Chayote is another one of the unusual ingredients I’ve found to have several aliases. In different countries it is known as sayote, mango squash, choko, chuchu, chow-chow, chocho, christophene, custard marrow, xuxu, mirliton, and the most fitting, vegetable pear and pear squash. They really do look a lot like pears, except a bit more wrinkly. […] Read more…
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Week 14: Umeboshi
Umeboshi are pickled ume fruits, often called plum but are actually closer in relation to apricots. The little orange-pink fruits are round and wrinkled and pickled into umeboshi by using salt and vinegar. Umeboshi is common in Japan and are considered to be a sort of super food – good for digestion, preventing nausea, helping […] Read more…
Week 13: Asian Style Latkes
At my local farmer’s market, there is stand dedicated to Asian produce. I’ve found some interesting vegetables there, and the other week I saw what looked like ginormous white carrots (reminiscent of Bunnicula, the vampire rabbit who sucks the juice out of vegetables). It turned out to be daikon. Daikon literally means “large root” in […] Read more…
Kiwano: A Failed Kitchen Adventure
This is a kiwano, also known as horned melon. It already looks like some exotic, potentially dangerous (don’t worry, those spikes aren’t really sharp) fruit, right? Cut it open, and you find this craziness: Yes, it comes pre-filled with lime jello. Well, not quite. It does have a lime green center filled with little sacs […] Read more…
Crepes with Prickly Pear & Passion Fruit Curd
As promised, here is another recipe to use with the Prickly Pear & Passion Fruit Curd from this week’s Kitchen Adventure. Crepes are very simple and incredibly versatile. Fill ’em with jam, Nutella, curd, fresh fruit, pretty much anything you want. And of course you can make them into entrees by filling them with things […] Read more…