Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Here's something that was posted to s.s.b-b that I found interesting -- both my own reaction and the reactions of others who posted followups. So I figured I'd spring it on a different audience and see what pops up:

Coyote asked:

[...] if I say "capital of the world", what city comes to your mind? First thought, no fair pondering politics and finance, sociology or anything else.

I wound up adding flour instead of bulgher to that stew when I got up, per donnad's suggestion -- left it stew-like instead of turning it porridge-like. Tasty, but it was interesting to note the flavour change overnight. It would've been better with a slightly lower turnip:potato ratio, and the turnips seem to have sucked up some of the sweetness from the carrots, onions, parsnips, and onion, and hidden it somewhere. (As aliza250 pointed out, sweet potatoes would've worked well. A "heavier" type of sweetness, but they would've worked.) It's still got a definite sweet note, but at this point it could go either way -- a bit of salt would make it a perfectly reasonable more conventional stew, but without the salt it's still sweet, just no longer "gee this would make a good coconut-based soup" sweet. More basil would've been good, along with that serrano pepper I was wishing for last night. Wouldn't take much serrano; just enough to add that "nose" that's such a distinctive component of the serrano's flavour.

Anyhow, a healthy and filling breakfast ready for me as soon as I got up. I really need to do this sort of cooking more often. And I need to make a batch of my ought-to-be-famous vegetarian chili, if I can keep it down to the size of this crock-pot.