Which Vegetable Do You Dislike the Most

[Jenise]

When I discovered roasting it....it was wonderful! I especially love it with tarragon and EVOO, then a sprinkle of lemon juice at the finish. I cut the flowerettes in half, put cut side down and let them all caramelize. Yum!

Agreed, it turns out quite sweet. And I find it particularly compatible with lamb, both forceful flavors. I think the bad rap for cooked cauliflower is the cooked-too-long boiled versions many of us grew up with. Naked or buried in what, in my memory, looks like Cheez Whiz.

I am recusing myself. I love both. I couldn't even say which I love more.

Oh Bob, I love it that way too. It gets such a nice nutty flavor. My Dad is big on deep fried cauliflower. It is truly delicious and addictive. He makes it way too often, but I guess at 84 he should be able to eat whatever he wants!

Hi Carrie, I've never tried deep frying cauliflower, but I can imagine that it would be nothing less than great done that way. Yes, I would agree that at 84, your father should do it any darn way he wants to. However, being 14 years his junior, maybe I shouldn't. Now I have to find out about roasting both cauliflower and broccoli.

Broccoli and cauliflower are horrible things.

I'm shocked to hear this!

From the average run-of-the-mill vegetable heathen I might expect this, but from you? What makes them stand out from other vegetables for your palate?

Personally, I don't get excited about broccoli, but I love roasted cauliflower for the combination of the crispy exterior and the rich creamy inside.

At our wedding this summer the chef made a cauliflower 'mayonnaise' (basically just a puree) to go with smoked shrimp, and it was a delightful twist on the flavors one would expect from standard mayonnaise.

I will eat brussels sprouts over green peppers...I detest the flavor of green peppers...

b

It is 3:1 for brussels sprouts being more disliked than green peppers and it hasn't been changing lately, so I guess that is the conclusion for our little corner of the computer cosmos.

Thanks for voting and the discussion has been fun too.

Like I said, this poll is a distortion of what I originally said. Just today, I had two people tell me they don't like bell peppers. One was at lunch regarding pizza, the other was for an awards banquet this Saturday regarding a choice between Chicken Cardinale and Stuffed Bell Pepper. No one mentioned brussel sprouts because it wasn't a choice. I stand by my statement no matter how it's spun: more people have told me they don't like bell peppers than people who have told me they don't like brussel sprouts. It's a fact that you can't change because it's true.

Larry,

Why are you getting all defensive? Bill never claimed you were right or wrong, he simply posted a poll to see which vegetable was more disliked by the participants on this board. Hardly something for you to get all worked up about.

Rahsaan, I dunno, I just gag every time I taste them. And only them; I can't think of any other vegetable that I'll reject out of hand, including the one that so many like to hate (green peppers, brussels sprouts, okra, lima beans...).

I went with the sprouts, but only because I've had really bad ones a number of times. When they're good, they're great. When they're not, well....

I really like green peppers in most of their guises.

Larry,

Why are you getting all defensive? Bill never claimed you were right or wrong, he simply posted a poll to see which vegetable was more disliked by the participants on this board. Hardly something for you to get all worked up about.

Dave, I don't believe Larry is getting "worked up" over anything. He is simply stating that Bill's poll, is an extension of a post Larry made where he stated that many people had told him that they dislike green peppers (bell peppers) he did not state that anyone had told him that they liked them any less or more than they liked brussel sprouts, or any other vegetable. Perhaps you would like to re-read the original, if so click the link.

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[Robin Garr]

Rahsaan, I dunno, I just gag every time I taste them. And only them; I can't think of any other vegetable that I'll reject out of hand, including the one that so many like to hate (green peppers, brussels sprouts, okra, lima beans...).

Although I don't take it to quite the same extreme, Stuart, I can relate to this to some degree. Broccoli has to be done right for me to enjoy it, and ditto cauliflower, although it's easier. But I'm fine with green peppers (Barb, try roasting them in the style of roasted red peppers!), okay with B. sprouts and just love okra and limas.

If it's not really fresh, broccoli can give me a scent that can only be described as "garbagineous."

Of course, George H.W. Bush famously hated broccoli, which is cautionary.

Yes, I'm not losing any sleep over this non-brouhaha.

I finally got to the State Fair today to see my aunt. While, I cooked a Philly Steak for my wife and me. The standard topping is chopped and sauteed bell peppers, onions and mushrooms. While working on my own, an order came through the window that someone wanted a Philly without bell peppers. It dawned on me that the state fair was one place I frequently heard the mantra of "I don't like bell peppers." I truly don't get it. I can understand not liking brussel sprouts, but bell peppers are so innocuous.

Silverbeet.

I quite like them both -- more or less, depending on how they are prepared.

[Robin Garr]

Silverbeet.

Okay, I'll bite. What the heck is THAT!?

Robin: Chard.

I love both of the above vegetables.

I really dislike rutabagas (swede) and beets.

[Robin Garr]

Robin: Chard.

I'm okay with Chard as long as they don't oak it too much ...

Booo...

Robin: Chard.

I'm okay with Chard as long as they don't oak it too much ...

I love both of the above vegetables.

I really dislike rutabagas (swede) and beets.

Michelle, try rutabagas and or turnips roasted with other root vegetables. Roast them to a point that they begin to caramelize....YUM!

Green peppers are intensly disliked in our household...Brussel sprouts, cauliflower, Brocolli and almost all other vegetables, including red, orange and yellow peppers are loved. GP's are evil.