Guest guest Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we just can't live without. But this week's question is what is your least favorite vegetable and why? Perhaps it was the frequency it was served when you were growing up, or the over-cooked preparation. Or maybe it just has a bad flavor to your palate. Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? And finally, is it something you would be willing to give another try with the right recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 --- feralvegetarian_moderators <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: > QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: > > We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we > > just can't live without. But this week's question is > what is your least favorite vegetable and why? Okra. I've had it maybe twice, both times in soup. I was completely repulsed by it and I'm not sure I'd give it another try, but I might if it actually came out looking appetizing. I have tried & loved many new veggies over the past year or so, so I'm not too worried about excluding okra from my diet. -- Liz ______________________________\ ____ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Small Business. http://smallbusiness./domains/?p=BESTDEAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I adore vegetables, I even LOVE Brussel Sprouts, but I have to draw the line at Lima Beans. I have had them in numerous ways, and I just can't come to terms with them. Their taste reminds me of the way dirty window sills smell. I don't think there is a recipe out there that would make me like them, but I could be wrong. I bet they are so good for me, too. feralvegetarian_moderators <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we just can't live without. But this week's question is what is your least favorite vegetable and why? Perhaps it was the frequency it was served when you were growing up, or the over-cooked preparation. Or maybe it just has a bad flavor to your palate. Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? And finally, is it something you would be willing to give another try with the right recipe? < & O~ < & O~ < & O~ < & O~ < & O~ < & O~ < & O~ Looking to add a rat or mouse to your family? Please consider a homeless animal and visit: http://mooshika.org My personal pages: http://www.myspace.com/vanessa1969 | http://picasaweb.google.com/nessie1 | http://www.geocities.com/hollyivy1969/ Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Canada Messenger with Voice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 i'm not a big fan of fennel. i've tried it a couple of different ways and just don't like the licorice flavor. i don't care for beets all that much. i pickle them with turnips and juice them along with other fruits and veggies to include them in my diet. i also don't like sweet potatoes. i still try to eat them from time to time because they are good for you. i've tried them in soups and stews and other ways, and haven't found anything i like better than just baked with butter or in pancakes. --- feralvegetarian_moderators <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: > QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: > > We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we > > just can't live without. But this week's question is > what is your least favorite vegetable and why? > Perhaps it was the frequency it was served when > you were growing up, or the over-cooked preparation. > > Or maybe it just has a bad flavor to your palate. > Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? > And finally, is it something you would be willing > to give another try with the right recipe? ______________________________\ ____ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Mail Q & A for great tips from Answers users. http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396546091 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I have a few least favorites. Lima Beans, Beets, Raw Broccoli and Raw Cauliflower. Basically because of the strong flavors. I also hate succotash. My mother used to serve it to us with slices of processed cheese food melted over it. The veggies were always way undercooked and the cheese tasted like plastic. Hugs Liudwih ---- feralvegetarian_moderators 3/11/2007 1:01:20 PM QOTW: What is your least favorite vegetable? QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we just can't live without. But this week's question is what is your least favorite vegetable and why? Perhaps it was the frequency it was served when you were growing up, or the over-cooked preparation. Or maybe it just has a bad flavor to your palate. Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? And finally, is it something you would be willing to give another try with the right recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I guess I would have to say boiled celery. I love raw celery and I use celery a lot in soups/stews etc. However, boiled celery served as a separate vegetable always seems very bland and uninteresting to me. It doesn't seem to have much taste and it loses all of its lovely crunchy texture when cooked. When I was a child back in the late 1940's/very early 1950's my mother used to go shopping in the city every Friday and she took me along with her until I started at school. As a special treat we always ate out at the cafeteria style restaurant of a discount department store. Sometime we would just have sandwiches (either cheese and gherkin (YUM!!) or bacon with battered and fried brains - YUK, YUK, YUK!!!!!!!) and on other occasions we would have a hot meal. The hot meal was invariably accompanied by mashed potatoes (yum - still love them!) and boiled vegetables. The boiled vegetables were 'fished out' of a warming pan with a little strainer which was inverted over the plate. Because it was a very high volume restaurant all the dishing up was done very quickly and the vegetables were seldom drained sufficiently. I can still 'see' the pile of limp, soggy, overcooked, almost colourless celery and the little pool of cooking water which gathered at the bottom of the plate. Sometimes the celery was mixed with peas and diced carrots but the inevitable pool of water was still a special feature of the dish (LOL). The water diluted the already very runny and tasteless gravy which you almost needed a straw to consume. It was not exactly haute cuisine. I would love to know if anyone has some really good recipes for cooked celery and I would be more than happy to give celery another chance. I have tried it with various sauces but all I can taste then is the sauce and not the celery itself. Cheers from Marie _____ On Behalf Of feralvegetarian_moderators Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:59 PM QOTW: What is your least favorite vegetable? QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we just can't live without. But this week's question is what is your least favorite vegetable and why? Perhaps it was the frequency it was served when you were growing up, or the over-cooked preparation. Or maybe it just has a bad flavor to your palate. Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? And finally, is it something you would be willing to give another try with the right recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I agree with Vanessa. I just don't like lima beans. I don't know what it is about them that makes me feel like I'm eating dirt. I remember my Mom saying to me when I was growing up, " How do you know what dirt tastes like??? " I'd just tell her that it tastes like lima beans! I also spent some time last year trying to find a good recipe for kale and there was nothing that I liked. I used garlic...different broths....ginger...all kinds of things that sounded so yummy, but it always ended up tasting like bitter ol' kale. Stef Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well with brie. Now you can have a huge leap forward in email: get the new Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 The key is that you had it in soup, it was probably " gooey " . If you try it fried (coated with cornmeal), I bet you would like it. Fried okra is one of my favorite veggies and not slimey at all. Stephanie Never miss an email again! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 , " feralvegetarian_moderators " > QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: > > We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we > just can't live without. But this week's question is > what is your least favorite vegetable and why? BEETS! Red-pink, sweet-nasty, sort of taste dirty or muddy... I just never found a way yet that I can tolerate this veggie. *lol* > Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? Yes, I wish there were no vegetables I didn't like. I want to like beets because I know they are good for us. > And finally, is it something you would be willing > to give another try with the right recipe? Yes, I would try them again if I was served them at a dinner or something. I doubt I would try making them myself though unless I had them prepared in some way I like first. ~ PT ~ Look up. There is beauty to be seen in the sky. Look down. There is beauty in the earth. Look within. There is beauty in the heart. Look across. There is beauty in your neighbor's eyes. ~ Arthur Dobrin (1943-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I tried okra once or twice--slimy and yukky. I would give the french-fried a chance. I agree that cooked celery is kind of blah but I love the raw. Vice versa for the broccoli and raw cauliflower--I hate the raw but I love them cooked. My mom gave me a good raw broc. recipe before she died last year--I shall try to find it to post it. It was the only time I liked raw broccoli. