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Expanding menu

After enjoying the sweet flesh of a jackfruit, I usually collect its seeds for culinary use. Looking at this little dish, I think about a quote by an unknown author: "We expand our menu after famines"

Except the succulent flesh, jackfruit seeds are a treasure trove of nutrients. The rags, fibrous parts, can be incorporated into many recipes including fried, braised, or salad. However, most of the time modern people only consume the most delicious parts. They throw away the remains due to our plenitude of food. That's human nature: we will not optimize unless necessary.

Back in the hard times when ancient ancestors suffered from starvation, they sought sustenance from any available source, regardless of its shape or taste. Those were the periods of extending the boundaries in food realms. As a result, a myriad of plants, animals and even inorganic items found themself in cooking recipes.

Over time, the recipes have been diversified and perfected by numerous chefs, evolving into our current menu.

049 - jaken - 18/12/2023