This miracle food can turn you into a sexual dynamo, even in your 80s!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (207501)
Walnut Creek, California
January 2, 2016 3:31pm CST
OK, this is my revenge against an ad that kept popping upon MyLot this morning and wouldn't go away. It actually wasn't a silly miracle food ad, and if I see it again, the product it's advertising will go on my "no buy" list, like Wisk for the "ring around the collar" torment of my childhood days.
Anyway, can you tell what the food is I had in my salad this early afternoon? It really is delicious. I just threw it, some leftover canned corn and some leftover mandarin oranges in a bowl, topped it all with Maries' Blue Cheese dressing, and called it lunch. It was actually quite good.
A bonus question: Can you tell where in the world the bowl I used comes from? I actually got this bowl on a trip to that place, and it's survived (albeit with some chips) for more than ten years. I'm guessing that Anna will get this one. Hold off if you see this and know, Anna!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
2 Jan 16
The white things look like scallops to me. No not scallops but for the life of me I can't place them.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
2 Jan 16
@TheHorse hmmmm maybe canned potatoes yucky lol.
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Italy eh? It's a beautiful bowl.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
2 Jan 16
My best guess for the bowl might be Switzerland (based on Anna being asked not to answer) but it looks rather oriental to me - I might have said Japan, perhaps?
The white 'things' seem to be a root vegetable - long rather than spherical - too white for parsnip, so perhaps mooli?
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but as Owl said, the word Mooli is popular for it even there
@LadyDuck (460235)
• Switzerland
3 Jan 16
This surely is a clay bowl, I see some parts missing on the outer border. It can be Italian, they make those bowls both in the south and in the Ligurian region. Does this come from Albenga? Did you add bamboo shoots to your salad? I like them, they are delicious.
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@vandana7 (99078)
• India
4 Jan 16
@DaddyEvil ..I definitely did not think that it was bamboo shoot..but ..I thought it looked more like radish or sugar cane pieces we get out here.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
4 Jan 16
No, those aren't bamboo shoots, Anna. I grow and eat bamboo here at home.
That is palm heart, pony? It doesn't look quite right for palm hearts.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
3 Jan 16
That looks quite a nice colourful lunch. I am not keen on Radish or Mooli either. I would have hazard a guess the bowl had come from Japan initially but then I have read to comments and your clue to Anna to keep quiet.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
3 Jan 16
Looks liked it could be string cheese cut up along with the mandarins and corn. I'l stick to a tossed spring salad with tomatoes and chick peas. I also add some dried cranberries to it as well.
I love the blue colors in your favorite bowl. I have no idea where you found it, but it is lovely.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
4 Jan 16
@TheHorse I love it with a nice raspberry vinaigrette.
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@TheHorse (207501)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jan 16
@ElusiveButterfly Do you mean salads in general? Or hearts of palm?
@GardenGerty (157837)
• United States
3 Jan 16
For the food I was going to say jicama, but it was too skinny and round. I then thought of daikon, but that is a root veggie. Is it heart of palm? I have never had that. I am not that good on my crafts from Italy, so I could not say where the bowl came from.
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@TheHorse (207501)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace That combination is really delicious!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
3 Jan 16
I think it is hearts of palm too, but what an odd combination of foods. And he said it tasted good. Okay. I like them all individually, but mixing them? Not a chance.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
3 Jan 16
@TheHorse It doesn't come off as too sweet with the oranges and corn? Well, maybe the bitterness of the hearts of palms balances it out.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
4 Jan 16
@marlina When did you change your username? (I hope it wasn't several weeks ago! I just noticed it!)
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
3 Jan 16
If there was such a food I would make sure not to eat it!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
4 Jan 16
@TheHorse Any food that would make me a dynamo into my 80- Not on my bucket list at all!
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@TheHorse (207501)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill I wouldn't mind being a dynamo int my 80s, as long as my heart doesn't attack me or something.
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@TheHorse (207501)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Jan 16
@DianneN Yes, it's from Italy! What town is Ginori from? This bowl as a pattern that identifies it as from a particular town, though I don't know how to put in words what defines the pattern. I do recognize it when I see it at friends' houses.
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@marguicha (216305)
• Chile
3 Jan 16
I love those Switz dishes. As for the content, I hope you enjoy the results
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
4 Jan 16
Well, I know where Anna is from and where she lives now, so mums the word.
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@Marilynda1225 (80101)
• United States
2 Jan 16
the bowl sort of looks like that delft blue design? I love maries blue cheese dressing
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
8 Jan 16
@TheHorse Delft is the blue and white porcelain ware made in the City of Delft, Netherlands.
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