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🕵️♀️ The Mystery Items of the Week: Can You Help Identify These?
Every kitchen has its secrets — odd-shaped spices, forgotten ingredients tucked behind pantry doors, or mysterious produce that arrived in the latest CSA box. This week, we’re sharing a fun culinary challenge with you: Can you help us identify these mystery ingredients?
🥄 Mystery Item #1: The Wrinkled Green Pod
It’s about the size of a snap pea, but the skin is rougher and more fibrous. When opened, it reveals small black seeds and has a citrusy, herbal scent. Some say it looks like something from an ancient apothecary. Is it a rare spice pod? A forgotten cousin of the pea family?
Clues:
- Grows in tropical climates
- Often used dried
- Might be found in Indian or Middle Eastern dishes
🍠 Mystery Item #2: Purple, But Not a Potato?
This root vegetable has the color of a beet but the shape of a sweet potato. The skin is tough and patchy, but inside? A vibrant magenta flesh that smells faintly floral. We tried roasting it — the result was somewhere between a yam and a radish!
Clues:
- Common in Southeast Asian markets
- Naturally sweet
- Used in desserts and teas
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