Fruit and Vegetables

[SDF]

And lastly, cherry tomatoes FTW

what’s this cherry tomato tin business? Do we mean chopped tomatoes or is this something different?

 

[Generic Account]

What’s everyone’s favourite vegetable?! I think mine is BROCCOLI.

Artichoke <3

 

[Sheena]

And lastly, cherry tomatoes FTW

what’s this cherry tomato tin business? Do we mean chopped tomatoes or is this something different?

Same idea as chopped tomatoes but cherry tomatoes! They’re amazing!

 

[Lucille]

I genuinely don't think I had a decent tomato until I went to the South of France when I was 18.

Even now Mr L will occasionally buy 'salad tomatoes' from supermarkets which taste of nothing.

I tend to find greengrocers more successful for tomatoes than supermarkets. Still hit and miss, though.

I had the same experience going to Spain as a teenager and being AGOG they could taste so good.

is it true they should not be kept in the fridge? I’ve only just found this out to my shame.

 

[Sheena]

Actually, if it counts, top of my list is the food item I would actually place only behind “egg yolk” in the things I love most, and that is pickled onions.

 

[SDF]

There was a massive slug in my cauliflower having a swell old time, it put me off a little

 

[Sheena]

I had the same experience going to Spain as a teenager and being AGOG they could taste so good.

is it true they should not be kept in the fridge? I’ve only just found this out to my shame.

Absolutely not. Same with strawberries really, but then keeping them long enough is an issue...

 

[Sheena]

Oh, I forgot avocados!

 

[Alla]

Oh be quiet, neither are tomatoes but unless you want to start a FUNGUS thread, shut up.

Tomatoes at least fit in the fruit category, mushrooms is something else, I love them.

I can't understand people that don't like any vegetable or fruit, as if they all taste the same. I know one guy like that, a friend's friend, and eating is always a nightmare for him, but specially for the rest when we eat out, as we can't go to most places because he doesn't eat anything. What a horrible life.

 

[lolly]

I think the British have a horrible tendency to serve tomatoes straight from the fridge though. When it's relatively flavourless in the first place, it's never going to work out.

 

[SDF]

Actually, if it counts, top of my list is the food item I would actually place only behind “egg yolk” in the things I love most, and that is pickled onions.

Anything pickled is great. I do enjoy a gherkin out the jar and pickled red cabbage or beetroot is also a bit of a guilty pleasure

 

[Generic Account]

I'm trying to think of fruits and vegetables I don't like.

Maybe grapefruit for the aftertaste.

 

[Ellie]

Same idea as chopped tomatoes but cherry tomatoes! They’re amazing!

Very good in a sweet potato curry

 

[SDF]

Fruit wise, you can’t beat a bit of Mango with a slice of lime

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Avocado is amazing. The naughtiest vegetable of them all.

You know I really hate green peppers.

 

[Lucille]

And lastly, cherry tomatoes FTW

what’s this cherry tomato tin business? Do we mean chopped tomatoes or is this something different?

No whole cherry tomatoes in a tin. I’ll often just cook them with a tin of anchovies and spaghetti for a super easy dinner.

 

[SDF]

Same idea as chopped tomatoes but cherry tomatoes! They’re amazing!

well this is a revelation!

 

[Lucille]

Avocados are OVER RATED.

 

[SDF]

And are they in the fresh aisles or sitting with the chopped tomatoes?

 

[Sheena]

Oh actually, sweet potato is something I’m not bothered by. I’ll eat it, but I’m not fond and sweet potato fries are AWFUL- they just taste of grease!

 

[Ellie]

Avocado is amazing. The naughtiest vegetable of them all.

You know I really hate green peppers.

There are some odd people who don’t believe me when I say green peppers taste different to the others. They look at me like I’m mad

 

[lolly]

I think I'd try anything pickled as well

 

[Sheena]

Avocados are OVER RATED.

WRONG. If you get them at the right moment and, again, they aren’t shitty supermarket crap ones, they’re brilliant. I had some tonight in a vegetable pasta and they were top notch.

 

[win_the_game]

Fruit wise, you can’t beat a bit of Mango with a slice of lime

Absolutely. Now that you've said it I could fair go some mango and lime!

 

[dmlaw]

I'd probably say that most beans and root vegetables like carrots or parsnips are my favourites if I'm going to have a portion of vegetables. Spinach is another favourite.

 

[Sheena]

There are some odd people who don’t believe me when I say green peppers taste different to the others. They look at me like I’m mad

Of course they do! That’s the whole point! They’re kinda bitter...

 

[Alla]

I had the same experience going to Spain as a teenager and being AGOG they could taste so good.

is it true they should not be kept in the fridge? I’ve only just found this out to my shame.

I've heard that so many times, specially from Americans that just eat frozen shit.

And I keep tomatoes and most of my fruit and vegetables in the fridge or they wouldn't last that much, specially in summer.

 

[Generic Account]

I don't like gherkins. And kimchi. And other fermented stuff.

 

[Sheena]

Carrots bore me.

I also forgot swede in my never ending top five- but don’t ruin it with carrot mashed in too.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

You know I've recently got bored of cherry tomatoes after many years.

 

[Lucille]

Trendy but I absolutely LOVE kale. I put it in everything.

 

[Sheena]

I love anything pickled to be fair.

 

[SDF]

Carrots are much more of a winter veg for me. Best in a slow cooker stew.

 

[Ellie]

Carrots bore me.

I also forgot swede in my never ending top five- but don’t ruin it with carrot mashed in too.

I parboil carrots and then glaze them in balsamic vinegar.

 

[Generic Account]

I can give or take butternut squash actually.

 

[win_the_game]

Of course they do! That’s the whole point! They’re kinda bitter...

Yes because they're unripened aren't they, as opposed to red or yellow peppers which will obviously taste sweeter.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Weirdly I've recently discovered SPRING ONIONS(!) as an ingredient.

 

[dmlaw]

Mushrooms are not really vegetables, right?

Evolutionarily, mushrooms are closer to being animals than they are to being fruit. Whilst this is technically true, it's also really misleading, which makes it a lot of fun to share with the more pious vegans.

 

[Lucille]

Sweet potatoes roasted are DIVINE.

Spinach needs to be CAKED in butter.

 

[SDF]

This thread is making me hungry