Yes, that's right: I did NOT say "sun-dried tomatoes," but rather "sun-dried POTATOES."
Last week, I notice something in the new supermarket and made a note to look into it.
It was a packaged mix for making something called Carapulcra.
Well, I Googled around and found that Carapulcra is a Peruvian dish (arguably, according to many sources, THE most popular dish in Peru, next to Ceviche).
It is a stew of pork and/or chicken with garlic, a couple different kinds of chiles, peanuts and sun-dried potatoes. To be fair, I would imagine that the pre-packaged mix uses freeze-dried potatoes (and some sources would seem to indicate this), but it's still different, since these aren't "potato flakes" for making mashed potatoes, but actual chunks of potato.
Here's a photo I found on the Web:
Today, I bought the mix and some pork and had this for dinner and it was delicious!
Of course, being the obsessive-compulsive cook that I am, now I want not only to make the dish from scratch, but also to make my own sun-dried potatoes. Obviously, this isn't something I'll be doing in just the next couple of days (especially with all the rain we've been getting), but I do hope to try it sometime.
Hmmm... Maybe I should start a blog with that title: "The Obsessive-Compulsive Chef." LOL!
Last week, I notice something in the new supermarket and made a note to look into it.
It was a packaged mix for making something called Carapulcra.
Well, I Googled around and found that Carapulcra is a Peruvian dish (arguably, according to many sources, THE most popular dish in Peru, next to Ceviche).
It is a stew of pork and/or chicken with garlic, a couple different kinds of chiles, peanuts and sun-dried potatoes. To be fair, I would imagine that the pre-packaged mix uses freeze-dried potatoes (and some sources would seem to indicate this), but it's still different, since these aren't "potato flakes" for making mashed potatoes, but actual chunks of potato.
Here's a photo I found on the Web:
Today, I bought the mix and some pork and had this for dinner and it was delicious!
Of course, being the obsessive-compulsive cook that I am, now I want not only to make the dish from scratch, but also to make my own sun-dried potatoes. Obviously, this isn't something I'll be doing in just the next couple of days (especially with all the rain we've been getting), but I do hope to try it sometime.
Hmmm... Maybe I should start a blog with that title: "The Obsessive-Compulsive Chef." LOL!
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?