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inspired by the okra thread, i have just done a round-office survey in my lunch hour - the overall result was tomatoes in 1st place, potatoes in 2nd and parsnips in third. (someone did vote for both chervil and nettle but i marked their ballot as spoiled). anyway, let's have yours in order of preference. feel free to provide reasons for your decision - and feel equally at liberty to include peas, despite what mark s might tell you.

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:46 (twenty years ago)

1 potatoes
2 asparagus
3 broccoli
4 peas
5 green peppers

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

NOOOOOOO!! peas are insects

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

Technically, tomato is a fruit.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:51 (twenty years ago)

i'm not sure potatoes count either

1. onion
2. mushrooms
3. peas
4. swede
5. red peppers

― $V£N! (blueski), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

What unoriginal choices!

1) Broccoli
2) Kale (esp curly)
3) Bok Choi
4) Mushrooms (I know, technically a fungus but still yumgus)
5) Edamame beans

(If I'm not allowed mushrooms, then move up Edamame beans and put Asparagus at number 5)

― Adherents of the Repeated Kate (kate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

1. nettle
2. thistle
3. holly
4. monkey puzzle tree
5. vast thomas heath3rington sculpture made of metal

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

multi x-post! I was saying your coworkers choices were unoriginal! ILX0rs choices look mouthwatering.

― Adherents of the Repeated Kate (kate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

actually, onion is disqualified as it makes my eyes hurt when chopping. so cabbage sneaks in at 5. or am i allowed aubergine?

― $V£N! (blueski), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

If potatoes don't count, I'm switching out that one for onions. mmm...

Peas are GREAT. Ooh, I also love the spring peas in stir fry.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

no order:

artichokes
bok choi
carrots
spinach
cucumbers

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

what of pumpkin? can i say pumpkin?

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Asparagus
Rocket
Mushrooms
Shallots
Aubergine (versatile!

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

Onions
Corn
Taters
Maters
Asparagus

1st runner-up: zucchini

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:58 (twenty years ago)

i have no problem eatin peas, i just think they shd categorised be as green termites

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

Corn is an instrument of the devil. The tooth devil.

― Adherents of the Repeated Kate (kate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

my poll, so i say what goes and potatoes definitely are *in*. i am including anything commonly served as a vegetable so this embraces spuds and other tubers, tomatoes peppers and other things smart people will say are fruits, squashes, beans etc... and peas!

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

egg-plant
bacon-plant
sausage-plant
fried breadplant
baked-beans plant

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 12:59 (twenty years ago)

top 5 most aesthetically pleasing vegetables:

1. beets
2. tomatillos
3. bok choi
4. okra
5. chiles

top 5 most versatile essentials:

1. potatoes
2. tomatoes
3. onion
4. spinach
5. celery

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

haha SAUSAGEPLANT, you're killing me!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

mine are

potatoes
sprouting brocolli
curly kale (both need to be served hot and absolutely slathered in butter)
cos/romaine romaine lettuce (coz it is the base of caesar salad)
parsnips

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

DANDELION GREENS

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:03 (twenty years ago)

DANDELION GREENS IS PEOPLE

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:04 (twenty years ago)

the person whose votes i discounted also included dandelions

― jamie stelfoxx, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:05 (twenty years ago)

Lacinato kale
Daikon
Rainbow chard
Red cabbage
Broccoflower

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:07 (twenty years ago)

http://www.fitchicago.com/lachoy1.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

brocolli
parsnip
potato
carrot
pea

(put mushroom above pea if mushroom is admissible)

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

My sister says if she could only eat one food for the rest of her life, it would be potatoes because that includes chips, crisps, mashed, baked, roasted, boiled, gnocchi and dauphinoise. Personally, I'd prefer cheese. Does the mould on cheese count as veg?

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

are daikon those wallopping, pretty much indecent japanese radishes?

