinking - i recently bought kasha/buckwheat at an ethiopian stand in the shuk - and the owner asked me what i do with it and how i cook it.<BR/>i guess one person's staple is the other person's exotic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27012455.post-29905248210477267342007-03-02T05:19:00.000-08:002007-03-02T05:19:00.000-08:00We had the "it doesn't taste like anything" talk, ...We had the "it doesn't taste like anything" talk, too, Chanie! :)<BR/><BR/>And yes, it's interesting how some of the grains made it to the Canon of Traditional Cooking, while others remained exotic and weird. I think buckwheat is pretty much an Eastern European staple, and the beans my grandma makes are very much an Egyptian staple. So anything that doesn't hail from those places is weird and requires some readjustment.Hadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679534968114656918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27012455.post-9126446626461323132007-03-01T22:59:00.000-08:002007-03-01T22:59:00.000-08:00interesting point about kasha and barley being tra...interesting point about kasha and barley being traditional.<BR/><BR/>my in-laws have been similarly shocked by quinoa. i got the 'but plain, it doesnt taste like anything' comment - to which i pointed out that the same is true of white rice. (my kids like it plain, so i always do that for them, and then spice up the rest for other people who like things mixed in their food.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27012455.post-26936293308098875672007-03-01T11:06:00.000-08:002007-03-01T11:06:00.000-08:00Yay!We've been following your Peru adventures, Ede...Yay!<BR/>We've been following your Peru adventures, Eden, and we'll probably be talking about <I>platanos</I> one of these days.Hadarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679534968114656918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27012455.post-85715466761681616172007-02-28T17:43:00.000-08:002007-02-28T17:43:00.000-08:00Hi Hadar! I have to vegetable adventure to contri...Hi Hadar! I have to vegetable adventure to contribute here, but I have no other way of saying that yes! I will be in the bay area this summer and we should all hang out and share travel stories sometime!<BR/>Okay bye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com