Strange bunch of vegetables
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
Eugene, Oregon
December 2, 2018 4:51pm CST
This diverse bunch of ingredients became a delicious soup after Anne chopped them, added magic potions, simmered them for a while and it became dinner.
That first thing (celeriac) in the photo looks like it needed a lot of help to even be edible, then the purple cabbage (great stuff).
Parsnips look like carrots, don't taste as good, but are okay in a soup. Then, that purplish thing is a rutabaga, something I have never purchased, but remember from my early days as a grocery checker as an odd vegetable.
Then there is a nice potato! I would put more in anything I cook. Anne added chopped fresh dill and we had more on the table.
When she had all this stuff ready to chop, it was such an odd looking collection, I had to take a photo.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Dec 18
It is a celery root apparently. I have tried parsnips a few times, but they are not a favorite.
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@JudyEv (341690)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Dec 18
@petatonicsca That's a very good idea. and someone told me recently that if you leave the base on the celery it will last for much longer.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic Wow, didn't know you can eat celery root.Ours come without roots, and when there are a bit of root left I plant them and they produce small stalks so you get twice the punch for the same amount of money. I do it with green onions too.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 18
Same as @JudyEv I call "turnip" what you call rutabaga. We usually do not cook celeriac, we clean it, chop in very fine strips and make two kind of salads, one with stripped Swiss cheese that is seasoned with olive oil and black pepper, The second salad is made mixing fine strips of celeriac, fine strips of baked ham and mayonnaise. The celeriac is good to make a cream of celery, mixed with the normal celery it makes the soup more creamy.
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic Those salads in summer are very good.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
3 Dec 18
only the potato is familiar, the rest i've only see online. what's the green one?
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@LadyDuck (471968)
• Switzerland
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic It's excellent with salmon.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
Dill adds a wonderful flavor to things. We had a dish uncooked to add as garnish.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 18
That would be quite good. Anne put a few pieces of beef stew meat in it.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 18
@HazySue It really was quite good.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
2 Dec 18
Looks really great to me, I could do a lot with that bunch. I probably would have tossed in some tomatoes and a bit of beef or broth as well.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Dec 18
Oh, she did use some tomatoes too and some beef, just a bit.
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@Namelesss (3365)
• United States
2 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic Haha, not surprised. Great minds think alike
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Dec 18
And once it had all been simmered for hours, you had a dinner fit for royalty:)
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Dec 18
I misspoke about the time, as @maluese pointed out, hours would be too long.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic I made soup in a slow cooker and it DID take hours, on low heat:)
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
@kobesbuddy Yes it would and probably came out great.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic What do you mean by delicate taste? Does it mean not most people ,will like the taste?
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 18
I think that the purple cabbage is a bit sweeter with a more delicate taste.
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@DeborahDiane (40316)
• Laguna Woods, California
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic - Anne seems to be a wonderful cook. I could probably use a little of the "magic potion" she adds to her soup! LOL
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
She seems to know her business. I learn a lot as her sous chef.
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@DeborahDiane (40316)
• Laguna Woods, California
4 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic - I'm sure you are an excellent sous chef! My compliments to Ann the chef!
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
That it was @DianneN. I may have to give parsnips more respect.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
4 Dec 18
All are very healthy to eat. I too don't buy any of these vegetables. Today at Foodland I got alfalfa sprouts on sale. I haven't seen alfalfa sprouts for so long and this is going to be a treat. I hope to go to Safeway and Don Quiote today, but I don't think I'll have time. Here's hoping I can finish my shopping today, if not today, then tomorrow.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 18
There is always tomorrow. I like sprouts too.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Dec 18
@oahuwriter I love those on sandwiches!
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
6 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic
Just found afalfa sprouts on sale shopping at local supermarket Foodland for 1.99 I believe it's a 4oz. bag. I'm enjoying it now with sandwiches.
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
the purple cabagge is called pokchoi in chinese
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 18
@nawala123 I see. Well thanks for sharing that. Mustard greens are a very different thing here, quite bitter and not to my liking. The purple cabbage is called Napa cabbage that is sometimes white.
@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
4 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic we eat that too, but the white one. it is the first time see the purple. in here we call is "sawi", considering it as "mustard green"
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
3 Dec 18
Most of them are very common in Latino meals. In fact all those ingredients come in handy for a vegetarian salad. :) You really had a healthy dish for dinner, thumbs up to that!
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 18
Yes it was quite healthy. Do you use rutabagas in Latino meals?
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Dec 18
@jvicentevalera Oh, okay, I see.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
5 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic Well James, I haven't eaten that vegetable ever lol. But I think in other locations in my country people eat it.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
It is a great soup with plenty of leftovers for lunch.
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@allknowing (137536)
• India
3 Dec 18
I am sure there must have been a few drops of her sweat and that has made the soup so tasty (lol)
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@allknowing (137536)
• India
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic When someone works in the kitchen cold or no cold sweating is possible (lol)
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
Maybe, but it is pretty cold here now.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
3 Dec 18
That looks pretty healthy and surely you must have enjoyed eating it. Interesting mix and I have never tried this before. Hmm.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic , and if you can enjoy it all the better.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Dec 18
My wife can make great soup out of anything, it seems.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
3 Dec 18
That actually sounds pretty good.
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
3 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic I might add a little ginger root.
@Janet357 (75646)
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4 Dec 18
@JamesHxstatic yes. God created vegetables and everything in different forms and colors.