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:11 (twenty years ago)

Red cabbage is great! My dad makes this cole slaw with red cabbage and beets and lemon juice that is le bomb.

x-post, yes they are...eaten straight out of the ground, they are one of the oddly spiciest, hardest to eat things I've ever had in my mouth

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

Aubergine
Purple kale
Marrow
Potato
Artichokes

― Alix with an i? (alix), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

OMG SUPERDAIKON
http://www.munakata.or.jp/yamazakiya/daikon.jpg

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:13 (twenty years ago)

stelfox do those long purple turkish radishes have a special name?

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

daikon are supposed to look like a woman's calf, damn I'll never understand Japanese sexuality

I forgot Japanese eggplant, that stuff makes a pasta sauce that goes beyond being da bomb into actual holy shit Edgar-Styles'-mom-is-melting nuclear meltdown toxic Superfund cleanup territory

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

MAWWOW!

― Wykk, Bwiton (blueski), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

re radishes: you know i'm not sure. they seem like the default turkish radish, though. not much in the way of the trad british small spherical red kind from what i've seen.

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

sweet potatoes
jalapenos
broccoli
asparagi
spinach

runner up: pickles

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

I will try to avoid the fruits and fruit-vegetables on this thread. (But I'll note that I don't feel right if 24 hrs have passed without any tomato)

Broccoli
Onion
Garlic
Mushrooms
Greens (non-spinach, but otherwise unspecified)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

Tomato. If you have to ask why, you have not fully considered the magic that is a tomato.

Onion. Ditto.

Corn. Off the cob it's merely ok, but without corn we would have no corn chips, no crispy taco shells, no corn tortillas, no cornbread, no polenta. The world would be very sad without corn.

Spinach. Make a salad, make a side dish, add it as an ingredient, put it on a pizza. It's delicious.

Carrot. Because carrot juice may be my favorite thing in the world.

Cucumber. Because there's nothing cooler. I can eat a whole bowl of cucmber in a sitting, with a little light oil and some pepper, maybe. Or maybe just raw. It's like watermelon, only green.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:35 (twenty years ago)

How does polenta work? I have no idea.

― Alix with an i? (alix), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

In favor of inclusiveness, in most diet books, alternative health books, and even cook books, such foods as mushrooms, tomatoes, and potatoes are classified as vegetables. Only scientists and know-it-alls insist on their otherness.

― Everything Girl, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Well, I am most certainly not a scientist.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

x-post: i did say earlier that this is my thread and therefore here i get to dictate what a vegetable is. for the record, i do agree with you, though.

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:43 (twenty years ago)

this is great tho - just talking about veg makes me feel healthy. and just as well coz i don't eat much of it.

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

It's like... um... halfway between cornbread and grits. And it's awesome. I like it with cheese in it.

http://www.initaly.com/regions/friuli/sims.htm

― happy fun ball (kenan), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

How does polenta work? I have no idea.

Corn meal sucks up liquid flava, is the long and short of it.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

no order:

potatoes
carrots
rutabagas
artichokes
garlic

― sugarpants: bea arthur's secret lover (sugarpants), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

See, I was thinking garlic, but is it really a vegetable the way an onion is?

― happy fun ball (kenan), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

yams/sweet potatoes
beets
potatoes
corn on de cob
pumpkin
another runner-up vote for pickles

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

what is a rutabaga? i know it's in branston pickle. is it like a massive turnip?

― stelfox, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:12 (twenty years ago)

potato
leek
parsnip
sweet potato
carrot

I am surprised at the lack of love for leeks. I am always eating leeks.

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Broccoli
Cauliflower
Lettuce
Peas
Carrots & Pumpkin !!! :-)

― miele kitty (miele), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

I love leeks, Cathy. When we make a roast, I often cut leeks into long thin strips and lay them on a an oiled cookie sheet with a drizzle of olive oil and salt on them to make crunchy leek strings.

