Do you buy foods that you aren't familiar with?

Posted by dbcurrie, February 23, 2008 at 1:33 AM

I do. If there's a vegetable I've never seen, it's a sure bet I'll buy it, bring it home, look it up, and then find a way to use it. And I love ethnic markets.

The other day I was at a small local hispanic market that I go to for their homemade tortillas. When they have something that I don't recognize, and I'll ask about it...last time it was some sort of white substance in a ceramic crock that was in the dairy case. The guy who's always there didn't know the English word and the label was in Spanish, so we were at a standstill. I asked him what you do with the stuff, and he said it was something like crema, you put it on things...So of course, I did the logical thing, I bought it. I got home with my mystery crock, and then I noticed some small print on the tag that said, "Billones de bacterias probioticas..."

Yes, it may be yogurt. It may not be. I tasted it, then I looked up some other stuff on the label online, and some sources said it was like sour cream, while others described it as a sort of cheese product. Whatever it is, this stuff is pretty darned tasty. I'm glad I bought it. I'll buy it again.

So, what about you? Do you buy stuff, just to see what it is, or do you stick to the stuff that you already know?

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