If you were a vegetable what vegetable would you be and why?

[jasonc]

I should have said a hot tamale..

 

[Kathi]

I used to gag on them as a kid but now I love em. Come here lil brussel sprout.

I used to turn my nose up to most things when I was a kid.I am so very thankful to my parents for not making me eat anything I hated.I know people who to this day will not eat a particular veggie because their parents told them they could not get up from the table until they ate them.It must be a psychological thing.

 

[Deborah13]

Boston baked beans with New England brown bread.

I used to turn my nose up to most things when I was a kid.I am so very thankful to my parents for not making me eat anything I hated.I know people who to this day will not eat a particular veggie because their parents told them they could not get up from the table until they ate them.It must be a psychological thing.

My parents got me to eat spinach by telling me I'd be strong like Popeye, I was a tomboy and loved sports.

 

[TOG]

I used to turn my nose up to most things when I was a kid.I am so very thankful to my parents for not making me eat anything I hated.I know people who to this day will not eat a particular veggie because their parents told them they could not get up from the table until they ate them.It must be a psychological thing.

I only remember one time when my mom forced me to eat my vegetables. We had peas and I refused to eat them. My mom told me I couldn't get up from the table until I finished them. After everyone else was gone, I was still sitting there alone hoping that I wouldn't have to eat my peas. But mom wouldn't budge, so I put some in my mouth, which by that time were cold. I almost threw up. I didn't realize it then, but I think I know now why I couldn't eat them. Think about it... You take fresh vegetables and boil them. Then you put them in a can, while they are still hot and seal the can. Because they are still hot, they keep cooking in the can until they've cooled down. Now take the can and put it on a shelf in a warehouse somewhere, where the vegetables sit in water for months on end, and the water absorbs most of the flavor and nutrients. Move the can to a store, where it sits for a few more weeks before someone buys it. Pour out the water, and thereby throw away most of the flavor and nutrients. Put the vegetables in a pot and add bleach (water with chlorine in it). Bring it to a boil and let it boil for a few minutes, because you don't trust the vegetable company and are worried about bacteria, and allow whatever is left of the flavor and nutrients to go into the bleach. Pour out the bleach and all the nutrients and flavor with it. Is it any wonder kids don't want to eat their veggies?

It wasn't until I went to a horticultural college that I learned what real fresh vegetables taste like. They are delicious, but I didn't know that when I was a kid, because I never got fresh vegetables, but only the canned stuff that had been vegetables at one point, but were no longer. But to this day, I still have trouble with vegetables that are small and basically round, such as peas beans and corn.

The TOG​

 

[Kathi]

Boston baked beans with New England brown bread.



My parents got me to eat spinach by telling me I'd be strong like Popeye, I was a tomboy and loved sports.

ME TOO!! My mom used to tell me I would be strong like Popeye and I was a tomboy too.But I didn't like sports that much but I sure loved climbing trees. My mom would also let me put some vinegar in the Spinach and I liked that.

 

[YosefHayim]

Poison Ivy. Then no one treat me like toilet paper.

[poison ivy is a plant. It's vegetation. close enough. right?]

 

[for_his_glory]

I would be a Brussels sprout, because then nobody would eat me.

The TOG​

I would because I'm having them tonight with liver and onions and a baked potato............yum!!!

 

[for_his_glory]

I would be a cabbage as every leaf is filled with flavor of goodness, LOL.
When we were kids my Grandfather had to plant two gardens as we would sneak and eat all the veggies raw. Corn, beets, turnips, kohlrabi, carrots, peas, string beans etc. etc. Yuk to spinach!!!

 

[Kathi]

I would be a cabbage as every leaf is filled with flavor of goodness, LOL.
When we were kids my Grandfather had to plant two gardens as we would sneak and eat all the veggies raw. Corn, beets, turnips, kohlrabi, carrots, peas, string beans etc. etc. Yuk to spinach!!!

I love cabbage.But liver will never touch these lips

 

[TOG]

I would because I'm having them tonight with liver and onions and a baked potato............yum!!!

Everybody wants to eat me...

(I'm the kid that comes after the parade has passed.)

The TOG​

 

[Claudya]

I would be a Brussels sprout, because then nobody would eat me.

The TOG​

Aww I love to eat Brussels Sprouts.

 

[jasonc]

Aww I love to eat Brussels Sprouts.

I hate those. not even my dog eats those.

 

[Kathi]

I hate those. not even my dog eats those.

Mmmmmm....yummy :shades

 

[TOG]

I hate those. not even my dog eats those.

Mmmmmm....yummy :shades

You think Jason's dog is yummy???

The TOG​

 

[for_his_glory]

Everybody wants to eat me...

(I'm the kid that comes after the parade has passed.)

The TOG​

I use to love that commercial.................aw, childhood memories