History behind beloved and well known foods

[Mem]

When I was a kid I was told that crab apples were poisonous. :biggrin1:

 

[SteveHd]

Sweet potatoes are a new world species in the Morning Glory family, yams are from the tropics of the old world and are in the dioscouriacae family. The grocery stores confusingly call some varieties of sweet potato yams. They are not related.

Adding to the confusion is: Louisiana sweet potato growers who insist that a sweet potato grown within Louisiana can rightfully be called a "yam". They insist -- half-seriously, half-facetiously -- that any grown outside of Louisiana cannot be called a "yam".

 

[B_becominghorse]

When I was a kid I was told that crab apples were poisonous. :biggrin1:

Well, I guess they're not, but this sounded good: Cooks.com - Recipe - Grandmother's Raisin Sauce For Baked Ham

Now, I wouldn't eat Polk Berries or Chinaberries, though, even though I think the Polk Salad is eaten and chinaberry trees are lovely.

 

[naughty]

Mem ,

THough tart they are definitely not poisonous! We used to regularly make Crab apple jelly out of those that fell from the gnarly specimen in our front yard.

 

[Mem]

I've also head that those little red wild berries are poisonous.

 

[B_dumbcow]

When I was a kid I was told that crab apples were poisonous. :biggrin1:

And I was told they tasted nice

 

[Mem]

And I was told they tasted nice

And were you told to play in traffic? :biggrin1:

 

[naughty]

And were you told to play in traffic? :biggrin1:

Alrighty now! I still have that piece of red tape! LOL! :wink:

 

[B_dumbcow]

And were you told to play in traffic? :biggrin1:

:lmao: No! But I used to be extremely gullible. I fell for every trick in the book :redface: (Including the "Did you know gullible has been taken out of the dictionary")

 

[2322]

Coffee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had no idea coffee originated in Ethiopia, and spread to Turkey and Yemen, etc. I always thought it was 'discovered' in Brazil.

I didn't know about the potato origins either, thanks, naughty.

Anyway, Oysters Rockefeller originated at Antoine's, but I had their Oysters Colbert (that may be one of theirs too, I can't remember), which was pure heaven. Antoine's is my favourite of all restaurants, you can feel all the history back to the antebellum period.

Ahhh! Oysters Rockefeller! One of my favorite dishes. Often imitated, never duplicated. There's a very long story involved full of shady people, New Orleans, lawyers and courts, but I actually have the recipe for Oysters Rockefeller from Antoine's and make it on special occasions.

 

[Scott14]

I remember reading that spicy-hot foods became popular for two reasons:

One, it tended to keep meat from spoiling as fast (long before refrigeration), and

Two, if the meat did start to spoil (or WAS ALREADY spoiled), the spicy-hot taste made the taste of the rancid meat less noticeable!

...So think about THAT the next time you order "Suicide Wings"!

 

[naughty]

I remember reading that spicy-hot foods became popular for two reasons:

One, it tended to keep meat from spoiling as fast (long before refrigeration), and

Two, if the meat did start to spoil (or WAS ALREADY spoiled), the spicy-hot taste made the taste of the rancid meat less noticeable!

...So think about THAT the next time you order "Suicide Wings"!

What,that there may be truth in advertising? Caveat Emptor! LOL!