Vegetables that do not pass my lips: cauliflower, rhubarb, boiled cabbage, boiled spinach, boiled broccoli, boiled carrots. I think I'm good with the rest of them, to varying degrees.
Cukes are pretty good. The only vegetable I can think of that works as the foundation of a sandwich.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
i just wondered if my bias is related to the fact that, as a working class Brit of a certain age, peas were the only vegetable we ever had as kids that were cooked roughly as they should be
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 12:48 (six years ago) link
Someone doesn't like rhubarb, now I've heard it all.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
Radishes
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 12:54 (six years ago) link
yeah, i can see that nv - i didn't each much veg as a kid cuz my mum usually boiled the shit out of them, took me a while to realise that veg is actually pretty good if it's not served in the least appealing manner imaginable
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 12:55 (six years ago) link
are potatoes being excluded for some reason or is everyone itt just fronting?
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
potatoes aren't a vegetable in the sense of this poll imo
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:03 (six years ago) link
i dunno, i've put potatoes in salad before, which would put them in line with my clarification upthread
ye mad puffin mentioned small red potatoes too
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:05 (six years ago) link
Are bacon bits a vegetable y/n
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:07 (six years ago) link
bacon bits are a fruit iirc
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:09 (six years ago) link
Do ILX lovers of mushy peas leave dried peas out all night in sodium bicarb or just get it from tins or from the chippy?
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:19 (six years ago) link
three foodstuffs of the apocalypse = rhubarb, pineapple and gooseberry
― Bernie Lugg (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
Mooshy peas ftw
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:22 (six years ago) link
I can remember being served rhubarb and custard at an Auntie's house when I was a nipper, and feeling like it was a severe punishment trying to force that hot vomit down. And that my brother told me dogs piss on rhubarb at an early age has always stuck in my mind.
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:23 (six years ago) link
Roberto otm, the noble potato is the winner here
spinach probably second best
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
I have never had these 'mushy peas' y'all speak of. Fresh and firm peas are the bomb, though.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:24 (six years ago) link
also gotta nominate the sweet potato, it speaks ill of this thread that it's taken two hours for somebody to get around to it
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
Just the smell of rhubarb is enough to send me in the other direction. It's a deep and primal loathing.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:25 (six years ago) link
We might as well open a can of worms and get started on the pepper nominations.
Roasted red peppers are maybe king of all vegetables.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
learning a lot of troubling stuff about ilxors itt tbrr
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
this is the kind of content i can support tho, also jclc's stanning for sweet potatoes
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
let me also throw butternut squash into the mix here
Being of 90% Mick 10% Spanish heritage - I'd definitely vote potato. But some obscure reason it is being discouraged by the threadstarters! And sweet potatoes are also divine, and quicker to cook! And Butternut squash with pasta or in soup is beautiful.
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
But some obscure reason it is being discouraged by the threadstarters!
lies! potatoes are allowed imo
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
Potatoes are hard to argue with.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
... against...
You've got to eat rhubarb raw, dog's piss an' all.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
for clarity's sake, let me be clear that dog's piss is not a vegetable for the purposes of this nominations thread
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
Aye, we used to just pick a stick of rhubarb to eat. We'd have a little bit of sugar to dip it in, and it only stuck to the wet bits. (Normally just the end, but in the case of dog piss the whole thing.)
― Thomas Gabriel Fischer does not endorse (aldo), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:39 (six years ago) link
All of you going on about peas are insane
Mushrooms should count imo
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:42 (six years ago) link
fuck it, i'll let mushrooms in
even although they are vile
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
the only good mushroom is a psychoactive one imo
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
Gah, I was hoping no one would raise the dread spectre of fungi (aka nature's garbage).
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
bizarro OTMFM
How can you make a nice spag bol without mushrooms? Or have have a good hangover fryup? They are very important.
