Re: Hello/now vegetables

Your right Marge. Old tired anything tastes terrible . Veggies need to be
fresh, or fresh frozen and just barely cooked. Of course we all have those
veggies we could do without even fresh but that's a matter of taste.

Nora
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@hort.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hello/now vegetables


> Aw come on, Jim....turnips and rutabagas AND parsnips are yummy when
> they are harvested before they get too mature and prepared properly.
>
>
> I think that steamed until just right but not overdone, with a touch
> of butter, salt and pepper and all veggies are much more than 'more
> or less edible'...they're durn good.  About the only veg I boil is
> potatoes and then only if I want to make gravy - generally steam them
> too.
>
> For some reason - maybe because they used tough, old specimens -
> people used to boil the heck out of just about every veg....turning
> most of them into inedible messes.  Might also be they just didn't
> know about steaming as opposed to boiling.  This practice still goes
> on, but not so much anymore I think with all the oriental cuisines
> now available in the US, most of which seem veggie based to me - and
> most of which rely on steaming as the cooking process.
>
> David, you must have come from a 'boil it to death' family....too bad
> it turned you against things like Brussels sprouts, which, if fresh,
> young and steamed until just tender (about 12 - 15 minutes) are sweet
> and don't even need added butter and seasonings to melt in your
> mouth, but a touch of 'extras' makes them even better.
>
> Try a little marjoram in your lima beans - just a touch - with
> butter, salt and pepper...
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
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> > From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
> >
> > amazing that vegetables should engender any kind of passion. aside
> from a
> > few dozen indian entrees, vegetables are just, well, vegetables as
> near as
> > i can tell. all of them cooked al dente and dressed with a drizzle
> of sweet
> > butter and white pepper, thank you, are more or less edible. all of
> them,
> > that is, except turnips, parsnips, and rutabagas--the existence of
> which
> > confirm the notion that god has a malicious sense of humor.
> >
> >
> > At 06:16 PM 3/14/03 -0600, you wrote:
> > >NO NO-- I am with Zem.... Fresh from my garden..yummy!
> > >
> > >Try adding some sauce (cheese or hollandaise) that is what I do
> for the
> > >picky folks that come here.
> > >
> > >And yes, I like all veggies..including lima beans...
> > >
> > >Donna
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Oh, I can hack them!  I can hack them up all over the place!
> > > >
> > > > Sorry Zem, next to lima beans brussel sprouts are the lowest of
> life
> > > > forms.
> > > >
> > > > DF
> > > >
> > > > Pamela J. Evans wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >To each his own darlin' - I can't hack those things.
> > > > >:-)
> > > > >
> > > > >---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > > > >From: Zemuly@aol.com
> > > > >
> > > > >>In a message dated 03/14/2003 11:47:36 AM Central Standard
> Time,
> > > > >>gardenqueen@gbronline.com writes:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>Well, some people like Brussels sprouts too - go figure.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>Yo, now let's not go knocking the good stuff! <LOL>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>zem
>
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