tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post7336166987100711363..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: PassionateBrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-46423330565826014842010-10-06T18:33:54.250+01:002010-10-06T18:33:54.250+01:00I am weaning my son on turnip. It may sound barba...I am weaning my son on turnip. It may sound barbaric, but imagine the pleasure of cauliflower or aubergine after a portion of turnip, courgette and pea purée.Adelephanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758331764726765738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-43533691856324461062010-02-26T19:31:33.293+00:002010-02-26T19:31:33.293+00:00Sorry, ah said sorry, my computer got an attack of...Sorry, ah said sorry, my computer got an attack of the Foghorn Lehghorns, boy.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-83304772869929354372010-02-25T18:52:51.127+00:002010-02-25T18:52:51.127+00:00Precisely, Brussel sprouts cause loose breaking, w...Precisely, Brussel sprouts cause loose breaking, we mutter about vegetables <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-amazon20-2010feb20,0,3686007.story" rel="nofollow">and the roof is falling down upon our heads.</a><br /><br />Talking about Brussels or at least that non country Belgium, some stooshie or what, viva UKIP.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-41542575281583246462010-02-25T17:58:51.400+00:002010-02-25T17:58:51.400+00:00It's true, Gaw. You gut John Gray's best s...It's true, Gaw. You gut John Gray's best selling book or diss a whole political class and virtually nada. But criticise the brussel sprout and all hell breaks loose.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-27341085265468051992010-02-25T14:55:44.007+00:002010-02-25T14:55:44.007+00:00Veg talk - that's how you really provoke the p...Veg talk - that's how you really provoke the passions as these comments prove. Makes me think of..<br /><br />"Had we but world enough, and time . . . /My vegetable love should grow/Vaster than empires and more slow."<br /><br />Grow on, grow on...Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-73773516630711231952010-02-25T14:54:29.063+00:002010-02-25T14:54:29.063+00:00If a Charlie Whelan job needs performing on any ve...If a Charlie Whelan job needs performing on any vegetable then let that be the sprout, vile little devil that it is, causing apoplexy in those cases where suppression is attempted and acute embarrassment where it fails, should be marketed under the heading 'methane generation kit'<br /><br />I love that expression 'store bought' as in 'store bought woman' or, in my youngermaltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-29249160917546759072010-02-25T14:18:29.251+00:002010-02-25T14:18:29.251+00:00Not at all; I've never swined in my life and I...Not at all; I've never swined in my life and I don't intend to start now.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-72694298607199059532010-02-25T14:15:32.842+00:002010-02-25T14:15:32.842+00:00Jonathan - I believe that if a vegetable can't...Jonathan - I believe that if a vegetable can't stand up and be counted on its own, without garlic and tomatoes, then it doesn't deserve to be called food. I'm sure I could eat cardboard if it was cut up and cooked in such a way. I am, however, totally with you on the sprout and here is a recipe from Rules in London which will, I promise, make you very happy: http://Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-89809786061747659642010-02-25T14:10:36.611+00:002010-02-25T14:10:36.611+00:00Those are just my emergency cupcakes, Peter. I pra...Those are just my emergency cupcakes, Peter. I pray God I never have to use them.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-7358814793288044442010-02-25T14:07:34.618+00:002010-02-25T14:07:34.618+00:00You buy store-bought cupcakes! I feel as let down ...You buy store-bought cupcakes! I feel as let down as Charlie Brown and his friends felt when they first learned their beloved teacher got paid for teaching them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-77445038422568911092010-02-25T13:31:02.114+00:002010-02-25T13:31:02.114+00:00brit - as far as I am aware, a marrow IS a large z...brit - as far as I am aware, a marrow IS a large zucchini. Zucchini are simply marrows that have not been allowed to grow to the seedbearing stage.<br /><br />I personally have to say that I really like all vegetables, and any I haven't liked have been down to poor cooking, as I genuinely think that just about any vegetable can taste delicious if given the proper stage on which to shinewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-131119923196797802010-02-25T12:53:12.905+00:002010-02-25T12:53:12.905+00:00These are radical heresies, Jonathan. The honey-ro...These are radical heresies, Jonathan. The honey-roast parsnip is surely the king of vegetables.<br /><br />David - a marrow is like a giant zucchini, only even worse than that suggests. 'Squash' would normally refer over here to the butternut squash, which ain't half bad when cubed and roasted.