Survey for vegetarians

by indophile Tue May 21, 2013 4:47 pm

1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there?
2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual?
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why?
4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb?
5. What are the edible parts of a lotus?
6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India?
7. What is agave used for?
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date?
9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree?
10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green?

by Petrichor Tue May 21, 2013 4:59 pm

indophile wrote:1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there?
vEN pongal, sakkarapPongal
pongal that is authentic, from vengalapPanai with injikkothu, manjakkothu etc.; slightly fluidy and peppered with whole peppers
saravana bhavan pongal which is a pretender and may use a bit of milk
other wannabe pongals that dont quite rise up to the level of #1 above

2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual?
probably because green chillies were not available in early days and considered foreign!
nowadays, if on the 12th day green chillies are used, then on ceremony days it can be used...
distinguishes ultra orthodox from merely orthodox

3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why?

old rice; moisture content would be nil and so yield of fluffy rice will be more

4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb?

no

5. What are the edible parts of a lotus?

stigmata?

6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India?
guNtur

7. What is agave used for?
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date?
yes

9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree?
yes

10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green?

yes

by Nila Tue May 21, 2013 5:09 pm

A food survey on my fasting day! Gotta get one more cup of ginger tea.

1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there?
~Ven Pongal, Sakkara Pongal - Only 2.
2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual?
~Never heard of this one. Only know that they cook brinjal and plantain on those days. (eggplant, raw banana)
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why?
~ Old rice, don't know why.
4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb?
~ Nope
5. What are the edible parts of a lotus?
~ Root
6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India?
~Kashmir?
7. What is agave used for?
~ As a mosquito repellent?
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date?
~ Yes
9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree?
~ Nope, but have seen it.
10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green?
~ Nope

by Hellsangel Tue May 21, 2013 5:10 pm

Agave - everyone should know this, is used to make agave syrup ( a hypoglycemic sugar substitute) and tequila.

by Guest Tue May 21, 2013 5:18 pm

1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there? Always forget what pongal is.
2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual? They are not? maybe coz they are used to drive spirits away?
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why? Dunno the diff
4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb? NA, don't eat honeycomb
5. What are the edible parts of a lotus? Roots?
6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India? AP?
7. What is agave used for? What is it?
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date? Ya, I think so
9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree? Never downed a coconut from a tree
10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green?. Yes

by Obnoxious Tue May 21, 2013 6:13 pm

indophile wrote:1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there?
>>>>>>>I know 2. Venn pongal & chakra pongal. There is also bellam pongal & chakkera(sugar) pongal.

2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual?
>>>>>>>Cos they are not native to India.
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why?
>>>>>>>>>>Prev crop. Rice is less likely going to get mushy.

4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb?
No. I eat raw honey though.

5. What are the edible parts of a lotus?
Stem & Root. May be petals.

6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India?
Assam I think.

7. What is agave used for?
Sweetener & making tequila.

8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date?
No.

9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree?
Yes.

10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green?

Yes.

by Propagandhi711 Tue May 21, 2013 6:54 pm

is the assumption that nonvegetarians wouldnt know the answer to these questions? what's the purpose behind this and the quiz from yesterday?

by truthbetold Tue May 21, 2013 9:30 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:is the assumption that nonvegetarians wouldnt know the answer to these questions? what's the purpose behind this and the quiz from yesterday?

I am also waiting for an answer.
I ate boar. It tastes good. Ate bugs too. One neeeds to experiment in life.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Tue May 21, 2013 10:53 pm

truthbetold wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:is the assumption that nonvegetarians wouldnt know the answer to these questions? what's the purpose behind this and the quiz from yesterday?
I am also waiting for an answer.
I ate boar. It tastes good. Ate bugs too. One neeeds to experiment in life.

Let us hear what else you have experimented in "life"...make that interesting ..will ya ?

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 8:06 am

Hellsangel wrote:Agave - everyone should know this, is used to make agave syrup ( a hypoglycemic sugar substitute) and tequila.

