cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agoWhat do gourd fries taste like?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareWhat do gourd fries taste like?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 days agoHaving had some this week, pretty much exactly like sweet potato fries.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoThat’s what I would figure. Sweet potatoes are more like gourds, pumpkins, etc, than actual potatoes.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoWhere did you hav them, who made them?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoWhy did someone say it tastes like pumpkin?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoWat kind of gourd did you use for the fries? Bitter gourd?
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoHow did they turn out? Do you salt them or anything?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoSalt, a little pepper, delicious. Next time I think I’ll sprinkle a little paprika or ras al hanout.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThey said they imagine it would taste like pumpkin.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-24 days agoDistinction without difference, fight me
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 days 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.”