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Favourite vegetable

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Justagirlwholovesaboy · 04/03/2019 02:34

If you could only ever have one which would it be? I’m going for baby carrots. Disclaimer I’m not vegan or vegetarian, I just love veg

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AuntieOxident · 05/03/2019 01:37

I haven't seen much love for Brussels sprouts so far but the suggestion above for cinnamon on cabbage reminded me that there is an amazing Nigella recipe for sprouts with cinnamon, preserved lemon and pomegranate seeds.
I thought it sounded most unpromising but tried it on a friend's recommendation and it works really well.

kellyh39 · 05/03/2019 01:38

Asparagus

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 05/03/2019 01:50

I’ve read the posts and decided I was right despite evidence to the contrary, I’m saying sweetcorn wins, especially corn on the cob. For you parsnip lovers I hope you get the stringy bit. Tomato’s are a fruit and don’t count plus they are squishy and make everything soggy. Asparagus makes your wee smell funky. And finally potatoes, they are just a filler, they are the person in a band occasionally tapping a tambourine, they serve a purpose but no one likes them on their own

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Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 02:03

Just !!!!
You can’t do that!?
Did you even read my post on sweet corn?
Incidentally didn’t you start the thread by saying you loved baby carrots?
That’s low Just low

Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 02:09

Vegetable band would be
Potato on tambourine (for obvious reasons)
Sweet corn on bass (it’s wellard)
Peas are lead guitar
Broccoli on keyboard
And the lead singer?
🥬CABBAGE!!
tomatoes are all the sad groupies

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 05/03/2019 02:12

I do love a baby carrot (tinned is somehow better), put it next to sweetcorn though I know what if choose. I would happily eat both of the tasty things.

But corn can be barbecued so wins, a carrot would just die

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Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 02:13

I’m gonna say something really dirty now.....
Tinned new potatoes

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 05/03/2019 02:14

“Lovinngbenidorm

Vegetable band would be
Potato on tambourine (for obvious reasons)
Sweet corn on bass (it’s wellard)
Peas are lead guitar
Broccoli on keyboard
And the lead singer?
🥬CABBAGE!!
tomatoes are all the sad groupies“

I want to see this!!!

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Justagirlwholovesaboy · 05/03/2019 02:15

I do have a special guilty place for tinned new potatoes, they were a previous love at uni and even though I’ve moved on...fond memories of the slimy bastards!

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Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 02:17

I am definitely going now!
I cannot believe that I have been sucked in by a thread about vegetables!
Goodnight all!

Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 02:21

I really am going to bed now but I want everyone to admit that the winner is, without a doubt, always will be, the one, the only
caaaaaaabbbbbbbaaaaaaaageeee! 🤓
Ai thang ooo

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 05/03/2019 02:22

i Really wanted to comment about sucking and vegetables, I didn’t I’m that mature. Good night Benidorm 😂

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LunafortJest · 05/03/2019 14:47

I am surprised at the amount of people saying cabbage. Cabbage is utterly tasteless and it makes you fart. Struggling to figure out the appeal of a gas-producing tasteless good. Strangely I never really thought of corn as a vegetable. I don't know why. I always saw it as a filler on your plate, one of those side things but not an actual vegetable to speak of.

ScottChegg · 05/03/2019 17:08

I've been trying to decide but every time I think I've decided I remember another one I love! How can you pick just one??

Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 17:13

Surely the fact that cabbage is pump inducing is yet another point in its favour 🤓

Lovingbenidorm · 05/03/2019 17:14

Well done for not going there Just !

NameChanger1985 · 05/03/2019 17:16

Leeks

MitziK · 05/03/2019 20:23

It's not my two favourites, but cabbage is really nice - the best, in my opinion, is Savoy, but I also really like spring greens, cauliflower leaves, sprout tops, red, green, pointed, with an extra mention of homegrown Rainbow Chard, Brussels Sprouts and beetroot tops.

You can

Boil it quickly until it's luminous and have it with gallons of thick gravy

Stir it through mashed potatoes and have loads of sea salt and butter.

Tear it up and bake it quickly in the oven with a little oil, sea salt and chilli flakes for crisps that actually taste of something.

Use the leaves as a wrap.

Boil it quickly with caraway seeds.

Pickle it.

Make the best coleslaw.

Munch on raw bits as you're cooking, thus stopping you from eating the fattier things around.

Grow them in your garden and have it completely filled with butterflies all summer long. just as long as you don't actually want to eat the things

The key is cooking them lightly, rather than boiling to death and then slopping half its weight again in pondwater coloured liquid onto your plate, thus diluting mash, making roasties soggy and diluting gravy until it tips off your plate. Yuk; that's why so few people like cabbage.

And, one of the things that started my feeling well disposed towards the things - stick whole leaves in the fridge and then inside your bra when your milk is coming in.

What's not to like about it?

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 06/03/2019 01:52

@MitziK you should write a cabbage cookbook! Just don’t do book signings as pretty sure the smells coming from you won’t be nice (jk) 😂

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VioletBedframe · 06/03/2019 03:04

Asparagus dipped in baked Camembert

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 06/03/2019 03:07

@VioletBedframe Why would you bring cheese into this??? Cheese is evil! This is a vegetable thread, go away you cheese loving cheese eater (ok I’m rubbish at insults but lactose intolerant ) 😂

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ADHMeeee · 06/03/2019 03:23

Petit pois

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 06/03/2019 03:26

@ADHMeeee now you are just throwing french insults about 😂

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kateandme · 06/03/2019 04:24

MitziK you didn't mention cabbage steaks.oh myyy they are good.also as cauli steak and broco steaks.
and in the polish stew with polish sausages.

ADHMeeee · 06/03/2019 05:35

Ah, non, ce n'est-ce pas un pipe

Fucking love peas, me

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