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depending on when you come, you got free accomodations here

depending on when you come, you got free accomodations here

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thank you stet<3

hey estela i have a question for you: is american sweet potato the same as kumara?

i'm eating roasted golden kumara right now and thinking how much i'll miss it if sweet potato isn't exactly the same.

it isn't exactly the same. you can't get kumara in australia either. i had an earnest sorrowful discussion on this exact topic on sunday with my sister and my parents and f. luckily we were eating delicious creme brulee with a spiced apple sorbet at the time so we didn't die from grief.

The American sweet potato is a yam.

oh man, i don't really like yams :(

american yams are not the same as nz yams, they are more like kumara than nz yams are, but not exactly like kumara.

right. so what the hell is australian "sweet potato"?

I'm big on squash right now btw.

yams vs. sweet potatoes

ok estela that is good to know.

A yam is like a butternut squash that's guaranteed to taste good, no matter which you pick. (And is softer.)

Stet if you find yourself able to swing down this way as well for a bit you have a place to stay as well -- in fact I'm a short distance away from the main OC airport. But Seattle should be a priority!

well i can't take kumara with me, but i'm taking probably a kilo of snifters and jaffas and perky nanas.

Ah butternut squash -- behold my lasagna of the gods:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/2252895114_6755b4aed4.jpg

Butternut squash, fontina, bechamel...deadly, BUT WORTH IT.

jaffas rule

do we have to have kumara tasting now? wonder how customs feels about the shipping of tubers.

oops xpost.

now please, ruby, explain that other stuff.

That looks awesome, Ned.

what is fontina

ok lxy:

jaffas are these little round balls of dark chocolate coated in an orange candy shell

snifters are a chewy mint egg shape, with a thin coating of dark chocolate and a green candy shell

perky nanas are chocolates bars: 'banana flavoured' chewy stuff (but totally not banana flavour at all, since i hate banana flavour, more like pineapple) covered in chocolate

ooooooo i have to bring pineapple lumps too!

jaffas:

http://www.shopnewzealand.co.nz/images/Jaffas-Pic.jpg

snifters & perky nanas are unknown to me. They New Zealish only?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffas_(candy)

i can send you both of those wilter!!!

snifters:

http://www.shopnewzealand.co.nz/images/Snifters-Loose.jpg

snifter is a hilarious name for confectionary.

and they look yumnumnom.

perky nana:

http://www.nzshop.com/shop113/images/cadbury/perky_nana.jpg

oh my god your candy is cool

me wantee

Rubyred, kumara are US sweet potatoes. From this site: http://www.kumara.co.nz/

"The kumara we eat today has evolved from a larger American variety which grows on a creeping vine. It was imported in the early 1850’s, and was quickly adopted by the Maori for its superior size and taste. Over time a dark red variety developed and named Owairaka Red.

In most other countries they are called sweet potatoes. New Zealand kumara are available in red, gold or orange varieties, each with a deliciously different colour and taste. The majority of kumara is grown in Northland."

yay!

Also, US sweet potatoes and yams are entirely different things, possibly depending on what part of the country you are in.

ok remy here is what i will do:

i will bring lots of nz 'candy' (LOL @ 'candy', we call them 'lollies') and i will post some to you when i am in the US, since it cost about $7 to send a 50g chocolate bar from here :/

pineapple lumps:

http://www.silverfernz.com/ProdImages/food/pinaelumpp.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_lumps

woah jaffas sound incredible!

i forsee much of my 46kg luggage restriction will be consisting of jaffas/snifters/etc

lollies for everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also: i told jordan that itr had adopted 'new zealish' and he was v v v pleased with himself (and also asked me if i had given him full credit for coining the term)

Do you not know fontina, Rubyredd? I am sorrowed.

It is true that NZ candies are the greatness.

no, but i'm fairly ignorant in many areas of knowledge.

can someone explain this 'challops' thing i keep seeing all over the place? not to be all tuo_Omas but i always miss out on the meaning of ilx jargon.

challenging opinions

AHA

<3 u jergz

You guys, there is nothing like coming home after a tough test to a discussion of yams and perky nanas. Thanks; you have all cracked me up once again.

<3 thx 4 making me smile, sara

lol perky nanas

makes me think of my friend's gramma who liked to drink high life out of glass bottles in the late morning/early afternoon. she was feisty.