Most hated vegies
Posted on March 31st, 2010 by James Higham
Angus has listed Britain’s ten most hated vegies – no wonder the state of health of Brits is so poor:
1. Celery
2. Cabbage
3. Parsnip
4. Mushrooms
5. Cauliflower
6. Cucumber
7. Tomatoes
8. Onions
9. Peas
10. Carrots
Apart from tomatoes, I can’t say I like them particularly but they are immensely useful for the body. One of Angus’ commenters asked that if they’re so hated, why aren’t they cheap on the shelves? Good point – I suspect they don’t want us healthy but it’s probably just demand.
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Cant’t say I like celery either. Strange that that the tomato majes the list of hated vegetables, it being a fruit….
I wonder if potatoes would have made the list if they weren’t converted in to crisps or chips first. Perhaps the real issue is they are usually boiled into oblivion before serving?
What, no sprouts?
Can’t stand Cabbage, celery, parsnips or cauliflower either
I enjoy them all except cucumber, and even that is edible if pickled.
I like them all apart from celery, although the cabbage has to be savoy or red!
Good grief.
1. Celery: I won’t eat pate without my celery.
2. Cabbage: yum, and v yum as sauerkraut.
3. Parsnip: makes magnificent soup, and v decent roasted.
4. Mushrooms: wot abaht beef stroggers?
5. Cauliflower: cauli cheese is a winter fave.
6. Cucumber: cucmber sarnies are a summer delight.
7. Tomatoes: the ones widely sold in Britain are raw filth – but the ripe ones can be delicious: like my father’s
when I was a nipper.
8. Onions: are they entirely mad? Not like onions?????
I can remember Breton onion-sellers, you know.
9. Peas: dislike peas? Try podding them, you lazy bastards.
10. Carrots: I bloody despair. Grated carrot is one of the finest of salads.
Jesus, what a bunch of effing savages.
I agree that all of them can be made edible in some form.
Don’t understand this- the basis of most of my meals is garlic and onions so doing without onions would be like doing without water- impossible! Mushrooms would be difficult for me to abstain from as would peas. Most of these I think are indispensible to my diet- I could live without quite a few meats but I would struggle without carrots. (Counting my meals this week since last Thursday- excluding breakfast, all of them had one of these in, and 13 had more than one).
I need to get more carrots in the diet, by the way.
I like them all in good measure.
Thanks for the mench James, this is a very confusing result, maybe it should have been “favourite” vegetables.
No wonder we are all doomed to die by 30. Vegetables have a place on every plate. In my case it’s pushed off to the left edge.
Actually, I quite like veg. The only one I don’t is sproats and that is because I was abused as a child and force fed the things hidden in with real veg. My mum was very inventive.
The reason I think more people don’t eat them is because they don’t microwave too well as we are always in a rush nowadays.
The problem isn’t with the vegetables, it is that the British in general don’t know how to cook. (No offense intended)
1. Celery: good in soups, essential in mirepoix, both French or Cajun versions.
2. Cabbage: coleslaw, kimchi, sauerkraut
3. Parsnip: mashed or in soups
4. Mushrooms: excellent in soups, sauces, and on pizza
5. Cauliflower: very good pickled, also makes a good pasta sauce with butter and garlic
6. Cucumber: good for pickles, and a necessary component in tzatziki
7. Tomatoes: fresh, roasted, sauces, are you kidding?
8. Onions: no one in Britain eats onion rings?
9. Peas: soups, steamed, they are tasty
10. Carrots: can be pickled, candied, used in stews, and make a good juice.
Check these out:
http://fromthesaltycity.blogspot.com/2010/03/this-aint-your-taco-bell.html
I seem to be fully functional again (for now). It must have been the veg!!
Lordie, are there any they like, then?