Favorite Vegetable?

[ahem]

Speak up veggie lovers!

[davidinalameda]

1. corn

duh!

[ahem]

2. For me it's spinach with asparagus coming in a close second.

mmm.

[BlueJazz]

3. Brussels Sprouts and Cauliflower.. Yum!

[ahem]

5. How do you like your brussels?

I like to dip them in soy sauce :)

[Rowdyboy]

4. I really love speckled butterbeans, okra, asparagus, spinach, corn

tomatoes (preferrably green and fried) and sweet potatoes for a start. The others I just like.

[Left Is Write]

22. I like butter beans.

:D

[TheProphetess]

6. Asparagus

with broccoli as a very close second. Yum!
:)

[MrScorpio]

7. Green Beans!

Yumsters!

[ahem]

8. Which kind?

I like the real long, super skinny ones. I can eat them raw they're so good.

[MrScorpio]

12. These are my fave

[Nicole]

9. Avocado is my favorite from your list

but it's a fruit, not a veggie. So I voted for spinach.

[Gelliebeans]

23. I have an avocado tree

mmmmm they are my favorite fruit.

[Radical Activist]

10. Sounds like Kucinich.

Plus potatoes and corn.

[curse10]

11. Cucumber- but Avocados are close

:D

[giant_robot]

13. There's no way I can choose a single favorite veggie...

...there are just too many good ones, and variety is what I love about vegetables. Can't wait for the farmer's markets to open now!

[ahem]

14. I'm going to the farmer's market in a couple of hours.

Our best one opens at 3am. Can't wait!

[giant_robot]

16. I'm jealous...

...here in the northeast it's still too early to plant most things. There was a frost warning last night.

[ahem]

20. I'm jealous, too.

Because I'd rather be in NY!

[Mr. McD]

15. Avacodo is a fruit

a single seeded berry.

[ahem]

17. Yep, also called a fruit vegetable

http://www.foodsubs.com/Fruitvegies.html

but for the purposes of this not-at-all-scientific poll, I think it's fine to lump them in with veggies. ;)

[pnorman]

26. Like most here, I too regard avocado as a fruit.

however, I always season it as a vegetable --- salt, pepper, etc. However in the army, I once watched a Filipino season it as a "breakfast fruit" --- he added sugar and milk to it. (We were on KP together and were able to get all the avocados we wanted). I tried it myelf and liked it, but I never tried it that way again.

pnorman

[lpbk2713]

18. Other ..... Collard greens.

If prepared by someone who knows how to cook em right.

[ahem]

19. Yum. And kale, too.

Steamed first then sauteed in an iron skillet.

It's been too long since I've had some good collards.

[Left Is Write]

21. I like lots of them.

Broccoli, spinach, green beans, carrots and peas all rank pretty highly. And tomatoes, if one is counting them as vegetables. Well-prepared asparagus is great too.

[Floogeldy]

24. Terry Schiavo

I realize this is in horrible taste. But since when did taste have anything to do with it?

B-)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Hi, Floogeldy,

Omigod, my dear Floogeldy! That is just tooooo frickin' hilarious! And I agree with you, it is in horrible taste...but it's still very funny...it hurts, it's so bad! lololol

We haven't chatted in a while: how are you? I've been enjoying my first week of retirement...It's wonderful! Hope things are good for you, BTW!



:hi:


:pals:

[pnorman]

25. I never had any great love for spinach,

on the basis of how it was customarily prepared --- boiled until it was so limp, it made me feel drowsy just contemplating it.

But years back while living in Japan, I watched my wife preparing spinach (horenso). She washed it THOROUGHLY, cut it into short lengths, and just barely "cooked" it. It ended up looking GREEN and still had crispness to it. She then roasted sesame seeds and ground them, added shoyu and few other things I've forgotten. It was then chilled and served; mainly as an appetizer (a sort of sunomono), although it was a taste delight by itself.

Here in Seatle, I try my hand at it occasionally. I use a pressure cooker, and the instant it reaches pressure, I plunge the pot into cold water. It's not quite as good as I can recall (what ever is?) but it's stiil delicious.

pnorman
On edit: Raw spinach is also quite edible, so thare is no great harm in "undercooking" it. Try it!

[Zomby Woof]

27. Call any vegetable!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Super fresh broccoli, steamed just right, covered

with lots of butter (or other acceptable substitute) and drenched with lots of fresh lemon juice! Heaven...


Freshly harvested corn on the cob, asparagus are also big favorites...

:)

[MissHoneychurch]

30. tomatoes

as kid I hate them now I love them

[The Magistrate]

31. Green Beans, Boiled With A Slice Of Bacon.....

[leftofthedial]

32. green chili

avocados
potatoes