It’s still yam week, but I haven’t cooked any yams yet because I haven’t found a volunteer to go to the farmers’ market with me to root out the authentic Library of Congress science nerd version of the real thing. I had been doing well at the farmers’ market lately, navigating the imposing bins with ease, but on my most recent trip I went in search of a rutabaga and wound up in the check-out line with a tap root. I thought maybe tap root was just special farmers’ market code language for rutabaga, but I asked just in case. The cashier didn’t even blink.
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Month: April 2010
battle 28–yams–day 1, void
It’s yam time. When I saw yams were next on the list I finally thought I must have been smoking crack when I put this list together, because aren’t yams winter-y? And haven’t we established that spring has sprung? And then I thought, isn’t yam just another word for sweet potato (which I handily defeated in the fall)? Like how corn and maize are kind of the same thing. Aren’t they? I wasn’t really sure about any of this so I decided not to wholly abandon yams until I had consulted an authoritative source, like…my parents, the people who instilled in me absolutely no values about eating fresh food. Naturally. Continue reading “battle 28–yams–day 1, void”
battle 27–turnips–day 2
After last week’s relatively successful turn with turnips and rutabagas, I didn’t feel the full-on pressure to have a go at either of them again, but since I had two extra turnips I figured I might as well try them good and mashed. Continue reading “battle 27–turnips–day 2”
battles 26 & 27–rutabaga & turnips–day 1
It’s the last day of March and I’m having my final winter vegetable showdown with rutabaga and turnips. Why do early what you can put off to the last minute? That’s what I always say. Continue reading “battles 26 & 27–rutabaga & turnips–day 1”
Julie vs. Vegetables 