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bilby commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Seen and heard on a news report featuring a European politician responding to 'market outcomes' of the E.coli scare/crisis.
He was brandishing a cucumber at the time.
June 8, 2011
reesetee commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
No. Seriously?
June 9, 2011
bilby commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Yes. It was the highlight of my day. Please note the cucumber was wrapped in plastic for the sake of public health.
June 9, 2011
yarb commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Always insist on a sheathed cuke.
June 9, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
This opens a whole Pandora's box of questions, not the least of which is "Which vegetable is most dignified?". And is this ranking invariant, or does it change with the times? Vegetable popularity does - witness the recent Irish infatuation with mangetout, which duly ran its course, only to be replaced by rocket lettuce, aka arugula.
June 9, 2011
yarb commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I think the sporting adage "form is temporary, class is permanent" applies. If we're going to speak of dignified vegetables then the dignity must be enduring, not merely a passing fad or foible.
Although I don't especially like the taste of them, I do find artichokes especially dignified. They have such stability, and also a sort of primness about them, like a maiden aunt in a great skirt (although like all vegetables, they yield readily to a salacious reading).
June 9, 2011
reesetee commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I'd vote for the beet. Quite a dignified vegetable, and never involved in any scandalous E. coli scares.
June 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Always insist on a sheathed cuke.
Surely this is a typo for 'heatshed cuke'; though where I live we call heatsheds 'greenhouses'.
If beets are so goddamned dignified, why do they blush constantly like giggling hormonal teenagers? Plus, have you ever read "The Beet Queen"? A book chocked to its little bookish gills with lascivious behavior.
My money is on the kohlrabi, because men of the Torah are always dignified, even those who work in kohlmines.
June 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Baby okra is teh alsome.
June 10, 2011
blafferty commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Always insist on a sheathed cuke? Reminds me of the safe sex informational activities they held at my dorm when I was a freshman. We actually used cucumbers.
Strangely, when I typed "cuke" the autocorrect on my phone wanted to replace it with "vile"! Everybody has an opinion, I guess.
June 10, 2011
bilby commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Indeed, practising safe cucurbits is what this is all about.
June 10, 2011
reesetee commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
The kohlrabi? That rotund little Santa Claus of a vegetable? Surely you jest, sionnach.
Besides, beets don't blush. They're ruddy because they're the picture of health. Health and dignity.
*stuffs fistfuls of phony umbrage into a pot to steam*
June 10, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Did you just call the Santa Fox "Shirley?"
June 10, 2011
reesetee commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Yes. But there's no time for that now.
June 10, 2011
bilby commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I always suspected frogapplause of eating babies.
June 10, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Milos! ავოკადოოო!
June 10, 2011
yarb commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Kohlrabi and baby okra may indeed be teh alsome, but they aren't dignified!
Beets are a contender I suppose, as would be most of the sturdier roots, but if it's a combination of brilliance and rotundity you're after then you're going to be running up hard against the majestic pumpkin.
June 10, 2011
reesetee commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
But good grief; who could sheathe that?
June 10, 2011
yarb commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Bruce Willis?
June 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Oh, yeah, right. The majestic pumpkin:
seen here in one of its extraordinarily dignified moments.
June 10, 2011
frogapplause commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I like to eat baby bilbies, too. (I bite off the ears first.)
June 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
From pickle switches to cornballs to cucumber in condoms, there seems to be an over-representation of vegetables on the 'most-commented' list. It's a veritable cornucopia of veggie goodness, I tell you.
Could we have some poultry on this list, please?
Signed, Foxy.
June 10, 2011
madmouth commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
The lamb of Tartary should be up to sitting on both those chairs at once, n'est-ce pas?
June 10, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I'll have to remember to brandish a cucumber at my next public speech. people tend to take you more seriously when you're waving a large cucumber and if they disagree you just point it at them and give them a hex.
June 10, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
they're just jealous of your cucumber anyways. cucumber envy.
June 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Aieee!!! Flee the evil baromets!! Flee! Flee!
(Or, if you prefer, the evil barometz)
June 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
How about raoulia?
June 10, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
from now on i'm carrying a briefcase with just a cucumber in it.
June 10, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
"so mark, what do you have for us?"
"ladies and gentlemen, I have a cucumber."
June 11, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
or..
"I have nothing.. oh wait, no I have a cucumber."
