Breadfruit & KISZ

There's a breadfruit tree just outside the porch. While most of them are too high up to easily reach,there was one within grabbing distance, and I have been watching it in hopes of getting it while ripe,but before it fell on the ground. There are several Youtubes about harvesting and eating them.

             Proof that there is a difference between the internet and Real Life!

According to the internet, the streaks of white latex like material on the outside skin meant ripeness. What the internet didn't tell me was that cutting it from the tree at the stem would send a gush of said latex out the top of the stem like a geyser, getting all over my arm and hair. I almost fell down because I was laughing so hard. Sticky! OMG, so sticky!

Now that it was down from the tree, I found that the supposed ripeness did not translate to being able to skin and core it like it showed in the YouTube video. I did manage to cut it in half and put one half in a pot with water to boil. When it had cooked for a while, I was able to skin and core it and mash it  for supper last night, mostly thinking there has to be a better way. The flavor is lovely, much like potato, but slightly sweeter. I decided as I was eating my bowl of not great mash, that today would be a day for breadfruit homefries. 

The now peel-able and core-able remainder of the breadfruit half I cooked last night was

cut into chunks and sprinkled with paprika (like my mother used to do with her potatoes), and put in a medium heated pan with some-not too much-avocado oil.

These cooked while I did the rest...

the Keep It Simple Zucchini Side.....

I used half a good sized zucchini, grated (which is really easy, believe it or not!) and cut chunks of red pepper to add to the mix.

This somewhat soggy mix was put in the avocado oiled, heated other pan, smashed down a bit and left to crisp up and soften on medium heat.

Both of these cooking together at the same time worked out well. I stirred the breadfruit chunks occasionally, and made sure nothing was burning, but for the most part, it was benign neglect, with more success than my usual hard boiled eggs method. The breadfruit made excellent homefries, getting crisp on the outside, while nicely soft on the inside. The zucchini was a nice change from gets-to-be-boring steamed slices, and the red pepper is a great flavor enhancer for this rather bland vegetable.

This was both a nice combination and very yummy!

If you eat eggs, a couple of fried or poached eggs would be a good addition to this very plant-based, PR grown meal. Just need a cup of coffee to finish.....

I like mine cold and light with coconut milk, no sugar. How bout you?