Bored. Wanted something different, so I cooked some shelled edamame. Took 11 spices and made 11 different little piles of edamame and sprinkled each pile with a different spice.
Did a blind tasting with 5 friends. Hands down winner ---- salt. Two people said sage was ok, but other than that everyone gave thumbs down to all of them except salt. Edamame has such a distinctive flavor that it apparently doesn't mix well with other flavors and the most common complaint was that everything else makes edamame taste like soap. I have made them before with chili powder and cumin and that also was less than spectacular. Guess from now on I'll stick with salt. In fact, I'm having a salad for lunch and I'll toss in the leftover edamame, lightly salted.
"raymond" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Bored. Wanted something different, so I cooked some shelled edamame. Took 11 spices and made 11 different little piles of edamame and sprinkled each pile with a different spice.
Did a blind tasting with 5 friends. Hands down winner ---- salt. Two people said sage was ok, but other than that everyone gave thumbs down to all of them except salt. Edamame has such a distinctive flavor that it apparently doesn't mix well with other flavors and the most common complaint was that everything else makes edamame taste like soap. I have made them before with chili powder and cumin and that also was less than spectacular. Guess from now on I'll stick with salt. In fact, I'm having a salad for lunch and I'll toss in the leftover edamame, lightly salted.
next time I would be tempted to try equal amounts ( a few tablespoons) of vinegar & soy added to the boiling water.
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:06:53 -0400, raymond <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:
Bored. Wanted something different, so I cooked some shelled edamame. Took 11 spices and made 11 different little piles of edamame and sprinkled each pile with a different spice.
Did a blind tasting with 5 friends. Hands down winner ---- salt. Two people said sage was ok, but other than that everyone gave thumbs down to all of them except salt. Edamame has such a distinctive flavor that it apparently doesn't mix well with other flavors and the most common complaint was that everything else makes edamame taste like soap. I have made them before with chili powder and cumin and that also was less than spectacular. Guess from now on I'll stick with salt. In fact, I'm having a salad for lunch and I'll toss in the leftover edamame, lightly salted.
Sounds like a fun experiment and a good excuse to have a party.
