WHAT IS THE BEST VEGETABLE: nomination thread

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

garlic
ginger
aubergine
courgettes
onions
leeks
scallions
shallots
pak choy
spinach
Kale
mustard greens
choy sum
turmeric
chillies
red pepper
bean sprouts
tomatoes
cashew nuts
celery
broccoli
cabbage (possibly about 3 types)
chayote or Kolrabi
mushrooms (possibly 2 different varieties)
mange touts
Green beans
chinese radish
western radish
& some variety of meat.

and
lotus root when i get it.
can also include carrots and a few other things if I see them.

I think eggplant is a marsupial. Technically.

all nightshades are fruits you bastards

All fruits are vegetables, except fruits

bitter melon

cough candy

all nightshades are fruits you bastards

― -_- (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

eggplants are a sandwich iirc

raw celery is delicious and was a staple snack of my childhood, along with carrots

celery is wonderful

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

No idea, raisins are not my friends though

I've been really getting into cabbage lately, I need more cabbage in my life

celery is a fine snack and contributes a little flavor to soups and stews but as the best vegetable ..... pfffft get the fuck out

cassava

Not all nightshades are fruits. Spuds are nightshades

Radishes though

brussel sprouts ftw

― 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
Brocolini
Cima di rape
Huang Hua
Choi Sum
Parsnips
Swede
Red cabbage
Cavalo Nero
Radicchio

My greatest achievement of his winter ha sheen working out how to cook Kale so I actually like it.

I didnt even read the thread. has basically every veg in the world been listed at this point

Probably not even close

lotta fruit iirc

Anyway the answer is "vegetables"

Broad beans please.

Seaweed
Taro
Kumara (guess these could be folded under sweet potatoes?)
Oka
Yams
Bamboo shoots
Water 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?

Would anyone ever think of peanut as a veg? Might as well say chickpeas are.

I'm going to vote for broccoli a dozen times to even out otehr peoples hatred and to make VG mad at me =)

Outdoor miner potatoes are the sweetest fruit of all

Tobacco also a hell of a fruit.

i stand with trayce

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.

It's a vegetable if it could be in a "meat and 3 veg" meal and it's not the meat.

xpost
why are peanuts out but chickpeas in? this is really cornfusing.
shout out to the glorious sunflower sprout then

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!

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.

are potatoes being excluded for some reason or is everyone itt just fronting?

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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"

i will flag each and every one of you broccoli lovers

terrorists

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

Maillard reaction FTW.

Winner: Asparagus.
Runners-up: Broccoli (must be fresh and no more than lightly cooked); sugar snap peas.

Radishes tbrr

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.

o yum!

never had but would try

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

beets are #1. roasted non-red beets with vinaigrette, salt, tarragon, mint, etc.

has to be potatoes

http://media.mercola.com/assets/images/foodfacts/wasabi-nutrition-facts.jpg

Wasabi has not been mentioned.

We already votin yo

Pickled Okra