I keep seeing jerusalem artichokes and taros in the supermarket and wondering what you do with them. Next time I go there I am gonna buy them and try them! Jerusalem artichokes looked good mashed with butter, salt and pepper, or in a soup.





Taro I still have to investigate

answer me!!!!

Carrot

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Sorry your thread died Charlotte

I want to try butternut squash and artichokes...and probably some more. I love vegetables, but my Mum was pretty old fashioned when it came to them, and I've never caught up!

PANDURITO said:

have you ever tried celeriac



or broccolini?

Maybe the title is misleading. It looks like a riddle.

susannah said:

I don't know how you have lived this long without it!

PANDURITO said:

ZombieKitten said:

I wouldn't know how to cook it even if I bought it, and Im lazy like that!

PREDOMINANT said:

have you tried those big white carrots from Japan?

susannah said:

easy! peel, remove seeds and cut up into 4cm cubes, toss in oil and stock powder (like vegeta) or morroccan seasoning and roast in 200°C oven until soft, about half an hour - easier than potatoes

ZombieKitten said:

I don't know what those are but I try everything I'm offered that doesn't drag across the ground

Is celeriac the root of celery?

And what's the difference between broccoli and broccolini? (don't say it's ni)

PANDURITO said:

yes it is the root, and it has that amazing celery aroma without the string! you can roast it or mash it together with potatoes and garlic

and broccolini
"Broccolini is a green vegetable resembling broccoli. Although often mistakenly identified as young broccoli, it is actually a natural hybrid of the cabbage family Brassica oleracea, a cross between broccoli and Chinese Kale. It was developed by the Sakata Seed Company of Yokohama, Japan. It is generally agreed that broccolini has a sweeter flavor than broccoli."
it is really nice

interesting!

ZombieKitten said:

Broccolini

PREDOMINANT said:

it's nice!!!

Nice.
And butternut squash? Ain't that a type of pumpkin?

Ooh, I've never had pumpkin either.

Except in a risotto

ZombieKitten said:

I'm sure it is, just looks like young broccolli or purple sprouting broccoli (which is very flavoursome BTW). It's the rediculous name i can't abide.

We don't call baby sweetcorn swetcornini, why call this hybrid anything other than baby brocoli?

PANDURITO said:

we call it butternut pumpkin here
and it is fantastic in risottos too

PREDOMINANT said:

PREDOMINANT said:

I agree!

what about okra? cool name shame about the slime, some might say

but I say

Sea Cucumber

Turnip

ZombieKitten said:

i bet that broccolini is damn tasty!

ZombieKitten said:

I think in Spanish the vegetable is called Yuka, but I don't know in English.

i think i've tried them all!

Anx said:

every time we go to the asian markets I see a hundred vegies I don't even know the names of! 30 different varieties of leafy greens, beans, fungus, you name it! just amazing