I always add celery to tomato based sauces, but am not entirely convinced with what it brings to the party. Probably need more research before trashing celery.
This will sound disgusting, but I cooked some oiled/seasoned veg in the oven last week as a late snack. I left it on a bit too long and the cabbage was all burnt, crispy and dark. But I especially enjoyed the burnt cabbage and was thinking: this is better than fugging crisps, is this burnt cabbage.
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
celery is part of the holy trinity of cajun/creole cooking so um no
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
and by "no" I mean ergo it is essential
I've always added the ol' celery to my Chilli Con Carne dishes, so have never done one without to know the difference.
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
can't have mirepoix w/o celery, therefore it is essential
― sleeve, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
otm
celery also gr8 in chicken salad, egg salad etc
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
celery works as an ingredient sure but for clarity's sake I'm approaching this in the spirit of 'in isolation, perhaps with mild seasoning'
― imago, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
What, why
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
cucumber
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
I'm not fond of the very green celery I've getting recently. It doesn't soften up as much as lighter celery and has an unpleasant taste sometimes. But, otherwise I respect the mofo for not pretending to be a fruit like those lying fake fucks, tomatoes and bell peppers!
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
eggplant is the most delicious and sensual vegetable. Maybe that's a fruit, though.
All vegetables pretty great.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
broccoli number twoor spinach
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
yeah OK that approach is stupid
cucumber is a good answer but it lacks something - you don't really cook it
the probable answer btw is ROUND YELLOW COURGETTES and their flowers
― imago, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
aubergine also great yes
― imago, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
Aubergine is technically a fruit but who cares, these terms are meaningless. I agree with brimsteads post, they are all good
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
I tend to bung celery into most of my stir fries alongside about 20 other things.Got told that celery was good for gou some time back.
Tend to have a load of stuff in every stir fry and maybe need to think about cutting down since chopping time is really oong.Constants seem to be
garlicgingerauberginecourgettesonionsleeksscallions shallotspak choyspinachKalemustard greenschoy sumturmericchilliesred pepperbean sproutstomatoescashew nutscelerybroccolicabbage (possibly about 3 types)chayote or Kolrabimushrooms (possibly 2 different varieties)mange toutsGreen beanschinese radishwestern radish& some variety of meat.
andlotus root when i get it.can also include carrots and a few other things if I see them.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
I think eggplant is a marsupial. Technically.
― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 17:13 (six years ago) link
all nightshades are fruits you bastards
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
All fruits are vegetables, except fruits
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
bitter melon
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
cough candy
― imago, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, August 2, 2017 10:23 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
are eggplants "nightshades", i don't know about this stuff
signed, a bastard
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
eggplants are a sandwich iirc
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
raw celery is delicious and was a staple snack of my childhood, along with carrots
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:41 (six years ago) link
celery is wonderful
― nomar, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
So, regarding celery. What do you think of as "ants on a log":
- Celery filled with cream cheese and dotted with raisins
- Celery filled with peanut butter and dotted with raisins
- Celery filled with something else and dotted with something else
― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
No idea, raisins are not my friends though
I've been really getting into cabbage lately, I need more cabbage in my life
― brimstead, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
celery is a fine snack and contributes a little flavor to soups and stews but as the best vegetable ..... pfffft get the fuck out
― marcos, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:02 (six years ago) link
cassava
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link
Not all nightshades are fruits. Spuds are nightshades
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 3 August 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Radishes though
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 3 August 2017 02:58 (six years ago) link
brussel sprouts ftw― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 11:52 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 11:52 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Seconded however consideration must also be given to
Broccoli BrocoliniCima di rapeHuang HuaChoi SumParsnipsSwedeRed cabbageCavalo NeroRadicchio
My greatest achievement of his winter ha sheen working out how to cook Kale so I actually like it.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 3 August 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
I didnt even read the thread. has basically every veg in the world been listed at this point
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 3 August 2017 05:27 (six years ago) link
Probably not even close
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Thursday, 3 August 2017 05:32 (six years ago) link
lotta fruit iirc
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 August 2017 05:36 (six years ago) link
Anyway the answer is "vegetables"
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 3 August 2017 05:38 (six years ago) link
Broad beans please.
― Alba, Thursday, 3 August 2017 05:39 (six years ago) link
SeaweedTaroKumara (guess these could be folded under sweet potatoes?)OkaYamsBamboo shootsWater chestnut (root, not a nut)
Not really any bad vegetables though I find bitter melon hard going depending on the prep. Mushrooms for range (enoki! shiitake! oyster!), aubergine for depth.
Anyone want to argue for avocados or peanuts as vegetables?
― etc, Thursday, 3 August 2017 06:58 (six years ago) link
Would anyone ever think of peanut as a veg? Might as well say chickpeas are.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 3 August 2017 07:22 (six years ago) link
I'm going to vote for broccoli a dozen times to even out otehr peoples hatred and to make VG mad at me =)
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 3 August 2017 07:24 (six years ago) link
Outdoor miner potatoes are the sweetest fruit of all
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 3 August 2017 07:36 (six years ago) link
Tobacco also a hell of a fruit.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 3 August 2017 07:37 (six years ago) link
i stand with trayce
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 3 August 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
If mushrooms (fungi) are going to be permitted under the term "vegetables," then you can't be snobbish about admitting tomatoes or avocados or chickpeas to the party.
We can't get clarity if we can't focus on whether the biological categories need to rule, or the culinary/use-based definitions.
Peanuts are a bridge too far in any case.
― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 3 August 2017 10:38 (six years ago) link
It's a vegetable if it could be in a "meat and 3 veg" meal and it's not the meat.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 3 August 2017 12:18 (six years ago) link
xpostwhy are peanuts out but chickpeas in? this is really cornfusing.shout out to the glorious sunflower sprout then
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
Yeah!!!! Broccoli rules!
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:16 (six years ago) link
Great, mac and cheese for the win.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
are potatoes being excluded for some reason or is everyone itt just fronting?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― just1n3, Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
I think of it as "that gross thing people do to celery to ruin it"
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:48 (six years ago) link