Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Both. My favouites are broad beans, spinach, spuds, parsnips, savoy cabbage, spring greens, mango, pears strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and the one that fits into both camps, rhubarb.
Fruit or veg?
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Mrs Magpie said:
Ooh close, I've highlighted my favs + here's some more: peas, lamb's lettuce, courgettes, butternut squash (mmh), peaches, nectarines, apricots, watermelon, melon.
Sorry sojourner
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Oh yes, apricots....but I like them best stewed or apricot jam...watermelon is refreshing but it's pretty bland...I like galia melon with a little ground ginger sprinkled on it....
Mrs Magpie said:
Well all these fruits are much nicer if they are ripe and sweet. In France where my family are from all the fruits are delicious, I don't bother buying them here cos it's so disappointing. I find watermelon has subtle sweet flavour, it was perfect straight out of the fridge during those hot summers in Toulouse.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
I grow a lot of fruit myself because it's either too expensive or totally tasteless in the shops....SubZeroCat said:
Mrs Magpie said:
Indeed. Even in the local fruit and veg stalls the quality can be poor and I just don't see the point.
I'd like to have my own veg patch/allotment
don't have a clue how to do it though and need a garden first!Because I'm a control freak! Payback time is what this thread is, for all the derails I've been involved incitygirl said:lol's@the spectacular derail of the thread
so journer...
just what makes you so special you don't get the same thread treatment everyone else gets?? eh eh?
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sojourner said:Sparked by me and another posters attitude to this, I thought I'd post a thread
I love veg, can eat it all day long, but have a deep distaste for fruit. Can't stand the stuff, and believe me, I've tried.
Other people love fruit, but can't stand veg.
Are you fruity or are you a veggie?
I'm on your side 100%
I had a bananna cos I didn't have any cereal and I really didn't enjoy it. I'd rather have a nice big avocado.
FabricLiveBaby! said:
Avocado is a fruit
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Yeah technically it is and technically fruit is a vegetabe too, becasue vegetables are either fruit, leaf, or bulb .... but I think most people define fruit as sweet, and veg savory.
So there!
Maybe the discussion here is between sweet veg and savory veg
.... but I think most people define fruit as sweet, and veg savory.So there!
Maybe the discussion here is between sweet veg and savory veg
trabuquera
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Definitely another veg fancier who is not into fruit all that much. I'm so happy this thread exists, I thought I was a lonely freak of nature!
I've always had a raging appetite for some veg - must have been one of very few toddlers who'd get all grumpy if I WASN'T served spinach at regular intervals
. over time I've even come to love many of the veg I wasn't keen on as a nipper (raw tomatoes, auberginees, courgettes, etc ... maybe it was because I KNEW subconsciously that all these were actually fruit?)
as far as the fruit thing goes, the only sorts I can stand are red summer fruits, (and these I LOOOVE), blackberries/blackcurrants, watermelon, perhaps a teeny tiny bit of pineapple and all forms of nut. Otherwise the 'standard' fruits literally make me gag (bananas, apples, oranges, mandarins, pears, plums etc) and I'm not keen on even the supposedly delicious tropical ones (mangoes, pawpaws etc.)
What's wrong with me? And is there any way I can gently break my anti-fruit phobia?
(I asked my mum about its origins and she said:
"oh, you never used to like bananas, you'd always spit them out when you were a baby."
me: "so what did you do then?"
mum: "just keept shovelling them in"
did she inadvertently put me off fruit for life?
I've always had a raging appetite for some veg - must have been one of very few toddlers who'd get all grumpy if I WASN'T served spinach at regular intervals
. over time I've even come to love many of the veg I wasn't keen on as a nipper (raw tomatoes, auberginees, courgettes, etc ... maybe it was because I KNEW subconsciously that all these were actually fruit?)as far as the fruit thing goes, the only sorts I can stand are red summer fruits, (and these I LOOOVE), blackberries/blackcurrants, watermelon, perhaps a teeny tiny bit of pineapple and all forms of nut. Otherwise the 'standard' fruits literally make me gag (bananas, apples, oranges, mandarins, pears, plums etc) and I'm not keen on even the supposedly delicious tropical ones (mangoes, pawpaws etc.)
What's wrong with me? And is there any way I can gently break my anti-fruit phobia?
(I asked my mum about its origins and she said:
"oh, you never used to like bananas, you'd always spit them out when you were a baby."
me: "so what did you do then?"
mum: "just keept shovelling them in"
did she inadvertently put me off fruit for life?
trabuquera said:(I asked my mum about its origins and she said:
"oh, you never used to like bananas, you'd always spit them out when you were a baby."
me: "so what did you do then?"
mum: "just keept shovelling them in"
did she inadvertently put me off fruit for life?
That does sound like a reasonable explanation! I don't think we need to break the fruit phobia meself - we're getting all the nutrients we need in the veg
People have always made me feel like a freak though cos I don't like fruit... they sit there sucking horribly on some filthy juicy pear and stare at ME like I'm a weirdo! Huh! All the time I feel like vomiting on them and their MUCKY FRUIT bleurghhhh
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Innit.
I do like mangoes though, Mangoe are the exception to the rule. And blackcurrans/strawberries on a nice cheese cake.
But that's cos it's cheesecake!
Innit.
I do like mangoes though, Mangoe are the exception to the rule. And blackcurrans/strawberries on a nice cheese cake.
But that's cos it's cheesecake!
SubZeroCat said:I love both. I couldn't just eat junk food cos I'd feel unwell, fruit and veg makes me feel aaalliiiiiivve
If I had to choose I'd go for veg cos it's always part of my main meals whereas I tend to forget to eat fruit even though I really like it.
All these healthy living posts are getting boring young lady!
We need more "How many Big Macs can I eat before I barf" posts, or perhaps "I've consumed my body weight in drugs and now I think I've killed my brain" posts
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Maybe I like the misery
Fruit is always a pain in the arse to eat. Veg is part of your meal, so gets eaten more
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