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David
Joined: 07 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 6:04 am Post subject: The most versatile vegetable |
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The first thing you probably thought was tomato. :lol:
But then a tomato is a fruit! :D
So think again! :twisted:
I can't decide what is most versatile, maybe lettuce, or onions?
You can make salads with letuce and put it on sandwiches, but you probably wouldn't want to cook with it.
Onions work great in just about any recipe, and are usually better cooked than raw.
What is you nomination for most versatile vegetable? |
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Jonathan
Joined: 09 Jun 2004
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm... maybe mushrooms, especially given all the varieties actually available. They work in salads. They work in soups. They work in stuffings. They can be stuffed. They work with eggs. They work as accents on skewers. They can be prepared as side dishes. They can be used as main dishes (in place of meat or as "burgers," etc.) . . . and this just covers some of the more commercially available kinds. :D |
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cocodrilo
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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Location: Kurashiki, Japan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:25 am Post subject: |
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Hmm. I eat a lot of mediterranean fare, so maybe eggplant? Ratatouille, curries, pasta sauces, Japanese "dengaku"(with sweet miso on top, baked) and tempura, melanzania parmigiana, on pizza, Chinese dishes, etc.
Mushrooms, too. Just now are we starting to get the regular "white mushrooms" as I loved in the states(called "brown mushrooms" over here!) but if we don't have those I can use shimeji or maitake in their place. Don't have an overpowering flavor like porcini, shiitake or enoki. |
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tj
Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| My vote is for the onion. I can use it in a lot of different dishes regardless of ethnicity. |
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salsachinita
Joined: 17 Jun 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Aside from all the above, I can think of potatoes (and related root vegetables).
You can pretty much replace everything starchy with it, in one form or another. |
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Pacion
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I vote for potatoes too! I think there are 101 uses for it? Boiled, fried, baked, roasted, chipped, whole, mashed, creamed - the options are endless :D |
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