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
Love 'em.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:49 (six years ago) link
Yes, I can see where mushrooms would be helpful as a post-hangover emetic.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
brussel sprouts ftw
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
How can you make a nice spag bol without mushrooms? Or have have a good hangover fryup?
pretty simple really, just skip the part where you might be tempted to add mushrooms to either
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
How does one make a decent lasagna without dumping an ashtray between the noodle layers and sneezing all over the finished product?
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:56 (six years ago) link
mushrooms are fantastic and have the advantage of diversity - spinach means exactly spinach, there's many kinds of potatoes but let's be real they all taste like potato, mushrooms are like wine - so many different flavors - an excellent vegetable, the mushroom
also super good sauteed in butter then reduced with red wine & stock
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
broccoli (steamed is my #1 green veggie, so quickly made and so good)turnip greens, mustard greens, collard greenspole beans (real heads know these are the only true green beans)summer squashcarrots, parsnipsradishes, turnipsspinach, arugulaonions get cooked into everything esp in the winter. see also scallionsokra!eggplant
if we're talking starchy vegetables (unfair to the other veggies imo): POTATOES, sweet potatoes, winter squash
mushrooms are freaking gross
― crüt, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
Big portabellos are the best non-animal thing for grilling unless you're a corn on the cob freak
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 13:59 (six years ago) link
xxpost I guess the problem could be my palate, because my reaction to drinking different varieties of wine is basically 'yep, tastes like wine'.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
I consider myself a corn on the cob freak, unfortunately it's a grain & not eligible for nomination here if my understanding of this poll is correct
― crüt, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
"mushrooms are freaking gross"
A bit of a shiitake imo
― calzino, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:12 (six years ago) link
I just had a salad with corn in it last week so I think it's up for consideration.
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
Toadstool is apropos name for fungus why because it tastes like something that came out of a frog's butt that's why
― Chock Full of Love and Sexy Feeling (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
ye mad puffin nominated corn upthread, i'm okay with including it in the poll
― the shape of a hot willie lumpkin (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Does garlic count as a vegetable? Because y'all. Garlic.
― crüt, Wednesday, 2 August 2017 14:15 (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
I'm going to vote for broccoli a dozen times to even out otehr peoples hatred and to make VG mad at me =)
Yeah!!!! Broccoli rules!
― brimstead, Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:16 (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.
Great, mac and cheese for the win.
― smug dinner-jazz atrocity (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― just1n3, Thursday, 3 August 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
So, regarding celery. What do you think of as "ants on a log":
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
i will flag each and every one of you broccoli lovers
terrorists
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 3 August 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
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, August 2, 2017 12:38 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― calzino, Wednesday, August 2, 2017 12:38 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Maillard reaction FTW.
Winner: Asparagus.Runners-up: Broccoli (must be fresh and no more than lightly cooked); sugar snap peas.
― Diana Fire (j.lu), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
Radishes tbrr
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 3 August 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
Wait, no mention of beetroot yet? Apart from classic roadside cafe sandwich fodder & roast veg stainer, been liking them julienned & steamed w/desiccated coconut & methi, vaguely Sri Lankan style.
― etc, Friday, 4 August 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
o yum!
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Friday, 4 August 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
never had but would try
― brimstead, Friday, 4 August 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
if greens as a broad category are acceptable I would go with that cuz spinach, collards, chard, kale, etc are the best
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, August 2, 2017 9:26 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i'd probably go with this too. just give me the greens, it's all good
― brimstead, Friday, 4 August 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
beets are #1. roasted non-red beets with vinaigrette, salt, tarragon, mint, etc.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 August 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
has to be potatoes
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Monday, 14 August 2017 00:16 (six years ago) link
http://media.mercola.com/assets/images/foodfacts/wasabi-nutrition-facts.jpg
Wasabi has not been mentioned.
― tactical piñata (Sanpaku), Monday, 14 August 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
We already votin yo
― Neanderthal, Monday, 14 August 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
Pickled Okra
― Frobisher, Thursday, 17 August 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link