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Post by PatrickW on Jul 2, 2010 8:38:10 GMT -8
Hutspot is a very popular dish here, but the vegetarian version is a bit boring. It's usually just potatoes mashed together with chopped scotch kale, and a few other veggies tossed in. It's okay from time to time, but not really anything I'd call a staple food. I prefer for example the kale to be cooked with garlic in olive oil, and the potatoes and other veggies on the side... Another popular Dutch dish we like is Capucijners: www.patnsteph.net/weblog/2006/07/capucijners/For this too we have a vegetarian version.
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Post by PatrickW on Jul 2, 2010 10:10:33 GMT -8
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Post by Rebsie on Jul 2, 2010 12:31:32 GMT -8
Ah, I was wondering what hutsput mit klapstuk was. I'm vegetarian too but a nice plate of buttered potatoes on their own is good enough for me.
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Post by edigrower on Nov 2, 2010 11:20:24 GMT -8
Well...after a late frost in May that nearly caught me out and then the worst drought in 80 years ( I got no mains water) I'm glad to be able to post pictures of the survivors. Great fun digging up unknown surprises. Looking forward to sharing them around and trialling them properly next year. 4 5 6 8 more8 12 postimage.org/image/28ps0zlpg/16 19 21 26
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Post by edigrower on Nov 2, 2010 11:24:39 GMT -8
sorry image attach not worked. will try again
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Post by edigrower on Nov 2, 2010 16:05:46 GMT -8
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joseph
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Post by joseph on Nov 2, 2010 20:56:16 GMT -8
Just so you know, I love those photographs. Was each line of potatoes produced from one seed?
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Post by Tom Wagner on Nov 2, 2010 22:02:02 GMT -8
Thanks, Edigrower....nice to see all that new diversity.
Taking a break from the election returns....at least I have a new representative where I live.
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Post by edigrower on Nov 2, 2010 22:16:53 GMT -8
yes, each line is 1 seedling. hopefully no mixups although some seedlings trailed over 6feet across! It was just amazing to dig up multi-coloured spuds like "12C" and like this
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Post by PatrickW on Nov 3, 2010 1:49:26 GMT -8
Wow edigrower, these are great pictures! Thanks for letting us know how it went with the TPS.
Joseph: Yes, I think each letter of the alphabet corresponds with one seed.
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Post by murgatroyd on Nov 3, 2010 22:04:33 GMT -8
I think I would like this dish. I wonder if Crowders might work as a substitute for capicijners. American bacon is almost all smoke flavored, and I wondered if the type bacon she used was or was not smoke flavored. Sometimes it can overpower a dish such as Spaghetti Carbonara where unsmoked bacon is sometimes recommended. But with all that mustard in the peas it might not matter! Btw, I was looking for sources of Capicijners in the USA earlier today and then found the link on google back to this thread. What a coincidence.
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Post by PatrickW on Nov 4, 2010 6:05:38 GMT -8
Sometimes I think the world is a small place too!
I think there are lots of similar peas to capucijners that would work fine, but I'm not sure about Crowders. Are these the same as black eyed peas? I think they more taste like beans than peas, don't they?
Capucijners are a type of field pea, and google tells me Crowders are too. The thing is capucijners really taste like peas, not beans. If they are fresh, they even taste close to fresh garden peas. If you use something with the taste of beans, it may come out very nice anyway, but I think it would be a different dish.
Even though I don't eat it, I'm pretty sure the bacon here is not smoke flavored. In general with capucijners, you need some fat to cut the starchiness of them, but otherwise the fewer extra flavors you add the better. But like you said, if you can taste the smoke over that mustard, you have more sensitive taste buds than me...
I cook capucijners with some vegetable oil, a few cumin seeds, garlic, potatoes and salt. Nothing else.
If you want some seeds, PM me your address and I'll send you some.
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Post by murgatroyd on Nov 4, 2010 7:52:28 GMT -8
I just got off the phone with USPS after being bounced around a few times trying to find out if mail from Netherlands is irradiated. The lady in USPS Mailing Requirements thought I said 'regulated' and admonished me that the mail from Netherlands would be regulated by Netherlands and she couldn't tell me what process it goes through. I then told her I had said 'irradiated', not regulated. She said she didn't know what I meant by 'radiated'. After further explaining that irradiation uses a process of electron beams or X-rays to sterilize the mail, all she could tell me was that the mail might be scanned. They certainly are corkers at USPS.
Patrick, do you know if vegetable seeds from Netherlands will be sterilized by USPS scanning equipment? If its only the level as seen in a chest x-ray it should be fine.
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Post by DarJones on Nov 4, 2010 13:49:41 GMT -8
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Post by murgatroyd on Nov 4, 2010 22:46:11 GMT -8
I may have to abandon trying to grow capucijners. Now I see they are a cool weather vegetable. The weather gets hot here in Texas early on. Also, I find conflicting info on whether the young pods can be eaten.
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