Vegetables
Lets find out what everyone's favorite veggie is on NT.
Lets just say you had to pick only one veggie that you could only have for one whole year....What would it be?
{Only one please}
Please, no politics and religion, and be polite. Thank you.
So tell us what your favorite would be...
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If a tomato wasn't a fruit I would have picked it, but my pick has to be potatoes. They are a staple, a comfort food, can be prepared in many ways - baked, boiled, mashed, whipped, fried, roasted. Many people in Ireland survived by eating nothing but potatoes for a long time.
You get another pick Buzz. Potatoes are not a vegie...edible tuber.
LOL Dulay - good catch. A tuber it is. Okay, then I'll go for one that most people hate - Brussels sprouts. I really like the taste of them.
Zucchini .. I can grill it, steam it .. make bread with it
Cucumbers .. just cause they are so good : )
Corn on the Cob .. grilled wrapped with tinfoil with butter an a wee bit of garlic...
Potatoes …….. most definitely, something that I can prepare a multitude of ways : )
almost forgot carrots, peas, green beans ...
I know you said only pick one, but that is impossible …. veggies are just to yummy … good thing someone invented butter : )
Corn is a grain.
Again, corn is a grain. Picture it as a giant wheat stalk.
Avocado?
It would appear corn is that which I desire it to be …. : )
Or is that a fruit?
This talk of corn reminds me. When I was a teenager in Maryland, the farmers sold corn on the cob out of their trucks (I heard you were from there). It was called silver queen corn, or something like that. We use to buy it and have to peel it ourselves, even pull the little strings off. Some people cooked them without peeling anything off. I always liked to look for worms. It was the best corn I have had. Of course this was about 30 yrs ago.
It is Silver Queen corn. It's a very old variety.
Also a fruit!
As is Rice.
Silver Queen is still around and is my favorite corn
The seed is still available.
My dad always grew Illini and Iochief.
There are very few vegetables that I don't like.
Don't lie Two Shoes, you love ALL vegetables!
I'm not Ms. Goody Two Shoes.
I don't like peas, but I'll eat them.
You're NOT Ms. Goody Two Shoes, because you eat the vegetables you don't like? Ooooook then!
I wouldn't cook them for myself but if I'm in a restaurant or at someone's house I eat them to be polite. I had to pick and shell peas for hours as a kid and they just don't taste like much.
I'm not a fan of 95% of fresh tomatoes because they just don't taste like much, especially between September and July. I've always grown tomatoes and I know what a proper tomato tastes like. I hate the rubbery pink things on most burgers and salads.
If a mushroom is a veggie then they are my favorite, either that or Brussel sprouts.
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Kinda thought that would happen...
Umm, well, I guess I politicized your vegetable blog...sorry!
Lol, that's what I said, my favorite vegetable, but it got deleted!
I would pick Kale even though I don't really care for the taste. I eat it because it is considered a superfood high in nutritional benefit.
You're gonna croak anyway Deano, I hate to tell ya!
Kale is a member of the group of Cruciferous vegetables-- and they all have similar nutritional benefits": Collard Greens, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, and Broccoli Rabe.
Maryland Blue Crabs.
Okay, okay, okay, black olives.
You get another pick too. Olives are a fruit.
LOL, I get screwed up on the borderline things. Like Buzz I would say Tomatoes, but remember that is fruit.
Then I will go with potatoes. Mmmmm, potato and catfish pancakes.
...and i researched, potatoes are veggies:
At least according to some sites.
Potatoes are a tuber.
tu·ber
[ˈt(y)o͞obər]
NOUN
a much thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g. in the potato, serving as a food reserve and bearing buds from which new plants arise.
synonyms: tuber · corm · rhizome
a tuberous root, e.g. of the dahlia.
synonyms: radicle · rhizome · rootstock · tuber · tap root · [more]
anatomy
a rounded swelling or protuberant part.
What Galen said.
My three favorite foods are eggs, potatoes and tomatoes. Not a vegie among them though I eat vegies a plenty.
BTW, I'm a horticulturalist so I know a little about this.
True and a tuber is a type of vegetable:
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?
A vegetable is the edible portion of a plant. Vegetables are usually grouped according to the portion of the plant that is eaten such as leaves (lettuce), stem (celery), roots (carrot), tubers (potato), bulbs (onion) and flowers (broccoli)
I don't doubt your credentials. just referencing other sites as in post 8.3.6.
BTW, good diet there.
