What do you mean "bland"?

[stephbg]

If you live in a world without normal human standards of flavour, red lentils (soaked and ever so briefly stir fried with a bit of butter) taste like peppery pumpkin.

I've been avoiding them--who needed another tasteless staple?--but was pleasantly surprised by the experiment. I got me fresh ideas!

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[catundra.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest dhal. : ) That's one of our staples.