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Top row, a Fresno chile pepper and sprouting garlic cloves. Bottom row, dried garden sage and a cut-open lemon, showing the white pith. Photos by Bill St. John, for UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We\u2019ve all learned how to prepare our cooking ingredients to maximize their flavors. For example, peel some vegetables (onions, for example, or rutabaga) because the skins are tough, bitter or useless, But it\u2019s OK to leave some vegetables partially peeled or unpeeled altogether (certain potatoes, say, or Persian cucumbers).<\/p>\n

Some rules, I never question; they make total sense or have proven potently true. \u201cRefresh your dried herbs and spices every two years at the very least,\u201d is one. (I opt for even less time.) Or \u201cDon\u2019t store or keep fresh tomatoes in the refrigerator,\u201d another. (Doing so irreparably destroys their flavor.)<\/p>\n

However, on thinking about them, I\u2019ve wanted to test other imperatives such as \u201cAlways remove the green sprouts inside garlic cloves because those are bitter.\u201d Or \u201cNever include the white pith when zesting or peeling citrus fruits because the pith is astringent.\u201d<\/p>\n

But aren\u2019t those cute little green centers to the garlic clove just new growth? And isn\u2019t new growth nearly always tender and mild? And, for my part, I\u2019m forever unable to precisely or completely separate the rind from a lemon\u2019s or a lime\u2019s pith, but I don\u2019t seem to taste any astringency or bitterness there. (I have a friend who loves eating a lemon whole; however, he does spit out the seeds.)<\/p>\n

So, I decided to test these tenets and share the results.<\/p>\n

I removed the green sprouting parts from 10 cloves of garlic, minced them, then also minced an equal amount of the cleaned-out ivory flesh. I tasted and swallowed 1\/2-teaspoon portions of both raw, the chewing and swallowing expressly to test for bitterness and raw garlic \u201cheat.\u201d (Do not try this at home, ha.) Plus, I cooked portions of both in a film of extra-virgin olive oil.<\/p>\n

What did I discover, at least this once?<\/p>\n

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Sometimes garlic cloves will sport green spouts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That the wee green sprouts had far less \u201cfire\u201d or flavor (but also no perceptible bitterness) than the clean garlic flesh, which, raw, was overpoweringly \u201chot\u201d and full-flavored. Also that, when saut\u00e9ed to soft and golden, both were \u201csweet\u201d and nutty, the regular garlic flesh even more so.<\/p>\n

Apropos at least the green sprouts, entirely as you\u2019d assume baby vegetable growth to be. Sweet and mild.<\/p>\n

Lo, the pith of the common lemon is surprisingly flavorless, or at least I found it so on repeated chomps. I look forward to further taste-testing on my next lime, orange, mandarin or grapefruit. Perhaps the pomelo\u2019s pith will bring me bitterness, its noticeable thickness the citrus world\u2019s most dumbfounding deflector shield.<\/p>\n

Three years ago, a friend gave me some dried sage from a trip to Greece. On crushing some leaves with my fingertips, they were many shades less aromatic and flavorful than some sage leaves that I had dried from my herb garden last summer. No surprise there, plus who knows how long before the time I received the gift from my friends had the Greeks dried theirs?<\/p>\n

Carrot skins, by and large, have an, um, \u201cdifficult\u201d taste: neither bitter nor carrot-y sweet; if well-scrubbed, not dirty-tasting, but a tad more \u201cearthy\u201d than is pleasant. I was surprised \u2014 disheartened, to tell the truth, wanting from time to time to keep the peels on in cooking. But I believe I henceforth shall peel all carrots, for whatever sort of eating.<\/p>\n

Did you know that the flesh from the daikon (Japanese radish) is \u201chotter\u201d and more strongly flavored at the top end, than that from the middle portion or even more so than that from the tip end? The tip end\u2019s flesh is nearly insipid. Exactly the same goes for another root vegetable, the carrot, although happily replace \u201cinsipid\u201d with \u201csweeter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Makes sense, does it not? The last, least developed, tenderest growth comes at the tip end in both vegetables\u2019 circumstances; the longest grown, oldest and potentially gnarliest, at the top end, closest to the topsoil and the sun.

Get more tips and great recipes<\/a> by Bill. St. John.<\/div>\n

Once, a cooking teacher of Southwestern foods told me that, no, the seeds of chile peppers were not their hottest facet; the \u201cveins\u201d were, those whitish \u201cribs\u201d that run along the inside walls.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, here is a Scoville scale<\/a> of sorts on both a raw jalape\u00f1o and a raw Fresno chile: of the three parts of the pepper\u2014the flesh, skin-on but deveined; the wee seeds alone; and the stripped-out veins alone \u2014 the flesh is least hot (if one can say that of either a jalape\u00f1o or a Fresno), the seeds next up and the fieriest, the veins.<\/p>\n

Now, that hurt.<\/p>\n

Vietnamese Carrot and Daikon Pickle<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Enough to fill a 1-quart jar. Use as a garnish on sandwich insides or atop salads.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1 large or 2 medium carrots, peeled<\/p>\n

1 med daikon radish, peeled<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup white cane sugar<\/p>\n

2 teaspoons kosher or fine sea salt<\/p>\n

1 cup warm water<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup rice wine vinegar (or 4 tablespoons distilled white vinegar)<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cut the carrots and daikon into about 2 cups each 1\/8-inch by 3-inch julienned sticks or \u201cbatons,\u201d 4 cups total. (Use a mandolin such as the Beriner brand or slice thinly into strips, stack the strips and cut into sticks.)<\/p>\n

Toss the vegetables with the sugar and salt in a large bowl, massaging both into the vegetables, until their moisture dissolves the salt and sugar, about 3-5 minutes. Add the water and vinegar, mix well and pack everything into a 1-quart jar.<\/p>\n

Seal the jar and refrigerate at least overnight or up to 2 weeks. The flavor becomes stronger the longer the jar sits. (The proportions of sweet and tart in the recipe are adjustable to your own taste.)<\/p>\n

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An Agrodolce of Peaches and Fresno Chiles on three various sorts of cheeses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Agrodolce of Peaches and Fresno Chiles<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From Mark Antonation, Communication Manager for the Colorado Restaurant Association and Foundation, who writes that this agrodolce is \u201csweet, tangy and spicy\u2014great with bold cheeses and cured meats on a charcuterie board, or with pork chops. Would probably be great on a pulled pork sandwich. The agrodolce will keep in your fridge for at least a month.\u201d Makes 4 cups.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2 pounds very ripe peaches<\/p>\n

6 Fresno chiles<\/p>\n

1 cup sugar<\/p>\n

1 cup apple cider vinegar<\/p>\n

1-2 teaspoons fruit pectin powder (such as Sure-Jell brand)<\/p>\n

Pinch of salt<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Peel peaches (blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds, then cover in cold water so that the skins just slip off) and dice into small pieces. Remove stems and seeds from chiles and slice into thin rings.<\/p>\n

Add vinegar, sugar and pectin to a small pot and bring to a simmer. Add peaches and chiles and simmer over medium-low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Make sure the mixture doesn\u2019t come to a rolling boil or the sugar could burn on the bottom of the pot.<\/p>\n

Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes before spooning the agrodolce into 16-ounce jars. Put lids on the jars and put in your refrigerator. Let it sit overnight or for a day or two before serving.<\/p>\n

Reach Bill St John at billstjohn@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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