Interesting. If so, then my potato choice is correct. Now, rhubarb is used for its stem (love strawberry-rhubarb pie) so is it a vegetable?
Its leaves are poisonous!
After consulting with my good friend, Dr Google (I think I saw that reference on this site somewhere), it is considered a vegetable. At least according to this site:
I know.
Love my Asparagus, both white and green! Grilled, steamed, stirfried, boiled doesn't matter, naked or top them with any number of sauces. Mmm now I've got a hankering for some garlic and herb buttered asparagus with bacon bits.
But afterwards..............peeyewchee !!
Lol you're not wrong there, but well worth the price imo. BTW white asparagus is worse that green for the after smell.
BRUSSEL SPROUTS smother cooked in butter and bacon chips, and covered with melted cheese on top when served.
Brussel Sprouts do smell like dead fish when being cooked, but the end product is worth it.
Love brussel sprouts!
Try giving them a quick pan cooking in butter to soften them up a bit, cut them in half and put a small thin piece of velveta cheese in the middle, wrap a small bacon piece around them, stick it with a tooth pick, and then stick them under the broiler until the bacon gets a little crust on the edges.
To die for.
Yep. I chose Brussels sprouts when I was told potatoes were tubers, not veggies, but now it's been pointed out that tubers ARE veggies.
Baked Potato's.....loaded...… are great !
I do the same with water chestnuts.
Pole beans or pintos, seasoned with pork and served with cornbread and iced tea.
Pick again, beans are seeds.
I'm pretty sure that beans fall into the vegetable group.
Vegetable: has a very broad description, basically any part of a plant that is edible for human consumption.
We subdivide them ( or try to ) into fruits, grains, roots, etc. ( Corn is considered a vegetable but is also both a fruit and a grain )
but they are all accepted as vegetables, except mushrooms. Botanically speaking fungi are a separate group from plants and genetically are closer to animals than plants.
Another oddity; honey is technically considered raw meat because it is an animal ( bees) byproduct.
Legumes — a class of vegetables that includes beans, peas and lentils — are among the most versatile and nutritious foods available. Legumes are typically low in fat, contain no cholesterol, and are high in folate, potassium, iron and magnesium. They also contain beneficial fats and soluble and insoluble fiber.
But isn't it composed almost entirely of sugars and water?
Honey is only 18% water, or less. The bee provided enzymes convert the fructose into sucrose and other sugars ,
The low water content helps prevent honey from spoiling.
Honey has 2% minerals and protein, compared to zero in white sugar.
My favorite vegetables are the mushrooms on top of a 16 oz steak!
Or with REAL Australian or New Zealand lamb chops.
The ones that look like wishbones slow cooked in basil. Not that white creamy basil sauce. Olive oil, basil and other herbs and spices.
Botanically speaking mushrooms are fungi and are a separate group from plants and genetically are closer to animals than plants;
they are not considered veggies because they are not derived from plants.
Gosh! From Kathleen's first post through all the comments my imagination goes wild.
I love vegetables and love to cook.
Had to come down to my taste which is asperagus. I think the hollandaise image got me.
Sweet potatoes. They can be boiled, steamed, fried, mashed or added to soup/chili. Savory or sweet. I also make sweet potato biscuits. If for some reason I did not have pumpkin or winter squash, I could envision using them as a substitute in pumpkin bread or incorporated into zucchini bread.
My husband hated sweet potatoes because his family only fixed them with marshmallows during the fall/winter holidays. He changed his mind about sweet potatoes the first time he ate them fried in the oven with cajun seasoning.
I simply bake a sweet potato like a white potato. I just put hot sauce and maybe salt on them for a healthy starch side.
Brussel sprouts, caramelized in evoo, and sprinkled with balsamic vinegar and sea salt.
Just boil mine with butter and, some lemon pepper added.
I haven't found a vegetable that I don't like, raw or, cooked.
Seasonal veggies, sauteed or roasted. It's hard to pick, no pun intended.
I guess onion would be my fav because it adds so much flavor to everything else.
Is garlic a vegetable ?
They are in a group of plants called "Alliums" (Garlic, Onion, Leeks, Scallions, Shallots). The unpleasant smell that often exists is because the contain Sulphur-- but that is also the reason they are considered "Superfoods". They may lower the risk of Cancer, and have other health benefits.
They add a lot of flavour to a dish, but their positive effects are even stronger when eaten raw.
Onion, because tomato is out
1. Broccoli
2. Onions
3. Kale