Meat or veggies. Which do you eat first?

[Jadzia]

Jesus, half of those are too hard to pronounce. That's probably why you don't like them.

My vegetable dislikes are mostly those which have bland flavours, or slimy, or not very filling. Other than that I like most vegetables. Nothing to do with their names. In fact an unusual name might tempt me to trying it more than another. I've still never tried sweet potatoes. I will do one day

 

[DBR]

My vegetable dislikes are mostly those which have bland flavours, or slimy, or not very filling. Other than that I like most vegetables. Nothing to do with their names. In fact an unusual name might tempt me to trying it more than another. I've still never tried sweet potatoes. I will do one day

Sweet potatoes are awesome! And they're not hard to prepare at all, and not hard to pronounce. You can poke holes in one and nuke 'em for ~10 mins, and voila: nuked baked potato--and nothing is really lost from not baking, because they have a ton of flavor. There are a million ways to cook them, and nearly impossible to ruin, unlike their ghastly, pale cousins which are disgusting except when deep fried and covered in salt and served at McDonalds.

 

[RoJoHen]

favourite vegetables:


disliked:
1. courgettes
2. aubergine
3. cooked mushroom
4. normal carrots
5. suede
6. cress
7. asparagus
8. sea vegetables

Jesus, half of those are too hard to pronounce. That's probably why you don't like them.

I worked in the produce department for 5 years, and I haven't even heard of of most of those!

Isn't suede a fabric?

 

[Jadzia]

no, when I say suede I mean swede. Wikipedia seems to call them 'rutabaga', which I've never heard of.

 

[RoJoHen]

no, when I say suede I mean swede. Wikipedia seems to call them 'rutabaga', which I've never heard of.

Ah, see, rutabaga I am familiar with.

I never understood how anybody could eat them. They feel like a giant ball of wax.

 

[Shaytan]

favourite vegetables:

disliked:
1. courgettes
2. aubergine

Cooked with tomatoes and bell peppers in olive oil (and the usual garlic, onion, herbs). You eat that with rice and chicken or fish and you've got the perfect Mediterranean summer dish. One of the reasons why summer is so good That and musk melons

no, when I say suede I mean swede. Wikipedia seems to call them 'rutabaga', which I've never heard of.

Erk. Those were the only vegetables my grand parents could afford during WWII. They still give my father nightmares.

 

[Jadzia]

I remember my parent's would buy them for sunday dinners and I never liked it. It's like a wooden ball. They'd hacksaw it into small pieces and boil for 7 days and 7 nights until soft*. Then mash them to make what looks like yellow-orange mashed potato, but it doesn't go creamy or smooth. It remains kind of grainy, and tasting slightly peppery.


(* I'm exaggerating on the time)

 

[RoJoHen]

(* I'm exaggerating on the time)

I was kind of hoping you weren't.

 

[plague]

While in the Army, I found that it made sense to eat the things I liked the best first, because sometimes you didn't have time to finish. As a result, I got in a habit of eating all of one thing and then moving onto the next. Now that the Army life is over, I still eat one thing at a time, but I start with my least favorite, to leave the best for last.

However, between a beef taco and a bean burrito, I have to eat the taco first, since the burrito still tastes alright warm, whereas the taco is best eaten hot.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

Depends on what I feel like cooking for dinner, to which I eat first. With my vegetables, I generally eat only vegeyables I like to eat (so no brussel sprouts). Last night, I ate most of the steamed broccoli before eating any of chicken I had for dinner.

 

[Omnius]

favourite vegetables:
1. sprouts

with little bits of bacon and some cheese.

You can give me any beans* anyday, but no sprouts for me.


*except broad beans

 

[Jadzia]

beans are good, but I don't think of them as vegetables, which is why my list had none.

 

[trampledamage]

My stepfather, who is a Brit, takes a little bit of everything on his fork. Now that I really don't understand!

OMG that's what I do ~ never thought it was weird Am known to judge down to the last forkful which should have a piece of everything on.
Eating just the meat or veg first seems odd to me

I really love all vegetables, just as much as the meat. And I've been creating "the perfect bite" ever since I can remember. I especially love doing that with an English breakfast - a base layer of toast, with egg, then tomato, and topped of with a mushroom.
I remember watching The Mirror has two faces, and thinking, hey, that's my thing!

After reading this thread, I think this must be a British thing - because everyone I knew growing up does that too.

You'd spear the meat and use that as a shelf for you veg

 

[Venardhi]

Ill generally take a bite of everything, then eat the veggies interspersed with the meat in a pattern that will leave a few bites of the meat for last. If the meat isn't that good, I probably won't bother putting much effort into a plan.

 

[Bisz]

I eat everything at the same time. First a piece of meat, then some potato then whatever the side-dish is, chew, savour, swallow, repeat.

 

[Bisz]

After reading this thread, I think this must be a British thing - because everyone I knew growing up does that too.

It would seem to me like its a European thing in general, I'm Polish and everyone I know eats everything at once. Its a Meal, I figure its supposed to be eaten together, all of the parts come together to give you the flavour the cook intended. Breakfast, dinner, all other meals, same thing. Its not like people pull the beef out of a hamburger and eat it first, then the bun and then the veggies last... so why do it for other meals?

 

[Holdfast]

Its not like people pull the beef out of a hamburger and eat it first, then the bun and then the veggies last...

Give this thread an hour or two. I'd bet good money that someone will come in and say they do this...

 

[nevermore]

I eat the meat and leave the veggies for the dumpster rats.

 

[RoJoHen]

Its not like people pull the beef out of a hamburger and eat it first, then the bun and then the veggies last...

Give this thread an hour or two. I'd bet good money that someone will come in and say they do this...

Working in a restaurant, I can tell you that some people certainly do do this.

I always laugh when foreigners eat their burgers with a fork.

 

[Alexandra]

Veggies! But, I'm a vegetarian, so I eat the veggies last as well!