I’d eat those!
What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2023)?
- Thread starter SatNavSaysStraightOn
- Start date
- Status
- Joined
- 11 Oct 2012
- Local time
- 11:07 PM
- Messages
- 18,541
- Location
- SE Australia
- Website
- www.satnavsaysstraighton.com
I read going to try them, but that don't deliver lost them a $200 order and potential new customer
karadekoolaid
Legendary Member
A quick stop in the supermarket to pick up some flour, rice, Harina PAN (for making arepas) plus the trendy version, semillas nutritivas,(harina PAN with chia and quinoa).
Then some bread (it's called "Grandma's loaf" - no idea why), an avocado (800 gms), some onions, peppers and, on the far left, ají dulce (sweet chile).
Aji dulce is an essential ingredient in Venezuelan cooking. It's basically a hot pepper which transformed into a mild one. Theory has it that it started as an habanero pepper and then, for some reason or another , gradually got weaker in strength, but with all the flavour of an habanero. These particular specimens are something I've never seen before, because they're huge. I'm going to stuff them with something (probably the neighbour's cat) and stick them in the oven.
Then some bread (it's called "Grandma's loaf" - no idea why), an avocado (800 gms), some onions, peppers and, on the far left, ají dulce (sweet chile).
Aji dulce is an essential ingredient in Venezuelan cooking. It's basically a hot pepper which transformed into a mild one. Theory has it that it started as an habanero pepper and then, for some reason or another , gradually got weaker in strength, but with all the flavour of an habanero. These particular specimens are something I've never seen before, because they're huge. I'm going to stuff them with something (probably the neighbour's cat) and stick them in the oven.
It would be great to see you post more Venezuelan food and recipes. You mostly post Indian food... along with every other Brit here. I'd love to see some "traditional" Venezuelan dishes.
CD
A pint of Cayennes.
I have at least a dozen fully ripe cayenne peppers on my cayenne plant right now. I need to use some, and freeze some. I still have a bunch of green ones, too.
Oh, I picked one today and tasted it.
My late season chili peppers are always hotter than average, by a lot. CD
the peppers look fab. I've used aji peppers before but only the dried sort which do have a fantastic taste. I think I have aji limone too, also dried.
karadekoolaid
Legendary Member
The distinction between "aji" and "chile" is simply geographical. In South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela,Perú, hot peppers are called "Ají" . In Central America and Mexico, they're known as chiles. Different languages, I suppose.
SandwichShortOfAPicnic
Veteran
I realise now it might be a bit confusing showing a bottle of grape must next to a whisky, they’re not related, the Saba is for the new arrival that belongs on the thread
- Joined
- 11 Oct 2012
- Local time
- 11:07 PM
- Messages
- 18,541
- Location
- SE Australia
- Website
- www.satnavsaysstraighton.com
This came through the post yesterday. It's from my husband's American company.
The mug comes in a matching box that can easily be repurposed.
The mug comes in a matching box that can easily be repurposed.
Looks good, most of it. How much can you eat? The chocolates are vegan. The honey comes from an animal, so I guess that's out. How about the gingerbread cookies? I love those. I love fresh honey, too.
CD
That pen isn’t too far away from my house!View attachment 107705
I realise now it might be a bit confusing showing a bottle of grape must next to a whisky, they’re not related, the Saba is for the new arrival that belongs on the thread
- Joined
- 11 Oct 2012
- Local time
- 11:07 PM
- Messages
- 18,541
- Location
- SE Australia
- Website
- www.satnavsaysstraighton.com
This year, all of it except the honey. Hubby made comments last year that there were no vegan options available and I literally couldn't eat anything from that hamper. So it's good that they've taken that on-board. Maybe the food at the Christmas (16th) do will actually feature something other than gluten-free bread and hummus which was all I got last year! (The ordinary bread had dairy in it!)
Technically this is the vegan hamper. They just haven't twigged that honey isn't vegan, only vegetarian. Luckily I'm not too fussed about honey. I find it too sweet for me, but I do use lemon and honey strepsils (cough or throat lozenges), but I don't buy honey to eat. We do sometimes get given honey from a colleague in exchange for eggs. He has several hives.
I'm still more vegetarian minus dairy, than vegan plus eggs from my own chooks. I knit with wool because a lot of synthetic stuff isn't biodegradable or compostable. Acrylic, polyester, nylon is all still from oil. More of the plant based materials are getting friendlier to the environment now, but I do actively avoid some such as cheap bamboo (organic or closed system bamboo fibre is fine). I'm happier if things can be recycled and not take decades/centuries to decompose. Wool is significantly more degradable than say acrylic or polyester.
So I hang on the "environmentally friendly fence, protect the planet as a whole fence" more than the vegan "protect only animals fence", if that makes sense.
But honey, well bees have enough problems and I would rather we help them than exploit them. I appreciate that the hive, wax and honey is 'lost' at the end of each year, I just think we could better manage the production and take care of bees better in general.
- Status