Omitting the tomato which is a fruit and so far beyond any other foodstuffs in bringing me pleasure:

Pea Sprouts
Brussel Sprouts
Arugula/Roquette
Broccoli Rabe
Fennel

― M. White (Miguelito), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Wow, I have to go and eat leeks now!

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

If garlic counts, I'm changing ALL of my top 5 to garlic.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

1. Asparagus
2. Green onions/scallions
3. Turnip Greens
4. Yams
5. Squash

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:29 (twenty years ago)

baby corn
baby carrots
babies
potatos
lettuce

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:30 (twenty years ago)

tomatoes
spinach
potatoes
orange-fleshed squash
sprouting broccoli

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

potatoes
corn
carrots
beans
peas

I listed what I eat most often, thus I regret not including broccoli, cauliflower, and squash

― Stan Fields (Stan Fields), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

Stelfox -- apparently rutabaga = swede, kin to the turnip but not the exact same thing. Not my thing at all -- much more bitter than young turnips, if I recall correctly.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

who in this beeyotch hates peas?

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

1. Pea
2. Broccoli
3. Radish
4. Spinach
5. Tomato

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

There is not enough Radish love.

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 16:00 (twenty years ago)

They're too small.

― Alix with an i? (alix), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 16:10 (twenty years ago)

1. The onion. Such a magical thing.
2. Garlic
3. Red Bell Pepper
4. Asparagus
5. Spinach

― Dan M. (OutDatWay), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 16:12 (twenty years ago)

Peas are sometimes very unpleasant.

― happy fun ball (kenan), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:14 (twenty years ago)

1. bitter salad greens
2. Nantes carrots
3. Persian cucumbers
4. broccoli
5. asparagus

― youn, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

1 Red peppers
2 corn
3 brocoli
4 water chestnut
5 Terri Schivo

― JD from CDepot, Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

well i don't like many vegetables so only one of my favorites is actually green.

1. mushrooms
2. spinach
3. red peppers
4. um...other peppers?
5. carrots are tolerable

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:34 (twenty years ago)

I love veggies so much I cant really pick 5 but I'll try:

1. onions
2. mushrooms
3. green beans
4. garlic
5. potatoes

See these arent even veg to me, they're essentials, like salt! Well the onion and garlic anyhow. And I cant count tomatoes else I would have.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

i can't believe garlic is a vegetable, throw out the carrots

― Maria (Maria), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

Its funny, I used to hate carrots, corn, peas, pumpkin and tomatoes as a kid. Now I love them all. And I think it is entirely down to how they're prepared. A lifetime of mum's very english "boil everything to mush and add salt" cooking put me off many veg. Then I tried things like peas simmered with fried onion, pumpkin scones, and fresh tomato with olive oil and basil on crackers... and well, I changed =)

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:59 (twenty years ago)

Five off the top of my head: artichokes, zuchinni, cauliflower, cabbage, yams. That's for cooked. If we're going for raw veggies: asparagus, tomatoes, mushrooms...
Does everyone else have veggies that they only ever eat raw/cooked?

― mouse (mouse), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

Well I dont know if anyone would ever eat raw potato...

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 06:35 (twenty years ago)

Potatoes
Onion
Leeks
Broccoli
Butternut squash

I made leek and potato soup at the weekend, absolutely heavenly.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 07:43 (twenty years ago)

swede should only be eaten mashed with HALF A TON of butter and lots of black pepper. it is also much better consumed naked, surrounded by similarly disrobed blonde women in a sauna.

― stelfox, Wednesday, 13 April 2005 08:59 (twenty years ago)

i totally second terry shiavo.

chickpeas/garbanzo beans.

― Emilymv (Emilymv), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

eight months pass...

radish
artichoke
red cabbage
red onion
cucmber

― terry lennox. (gareth), Sunday, 8 January 2006 21:50 (twenty years ago)

artichoke
asparagas
spinach
bell peppers (roasted not raw)
brussel sprouts*

*only prepared the way I'm doing tonight. quarter sprouts & roast at 450 for half an hour w/chopped shallots salt & pepper. remove and deglaze pan w/scant quarter-cup of stock. doesn't need olive oil.

YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT'S A VEGETABLE!

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 8 January 2006 22:01 (twenty years ago)

sweet potato
baked potato
mashed potato
Mr. Potato
Adam Potato

― dawg sez, Monday, 9 January 2006 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Revised list:

baby spinach
rocket
tomato
pumpkin
mushrooms

Actually i love ALL veg, except for cucumber.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:02 (twenty years ago)

Actually i love ALL veg, except for cucumber

Trayce!
That video of you with a Kosher Dill would lead one to believe otherwise.

― dawg sez (dawg sez), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Yeah but it isnt a cucumber now, is it?

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:10 (twenty years ago)

I guess if I called a pile of dogshit marshmellows then stepped in it, it wouldn't smell bad because it wouldn't be dogshit anymore.

― dawg sez (dawg sez), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:13 (twenty years ago)

potato
kale (esp. when steamed w/ lemon juice)
spinach
okra
portabella mushroom

All vegetables I have ever had are okay-to-orgasmic with the exception of beets. Beets can eat the proverbial bag of dicks.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Monday, 9 January 2006 02:02 (twenty years ago)

I have changed my selection:

rocket
asparagus
shiitake mushrooms
avocados
shallots.

― Wogan Lenin (dog latin), Monday, 9 January 2006 02:15 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

wild garlic

why no thread for leguman?

― czn, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

LEGUMAN

\o/

― czn, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:05 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEKywCmKIYA

― czn, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

vegetables are rad anyway

peas are def in my top 3

― czn, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:06 (eighteen years ago)

top 5 vegetables

― czn, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:14 (eighteen years ago)

ASPARAGUS YEAH!!

asparagus =>=>=> ASPARAGUST

― czn, Monday, 19 November 2007 22:18 (eighteen years ago)

I can't believe how little love eggplant is getting.

1. Eggplant.
2. Garlic.
3. Chillis.
4. Tomato.
5. Spinach.

I do feel like 2 and 3 are cheating, though.

― sandy in sydney, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:12 (eighteen years ago)

Parsnips
Beets
fresh peas
asparagus
fennel

all, so good

― Jaq, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:24 (eighteen years ago)

I'll stick with my original top 5, but now my 6-10 would be
artichokes
yellow squash
lettuce
blackeyed peas
garlic

I'm going to add artichokes to the tomatocentric garden repertoire next year.

― Rock Hardy, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:27 (eighteen years ago)

beets are incredibly good. i bought some at the farmers market in front of city hall, which ended in october, but only ended up eating them last week because i noticed they had grown even more elaborate tops. anyway they were incredibly sweet and such a lovely color.

― youn, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)

oh gosh bosh i forgot about Nantes carrots. too bad they only have them in the trader joe's in ca not the trader joe's here i mean.

― youn, Monday, 19 November 2007 23:32 (eighteen years ago)

I avoided this thread the first time through. I love too many vegetables to snub any one of them. Ardent vegetable love oozes from my pores like musk from the glands of a civet cat. However, in the spirit of lists which overtakes this festive season of the year, I will stop banging on and list five vegies which I greatly adore:

asparagus (the monarch of vegies)
pea pods
onions
curly kale
winter squash (turban or butternut are v. nice varieties)

-- But there hasn't been one vegie mentioned in this thread I can't work up a good, frothing enthusiasm for.

― Aimless, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 02:19 (eighteen years ago)

cauliflowers
cabbages
Zucchinis
carrots
green chick peas

― Heave Ho, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 02:31 (eighteen years ago)

gosh bosh!

I would like to elevate undifferentiated greens on my list and subordinate garlic. And replace mushrooms with asparagus or maybe artichokes.

I am not counting legumes, legume.

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 02:32 (eighteen years ago)

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