lydamorehouse | (Reply)

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Maybe? But which is more edible caraway or dill?

I'm a fan of dill, but one is just the plant, the other the seeds. Humans do this a lot with plants? Eat all parts of them for the different tastes they provide. Would you feel ripped off in your CSA if you got both cilantro and coriander? I mean, I would, but only because I hate cilantro. But, see, here's what's weird, I'd be excited to see coriander.

So, I dunno. It's not that hard of a mental stretch for me to think that, yeah, if this is a food you associate with mom's best dish, you might be more excited to get it than yams? Maybe you hate the taste of yams and love the leaves?

Why is that difficult to imagine, when I can think of dozens of other foods that are exactly like this for a lot of people. Like, I have never eaten the fruit that surrounds a cashew because it's not common in America, but if I were in South America and someone offered me a cashew apple/fruit, I'd totally try it! And just because Americans would throw it away as useless, doesn't mean it's not tasty or even someone's preferred part of the plant.

I guess the difference between this and being offered carrot tops and not carrots, is that I see this is as a chance to learn something about a food? I'm more skeptical of carrot tops because when you Google them you don't hit another country's recipe list immediately like I did with yam tops.

On the other hand, I will admit that if we don't also get yams I will be sad.