It's slowly substituting Splenda, Sweet & Low, Equal and other sugar substitutes. It's natural, so the preferred one.

by Maria S Wed May 22, 2013 8:07 am

truthbetold wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:is the assumption that nonvegetarians wouldnt know the answer to these questions? what's the purpose behind this and the quiz from yesterday?
I am also waiting for an answer.
I ate boar. It tastes good. Ate bugs too. One neeeds to experiment in life.

Me too.
We non-vegetarians are Omnivores.."inclusive" in our food targets- plant/veggie cells which grow and regenerate as much as animal cells! Indian omnivores..we can cook them both nicely too..including varieties of pongal (hmm..let's see..ven/kaara pongal, rava pongal, sakkarai pongal, semiya pongal etc..recently tried some quinoa pongal..was kind of yikes, yuck!)

You ate bugs TBT? It's good and fun to experiment..but, got to draw the line somewhere..may be cockroaches, scorpions (don't mean just real ones..experimenting with people who have similar characteristics, often not hard to figure out after the first few interactions:)

Anyways..seriously, switching topics to politics, as you are usually interested TBT..*I am not happy with Pres O..lately (although the Republicans can be, let me leave the analogies alone)..no matter who is to blame in his admn, he is the CEO..he needs to get his act/things together and walk the walk..not just give speeches about people "taking responsibility",esp, when the gaps are growing enormously. While things in some places may look "nice" from the outside in this country..inside it's a big mess. Hope you are doing well. tc.

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 8:18 am

truthbetold wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:is the assumption that nonvegetarians wouldnt know the answer to these questions? what's the purpose behind this and the quiz from yesterday?
I am also waiting for an answer.
I ate boar. It tastes good. Ate bugs too. One neeeds to experiment in life.

Answer to both TBT & Propagandhi. The purpose of both quizes is to guage how much we are removed from the actual source and processing of our food. As for this quiz, since vegetarians are already removed from non-veg food (either by choice, habit, custom, religious reason, or something else) this quiz was fashioned to guage their familiarity too with their food. It does not mean non-veggies should take a pass. They can participate too since they too do eat veggie food.

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 8:25 am

Maria S wrote:[
You ate bugs TBT? It's good and fun to experiment..but, got to draw the line somewhere..may be cockroaches, scorpions (don't mean just real ones..experimenting with people who have similar characteristics, often not hard to figure out after the first few interactions:)

We all ate bugs, if we ever ate strawberry yogurt. It seems some special bugs are imported from South America to be thrown in the recipe in order to get that consistent red color to that flavored yogurt:- Smile

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 8:40 am

indophile wrote:1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there? ---- I recall GC, Vara (later muniamma), Tara, & Co discussing some 9 varieties of pongal (that was long time ago)
2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual? ---- Chilli peppers, like potatoes, are not native to India. They were imported from South America by Portuguese, may be.
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why? ---- Indians perfer old crop because rice when cooked doesn't clump. People who eat rice with chopsticks (Chine, japanese, Koreans, etc.) prefer new crop because it's easy to pick up with chopsticks to eat.
4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb? ----- It tastes sweet and a little crunchy. Makes you yearn for even more of it.
5. What are the edible parts of a lotus? ---- Everything.
6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India? ---- In Nagaland. It's called "Bhoot Jhalokia."
7. What is agave used for? ---- Agave syrup is becoming a very popular sugar substitute, because it's natural.
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date? ----- Yes, you get them here for about 2-3 weeks in season. You get them in Middle Eastern stores.
9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree? ---- Did not down it from a tree, but did dehusk.
10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green? ---- Yes. In Orissa we call it "konchaa-suaad" (unripe-sweet)

by Maria S Wed May 22, 2013 8:43 am

indophile wrote:
Maria S wrote:[
You ate bugs TBT? It's good and fun to experiment..but, got to draw the line somewhere..may be cockroaches, scorpions (don't mean just real ones..experimenting with people who have similar characteristics, often not hard to figure out after the first few interactions:)

We all ate bugs, if we ever ate strawberry yogurt. It seems some special bugs are imported from South America to be thrown in the recipe in order to get that consistent red color to that flavored yogurt:-

Thanks for that nice bit of info!
*Sigh* no more strawberry yogurt for me..and got to watch out for all things with red food coloring!

