Qualitative modification is fair. 
Sadly dead.
Annoyingly ubiquitous.
Quantitative modification goes against simple logic.
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ā¦which is why chicken thighs are paired with fried sweet potatoes here, rather than plain old potatoes. It brings the dish to new heights and keeps young Taiwanese growing strong.
Not quite dead. Almost dead. Those are quantitative, no?
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No, theyāre both just variations on ānotā.
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In the āold timeā late 60s/early 70s, my wife said they were so poor they had to substitute dried yams for rice.
It was prepared like rice in ricemakers.
I asked her if itās still available and if people still eat that. She said that it was horrible and no one would want to eat it.
She was young then and was not sure of the name.
Does anyone know what she is referring to?
I canāt believe that everyone would hate this food and no longer eat it. Because of where I live and my poor Chinese level, I canāt find out anymore. Iād love to know what it is and try some.
- Fun fact: Many rural Taiwanese would cook and use the same food for generations and not know the name. They just pick it up in the market. Often Iād ask a relative what some yummy ingredient is and they honestly donāt know.
How about: āYou are so dead, buddy.ā
FWIW āso ubiquitousā scans better. āWhy are single-serving yams ubiquitous?ā feels like an incomplete sentence, even though it isnāt.
I find this amusing in the context of modern dietary folklore, ie., we should all eat lots of bland starchy carbohydrates. Itās hardly surprising that (a) people find that this does them harm and (b) most people hate it and canāt stick to it (which is probably just as well). Bodies do tend to dislike large amounts of things that arenāt good for us.
Fried, fried, fried. Really healthy to grow strong.
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I love parsnips in all forms. Roasted butternut squash, beetroots and parsnips are heaven to me.
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parsnips are one of the few things from the olā country that I still miss, and pig out on when I go back there.
Me too. My family never touches the trifecta when Iām not back, but they seem to enjoy it while Iām there.
So good and so cheap.
Itās possible Iāve just never had a good parsnip.
fnar.
Might be something to do with your local climate. They should be pulled after a frost. Parsnips do seem to be one of those things people either love or hate, though.
Or like they do in commercial setting, put it in freezer.
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I had some candied sweet potato from the night market last night. They had a bit of a taste of deep frier oil. Not sure how healthy those areā¦
Parsnips cooked in all the drippings from the meat in a roast are pretty good.
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I was being sarcastic!
What are called āChinese Parsnipsā here in Taiwan are the plant/herb used in traditional healing meds I think?? (not sure seems to me not the same). So maybe more than the climate as the one I ate in NZ seem bit different.
I want to try parsnips again now that everyoneās hyped it up. Whoās cooking?
Can you buy parsnips in Taiwan? I donāt recall seeing them.