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Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 08:58 AM (EST) "Foodies, Need Ideas" Cassavas and tamarillos (the red ones). Tell me what you know. copyright smokeysmom   Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Snidget 06-26-08 1    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 3        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas kingfish 06-26-08 11            RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Snidget 06-26-08 12            RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 13        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas mysticwolf 06-26-08 26  RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Max Headroom 06-26-08 2    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 4  RE: Foodies, Need Ideas weltek 06-26-08 5    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 6        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas maroonclowns mom 06-26-08 7            RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 9                RE: Foodies, Need Ideas CTgirl 06-26-08 23        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Snidget 06-26-08 8            RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 10        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas weltek 06-26-08 17            RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Seana 06-26-08 24                RE: Foodies, Need Ideas J Slice 06-26-08 27                    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 28                        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Seana 06-26-08 30  RE: Foodies, Need Ideas dragonflies 06-26-08 14    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas weltek 06-26-08 18        RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Ahtumbreez 06-26-08 20            RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Snidget 06-26-08 21  RE: Foodies, Need Ideas MKitty 06-26-08 15    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Maroonclown 06-26-08 19  RE: Foodies, Need Ideas brvnkrz 06-26-08 16    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas Ahtumbreez 06-26-08 22  RE: Foodies, Need Ideas easilydistracted 06-26-08 25    RE: Foodies, Need Ideas mysticwolf 06-26-08 29

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Snidget 44369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 09:02 AM (EST) 1. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" LAST EDITED ON 06-26-08 AT 09:05 AM (EST) Hands over my "I buy weird produce" crown to MC. I had to google them, and that didn't even help much with what to do with them. I did find this link http://www.tamarillo.com/Tamarillo/servlet/Serve?file=Recipes.htm   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 09:11 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I love buying weird produce. It's how discovered the joys of kohlrabi. But the cassava was a mistake. The local fruit and veggie place had a pile of yams and cassavas, mixed together. I had been on the lookout for proper yams (not sweet potatoes) because DH likes them. Not knowing that a yam looks like a hairy potatoe, I went for the cassava. I got home, all proud of myself and produced my "yam". DH looks at me and says "What the heck is that?" I held it up and proclaimed "It's a yam" He shook his head and declared "That ain't no yam that I've ever seen". Tahnks for the tamarillo recipes, I can do something with that.   Top

kingfish 20752 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:31 AM (EST) 11. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Around here a yam is a sweet potato. What your differentiation, what the difference between a proper yam and a sweet potato??   Top

Snidget 44369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:36 AM (EST) 12. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" http://homecooking.about.com/od/howtocookvegetables/a/sweetpotatodiff.htm   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:44 AM (EST) 13. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" A yam is more like an Edo. Root veggie, kinda greyish white flesh. The outside has coconut-like hair without the hard shell, if that makes any sense. copyright smokeysmom   Top

mysticwolf 10692 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 09:50 PM (EST) 26. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" LMAO! I can so see the expression on his face and the inflection in his voice when he saw your "yam". *smooches* to you both A smokeysmom "In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." - Baba Dioum   Top

Max Headroom 10069 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 09:08 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Isn't IceCat the king of weird foods these days? I'd never heard of cardamom pods until I saw his recent thresd. Surfkitten Sigshop Summer 2008   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 09:12 AM (EST) 4. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I've got a bag of cardomom pods at home. I use them in mulled wine. copyright smokeysmom   Top

weltek 16936 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:02 AM (EST) 5. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" LAST EDITED ON 06-26-08 AT 10:04 AM (EST) I've only used cassava once and made mexican "hashbrowns" with them for dinner. Never used tamarillos. Let me know what you do with them! Oh, and I forgot to add... Paula Dean and her family did a trip to some island nation where they had cassava bread. I guess cassavas can be ground down into a floury substance. -A Shamrocktastic SharTribe Creation!   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:05 AM (EST) 6. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" You can't just throw down "mexican hashbrowns" and not tell me how you did it! Most things I've seen for cassavas involve tapioaca pudding and baked goods. I don't bake and tapioca pudding belongs over in jbug's food thread, so anything savoury to do with my cassava would be appreciated. I could think of something unsavoury to do with it, but I won't go there. copyright smokeysmom   Top

maroonclowns mom 1102 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest" 06-26-08, 10:11 AM (EST) 7. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" What`s wrong with tapioca pudding? Myself and your late gramma liked it.   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:22 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Three words - eyeballs.in.cream copyright smokeysmom   Top

CTgirl 8013 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 06:58 PM (EST) 23. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Or as my grandfather used to say, "fish-eye pudding."   Top

