What's happened to vegetables?

[raleighnut]

The only way to cook Aubergine,

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...ine-fritters&usg=AOvVaw1pO59TLYChH8sMRyOPmM2Z

 

[growingvegetables]

The only way to cook Aubergine, ....

I give you roasted aubergine. Burnt-black skin, but the silky smooth, smoky-flavoured flesh is good eating. Brilliant for dips like Mutabbal - made with tahini like in Palestine, Egypt etc; or Yemeni-style, mixed with a salsa-like mix of finely chopped onion, tomatoes, coriander, and green chilli (summat like the Egg Plant Salad, half-way down this page, but with a lot more tomatoes!).

Hmm - I've probably underestimated; got stuck with things I've been doing for years. Off to try roasted aubergine in other ways.

 

[presta]

the cleaner the carrot you buy, the more it will probably need peeling to avoid consuming the residue.

The carrots I eat are all peeled, the taste goes all the way through the flesh.

 

[growingvegetables]

Those labelled baby carrots are clearly what they are.

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Says a bit about my shopping ... I walk straight past the units with those kind of packages!

 

[growingvegetables]

... so I don't remember off-hand where I read about farmers being allowed to use pesticides of a type, of a strength, and at a dosage deemed entirely too much for any other vegetable...

Hmm - I'm a long way out of date. A fair number of the pesticides which were being used 10 years ago have been withdrawn ... initially from sale to amateur gardeners, and later from commercial use.

Ah well - I've been peeling carrots for so many years, I doubt I'll stop now.

 

[classic33]

The only way to cook Aubergine,

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...ine-fritters&usg=AOvVaw1pO59TLYChH8sMRyOPmM2Z

Try this one
Ingredients
One banana, one cup of almond milk one small aubergine (UK-speak). In North America, "eggplant". Agave nectar to taste (not truly raw, and optional)

Directions
Blend to your hearts content. Drink it cold. Post-blending notes. The recipe (as above) comes out with a taste that reminds me of unsweetened soy milk.

http://www.therawtarian.com/commu[nity/recipe/potassium-blast-eggplant-smoothie

 

[classic33]

That's the USA. Britain apparently has better labelling laws. Those guys are called mini carrots here. Those labelled baby carrots are clearly what they are.

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They've not been "topped", but are labelled as such.

Not been "tailed" either.

 

[growingvegetables]

The carrots I eat are all peeled, the taste goes all the way through the flesh.

Hmmm - that's me way out of my depth then . Unless they're carrots from an identifiable source, I've no idea .

 

[raleighnut]

Try this one
Ingredients
One banana, one cup of almond milk one small aubergine (UK-speak). In North America, "eggplant". Agave nectar to taste (not truly raw, and optional)

Directions
Blend to your hearts content. Drink it cold. Post-blending notes. The recipe (as above) comes out with a taste that reminds me of unsweetened soy milk.

http://www.therawtarian.com/commu[nity/recipe/potassium-blast-eggplant-smoothie

I absolutely detest Banana, even the smell.

 

[classic33]

[QUOTE 4999263, member: 259"]But why would you want anything to taste like unsweetened soy milk?[/QUOTE]
Just one of the many used over the years, when it was liquids only.

Try and see.

 

[classic33]

I absolutely detest Banana, even the smell.

Don't include it!

 

[growingvegetables]

Try this one
Ingredients
One banana, one cup of almond milk one small aubergine (UK-speak). In North America, "eggplant". Agave nectar to taste (not truly raw, and optional)

Directions
Blend to your hearts content. Drink it cold. Post-blending notes. The recipe (as above) comes out with a taste that reminds me of unsweetened soy milk.

http://www.therawtarian.com/commu[nity/recipe/potassium-blast-eggplant-smoothie

Thank you ... but no thanks.

I dread to think what sort of colour it would be. Veg are supposed to be veg; their shapes, colours, and flavours something to celebrate, in a merry dance of eye, nose and tongue. Hmm - now I sound like the OP.

 

[theclaud]

Try this one
Ingredients
One banana, one cup of almond milk one small aubergine (UK-speak). In North America, "eggplant". Agave nectar to taste (not truly raw, and optional)

Directions
Blend to your hearts content. Drink it cold. Post-blending notes. The recipe (as above) comes out with a taste that reminds me of unsweetened soy milk.

http://www.therawtarian.com/commu[nity/recipe/potassium-blast-eggplant-smoothie

An audacious bid to take the award from Crankarm...

 

[hopless500]

I absolutely detest Banana, even the smell.

You are @Hill Wimp AICMFP

 

[mjr]

Says a bit about my shopping ... I walk straight past the units with those kind of packages!

Good move. If you buy veg from a supermarket (even Waite Rose, which is better than many) instead of a market or farm, it shouldn't be a surprise you're getting second rate high volume stuff.