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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2009 14:38:20 GMT
Some vegetables seem indispensable to us, others not so much.
Among the vegetables that you regularly eat (I'm not talking about the ones that you hate and avoid already), which one do you think would upset you the least to do without for the rest of your life?
I'm pretty sure that I could live without carrots. I quite like them grated and used in a salad, but cooked carrots do not really give me much pleasure other than knowing that they are reputedly good for me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2009 14:41:58 GMT
Probably squash. Although I love zucchini and some of the winter squashes I feel pretty sure I could do without them.
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 2, 2009 15:08:13 GMT
Broccoli, i find it very boring. I eat it but I wouldn't waste a tear if I couln't eat it anymore.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 2, 2009 15:18:05 GMT
Artichokes. Although they are tasty, they are too much effort to prepare and eat.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 2, 2009 16:08:18 GMT
I wouldn't buy vegetables regularly if I didn't want to have them. Maybe HT has the right choice: broccoli. And I buy cauliflower with enthusiasm but am always mildly disappointed with my efforts.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 2, 2009 16:32:26 GMT
Carrots...only because they can look so delicious but rarely taste delicious. I'm sure that home-grown carrots far surpass supermarket varieties.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 2, 2009 16:38:47 GMT
I have been sent a free packet of carrot seeds. When I am better I'll go and plant some so Spindrift can see if they taste any better at the next Chateau Faz Pissup.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 2, 2009 16:42:44 GMT
I look forward to that. I never had success growing carrots or parsnips. I put it down to the stony Hampshire earth (they wouldn't grow straight).
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 2, 2009 17:45:30 GMT
brussel sprouts
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2009 18:00:48 GMT
Are Brussel sprouts eaten in Mexico?
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Post by onlymark on Mar 2, 2009 18:10:20 GMT
I vote also for broccoli.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 2, 2009 18:21:12 GMT
They're not that available. However, I have English and Canadian friends who seek them out and serve them on gala occasions. I always feel slightly guilty eating them, as I certainly am not as thrilled about them as I'm supposed to be. The only thing I really like about them is how all those tightly packed little leaves feel on my tongue.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 2, 2009 18:43:51 GMT
My daughter used to call them doll's cabbages. Perhaps you'll feel better about them now.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 2, 2009 18:56:53 GMT
I love brussels sprouts
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Post by lagatta on Mar 3, 2009 0:02:47 GMT
Carrots, exactly like kerouac. I do love them grated in salads though, but I hate cooked carrots.
I don't like the standard broccoli much, but I love rapini (broccoli rabe), which are much more bitter, with more flavour and not as tough. There are also good Chinese varieties.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 3, 2009 7:59:27 GMT
Carrots are one of those staples we always have in the house. In winter they make a lunchtime salad: grated with lemon juice, sugar, olive oil, s & p. Mra Faz makes an excellent Indian carrot and mustard seed dish. They go into stirfries. I cook them al dente and serve with chopped ginger and mint. There are excellent Turkish recipes (but I'm not going downstairs for my green file). One of them is rissoles with the addition of chopped dry apricots. Another has yogurt and garlic. Another has carrots cooked with green lentils and tomato sauce. And carrots form an integral part of lots of other recipes from a navarin of lamb to mussels cooked with potato, celeriac, carrots ets. Not an exciting veg in itself. But I wouldn't be without carrots.
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Post by happytraveller on Mar 3, 2009 8:03:20 GMT
Me too ! Carrots are only good raw. Cooked they are kind of... I dunno... slimey and slightly taste like they had been digested before.
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Post by Jazz on Mar 3, 2009 11:34:49 GMT
Turnips are uninspiring. Maybe I haven't had them well prepared? Another is eggplant...mushy and tasteless. But I second Baz's stirring defence of the carrot.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2009 11:59:35 GMT
Many vegetables lose their best qualities generally within 72 hours of being harvested,some like corn,within 24 hours. Some of the sugars turn to starch. Carrots harvested and cooked within a day or so taste are night and day from those bought at the supermarket.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 3, 2009 14:09:02 GMT
Are Brussel sprouts eaten in Mexico? As Bixa said, rarely. But we found some in our mercado a couple of weeks ago. I braised them with mushrooms and a few pecans. I like the bitter taste of the brussels sprouts.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 3, 2009 15:32:46 GMT
Aubergines are Mrs Faz's favourite vegetable. If you are not careful, Jazz, I shall inundate you with dozens of aubergine recipes.
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Post by gringalais on Mar 3, 2009 15:59:13 GMT
Not a big fan of eggplant except for baba ganoujh. When I was a kid I hated it, but now I will eat it. I think what I could most go without is most types of squash or brussels sprouts. Shredded raw carrots are good on a salad, but I've never been a fan of them cooked. I have rarely seen brussels sprouts here, and you don't see much variety of squash here, just zucchini and some sort of orange squash that is similar to a pumpkin, so I don't have much chance to eat those if I wanted. My mom used to always serve some sort of yellow, zucchini-shaped squash that she called summer squash as a kid. I never much liked that.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 4, 2009 3:32:36 GMT
I love grilled eggplant/aubergine, but I only buy it in season when we have the mild Sicilian and other varieties that are so lucious that way.
I hate tasteless lettuce.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2009 3:35:48 GMT
Gringa, the yellow summer squash (crookneck) is not available here. When I go to the States I eat it until my eyes bug out.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 4, 2009 8:36:03 GMT
Like Lagatta I hate tasteless lettuce. Iceberg is crisp but that is its sole virtue.
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Post by wibblywobblydo on Mar 4, 2009 19:52:25 GMT
When it comes to vegetables, you are only limited by your imagination. Chard & Kale work my brain but cant say I can live without them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2009 20:08:45 GMT
Good point, Wibbly. I forgot about kale, a vegetable that I'd go for only if there were no other leafy greens around. I like chard because it can be fixed so simply, but tastes so good. It makes a nice raw spinach substitute, too.
Okay, I'll bite: what do you do with those two?
And incidentally -- welcome! Nice to see you here. Is it okay to ask where you're from?
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 4, 2009 20:43:36 GMT
Wibbly has posted on TT for years. He registered on TTR as Brock Lee. Welcome Wibbles.
Jazz, I'llposst some aubergine recipes but not tonight. I have been up a long time (for me) and am not up to strength yet.l
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 20:51:22 GMT
Wibbly has posted on TT for years. He registered on TTR as Brock Lee. Welcome Wibbles. Does he get cold fast?
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2009 21:08:41 GMT
By "where you're from", I meant country of origin or place of residence, not the internet!
At any rate, yes, I know who you are, Wibbly. I hope you'll think about starting a thread(s) for some meaningful discussion about vegetarianism. Whether for economic or health reasons, more and more people want to learn more about it, and what better place than a forum where they can question and discuss.
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