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Daily Icebreaker (as posted to the NationStates RMB)

What's your favourite vegetable? I came up with this when trying to think of something for Svip's AMA on the forums xD

What's a vegetable :p

i strongly enjoy chicory. its very delicious just cooked and with ham and cheese but also cooked on its own, and its even delicious in salad as a more nutritious replacement for lettuce (works especially great in salads with nuts and fruits). however i call it chicory only off a google translation as there literally isnt a english wikipedia page for this vegetable "sichorei" so i feel like its not even on the menu elsewhere

Beets, 100%. They’re hearty, tasty roasted or pickled, and the greens are wonderful sautéed. 

Second place would have to be potatoes. Because come on, they’re so versatile. 

Third place is probably jicama. Put a little lime and hot sauce on it and you have a hell of a snack. I like to hit it up into little sticks. 

Compared with some of the things you guys have listed, my answer is probably going to be boring. I like broccoli, with green beans being a close second...with both, some salt does wonders in bringing out the flavour with them.

I also like potatoes, but its hard for me to mentally see them as vegetables, lol...it's like how you need a meat, a starch, and a vegetable, and usually the starch has something to do with potatoes, lol.

Carrots

I'm forbidden by the doctor to eat a lot of my favorite vegetables because they give me gas. I end up caving and eating small bits anyway.

Some of my favorites:

jie lan (Chinese broccoli)

qing cai (green/baby bok choy)

(English translation here is a misnomer because bok=white and it's not white)

malantou (Kalimeris indica)

black wood ear

taro

To be honest, I'm not a fan of vegetables (big surprise, haha). However, one of my favorites is corn. It's simple and it's sweet, by vegetable standards. I also like carrots, but they're not my favorite.

@taulover: I've heard of people's significant others forbidding them from eating things due to gas, but this is the first I've heard of a doctor doing so.

@taulover: I've heard of people's significant others forbidding them from eating things due to gas, but this is the first I've heard of a doctor doing so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-FODMAP_diet

The idea is that you limit everything first and then potentially slowly introduce things back to see what works, but I'm still at the stage where I have only a general idea (other than milk is very bad for me bc I'm not white lol), and I still cheat and eat gassy foods sometimes.

Cucumbers are definitely my favorite vegetables. Cucumbers themselves are alright but since I started enjoying pickles, my enjoyment of cucumbers has also increased.

Cucumbers are definitely my favorite vegetables. Cucumbers themselves are alright but since I started enjoying pickles, my enjoyment of cucumbers has also increased.

Highly recommend trying out some smashed cucumber salad. Here are two good recipes:

https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-cucumber-salad/
https://thewoksoflife.com/smashed-asian-cucumber-salad/

@taulover: Have you tried the plant-based milks like almond milk? Back at one time I was buying a lot of almond milk cause I liked it in most everything (except coffee, I still preferred regular milk in that).

Thanks for the recipes btw...we eat a lot of cucumbers in the summer and both salads look delicious