Snidget 44369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:12 AM (EST) 8. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" try here http://neocassava.blogspot.com/2007/07/roots-vegetable-recipes.html   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:24 AM (EST) 10. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" OMH Some of that looks good! Although I wasn't aware the cassava need to be deveined. Once I crack open that puppy I should be in for a load of surprises. copyright smokeysmom   Top

weltek 16936 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 11:29 AM (EST) 17. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Just make sure to get all the nasty peel off. I then shredded it, tossed it with an all-purpose mexican seasoning blend, put it in skillet with some canola oil, and let it cook for awhile (cassava takes awhile to cook). I then added diced onions, peppers, jalepenos, and precooked chorizo to the top, flipped it all and cooked for awhile longer. I plated it with cheese, cilantro and salsa on top. I probably had sour cream on the side, too. Can't remember. It was decent. -A Shamrocktastic SharTribe Creation!   Top

Seana 5044 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 07:58 PM (EST) 24. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Wooow. I get all tingly when you oh-so-casually toss out a recipe like that. You make it sound so easy. Is that "decent" as in "reasonably good, but not spectacular" or the 80's "decent"? On another note, I have heard 2 people in the last week use the word "grody". They were not using it in a self-mocking way. Is this word coming back?   Top

J Slice 13166 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 09:54 PM (EST) 27. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I don't know about all the other cool people, but I've never dropped grody from my vocabulary. My mom said it when I was a little kid, and it stuck with me somehow. I get weird looks sometimes - isn't it a perfectly serviceable word? Kurt Vonnegut says: So it goes for Slice's blog.   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:45 PM (EST) 28. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" OMG - your MOM said it when you were a LITTLE KID. Pardon me while I lower mysel painfully down on this bench and gather my thoughts. copyright smokeysmom   Top

Seana 5044 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 11:50 PM (EST) 30. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" *sits down on didn't-know-we-were-old-people bench with MC*   Top

dragonflies 8051 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 11:15 AM (EST) 14. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I have no idea. I do have radishes that we are harvesting this week. Lots of radishes. What am I going to do with that many radishes? Surfkitten summer sig shop 2008   Top

weltek 16936 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 11:30 AM (EST) 18. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I slice em thin and marinate in rice wine vinegar, garlic and sugar. -A Shamrocktastic SharTribe Creation!   Top

Ahtumbreez 10456 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 06:46 PM (EST) 20. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" A mandolin would come in handy for the slicing thinly. Just sayin'. Agman took me to the islands   Top

Snidget 44369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 06:47 PM (EST) 21. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I blame you for me getting one, and finding out just how sharp the silly thing is.   Top

MKitty 2976 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Howard Stern Show Guest" 06-26-08, 11:26 AM (EST) 15. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" When I lived in Indonesia we used to eat cassavas all the time. Usually fried, like french fries..as they are the closest things to potatoes. I would just cut them up, toss them in oil and sprinkle with course salt and pepper, bake them for 30 or so minutes at 450 to make cassava fries. Good luck! Goin' Tuscan from Surfkitten 2008   Top

Maroonclown 5829 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 11:34 AM (EST) 19. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" LAST EDITED ON 06-26-08 AT 11:34 AM (EST) Excellent. This and the mexican hashbrowns and the other recipes from Snidget's link may make the cassava a staple in my kitchen. copyright smokeysmom   Top

brvnkrz 20491 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 11:29 AM (EST) 16. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" I like chicks with big cassavas. An Arkie original.   Top

Ahtumbreez 10456 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 06:47 PM (EST) 22. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" Deep fried or baked? Agman took me to the islands   Top

easilydistracted 45 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Beauty Pageant Celebrity Judge" 06-26-08, 09:15 PM (EST) 25. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" A tip for the impatient person I do this with eggplant as well, but put your super starchy veggie and eggplant in a bowl with enough water to cover the bottom, 1/4 to 1/3 cup, cover the bowl and nuke veggie for a couple of minutes. This saves a large amount of time and seriously cuts calories with most eggplant dishes, and shaves off 10-15 minutes on the starchy stuff. Starchy veggies like cassavas don't absorb the water evenly and don't steam well, but that's just my experience....I don't have enough patience to do much else with 'em. The cassava could be done up like home Mexican home fries. Steam a couple of minutes, coat with olive oil, sprinkle a pinch of cayenne - salt is used later since it draws out liquids. Dunno what to recommend for the tamarillo. I eat 'em straight.   Top

mysticwolf 10692 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 06-26-08, 10:45 PM (EST) 29. "RE: Foodies, Need Ideas" But, you forgot to mention that you should skin a tamarillo before eating. Sorry, Weltek. I've never made anything with them, but I found this blog that, along with the writer's less than salutory first experience with them includes some comments with ways to prepare them that sound quite tasty. http://cookie-crumbles.blogspot.com/2005/11/beware-tamarillo.html Good luck. Let us know how they turn out, however you try them. A smokeysmom "In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." - Baba Dioum   Top

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