Best vegetable (no potato)

[JuanTwoThree]

Shallot of posts about onions

 

[The39thStep]

One when I was visting a mate near Barcelona we got invited to a calcott party . plates of barbecued onions, which look like leeks/giant spring onions but arent, served with different sauces.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Onions and spuds don't count though, may as well say garlic for fucks sake

 

[Epona]

Garlic

 

[Aladdin]

Garlic

Aha
We are now reaching another level altogether

 

[brogdale]

In fairness to Wales, though...gotta say that the best raw onion & cheese rolls evah...Cardiff market (that cafe thingy in the corner with the black & white floor tiles on the wall).

 

[Proper Tidy]

In fairness to Wales, though...gotta say that the best raw onion & cheese rolls eval...Cardiff market (that cafe thingy in the corner with the black & white floor tiles on the wall).

Is good that place although by and large you can't trust the southerners with pastry. Remember trying clarks pies for first time after all the hype, fucking disgusting. And they live off peters pies, silly cunts

 

[JimW]

Raw onions (spring onion type but bit bigger and stronger) are a big oldschool Beijing thing, when we'd not long moved in to the village daughter went round one of the neighbours to play, they were having lunch when I picked her up and we had flatbread and onions with a dipping sauce of sesame paste flavoured a bit with soy sauce. Delicious.

 

[killer b]

It's asparagus, but only when it's in season (ie, now) - the chilean and israeli stuff they sell at other times of year is rubbish.

 

[gentlegreen]

Ah, this is where being rural had its advantages - we didn't have access to much imported veg (I didn't see a pepper until the late 80s), but we grew a lot of veg so usually had a good range of fresh stuff - also traded with neighbours if they were growing different fruit/veg.

Leaving home and going wholefood vegan at 21 was like trying drugs for the first time.
I used to spend my Saturday mornings seeing how many different plants I could buy and eat !

 

[FridgeMagnet]

The actual best vegetable is haggis, by the way.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Onions and spuds don't count though, may as well say garlic for fucks sake

Vegetable fascist.

 

[JimW]

The actual best vegetable is haggis, by the way.

I just can't get it to grow in our sandy soil.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Garlic

dolphin potatoes with extra onions.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Garlic bread is a vegetable isn't it?

 

[Orang Utan]

Garlic bread is a vegetable isn't it?

it's two, three if you add parsley

 

[farmerbarleymow]

it's two, three if you add parsley

Five if you add potato and onion to it.

 

[brogdale]

It's asparagus, but only when it's in season (ie, now) - the chilean and israeli stuff they sell at other times of year is rubbish.

Yeah, Kentish asparagus is the best...but the stinky piss...or is that just me.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeah, Kentish asparagus is the best...but the stinky piss...or is that just me.

I quite like asparagus, but the stinky piss is just fucking rank. I envy the genetic mutants who can't smell it.

 

[brogdale]

I quite like asparagus, but the stinky piss is just fucking rank. I envy the genetic mutants who can't smell it.

Oh, is that it...the ability to smell it? So we all produce it after asparagus, then?

 

[wtfftw]

I had some asparagus in recently and was a bit like "ahhh what do I do?" So I roasted it. Thanks to Orang Utan really from that time ages ok when I had a bit of yours.

And now I've got a pot of not caponata not ratatouille on the hob.

 

[brogdale]

S

I had some asparagus in recently and was a bit like "ahhh what do I do?" So I roasted it. Thanks to Orang Utan really from that time ages ok when I had a bit of yours.

And now I've got a pot of not caponata not ratatouille on the hob.

Steamed for 5 mins then in a risotto at the end with prawns...was tasty.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Oh, is that it...the ability to smell it? So we all produce it after asparagus, then?

According to the BBC, asparagus wee was invented in 1731:

Why does asparagus make our urine smell?

After eating asparagus, some people can detect a strange smell, while others claim not to notice a thing. What’s going on?

www.bbc.com

Think sojourner has the same stinky piss problem.

 

[JimW]

Yeah, Kentish asparagus is the best...but the stinky piss...or is that just me.

I get round this by flushing

 

[moomoo]

Asparagus, globe artichoke, green beans, tender stem broccoli and avocado. All lovely.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A scientific poll on asparagus wee.

Asparagus wee - with poll

So, in light of Proper Tidy's potato and onion love thread, do you experience the dreaded asparagus wee? I have vile stinky piss after eating asparagus. :(

www.urban75.net

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I just can't get it to grow in our sandy soil.

Pack the young shoots down in the spring with some Buckfast and you should be okay.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Pack the young shoots down in the spring with some Buckfast and you should be okay.

And fertilise with Irn Bru of course.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Romanesco.

Tastes great too (once you've snapped out of it and regained your focus).

Fractal food.

Mushy peas are the best, with fish and chips.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

And fertilise with Irn Bru of course.

They need the iron content.