Hi Betty: Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Lucky me got to celebrate again while in Minnesota for a few days so had a full turkey dinner again! The most common winter veggies on the prairies during my childhood were carrots, parsnips, beets, turnips and potatoes. These were stored in sand in our basement and it was often my chore to retrieve them for the kitchen - a dreaded chore. Towards spring some of the veggies would start to get soft and mushy so digging in the sand might jab your fingers into some yucky stuff. We also had corn, green & yellow beans plus peas - all canned in glass jars. Only Mom was allowed to open and smell the jars. Food poisoning (deadly ptomaine) was a hazard with home canning and even the smallest hint of an off smell, meant throwning it out. In the fall, pumpkin and cabbage were quite plentiful so we had lots of cold slaw, boiled cabbage and of course pumpkin pies and loaves. In Australia, apparently pumpkin is eaten as a savory veggie dish and seldom used in desserts. Now one can get a wide variety of veggies and fruit year round such as yams(sweet tatters), jimica, star fruit and some really weird looking items. Our first spring veggie was a weed called lambs quarter. Lauraine > From: "Betty" <[email protected]> > Date: 2008/11/26 Wed AM 08:14:38 CST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Veggies in Different Countries (O-T) > > Hello, > > For those in the U.S., may you all have a happy and fun Thanksgiving Day, > or a peaceful and quiet one - whichever you prefer ! > > > Because Lists are usually quiet during Holiday weeks, I thought I would > mention a few veggies I just learned more about. > > The other day I took out one of my cookbooks and found a recipe for a > special, mashed potato. It includes parsnip and rutabagga. Those are > not veggies I usually cook, but my husband likes parsnips occasionally. > It's a good thing that good supermarkets label their veggies and fruits, > because I didn't remember what a rutabagga looked like. This morning I > looked up that veggie and found it has an interesting history: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga#Preparation > > And earlier this week I made "turkey-a-la-king," which is often made -after- > Thanksgiving. :o) But the recipe called for pimento, which is also not > a veggie I use. In fact, I had to ask the manager at the supermarket > where to find it. I just looked that up on-line, also, and found out it > is a "cherry red pepper." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimento > > And also found out it is a Portuguese word. My husband grew up with a > grandmother making Portuguese soups. I've tried a couple, and they're not > easy to make. I also tried making "Scotch Broth" once and that's not easy > to make, either. So, I keep cans of it in the cabinet. > > (Because of genealogy, just last month I found out that my husband is not > half-Portuguese / half-Irish, he is half-Portuguese / one-fourth Irish / > one-fourth Scots/English.) > :o) > > Are there other veggies that are more common in Canada than they are in the > U.S.? Or, more common in one part of a country and not another ? > > I also stopped at an "apple orchard farm stand" yesterday to buy some "apple > cider" for tomorrow. And they are still selling apples, and I saw some > names of apples I haven't seen before. > > (I always liked the story of "Johnny Appleseed." I wonder what kind of > apples he spread around the country. And, in history books, I think I > remember reading that apples were some of the "staples" that the early > immigrants would bring with them on the ships.) > > And pumpkins are a world-wide food item ! > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin > > Check out the "Fiction" paragraph there. > > And, how many people have families and/or relatives who always want > the -same- food on the table on holidays? And, how many try to > provide -something different- on the table, and it is not appreciated ? > One small thing which we -always- had on the table was "small boiled > onions." I tried bringing them to the new in-law's Thanksgiving table last > year, and they said, "What's that ??" Some tried it, and liked it. > :o) > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > P.S. Learning about the Azores Islands I found out they are very big > on -- veggies ! 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