WHAT IS THE BEST VEGETABLE: nomination thread

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.

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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