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What are your 3 favourite vegetables and your 3 least favourite?

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nanna8 Mon 30-Sept-24 13:33:20

My Favourites are aubergine/ eggplant , good potatoes and broccolini
Least favourites are celery, silverbeet and those miniature sweetcorns you get in Chinese cooking.
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Nanna58 Tue 01-Oct-24 12:27:19

Favourites;
Cavolo Nero
Sprouts
Broccoli

Not keen on;
Carrots
Beetroot
Turnips

nanna8 Tue 01-Oct-24 12:28:18

I like aubergine chips, nice and crispy. Also moussaka . I buy them because they look so lovely and purple and shiny when fresh. We get good ones round here.

leeds22 Tue 01-Oct-24 12:42:12

I love most vegetables but don't care for chard/kale and find cauliflower boring

Cossy Tue 01-Oct-24 12:59:56

I love carrot and beetroot, both roasted
and all types of cabbage.

Not keen on asparagus or turnip

Minibookworm Tue 01-Oct-24 13:13:34

As the daughter of a greengrocer I can honestly say that there isn’t a vegetable I don’t like.

Romola Tue 01-Oct-24 13:35:33

What a fascinating mixture of likes and dislikes!
I've changed mine over the years. I now like Brussels sprouts, which used to have rather rank taste when I was a child.
Top faves are
Runner beans from my garden, it's the only veg I grow
Savoy cabbage covered in gravy from the roast
Purple sprouting broccoli

Unfavourites
Kale
Ordinary green broccoli
Leeks except as a,soup ingredient

nexus63 Tue 01-Oct-24 13:35:42

favourites
lettuce
cucumber
beetroot

dislike
any other veg unless it is in soup

rocketstop Tue 01-Oct-24 13:39:07

Potatoes Sprouts peas !

Rainnsnow Tue 01-Oct-24 13:43:20

I love an ugly celeriac, that smooth texture with a sour back taste . Bok Choi , and a nice crisp London lettuce. I can’t abide asparagus . Some of this generation are put off some veg from overcooked offerings.

grandMattie Tue 01-Oct-24 13:49:43

Favourite - asparagus, globe artichoke, aubergine
Loathe - sweet peppers, kale

posset Tue 01-Oct-24 14:01:21

It seems that each vegetable is liked or disliked just about equally. I reckon it's all about how they are cooked. I have a friend who hated courgettes. It turned out she had only ever had them boiled. After eating them quartered and baked in the air fryer so they are crispy she has completely changed her mind!

MissAdventure Tue 01-Oct-24 14:05:05

Does anyone like the little baby corns?

I've seen them in the dislike list, but I really enjoy them.

Rosie51 Tue 01-Oct-24 14:14:07

MissAdventure

Does anyone like the little baby corns?

I've seen them in the dislike list, but I really enjoy them.

I like them too, but especially in a stirfry. If they're steamed it's too easy to overcook them.

I said I dislike aubergine, but in truth I haven't tasted it in years, unless it was a concealed ingredient in a mixed dish. Perhaps I should try it again. Anybody got a suggestion of the best way to try it?

knspol Tue 01-Oct-24 14:14:48

I couldn't choose my favourites as I love most vegetables but the few I don't like at all are aubergines, artichokes and fennel.

MissInterpreted Tue 01-Oct-24 14:25:12

MissAdventure

Does anyone like the little baby corns?

I've seen them in the dislike list, but I really enjoy them.

I like them in a stir-fry. As someone else says though, they're another vegetable which is very easy to overcook.

susz Tue 01-Oct-24 14:27:49

I like most vegetables with the exception of

Marrow
Pumpkin
Kale
I have tried to find different ways of cooking them to see if it makes any difference - so far no luck!

Mojack26 Tue 01-Oct-24 15:09:42

Butternut Squash, Sweet potatoes,onions,peas

Greciangirl Tue 01-Oct-24 15:15:26

I love green beans, runner, and French.
Peas.,broccoli.
Carrots. Cabbage. Kale. Chard.

Almost all except Aubergine.

HiMay Tue 01-Oct-24 15:19:16

Like everything when properly cooked, but not a fan of marrows or artichokes

GrammarGrandma Tue 01-Oct-24 16:37:42

Favourites - cauliflower, runner beans, mushrooms (not really a vegetable). Love so many more though, like aubergines, psb, brussels sprouts...

Least favourite - beetroot. There are no others I dislike.

dogsmother Tue 01-Oct-24 17:10:39

There are none that I dislike, although some I do prefer.
Love mushrooms, courgettes and sweetcorn.

paddyann54 Tue 01-Oct-24 19:43:15

I like all veg but I.ll boil a pot full of sprouts ,have some with my meal and eat the rest one at a time every time I go in the kitchen….I do make special trips just for sprouts.My kids and 4 of my GC are the same one gd. Will eat a half cucumber like an apple .Sadly our 5 year old refuses anything that’s a vegetable on her plate and the baby is to young to get solids so we.ll hope she likes all veg like the rest of us

MaggsMcG Thu 03-Oct-24 13:03:52

Favourite
Swede (not turnip)
Brussels
Dwarf beans

Dislike
Asparagus
Runner beans
Turnip

sazz1 Thu 03-Oct-24 13:10:10

Favourites
Cauliflower with or without cheese sauce
Broccoli
Roast carrots or raw grated
Savoy cabbage
Dislike
sweede, sweet potato, turnips, boiled carrots, parsnips

Babs03 Thu 03-Oct-24 13:29:53

Favourites-
Carrots especially baby carrots,
Broccoli with some bite not mushy,
Aubergine,
Courgette,
Butternut Squash

Do not like -
Swede,
Cabbage,
Sprouts,
Kale,
Asparagus