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 --- In , " feralvegetarian_moderators " <feralvegetarian_moderators wrote: > > QOTW [questions of the week] for March 11th-17th: > > We all have a favorite, or a few favorite veggies we > just can't live without. But this week's question is > what is your least favorite vegetable and why? > Perhaps it was the frequency it was served when > you were growing up, or the over-cooked preparation. > Or maybe it just has a bad flavor to your palate. > Is it a vegetable you wish you could/would like? > And finally, is it something you would be willing > to give another try with the right recipe? > I used to hate aubergine (sorry I can't bring myself to refer to them as eggplant which sounds so unappetising) until I tried this dish in Turkey. The recipe comes from my cousin who is married to a Turk: Turkish Aubergine Salad Roast aubergines in a hot oven until the flesh is soft right through. (This can take over an hour.) Next, if you have a gas hob, smoke the aubergines by holding them over the flame, (mind your fingers!) If you have a grill in an electric oven, you could use this instead, leaving the aubergines under your grill, turning them periodically, until they are black. It is not essential that the aubergines are smoked, but it does give a lovely flavour. It probably doesn't matter whether you roast or smoke first, and it may be that smoking first will mean that the aubergines are firmer and easier to manipulate. I have just tended to roast then smoke. Leave the aubergines to cool. Squeeze some lemons - more or less according to taste - I usually use about 2-3 lemons for 5-6 aubergines. Slit the aubergines lengthways and remove the flesh. Put it in the lemon juice straight away to minimise discolouration. Add pressed garlic to taste, and as much or little olive oil as you fancy. An optional extra is natural yoghurt to taste. My mother-in-law adds quite a lot of yoghurt, so that it ends up being a more pale-looking dish. I tend to add what I think is just enough not to make the dish too acidic, but without drowning out the flavour of the aubergines. (Perhaps a couple of heaped tablespoons for about 5-6 aubergines.) I really can't raise much enthusiasm for leafy green vegetables - curly kale, spinach, sometimes even lettuce makes me feel like I might as well eat grass. I feel I ought to eat leafy greens, but mostly I can't be bothered. Now and then I will tolerate a handful of spinach leaves in soup or a few chopped leaves of bok choy. I would be prepared to try them again, but it would need to be a spectacular recipe! Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Overcooked veggies are disgusting to me, especially greens and cabbage. LOL. I love all veggie, when they are cooked just until tender though or baked/roasted crispy in the oven. Yummmm. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Boy do I agree with that!! Overcooked veggies are the worst. And that is what I grew up with so it took a long time to like veggies at all. Sam Overcooked veggies are disgusting to me, especially greens and cabbage. LOL. I love all veggie, when they are cooked just until tender though or baked/roasted crispy in the oven. Yummmm. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 i just dnt eat over cooked vegs of any kind,i usually blance the green ones nd loves to eat them crispy,yummy susan Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Here's a great recipe...from, Joanie Mock Potato Salad 4 eggs, hard boiled, peeled and chopped* 2 bags (1 lb. ea.) Green Giant® frozen cauliflower florets 1 bag (10 oz.) frozen peas and carrots 1-3/4 cups reduced-fat mayonnaise OR Miracle Whip salad dressing** 1 tsp. granulated sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper 1/4 tsp. paprika 1 TB cider vinegar 1 tsp. prepared yellow mustard 1 cup chopped celery 2/3 cup chopped onion *In 2 quart saucepan, place eggs in single layer; add enough cold water to cover eggs by 1 inch. Cover; heat to boiling. Remove from heat; let stand covered 30 minutes. Drain eggs. Immediately run cold water over eggs until completely cooled. Peel and chop eggs. In large 4 quart microwavable bowl, place frozen cauliflower and frozen peas and carrots; cover with microwavable waxed paper. Microwave on High 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once halfway through microwaving. Drain vegetables in colander; rinse with cold water to cool. Place colander over same large bowl; refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until cooled. In small bowl, mix mayonnaise, sugar, salt, pepper, 1/8 teaspoon of the paprika, the vinegar and mustard; set aside. Remove vegetables from refrigerator; discard any liquid in bowl. Pat drained vegetables dry with paper towels; chop any large cauliflower pieces into 3/4 inch chunks to resemble chopped potatoes. Place cauliflower, peas and carrots in same bowl. Add celery, onion and chopped eggs. Pour mayonnaise mixture over salad; stir until vegetables and eggs are well coated. Sprinkle remaining 1/8 teaspoon paprika over salad. If desired, cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or until well chilled before serving. Makes: 16 servings (1/2 cup each). **Note: Miracle Whip has 1/2 the fat of mayonnaise. Nutrition Information: Per serving (1/2 cup) calories 130, Total Fat 10 g, Sat fat 2 g, Trans Fat 0 g, Cholesterol 60 mg, Sodium 370 mg, Total Carbs 7 g, Dietary Fiber 2 g, Sugars 3 g, Protein 3 g. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Vegetable 2 Fat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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