Frankly..I don't trust food labels..who really knows what's in any food item..things we know like pesticides, hormones, all kind of other chemicals added for various reasons are scary enough..and there are so many unknowns!

Was just teasing about the veg vs. non veg surveys, thought that was "obvious" Smile

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 8:59 am

I was not kidding. Here is an interesting story (meant for kids too) from yesterday's Wash Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/food-for-thought-would-you-eat-an-insect/2013/05/17/c8a6a344-bd7a-11e2-89c9-3be8095fe767_story.html

by Obnoxious Wed May 22, 2013 1:09 pm

indophile wrote:
indophile wrote:1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there? ---- I recall GC, Vara (later muniamma), Tara, & Co discussing some 9 varieties of pongal (that was long time ago)
2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual? ---- Chilli peppers, like potatoes, are not native to India. They were imported from South America by Portuguese, may be.
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why? ---- Indians perfer old crop because rice when cooked doesn't clump. People who eat rice with chopsticks (Chine, japanese, Koreans, etc.) prefer new crop because it's easy to pick up with chopsticks to eat.
4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb? ----- It tastes sweet and a little crunchy. Makes you yearn for even more of it.
5. What are the edible parts of a lotus? ---- Everything.
6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India? ---- In Nagaland. It's called "Bhoot Jhalokia."
7. What is agave used for? ---- Agave syrup is becoming a very popular sugar substitute, because it's natural.
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date? ----- Yes, you get them here for about 2-3 weeks in season. You get them in Middle Eastern stores.
9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree? ---- Did not down it from a tree, but did dehusk.
10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green? ---- Yes. In Orissa we call it "konchaa-suaad" (unripe-sweet)

There are many varieties that dont become yellow. Many rasaalu dont. Including kottapalli kobbari. That is the best variety of mango(according to me Wink

).

by Idéfix Wed May 22, 2013 1:15 pm

indophile wrote:7. What is agave used for? ---- Agave syrup is becoming a very popular sugar substitute, because it's natural.

It's also used to make tequila.

by Impedimenta Wed May 22, 2013 1:19 pm

indophile wrote:1. How many types of pongal that you know are out there?
2. Why are green chillies not allowed in cooking during a shraaddha ritual?
3. What is prized more – new crop rice, or rice from previous year’s crop? Why?
4. Did you ever eat the waxy insides of a natural honeycomb?
5. What are the edible parts of a lotus?
6. Where do they grow the hottest pepper in India?
7. What is agave used for?
8. Did you ever eat the raw fruit of a date?
9. Did you ever de-husk a coconut after downing it from the tree?
10. Did you ever eat a mango that tastes sweet when green?

1. two

2. because the dead person might wake up from eternal slumber

3.previous years crop. tested

4.eww, i mean no

5.the whole plant

6.no clue

7.sugar substitue- i use it for that everyday

8.no

9. i think so, in saathanur

10.yes, i have

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 1:21 pm

Appalamma wrote:
There are many varieties that dont become yellow. Many rasaalu dont. Including kottapalli kobbari. That is the best variety of mango(according to me ).

I ate all rasaalu (nuziveedu, pedda, chinna, panchdaara, etc.) and kottapalli kobbari. Although some of those don't become yellow, they do gey soft and you squeeze them. Koncha-suaad I was talking about is eaten when raw and hard (that's what I meant when I said green) by biting into it (watchout, it's jeedi is bad as any other mango:-).

by indophile Wed May 22, 2013 1:27 pm

Impedimenta wrote:

1. two

If GC sees this answer from you he would be very disappointed. Long time ago, in the old Sulekha, there was a discussion on types of pongal (GC, Vara, and Tara among others who were regular handles at that time participating), after a legthy discussion settled on 9 types of pongal. Smile

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