Adventures in eating

[primsong]

Stopped at the local Filipino-run store to pick up some good quality coconut milk (look for high fat content and no guar gum or "flavoring" for starters). Every time I go I look for something I've never eaten before to try out. For instance:

*Durian is not food. Do not eat. Do not even sniff. Do not have anything to do with anything durian flavored, ever. Just NO. Unless you really really like eating rotten sweat-socks in your spare time.

*Fox-nuts are pretty interesting with kind of 'meaty' earthy flavor, an intriguing accent but I wouldn't want them in quantity.

*Candlenuts have to be thoroughly roasted or they are toxic(!) then have almost no flavor after all that, just starchy, but a raw one really does burn just like a candle if you light one in a dish.

*And for today I found freshly made Vietnamese tofu pudding in a big tub that came with a container of what turned out to be a lightly sweet ginger sauce with long strands of fresh ginger in it. You put the "pudding" (very soft tofu) in a dish and top with the sauce. I added extra ginger and it made a really nice lunch.

Every now and then I find a winner!

Comments

[shirebound]

"Durian is not food. Do not eat.".... Noted!

[linaewen]

I know someone who actually really likes durian, but everyone else (including his family) thinks he's crazy!

[primsong]

I've seen little green-colored pudding cups in durian flavor for children, they look so cheery and kind of pistachio-like but under those cute lids is just horrible cups of NO.