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Ever since I was a wee child, I've always loved artichokes. I feel like they aren't appreciated by enough people!
What about you, what is your favorite vegetable? ๐๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐
Well, it depends upon how you define vegetable and how you define favorite. In Mexico, corn is a twice daily necessity, to eat with tortillas, which are practically a table utensil. In the States, wheat is what makes bread and pasta, also a daily foodstuff. Rice and potatoes as well, are everywhere. I start nearly all of my cooking with onions and garlic. So by the old-fashioned definition of vegetable โ videlicet, Kingdom Plantae, it grows in the ground โ those would be the biggies.
But if we eliminate grains, roots, tubers, and nuts, then I guess the tomato. Though technically thatโs a fruit. Hmmmmm. Carrots and celery? Great on their own, the mirepoix to start all good sauces, braises, soups and stews, and a nice finely minced addition to tuna salad, egg salad, potato salad, etc. I like very small petit-pois also.
i agree! when my daughter was young, we used to cook two large artichokes every now and then and we each would have one; we would just eat a little at a time until we got to the best part - the heart! it was fun and enjoyable. we had good mother and daughter silly conversation in the process. ๐
Asparagus!
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