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-35574241510359271102010-02-25T12:47:55.942+00:002010-02-25T12:47:55.942+00:00Marrow doesn't taste of much but is perfectly ...Marrow doesn't taste of much but is perfectly edible if chopped small and fried with garlic and tomato. Courgettes are just fab with garlic, parmesan, black pepper. As for sprouts, this is black heresy: a properly parboiled sprout sings like an angel in its sphere.<br /><br />On the other hand, about the only good thing I heard of Bush Senior concerned his personal war against broccoli. Said jonathan lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986943428040953041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-21842213455361055462010-02-25T12:44:23.482+00:002010-02-25T12:44:23.482+00:00If Wikipedia is to be believed, "marrows"...If Wikipedia is to be believed, "marrows" are squashes. I never knew that.<br /><br />No one actually eats squashes. That's why the call them "squashes."<br /><br />You carve them up for halloween, make pies out of them, use them as decorative features for autumn festivals and sometimes, if by accident you've dropped rat poison into a dish, you can cut up zucchini as Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-45024003242909327432010-02-25T12:42:28.338+00:002010-02-25T12:42:28.338+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-85721664805498966022010-02-25T12:01:49.760+00:002010-02-25T12:01:49.760+00:00I bet even sheep wouldn't touch marrow, Malty....I bet even sheep wouldn't touch marrow, Malty. My husband once attempted to recreate his mother's stuffed marrow recipe, stung by my assertion that it could not be rendered edible. The resulting mush of sodden mince and vegetable fibre was so disgusting that we were reduced to hysterical weeping (perhaps because supper was perforce mostly alcohol).Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-85745247148306328252010-02-25T11:52:00.014+00:002010-02-25T11:52:00.014+00:00Well worth repeating, I'd say.
By the way, r...Well worth repeating, I'd say. <br /><br />By the way, read the opening of NGB's fine post <a href="http://alfanalf.blogspot.com/2010/02/exquise-de-corps.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for a true Wiki classic.<br /><br />It was in commenting on this post that I discovered the Oregon crab, so much to be thankful for.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-70770693162367627692010-02-25T11:42:23.241+00:002010-02-25T11:42:23.241+00:00keep going NGBkeep going NGBwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-57704657527445330572010-02-25T11:28:11.644+00:002010-02-25T11:28:11.644+00:00We've had a Co-Op in Dolgellau for a decade. P...We've had a Co-Op in Dolgellau for a decade. People still call it the Old Tannery Pit. Perhaps they are wise.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-18323236786272640382010-02-25T11:20:39.437+00:002010-02-25T11:20:39.437+00:00Listen Sophie, if turnip is good enough for sheep ...Listen Sophie, if turnip is good enough for sheep it's good enough for us.<br />Y'all shop at Wal-Mart, how, well, plebish.<br />In the Greensboro Wal-Mart y'all can buy your ammo, stacked next to the vegies.<br /><br />Brit, when Mrs Brit sends you shopping she must be more specific than 'fine wines', eg..1982 Margaux or 1957 Spanish Sauternes.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-9851900259849826092010-02-25T11:10:50.675+00:002010-02-25T11:10:50.675+00:00We've had a Co-Op in Dolgellau for a decade. P...We've had a Co-Op in Dolgellau for a decade. People still call it the Old Tannery Pit. Perhaps they are wise.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-72746683158672614042010-02-25T10:54:01.410+00:002010-02-25T10:54:01.410+00:00Oh I don't know, Sophie - when chopped up, roa...Oh I don't know, Sophie - when chopped up, roasted in olive oil and garlic and well-seasoned the humble turnip is almost, but not quite, edible.<br /><br />As for marrows, yes, courgettes are bad enough but a marrow is like a mega-courgette.<br /><br />I know it's a cliche but I still think sprouts take the prize. I eat the customary singleton a year to prevent Christmas dinner from beingBrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-72341089291261286362010-02-25T10:40:57.731+00:002010-02-25T10:40:57.731+00:00The staff in my local Asda are relentlessly cheerf...The staff in my local Asda are relentlessly cheerful so the brainwashing is clearly working. <br /><br />On another note: turnips. Are they, or are they not, to be placed alongside marrows in the category of 'least edible vegetable ever'? Discuss.Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-31716964108360328972010-02-25T10:17:04.615+00:002010-02-25T10:17:04.615+00:00Not to mention milkmaids. The very word is suggest...Not to mention milkmaids. The very word is suggestive.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-4794842971823815392010-02-25T10:16:18.695+00:002010-02-25T10:16:18.695+00:00I think they should go back to Associated Dairies....I think they should go back to Associated Dairies. Much more homely. Also milkmen and passion sit together more comfortably.<br /><br />Word verification: nonstrop - a blogger's prevalent mode of existence.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.com