June 11, 2011
madmouth commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
well, pick my woolly tufts if sionnach didn't just win the Internet
...again
June 11, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
spare asparagas!
don't egg on eggplant!
don't nuke cukes!
don't be fickle about pickles!
June 11, 2011
Wordplayer commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I think all of the bulb and stem vegetables (asparagus, kohlrabi, leek) are dignified, with the exception of garlic.
June 12, 2011
blafferty commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I think asparagus is very dignified.
June 12, 2011
bilby commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Isn't asparagus technically a grass? I'm not sure I can respect a vegetable that is a jumped-up graminoid.
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
asparagus and garlic make you smell funny and taste bad. i wouldn't dare carry them around in my briefcase.
June 13, 2011
blafferty commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
How about kale?
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
kale is dangerous. very dangerous.
June 13, 2011
madmouth commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Broccoli has "crown" in the title. Inherent dignity!
June 13, 2011
blafferty commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Silly hair, though. And what's all this pretending to be tiny trees?
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
VEGGIES artichoke, broccoli, carrots, beets, cucumbers, olives, onions, tomatoes, corn.
as far as what is typically defined as a vegetable. but really if you want to include all edible plants you must include fruits, nuts / seeds / grains, and beans.
FRUIT strawberries, pineapples, peaches, plums, apples, grapes, cherries and blueberries.
BEANS pinto, black, barley, garbanzo, lentil, soy, rice.
NUTS almond, walnut, pecan, pistachio, acorn, macadamia, sunflower.
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
and then you have edible herbs.. forgot about those!
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
and then you have spices, canes, root extractions .. tapioca, mustard, ginger .. i dunno what category these things fall into.
June 13, 2011
sionnach commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Spices, marky? I do believe all those nuts are addling your brain.
We must restore the dignity of this list!
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
herbs and spices. peas and carrots. nuts and legumes. ahhhhHHH!! i'm going CRAZY!
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
fyi you guys are the ones talking about asparagus which is a rhizome, not really a vegetable!
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
bilby is correct about it being a jumped up graminoid! if you're going to include these types of edible plant material (and leaves like kale!) then you have to include spices like ginger.
June 13, 2011
blafferty commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
But aren't tomatoes and pumpkins technically fruits?
June 13, 2011
blafferty commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
list
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
avocados are too. mushrooms are not.
yams, cactus and pine needles are edible plant materials too but i'd put them in the same category as asparagus.. just gross!!
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
i'm seeing a lot of nuts, legumes and spices in that list. so, i'm not so crazy after all. or am i?
June 13, 2011
rolig commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
For me, the most dignified of the common vegetables is the onion, whether enclosed within itself in its multiple thin layers and fragile elegant outer skin, yellow, white, red, or purple, or presented in its "young" or "spring" version, as a small compact white ball that explodes upwards in crisp dark green shoots.
Following very close after is the leek (so similar in appearance to the "spring onion", only larger), which must be one of the few vegetables to be chosen as the emblem of an entire nation (and a nation of poets, to boot).
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
It's a toss up for me between Artichoke and Romanesco Broccoli as to the most dignified 'vegetables' <-- whatever that means.
June 13, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Sardinian artichokes. The spiniest and most tasteful of all artichokes.
June 13, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
Why such lachanophobia
in a vegetable utopia?
Is this just brunoise?
up with olericulture!
moo goo gai pan,
I'm a vegetable fan!
I admire
mirepoix!
Give me more samosa!
I'd scale a volcano
for escalivada.
More oratory about olitory!
June 13, 2011
yarb commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I agree there is a case to be made for the leek.
As for the onion, I believe I'm on record as saying it's my favourite vegetable, and I will champion it in any debate touching on the vegetable universe. And it certainly conveys its dignity (rotundity and hue, remember?) until you cut (or bite) into it, and it assails you with that sweet, stinging prickly perfume and bleeds its pungent juices all over your hard-bitten fingertips... I love it and it may look dignified, but inside it's a punk.
June 13, 2011
bilby commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I'm a fan of the Romanesco although its fractal geometry is a bit nerdful to win the dignity race. And I'd probably say the same for kohlrabi for reminding me of Sputnik satellites.
Give me the mighty squash in variegated glory!
June 13, 2011
marky commented on the word We must restore the dignity of this vegetable!
I've never been a big fan of squash as a primary ingredient. it's ok in soup though. can you even eat squash raw?
i like your poem, fbharjo.
June 13, 2011