We were told that there are substitutes for potatoes when they run out, but I would never have thought of this one :
Chow chow (sous sous)
I decided to try a St Helenan dish for supper tonight i.e. Plo. You seldom get thinly sliced bacon - just 1 inch thick slices. This thick bacon is cubed, and fried with onion and curry spices. (The bacon can be replaced with whatever meat or fish you have available) Whatever vegetables that you have, are cubed and added to the curry (chow chow, cabbage, carrots, beans, whatever is in season) Once this is almost cooked, you add raw rice and sufficient water to cook the rice, and allow to simmer until the rice has absorbed the liquid. It is obviously a meal that developed using whatever was available, and cooking it in one pot.
I used an onion, chunky bacon bits, too much SA Indian curry powder, a chow chow cut into cubes and a cup of ordinary rice. It ended up being quite tasty.
Hi,
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Your post today reminded me of our first experience with Cho Chow. I had found some along the road to Sandy Bay, but I didn't know what to do with it, so I asked a nice young lady in Thorpe's store what it tasted like. She paused for a little, and smiled, and then said "water". I didn't know exactly what to say, but she did give me instructions on how to cook it, and really she was right. It just takes on the flavor of what it is cooked with. We found some here in the US in a local discount grocery store.
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kyle
The cho chow seems so fresh, healthy and delicious, I definitely need to taste it. Maybe it got some similar to the potatoes, another thing that I would like to try are the generic viagra pills.
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