So when it comes to food what are your favorite
vegetables? And if you have favorites,
it stands to reason you will also have those that you detest.
In my particular case I love almost all vegetables. There are two, however, that I have never
been able to eat. My veggie nemeses are
beets and cooked carrots. I don’t know
why but something happens to a carrot when it is cooked. Eaten raw, they area crisp, sweet, and
tasty. Cooked, well I wont 't into detail but
in my case they are definitely unpleasant.
And this distaste has been the bane of my existence since I
was a tiny tot in a high chair. My dad
tells me that we were the only house in the neighborhood that had walls
decorated in chunks of orange. Why they
continued to try and feed me strained carrots I can only blame on my
pediatrician. They are good for
you. I get it, but how much good is it
when they are splattered on floors, walls and unsuspecting passers by?
So I assume my parents eventually had to give up feeding me
carrots. Always thinking of good
nutrition, they moved on to beets. Let
me say that while carrots on clothing, walls, and more are not exactly pleasant;
beets on the other hand, have been used for centuries to dye many things. And back when I was a tot, they didn’t have
the heavy duty stain removers of today!
Recently, at a restaurant I ordered roasted vegetables since
the regular vegetable mix contained carrots.
Much to my surprise the roasted ones had a considerable amount of
beets. (Never thought about asking if
they were part of the mix) After 40
years, I put on my big girl pants and tried a beet. Amazingly, it wasn’t as bad as I thought and I did eat
about 1/3 of them before I lost my steam.
Still, while they weren’t as detestable as imagined, I seriously doubt
that I will be going out and buying beets for home meals.
So I will still pick out the cooked carrots from soups,
stews, potpies, and more. I’ll set them
on the side of the plate in a lonely pile.
I’ll toss them to the dog. And I
will never serve them to my poor carrot-loving husband. He will just have to wait to order them from
a restaurant.
And while we are at it what are your favorite and least
favorite fruits? Hmmmmm well, I can’t
stand the taste of mangoes, but that discussion is best left for another post. So what are your favorite vegetables?
