February 9, 2022

Indian (subcontinent) meal this week with two firsts:

(1) Fresh turmeric root: It's the minced orange stuff between thumb and forefinger, next to the minced yellow stuff (ginger root). It has a slightly sweet flavor fresh, and leaves your fingers (and whatever your fingers touch) a pretty orangey yellow. It's not as potent as beets in that regard, thankfully.

(2-3) Fresh lotus root: I'd used canned root in the past. Fresh, it's unsurprisingly crisper and, well, doesn't taste like it came from a can.