Have a shifty at this latest and most extraordinarily delicious discovery. I will send one ounce of whatever it is for the most interesting guess, which may or may not be the closest.
the phrase "have a shifty" is from the anglo-arabic "have a shufti" - shufti means look (imperative) in arabic. In syrian-jewish brooklyn, kids often tell each other to "shuf" this or "shuf" that as a way of saying "check this out".
There's something about it that reminds me of the dried jackfruit I've been eating lately, but it's not that: wrong color, anyway. but something like that: a dried fruit that when fresh contains many seeds.
or else something oddly bark-y: i'm just not sure what it would be.
I've tried to leave my guess a few times but it keeps bucking me off... let's see if this works. My guess is that this is a dried blossom of the arum dracunculus.
I have no idea if the arum dracunculus flower is edible. I just really like the way the words sound.
While we're guessing, I'm thinking if you find chioggia beets too sweet, you probably don't like yams. I cannot remember ever seeing a yam on the Chocolate Lady's table.
nomi, I do like yams, (you mean sweet potatoes, right? I have never had true yams), and also winter squash and other really sweet things. It is something about the way that the sweetness in the chiggias in just unbalanced by anything else. no richness like in squash and sweet potatoes, no mineral earthiness like in red beets, no fruitiness like in, well, most fruits; it is just sitting out there unprotected.
Have a shifty at this latest and most extraordinarily delicious discovery. I will send one ounce of whatever it is for the most interesting guess, which may or may not be the closest.
The fabled Shroud of Turin Kugel?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what it is. But it looks like a family of mushrooms so intertwined, they couldnt let go of one another. xo
ReplyDeletethe phrase "have a shifty" is from the anglo-arabic "have a shufti" - shufti means look (imperative) in arabic. In syrian-jewish brooklyn, kids often tell each other to "shuf" this or "shuf" that as a way of saying "check this out".
ReplyDeleteum.. freeze dried possum embryos? no that wouldn't be your usual meat-free style.
ReplyDeletea dried dragonfruit?
this is almost as much fun as when we used to play guess the tropical fruit!
Hmmm. My first guess is dried fruit (not an interesting guess, I know), and my second guess is... tea?
ReplyDeletedragon fetus?
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew, but no idea!
ReplyDeleteTofurkey? I think I see a few legs at the ends...
ReplyDeletedried figs?
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There's something about it that reminds me of the dried jackfruit I've been eating lately, but it's not that: wrong color, anyway. but something like that: a dried fruit that when fresh contains many seeds.
ReplyDeleteor else something oddly bark-y: i'm just not sure what it would be.
I've tried to leave my guess a few times but it keeps bucking me off... let's see if this works. My guess is that this is a dried blossom of the arum dracunculus.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea if the arum dracunculus flower is edible. I just really like the way the words sound.
While we're guessing, I'm thinking if you find chioggia beets too sweet, you probably don't like yams. I cannot remember ever seeing a yam on the Chocolate Lady's table.
נו? זאָג שוין!
ReplyDeletedried mixed friuts (figs raisins etc)
ReplyDeleteOR
dried mixed mushrooms
OR
what else can it be...?!
Help! An elephant stepped on my pan twist challah!
ReplyDeleteWow, this was post number 444! Thanks to all of you for your excellent guesses!
ReplyDeleteThe mystery fruit is dried cantaloupe. I will explain all in the long awaited post # 445!
nomi,
ReplyDeleteI do like yams, (you mean sweet potatoes, right? I have never had true yams), and also winter squash and other really sweet things. It is something about the way that the sweetness in the chiggias in just unbalanced by anything else. no richness like in squash and sweet potatoes, no mineral earthiness like in red beets, no fruitiness like in, well, most fruits; it is just sitting out there unprotected.