cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoWhat do gourd fries taste like?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up119arrow-down1message-squareWhat do gourd fries taste like?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoHaving had some this week, pretty much exactly like sweet potato fries.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s what I would figure. Sweet potatoes are more like gourds, pumpkins, etc, than actual potatoes.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhere did you hav them, who made them?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhy did someone say it tastes like pumpkin?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoWat kind of gourd did you use for the fries? Bitter gourd?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHow did they turn out? Do you salt them or anything?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSalt, a little pepper, delicious. Next time I think I’ll sprinkle a little paprika or ras al hanout.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThey said they imagine it would taste like pumpkin.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoDistinction without difference, fight me
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThere’s absolutely a difference between, “I ate it last night and it tastes like sweet potato fries,” and, “I’ve never eaten it before but my guess is it tastes like pumpkin.”
Having had some this week, pretty much exactly like sweet potato fries.
That’s what I would figure. Sweet potatoes are more like gourds, pumpkins, etc, than actual potatoes.
Where did you hav them, who made them?
I made them, at my house.
Why did someone say it tastes like pumpkin?
Because pumpkins are a kind of gourd.
Wat kind of gourd did you use for the fries?
Bitter gourd?
butternut squash
How did they turn out? Do you salt them or anything?
Salt, a little pepper, delicious. Next time I think I’ll sprinkle a little paprika or ras al hanout.
They said they imagine it would taste like pumpkin.
Distinction without difference, fight me
There’s absolutely a difference between, “I ate it last night and it tastes like sweet potato fries,” and, “I’ve never eaten it before but my guess is it tastes like pumpkin.”